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Bolch Prize 2023 ceremony honoring the IAWJ to be held at Nasher Museum on March 1
Representatives from the IAWJ will receive the 2023 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law during a ceremony at Duke University’s Nasher Museum on March 1, 2023.
Justice Susan Glazebrook to serve as Duke Law’s Distinguished Judge in Residence
Justice Susan Glazebrook of the Supreme Court of New Zealand will visit Duke Law School as part of the Distinguished Judge in Residence program.
Judge Diane P. Wood named Director Designate of The American Law Institute
Diane P. Wood, a member of the Bolch Judicial Institute's Advisory Board and a Senior Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, was named Director Designate of The American Law Institute. She will be the first woman to hold this position at the...
Paul W. Grimm succeeds David F. Levi as Director of the Institute
n January 1, 2023, retired U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm of the District of Maryland succeeded David F. Levi as Director of the Bolch Judicial Insitute of Duke Law School. In addition to serving as Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute,...
Advisory Board approves resolution appointing David F. Levi as Director Emeritus
The Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law is pleased to announce the appointment of David F. Levi as Director Emeritus of the Bolch Judicial Institute, effective January 1, 2023. At a year-end meeting in Washington, D.C., the Advisory Board unanimously approved a...
2022 Year-End Report: Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law
Find a year-end report with summaries of projects, programs, and activities that the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law hosted in 2022.
Judges, attorneys, and law students attend Institute’s Mass Tort MDL course
Over the span of two days, more than 100 participants engaged in a series of panel discussions about the lifecycle and management of mass tort MDLs.
Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat (’57) Portrait Unveiled in Jacksonville Courthouse
portrait of Senior Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat, a 1957 graduate of Duke Law School and honorary life member of the Board of Visitors, was unveiled on October 14, 2022, at the United States Courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida. The portrait depicts...
Bolch Prize to be awarded to International Association of Women Judges
The Bolch Judicial Institute has named the International Association of Women Judges as the 2023 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law in recognition of the organization’s remarkable efforts to evacuate, support, and resettle Afghan women judges who, because of their gender and work as judges, have faced persecution and violence since the Taliban took control of the country in late 2021.
Bolch To Offer Trauma-Informed Courts Curriculum To N.C. Judges
As the academic leader of the N.C. Chief Justice’s Task Force on ACEs-Informed Courts, the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law is moving forward with plans to scale its trauma-informed courts curriculum by offering it to newly elected and appointed judges in North Carolina.
Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya profiled in SAC-IAWJ newsletter
eputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya, an LL.M. graduate of Duke Law School and member of the Bolch Judicial Institute's Leadership Council and Judicature's editorial board, was profiled in a special edition of the South Africa Chapter of the...
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Upcoming Events
Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian Program
Monday, October 9, 2023, at Duke University