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On a recent episode of the Bloomberg Law podcast, Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.), director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law, explains the procedural and substantive factors judges must weigh when determining a sentence. The discussion followed U.S. District...

A panel will explore the challenges to the courts’ authority from the years leading up to the Civil War through the early 20th century — and why they still matter today. On October 23, the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School will continue the Star Rule of Law...

In a Q&A published in the Practical Law Journal, a publication of Reuters, on Oct. 1, 2025, Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.), director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law, explains the evidentiary challenges courts face with the rise of AI. He distinguishes...

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...