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Professor James E. Coleman Jr. named the 2022 Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian
ames E. Coleman Jr. has been named the 2022 recipient of the Raphael Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian Medal by the Bolch Judicial Institute. He will be honored during a program on Sept. 7, to be held at Duke Law School and livestreamed on Duke Law’s...
Judge J. Michelle Childs (MJS ’16) confirmed to DC Circuit
Judge J. Michelle Childs, a 2016 graduate of Duke Law School's Master of Judicial Studies program, was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on July 19, 2022. (See this article from Reuters.) Judge Childs has served as a federal judge on the U.S....
Interview with Judge Allyson Duncan (Duke J.D. ’75) featured on ‘All Things Judicial’ podcast
pisode 41 of the North Carolina Judicial Branch's All Things Judicial podcast features an interview with Judge Allyson Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (retired). In this 2018 interview, conducted by former North Carolina...
Judge Diane P. Wood joins Bolch Judicial Institute Advisory Board
Judge Diane P. Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has joined the Bolch Judicial Institute Advisory Board. “We are so pleased to welcome Judge Wood to our advisory board,” said David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute. “She has...
Bolch Judicial Institute hosts first McGovern Symposium on Civil Litigation
PICTURED ABOVE: Panel 2 "Claims Resolution Facility Design & Innovation" moderated by Judge Lee Rosenthal. __ he Bolch Judicial Institute hosted the first annual McGovern Symposium on Civil Litigation in honor of the late Duke Law Professor...
Meet Duke Law’s Master of Judicial Studies (MJS) Class of 2023
he Master of Judicial Studies (MJS) Class of 2023 concludes its second semester of study this week, capping four weeks of intense, in-person coursework at Duke Law School. The 19 judges who comprise the class are now in their second of the...
Levi moderates discussion on new Principles of Electoral Count Act Reform
In a new episode of the American Law Institute's Reasonably Speaking podcast, David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of the American Law Institute, moderated a discussion on reforming the Electoral Count Act (ECA). Levi spoke with...
U.S. District Judge Paul Grimm named director of the Bolch Judicial Institute
U.S. District Court Judge Paul W. Grimm of the District of Maryland, a 2016 graduate of Duke Law School’s Master of Judicial Studies program, has been named the David F. Levi Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute effective Jan. 1, 2023. Grimm also will join the...
Upcoming Events
Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian Medal
Sept. 7, 2022
Join us by livestream or in-person to honor Professor James E. Coleman, Jr., the 2022 recipient of the Raphael Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian Medal. Learn more »
Virtual: Watch the 2022 Bolch Prize Celebration
Stream anytime!
Watch the 2022 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law celebration honoring Judge J. Clifford Wallace. Watch »