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This guide identifies immediate, mid-term, and long-term actions that judges, legal professionals, policymakers, and the public can take to defend judges.

We must do everything in our power to help the public understand why accepting the decisions of the courts — even when you disagree — is so critical to our democracy and the rule of law.

Director Paul W. Grimm recently joined Talks On Law’s AI Lawyer podcast to discuss a pressing issue in today’s courts: the “perfect evidentiary storm.”

Duke University has received a $10 million gift from RaceTrac, a 90-year-old Atlanta-based convenience store leader, to expand the work of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School.

In an op-ed for Bloomberg Law, Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.) urges President Joseph R. Biden to sign the JUDGES Act of 2024.

Join us on Jan. 10, 2025, at 12:30 pm in room 3041 at Duke Law School or via livestream for the panel discussion How the Supreme Court is Reshaping Our Everyday Lives: Air, Water, Medicine, Food, Fishing, Credit Cards, and Much More! In our complex modern society,...

The Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School hosted the third annual McGovern Symposium on Civil Litigation on December 12, 2024, at Duke University. The symposium was made possible through the generous support of David Bernick and Chris Seeger, founding...

Paul W. Grimm, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School, will moderate a conversation about the ethical use of GenAI in the legal profession.

Pictured Above: Photo Illustration for the Judicature International article, "The Israel-Hamas Conflict: International Law, Accountability, and Challenges in Modern Warfare" by Mara R. Revkin. n Nov. 18, 2024, at 12:30 pm at Duke Law School, Peter...

The Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School hosted a conference Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2024, at Duke University as part of its Defending the Judiciary initiative.

PICTURED ABOVE: (from left) Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.), Judge Esther Salas, Dean Kerry Abrams, and Judge Robin Rosenberg. Credit: Brian Mullins PhotographyClick here to watch a recording of the 2024 Lemkin Medal on Duke Law School's YouTube channel.Judge Esther Salas...