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WATCH | Coping with COVID: How Law Schools are Educating Students and Fostering Community
Law school deans discuss the pandemic’s impact on learning, community, and 2020-21
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...
Levi to co-teach online course through Duke Law’s D.C. Summer Institute
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...
WATCH | Coping with COVID: Legal Services Organizations on the Front Lines
Coping with COVID: Legal Services Organizations on the Front Lines
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...
Read the spring 2020 edition of Judicature online at judicature.duke.edu
WATCH | Coping with COVID: How Courts are Preserving Access to Justice
Coping with Covid: How the Courts are Preserving Access to Justice
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....
Visit Duke University’s coronavirus response website
Justice Ginsburg to honor Justice Moseneke during 2020 Bolch Prize ceremony (CANCELLED)
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall (ret.) of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will speak at the 2020 Bolch Prize ceremony honoring Justice Dikgang Moseneke, the former deputy chief justice of...
Watch now: Judgment Calls: A Conversation with Hon. Dikgang Moseneke
David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, joins Hon. Dikgang Moseneke for a discussion of Moseneke’s recent memoir “My Own Liberator.” Recording available on YouTube.
Watch now: Judgment Calls: A Conversation with Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall
David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, joins former Massachusetts Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall for a discussion of Marshall's trailblazing life in the judiciary. Recording available on YouTube.
Upcoming Events

Star Rule of Law Series
Panel discussion: Attacks on Judges: What Can We Do?
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Bolch Prize 2025: Honoring Justice Jillani
Stream anytime!
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