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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.

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...

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...

he Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law finished the second pilot of a new civics education course for the workplace. The test audience of Duke University communicators attended lunch-and-learn sessions on the rule of law & the history of our...

The Bolch Judicial Institute and the Climate Judiciary Project (CJP) of the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), in collaboration with leading climate scientists and legal experts, led an intensive, one-day course for European judges on issues of climate science and law...

he Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its online Certificate in Mass Tort MDL Course, which provides an inside view of how mass-tort multidistrict litigation works from the perspectives of...