News Archives 2003

  • Duke Law Professor Joost Pauwelyn examines Iraqi reconstruction projects and the World Trade Organization, of which he was formerly a legal officer (more)
  • Richard H. Brodhead named ninth president of Duke University (more)
  • American Bar Association President Dennis Archer calls on students to be healers in Great Lives in the Law talk at Duke Law (more)
  • Constitutional law scholar Robert Nagel discusses diversity and the practice of interest assessment in Currie Memorial Lecture at Duke Law School (more)
  • Duke University professor and noted journalist William Raspberry leads lively community discussion of race and racism in inaugural Jean E. and Christine P. Mills Conversation Series talk at Duke Law School (more)
  • Student-organized environmental law symposium brings leaders in environmental policy to Duke Law School (more)
  • The Society for Risk Analysis presents its prestigious Young Risk Analyst Award to Duke Law Professor and Director of the Duke Center for Environmental Solutions Jonathan Wiener (more)
  • Duke Law community hosts celebration at Duke Children's Hospital holiday party (more)
  • Duke Law Professor Paul Haagen chairs Duke University's Student-Athlete Counseling Committee (more)
  • Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Nov. 24 features Duke Law Professor Neil Vidmar (more)
  • The website of the Program in Public Law now covers the U.S. Supreme Court and other public law issues online (more)
  • In a Duke Magazine Campus Forum, intellectual-property expert and Duke Law Professor James Boyle calls for freer access to information and ideas ( more)
  • Harvard Law Professor William W. Fisher III delivers Nov. 21 talk onAlternative Compensation Systems for Digital Entertainment (more)
  • Environmental law expert and professor of law Jim Salzman gives Nov. 20 talk on Creating Markets for Ecosystem Services: Notes from the Field ( PDF)
  • Steven Shavell, Harvard Law School professor, delivers Fairness Versus Welfare Lecture Nov. 20 (more)
  • Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum Hosts Natural Resources Policy Symposium Nov. 14. (more)
  • Duke Law alumnus Amos Mills '72 launches conversation series on race with Nov. 4 talk by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and Knight Professor of Communications and Journalism William J. Raspberry (more)
  • Robert F. Nagel, Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado School of Law, will give the Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture Nov. 13 (more)
  • Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, delivers Information Ecology Lecture Nov. 10 (more)
  • Michael Ashley Stein, William and Mary Associate Professor of Law, gives Duke Law Journal fall lecture Nov. 6 (more)
  • American Bar Association President Dennis Archer delivers Great Lives in the Law lecture Nov. 3 (more)
  • Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law publishes summer 2003 volume Comparisons and Connections: A Symposium in Memory of Herbert Bernstein (more)
  • Donald Francis Donovan, international law expert, delivers Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law fall lecture Oct. 24 (more)
  • More than 150 of Duke Law School's alumni volunteer leaders convened at the School Oct. 10-11 for Leadership Weekend (more)
  • Duke Women's Initiative: Study finds progress for women, but equity remains elusive (more)
  • Third Annual International Week Sept. 14-20 shines spotlight on Duke Law's international programs (more)
  • Phillip Allen '97 begins six-city book tour to promote first novel, Play Money. (more)
  • Vik Patel '05 leads by example (PDF)
  • Now What? Duke Law Professors Scott Silliman and Michael Byers discuss rationale for conflict in Iraq, consider world wide consequences (PDF)
  • Wired In: Stuart Benjamin joins the Duke Law Faculty; pursues intersection of law and technology (PDF)
  • Professor Richard Epstein (Oct. 2nd, 9am) reflects on antidiscrimination laws since his book Forbidden Grounds (more)
  • The Center for the Study of the Public Domain is starting a lecture series on "The Information Ecology"; Duke Law Professor James Boyle will deliver the inaugural lecture at 4pm on Sept. 19 (more)
  • Christian Joerges, a professor at the European University Institute, will deliver the second annual Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International and Comparative Law at noon on Sept. 16 (more)
  • A class of 203 JD students arrived on campus the week of Aug. 18, participating in a host of orientation events and beginning their classes (more)
  • Allyson Duncan ’75 was confirmed in July as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (more)
  • Law professionals from across the country recently paid tribute to Duke Law Professor Robinson Everett ’59 for his five decades of distinguished service to the legal profession (more)
  • Duke Law alumnus Bruce Elvin '93 accepts position as Assistant Dean for Career Services (more)
  • Veteran fund-raiser and administrator Tom Hadzor of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center to become Law School’s Associate Dean for External Relations (more)
  • Faculty members, student research assistants, gather to discuss recent projects (more)
  • James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Wins 2003 World Technology Award for Law for his work on theory and practice of protecting the "intellectual ecology" of the public domain (more)
  • Duke Law relocates July 6 - Aug. 5 Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law from Hong Kong to Fukuoka, Japan (more)
  • Assistant Dean for Career Services Bob Smith returned to the legal consulting field after nine years at Duke Law School (more)
  • CALI conference draws hundreds to Law School from June 19-21 for high-level technology discussions (more)
  • 271 Duke Law students were awarded hoods, degrees at May 10 ceremony (more)
  • Stephen Wallenstein, executive director of the Global Capital Markets Center and professor of the practice of law, business and finance, will participate in a June 4 panel on corporate governance and cleaning up corporate abuses (more)
  • International Meeting of the Board of Visitors, International Alumni Reunion and Summer Institute in Transnational Law headline Geneva program of activities July 17-20 (more)
  • Professor of Law, Environmental Policy and Public Policy Studies Jonathan Wiener convened a May 11-12 conference at Duke on the topic of his new book, Reconstructing Climate Policy (more)
  • Four graduating JD students recently were named winners of the 2003 Justin Miller Awards (more)
  • Richard Danner named Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Law Library and Information Technology Research Professor (more)
  • Associate Dean for External Relations Linda Steckley to leave Duke Law in June for The Brookings Institution (more)
  • Duke Law celebrates recent faculty books in April 15 ceremony as Professor of Law Laura Underkuffler wins Dean's Prize for faculty scholarship (more)
  • Duke Law hosted a major sports law and policy conference April 14: Challenges and Opportunities for Professional Sports in the 21st Century (more)
  • Duke Law's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security hosted April 10-11 conference on Confronting Iraq: Legal and Policy Considerations (more)|( Duke News story)
  • Duke Law hosted an international law and economics conference April 4-6 on International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime (more)
  • ABA president-elect Dennis Archer to address Class of 2003 at commencement ceremony on May 10 (more)
  • Three Duke Law moot court teams shine in recent competitions. One team takes a national championship. (more)
  • James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Donald Horowitz led an April 8 presentation on constitutional issues and ethnic conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq (more)
  • New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer spoke at Duke on April 23 (more)
  • Students Mayur Patel '04 and Ronce Almond '03 challenged Professors Scott Silliman, pictured, and Michael Byers in the International Law Society's Great Debate on April 7 about the war in Iraq (more)
  • Duke Law celebrates faculty authors in April 15 event (more)
  • Professor of Law Laura Underkuffler receives the 2003 Distinguished Teaching Award at the Donuts with the Deans breakfast reception on April 2 (more)
  • Duke Law hosts first international law and economics conference Apr. 4-6 on International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime (more)
  • The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor discussed her youth, education and place on the U.S. Supreme Court in a visit to Duke Law School on March 18 as part of the Great Lives in the Law series (more)
  • Duke Law welcomes alumni back for Reunion Weekend 2003, April 11-13 (more)
  • International Law Society, in conjunction with the Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society, hosts Apr. 3 panel discussion on The TRIPS Agreement: Balancing Incentive for Innovation with Access to Medicines (more)
  • The FCC will hold a public hearing March 31 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Duke Law School on media concentration (more)
  • Mirah Horowitz ’00, a former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, returned to Duke Law on March 27 with advice for students interested in becoming clerks (more)
  • Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Mar. 25 features Professor Carolyn McAllaster, founding director of the AIDS Legal Assistance Project at Duke Law (more)
  • Community Economic Development Law Clinic at Duke hosts conference on affordable housing and economic development (more)
  • Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society and The Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke lead Second Annual Hot Topics in IP Law Symposium (more)
  • Women’s History Month programs unite students, faculty, alumni (more)
  • The honorable >Sandra Day O’Connor discussed her youth, education and place on the U.S. Supreme Court in a visit to Duke Law School on March 18 as part of the Great Lives in the Law series. (more)
  • The FCC will hold a public hearing March 31 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Duke Law School on media concentration (more)
  • Private Censorship and Perfect Choice: The Future of the Internet? Second Annual Duke Magazine Forum Mar. 28 to feature Duke Law Professor James Boyle in conversation with UNC Law Professor Adrienne Davis (more)
  • Professor Michael Byers leads Mar. 26 discussion at the John Hope Franklin Center: What Coalition? The New Unilateralism in International Affairs
  • Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Mar. 25 features Professor Carolyn McAllaster, founding director of the AIDS Legal Assistance Project at Duke Law (more)
  • Students from Duke Law, Duke Med come together to lead Mar. 22 Dedicated to Durham community service project (more)
  • Duke Law Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society, in conjunction with the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke, hosts Mar. 21 Hot Topics in Copyright and Patent Law Symposium (CLE credit available) (more)
  • Champion of school vouchers Clint Bolick and Duke Law Professor Laura Underkuffler tackled the debate over school vouchers on March 5 (more)
  • Professor Scott Silliman and Duke Law students comment to WRAL-TV on March 3 about methods of interrogation used on a top al-Qaeda official ( video, courtesy of WRAL)
  • A Duke Law Moot Court team sweeps through regional rounds and will advance to the national final rounds of the ABA's National Appellate Advocacy Competition, to be held in Chicago from April 3 to 5 (more)
  • Bertis Downs, general counsel of R.E.M., discussed legal and business challenges to the music industry in a March 3 talk at Duke Law (more)
  • President-Elect of the N.C. Bar Association Allyson Duncan '75 to discuss American "enemy combatants" on March 17 (more)
  • Record-breaking PILF auction raises almost $30,000 for Public Interest Fellowships (more)
  • Institute for Justice founder Clint Bolick and Duke Law Professor Laura Underkuffler debate pros and cons of school vouchers on Mar. 5 (more)
  • Francis E. McGovern, a Duke professor of law generally recognized as the top expert in the field of mass torts, has been presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. (more)
  • Duke Law team wins regional round in Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (more)
  • Looking Like the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment Cases in Perspective: a Mar. 4 discussion at Duke Law led by Peter Irons, professor of political science at UC-San Diego, and UNC Law Professor Eric Muller (more)
  • What are you waiting for? Duke Law Drama Society performs Waiting for Godot Feb. 28 and Mar. 1 (more)
  • Jack Valenti, president and chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), will visit Duke Law School on Monday, Feb. 24 to present the third annual Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property. (more)
  • Professor James Cox says America should look to the past to develop an economic stimulus plan ( more)
  • Professor Jeff Powell’s book on the President’s powers leads to symposium (more)
  • Christopher Mills '04 emerged as the winner of the 2003 Dean's Cup Moot Court Competition (more)
  • Business Law Society brings together students, alumni, leading business practitioners for day-long event Feb. 22 (more)
  • Dr. Leon Kass, chair of the President's Commission on Bioethics, presents Feb. 4 Siegel Memorial Lecture: Preventing a Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Human Cloning (more)
  • Professor Neil Vidmar leads one-of-a-kind study of jury room interactions (more)
  • Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Feb. 6 features Professor James Boyle, leading scholar in intellectual property and cyberlaw and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke (more)
  • Fourth Circuit Judge Diana Gribbon Motz visits Duke Law Feb. 5 (more)
  • Judge David Sentelle of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Roger Gregory of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and Magistrate Judge Brent McKnight lead group judging annual Dean's Cup Moot Court Competition Feb. 3-7 (more)
  • ABA technology expert shares practical wisdom with Duke Law students (more)
  • The Duke Law website launches a new look designed to increase communication about the activity of the Duke Law community (more)
  • Independent documentary filmmaker Louis Massiah screens film at Duke Law on Jan. 24 (more)
  • Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Jan. 16 features Andrew Foster, director of the Duke Community Economic Development Law Clinic (more)
  • Ken Starr '73 leads Jan. 13 discussion of his new book, First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life (more)
  • Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier leads Jan. 19 lunch discussion at Duke Law (more)
  • Duke Law team of third-year students Jackie Sumer, Dhamian Blue and Meg Turner wins regional stage of National Moot Court Competition (more)
  • New educational series for students kicks off with Jan. 21 session focusing on use of technology in legal practice (more)
  • Many forces led to Columbine and to general rise in childhood emotional dysfunction, says senior lecturing fellow Doriane Coleman (more)
  • Ken Starr '73 to lead Jan. 13 discussion of his new book, First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life (more)