Duke Law School has received a $3.5 million gift from an anonymous alumnus to endow the James D. Cox Professorship Fund. The ...

Thomas Li LLM ’21 has joined New York litigation boutique Brithem as an associate. Li represents clients in high-stakes ...

The Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in NYSRPA v. Bruen did more than just strike down New York’s handgun permit rule. It gave every trial judge in the country a new job: historian. After Bruen, the ...

Abrams’ tenure includes record fundraising, expanding opportunities for students interested in public interest and pro bono work, and continued bolstering of Duke Law’s commitment to community and ...

Broadly described, agentic AI refers to a machine-based system that can act autonomously to achieve outcomes. But while they’re not agents in a legal sense — an AI cannot owe a duty to anyone or act ...

Nicoletti’s scholarship illuminates the ways in which law shaped — and was shaped by — the Civil War and its aftermath Cynthia Nicoletti, a scholar of American legal history focusing on the Civil War ...

Duke Law School mourns the passing of Stanley A. Star ’61, one of the most generous and influential benefactors in the Law School’s history. Over nearly five decades, Stanley's generosity and ...

Duke Law’s Brandon Garrett says governments can help protect Americans’ due process rights by using interpretable, or “glass box,” AI systems Like companies and individuals, government agencies have ...

International trade expert Tim Meyer says Congress could take steps to reassert its authority in cross-border economic decision making A 2026 United States Supreme Court decision saying the president ...

Justice Barrett talked with Dean Kerry Abrams and Duke Law students about her approach to judicial interpretation and the influences that have shaped her thinking For Justice Amy Coney Barrett, ...

Kate Evans has brought significant energy and talent to advocacy, clinical education, and public service at Duke Law — and emerged as a leader in all three. Since arriving at the law school in 2019 as ...

Morgan Abbott JD ’16 has joined NC Children's as president of the NC Children's Foundation. NC Children’s will be a new children’s health system formed through a partnership between Duke University ...