The third edition of the Bolch Judicial Institute and Duke Law School’s Guidelines and Best Practices for Implementing the 2015 Discovery Amendments to Achieve Proportionality is now available for public comment. Editors for this edition, led by Judge Paul Grimm with assistance from Jennie Anderson and David Kessler, are seeking feedback from lawyers, judges, and Continue Reading »
In a June 5 statement to members of The American Law Institute, David F. Levi — president of ALI and director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law — discussed racial injustice in the legal system and called for all ALI members and legal professionals to bring their knowledge and skills to bear on Continue Reading »
Leading experts on employment law discussed getting America back to work in the latest episode of Coping with COVID, a video and podcast series produced by the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School and The American Law Institute. The episode addressed questions surrounding workplace safety and the rights that employees have under state and Continue Reading »
Leaders from Merck, Medtronic, Apple, and 3M discuss the many ways the COVID-19 pandemic is transforming and impacting business across the world during the latest episode of Coping with COVID, a video and podcast series produced by the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School and The American Law Institute. Skyrocketing demand for medical equipment; Continue Reading »
Our spring 2020 newsletter is here! See what’s happening at the Bolch Judicial Institute.
In the “wink of an eye” this spring, law schools around the country completely transformed the way they operate. They had to rapidly train faculty to teach online; support staff in adapting to work at home; assist students with urgent needs not only related to learning online but also travel, housing, access to food and Continue Reading »
David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, will co-teach a course with U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Dana Remus, chief counsel of the Biden for President campaign, in Duke Law School’s D.C. Summer Institute on Law and Policy, to be held online this July. “Lawyers Branching Out: The Courthouse, the Capitol, and Continue Reading »
Legal aid agencies are being hit by a “triple whammy” as they work to continue to serve the legal needs of poor and underserved communities, according to the administrators of legal services agencies in some of the country’s largest and hardest hit cities. In the second episode of Coping with COVID — a video and Continue Reading »
State and federal judges are moving quickly to address the unique challenges of ensuring that the courts remain operational during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a panel of judicial leaders convened by the Bolch Judicial Institute and The American Law Institute. But challenges abound, and the long-term impact on the courts could be significant. On Continue Reading »
