The editors in chief of the Top 16 law reviews in the U.S. — for the first time, all women — gathered at @DukeinDC for a daylong conference titled 'Honoring the Advancement of Women in Law.'
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- The Law Alumni Association presents the 2022 Charles S. Rhyne Award to @MarcEElias '93.👏 The award recognizes graduates whose careers exemplify the highest standards of professionalism, personal integrity & commitment to education or community service. law.duke.edu/alumni/alumnia…
- Exciting news! Prof. Laurence R. Helfer, an expert in international human rights law and institutions, has been elected to serve on the UN Human Rights Committee, the U.S. @StateDept announced today. Congratulations!👏
- .@marinklevy says Biden administration's messaging on federal judgeships will open up a far more diverse pipeline of candidates. “You start to see people saying, well, for the first time I’m actually considering myself as a potential candidate.” bit.ly/3ed1dBq
- Testimony of Prof. Michael Tigar read in extradition trial of Wikileaks publisher Assange. Tigar laid out what happened that forced the Nixon administration, which desperately wanted to punish whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, to drop his case. bit.ly/2GH0iL3
- WATCH: #EndOfAnEra - Prof. Sara Sun Beale is retiring after a legendary 45 years at Duke Law! Last week, she taught her final class, and fellow faculty, staff, and current students met her with 😍😍😍 and 👏👏👏 afterward. Thank you, Sara! We will miss you, dearly. 💙💙💙
00:00 - We mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pioneer in the legal profession and legal academy, a champion for equal justice under the law for all, and a dear friend to Duke Law School. #RBG
- Today at Duke Law: The Office of the Dean welcomed @nyulaw @ProfMMurray, faculty director @bwln_nyua & @StrictScrutiny_ co-host, to Duke Law to give the annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture, speaking on SCOTUS case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and democracy.
- Kerry Abrams has been selected as the next dean of Duke Law School. She will succeed David F. Levi as the James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law on July 1. bit.ly/2nwlHKM
- Today at Duke Law: Thrilled to have @DukeMBB Head Coach Jon Scheyer 😈🏀 help kickoff the @InnocenceNtwrk Board’s meeting being held at Duke Law, offering words of support and inspiration for the group’s efforts to combat wrongful convictions and reform the criminal legal system.
- Family members of Charles Ray Finch speak to the media Thursday morning after a federal judge ordered Finch’s immediate release from prison. Finch, 81, served 43 years of a life sentence for a 1976 murder & was freed with the legal assistance of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic.
- Chris Buccafusco (@cjbuccafusco), a scholar of innovation, creativity, and IP and director @CardozoLaw's Intellectual Property & Information Law Program, to join Duke Law faculty on July 1.
- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: On the 16 women editors in chief - "It's a good beginning. It's such a contrast to the 'ancient days' when I entered law school. It's an enormous change to see women in numbers on law reviews and heading law reviews. (cont.)..."
- .@MaraRevkin, an emerging scholar whose empirical research incorporates international and comparative law, human rights, transitional justice, criminal law, and property, to join the faculty July 1. bit.ly/3xs3Ucd
