Does Biden have the power to cancel student loan debt? Recent court challenges to Biden`s student loan forgiveness plan raise important questions about legal authority, prestige and separation of powers. Join a discussion with Thomas Berry of the Cato Institute to discuss the legality of Biden`s student loan forgiveness plan. Sponsored by the Federalist Society. For more information, please contact Tom Fogarty at tmf33@duke.edu. *Courses marked with an asterisk are intended for the entire Duke Law School community. No conflictual events are expected. Working for a judge is a unique legal experience. Take this program to learn more about judicial internships and postgraduate internships. Information about positions, benefits for you, and the application process are covered. You will also learn about the resources that the Faculty of Law provides to students. Lunch will be provided. Financed by the Referendariat.
If you have any questions, please contact Leigh Marquis at leigh.marquess@law.duke.edu. Amy Swearer, a lawyer at the Heritage Foundation, will discuss constitutional disputes related to red flag laws, also known as risk-based gun retirement laws. Food will be provided. CELS 2022 brings together researchers in law, economics, political science, psychology, policy analysis and other fields interested in empirical analysis of law and legal institutions. Participants will present papers dealing with empirical and experimental research on legal issues from all areas of empirical legal research. The papers, selected through a peer-review process, are presented in panels, with commentators assigned to each article and opportunities for discussion with the public. Detailed information on jurisdictions on MCLE regulations and general information on accreditation of ABA CLE events, webinars, conference calls and on-demand continuing education courses. Join us for the 9th annual Whiskey in the Courtroom: Evolving Trends in Forensic Science. Forensic experts and lawyers who have argued cases involving complex scientific evidence will speak on a range of topics designed to help lawyers understand the latest trends in forensic evidence, the limitations of that evidence, and legal challenges. The program is open to defense attorneys and investigators and is expected to offer 6.25 hours of CLE. Sponsored by Duke Law Center for Criminal Justice & Professional Responsibility, NC Office of Indigent Defense Services and Wilson Center for Science and Justice. For more information, please contact Marlyn Dail at marlyn.dail@law.duke.edu.
This program is part of a series of events focused on policy issues surrounding semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain. Join Duke Law`s Center for Innovation Policy and the Duke Sanford Cyber Policy Program for another program focused on these important issues. Lunch will be provided. More information will follow. Contact Balfour Smith (bsmith@law.duke.edu). Join Jewish and Muslim law student associations for a kosher/halal dinner, where guests hear from practicing Jewish and Muslim lawyers how to navigate their faith in legal practice. Join the Duke Law Florida Club as we welcome James Gillenwater, JD`12 and shareholder of Greenberg Traurig Miami! We`ll discuss James` journey to justice, his time at Duke, and his experience as a transnational litigator in countries such as Bolivia, Haiti, and Guinea. We will also cover its transition from Washington D.C. to the Florida legal market, sponsored by the Duke Law Florida Club. For more information, please contact Mark Pemberton at mark.pemberton@duke.edu. Only the American Bar Association offers a high-quality CLE in such a comprehensive range of relevant topics that benefit all lawyers across the country.
Frequently asked questions with answers to help you with questions about events and CLE. Students are invited to meet with members of the Alumni Council during the fall sessions of the Law School Foundation Board of Directors and the Alumni Council. Food will be provided. RSVP to alumnievents@law.virginia.edu. Melissa Murray, Frederick I and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, will deliver the annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture. Murray, who is also faculty director of the Birnbaum Women`s Leadership Network at NYU Law, is a leading expert in family law, constitutional law, reproductive rights and justice. Her award-winning research focuses on the legal regulation of intimate life, covering topics such as gender and sexuality regulation, marriage and its alternatives, the marriage equality debate, legal recognition of care, reproductive rights, and justice. His publications have appeared in California Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Harvard Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Pennsylvania Law Review, Virginia Law Review, and Yale Law Journal, among others. She is the author of Cases on Reproductive Rights and Justice, the first case book dealing with reproductive rights and justice, and co-editor of Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories.
Prior to joining the faculty at New York University, Murray was a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she received the Rutter Award for Distinction in Teaching. From March 2016 to June 2017, she served as Interim Dean of Berkeley Law. Funded by the Dean`s Office. If you have any questions, please contact Events@law.duke.edu. The Office of Private Practice will discuss how to optimize social events and fixed interactions in both an in-person and virtual environment. This session will cover how to make the most of business interactions that lay the groundwork for hiring summer 1L and summer 2L employees in the private sector. An identical meeting will be held on 21 September. Attend a Lunch & Learn training on Bloomberg Law! We showcase some of our unique transaction and litigation tools and showcase our practice centers, corporate research and legal news! Sponsored by Bloomberg Industry Group. For more information, please contact Will Thompson at wthompson@bloombergindustry.com or Sadé Harper at sade.harper@duke.edu.
David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law, speaks with Chief Justice Debra Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit about his career and time on the bench. Judge Livingston was appointed to the Second Circuit in 2007 and was confirmed and became Chief Justice in 2020. She began her career in 1985 as a partner in the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1986 to 1991. In 1992, she decided to pursue an academic career and taught at the University of Michigan School of Law and then at Columbia Law School, where she still teaches today. She is co-author of the Comprehensive Criminal Procedure casebook and has published numerous academic articles on legal topics. She has taught courses on evidence, criminal law and procedure, as well as national security and terrorism. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Program sponsored by the Bolch Judicial Institute. Lunch will be provided. For more information, please contact Ann Yandian (ann.yandian@law.duke.edu). Wondering what are the 1L summer job opportunities for BIPOC students? Hear from current 2L companies about their 1L summer experiences in a variety of legal environments (Judicial Extern, Summer Associate, Public Interest and Duke Research).