News & Events

The Duke Center on Law & Tech announced the launch of the Responsible AI in Legal Services (RAILS) initiative on Jan. 17. The initiative brings together industry leaders to promote the ethical and safe use of #AI in legal services by developing guidelines and best...

The 2023 year-end report contains a summary of activities, news, and programs hosted by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School.

In an article published on Jan. 9, 2024, on Law.com, Director Paul W. Grimm called on bar associations to organize swift and coordinated responses against unfair attacks on the judiciary and judges. “It is disappointing to me that the organized bars, who are most...

Sandra Day O’Connor, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1981 until her retirement in 2006, died Dec. 1 at age 93. She was the first female justice in the Court's history. David F. Levi, president of the American Law Institute and the James B. Duke and Benjamin...

In an article for Bloomberg Law published on Nov. 28, 2023, Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.), director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law, commented on judges issuing individual standing orders regarding the use of GenAI programs like ChatGPT. “If a judge just sits...

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland held a formal investiture ceremony on Nov. 14, 2023, for the Data Protection Review Court (DPRC) at the U.S. Department of Justice, formally swearing in six judges, including David F. Levi, the Bolch Judicial Institute's director...

In an op-ed for Bloomberg Law published on Oct. 24, 2023, Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.), director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law, said that lawyers and bar associations must speak out when judges and the judiciary have been subjected to unfair and inaccurate...

hief Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will visit Duke Law in October 2023 as part of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law’s Distinguished Judge in Residence program. As part of her residency, Chief...