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In an op-ed for Bloomberg Law published on Sept. 30, 2025, Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.), director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law, reflects on tensions between the federal district courts and the U.S. Supreme Court over emergency applications filed by the...

Pictured Above: Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer speak at a May 2025 Judicature event, where they discussed current challenges facing the judiciary. Read an excerpt from their remarks. *** The award honors Bauer and Goldsmith’s collaborative work bridging partisan divides...

Thank you to all who attended our Constitution Day celebration! We posted a few pictures from the event on our LinkedIn. We also celebrated the launch of our first animated video on the rule of law, as part of our broader civics outreach initiatives....

Justice Christopher Goff of the Indiana Supreme Court was recently recognized by Indiana Court Times for completing his Master of Judicial Studies degree at Duke University. The Duke Law School graduation ceremony at Cameron Indoor Stadium on May 11 was especially...

PICTURED ABOVE: David and Jan Ichel (center) with 2025 recipients of Ichel scholarships. Their scholarships currently support 14 students across Duke University. __ The Ichel gift will help secure the future of the century-old scholarly journal and advance rule of law...

en years ago, Duke Law School began publishing Judicature. Among the articles featured in that first Duke edition was a lecture titled “Grand Challenges, Grand Ideas,” delivered by then–Dean David F. Levi, in which he identified five pressing...

enior District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (pictured above) has been named the next David F. Levi Professor of the Practice of Law and Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute,...

PICTURED ABOVE: Judge Tjoflat speaks to students as the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law's distinguished judge in residence in 2022. __ n oral history documenting the life and career of Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat, one of the longest-serving...

 $500,000 gift from Seeger Weiss LLP has established The Seeger Weiss/Daniel Anderl Memorial Fund at the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law. The endowed fund will support the Institute's mission to protect and advance the rule of law within the...

onors to the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School have established the Stanley A. Star ’61 and Elizabeth A. Star Rule of Law Fund, a new $1 million endowment that will support the Institute's mission to protect and advance the rule of law...

As a member of Duke Law’s Judicial Studies LLM Graduating Class of 2025, Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Associate Justice Sabrina McKenna delivered the speech on behalf of her class at convocation. In her remarks, she reminded the graduates of their vital role in upholding the...