Detainees and National Security: A Judge's View
April 8, 2010
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Room 3037
Duke Law School
Sponsored by the American Constitution Society and the Program in Public Law
Judge Richard Leon of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia discusses his experience deciding terrorism-related detainee cases, including Boumediene v. Bush.

The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution
Lecture and book signing
with author Barry Friedman
March 29, 2010
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Book signing immediately following the lecture
Third floor loggia
Webcast

Covering the Court: A Conversation with Adam Liptak and Neil Lewis
March 25, 2010
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Adam Liptak, Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times, and Neil Lewis, former correspondent for The New York Times and Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School, discuss the responsibilities and challenges of covering the Court. Webcast

CLS v. Martinez and the Freedom of Association
March 19, 2010
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Panelists discuss the upcoming Supreme Court case, Christian Legal Society v. Martinez.
Read more about the case here in the SCOTUSblog case files.
Webcast

Avoiding Marriage: Why Progressives Should Not Support Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
March 18, 2010
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Sponsored by the American Constitution Society and the Program in Public Law
Professor Jeff Redding discusses recent developments in the debate about same-sex marriage in the U.S. In particular, Professor Redding addresses how the recent case filed in federal court in California affects this debate.

Drawing Lines: The Future of Redistricting in America
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy
Conference
February 26, 2010
9:30 AM-4:30 PM
Room 3037
Duke Law School
View detailed conference schedule

Diversity on the Federal Bench: A Debate
February 22, 2010
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3037
Duke Law School
Sponsored by the Federalist Society, the American Constitution Society, and the Program in Public Law
Adam Mortara, lecturer at the University of Chicago, and Duke Law professor Neil Siegel debate the value of having diversity in the federal judiciary. Webcast

Citizens (dis)United: A Discussion of the Recent Campaign Finance Decision
February 10, 2010
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Join Duke University Professors Michael Munger and Neil Siegel and UNC Professor Gene Nichol for a lively panel discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Webcast

Supreme Court Moot
Weyhrauch v. United States
December 2, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3043
Duke Law School
(Attendance limited to Duke Law faculty, students, and staff only.)
Please join Donald Ayer, Counsel of Record for Petitioner, and judge panelists Dean David F. Levi and Professors Sara Beale, Lisa Griffin, and Samuel Buell, as they moot upcoming Supreme Court case Weyhrauch v. U.S..

Supreme Court Moot
United States v. Comstock
November 18, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
(Attendance limited to Duke Law faculty, students, and staff only.)
Join Dean David F. Levi and Duke Law Professors Don Ayer, Sara Beale, Neil Siegel, and Ernie Young as they moot the first case that the Roberts Court will decide concerning the scope of Congress's powers in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

Supreme Court Moot
October 21, 2009
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 3043
Duke Law School
The Program in Public Law sponsors a moot court for the upcoming Jones v. Harris case, in which the Supreme Court has been asked to clarify the standard for judging whether fees charged by mutual fund advisors are excessive under Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Sotomayor Panel Discussion
October 20, 2009
12:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Panelists consider the personal and professional background of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor in an attempt to imagine the sort of Justice that she is most likely to become both methodologically and ideologically. Webcast

The Role of the Supreme Court: Rhetoric v. Reality
October 7, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Sponsored by the Program in Public Law,
the American Constitution Society, and
the Federalist Society
Supreme Court litigator Donald Ayer and Duke Law professors Neil Siegel and Ernest Young debate the proper role of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Webcast

Supreme Court Preview
October 6, 2009
12:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Duke Law professors Neil Siegel, Samuel Buell, James Coleman, and Ernest Young discuss some of the most important Supreme Court cases of the upcoming term. Webcast

Supreme Court Moot
September 30, 2009
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
The Program in Public Law sponsors a Supreme Court moot for the upcoming United States v. Stevens case, a First Amendment free speech clause case involving the sales of videotapes of pit bull dog fights.

The Legacy of Justice David H. Souter
September 24, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Stuart Benjamin and Ernest Young of Duke Law School and Heather Gerken of Yale Law School, former co-clerks in Justice Souter's chambers, will reunite for a panel discussion to reflect on their time together with the Justice and offer thoughts on how history is likely to remember him. Webcast

Supreme Court Review
September 22, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Duke Law professors Neil Siegel, Stuart Benjamin, Guy-Uriel Charles, and Lisa Kern Griffin discuss some of the most important Supreme Court decisions from the October 2008 Term. Webcast