Less than 24 hours away 🕑 from the kick-off of this year’s #DukeLawReunion -- and we are READY! 🎉🥂💙⚖️ Safe travels to everyone and we can’t wait to see you back at Duke Law for a fun-filled weekend. View the Reunion schedule ➡️ law.duke.edu/alumni/reunion

#foreverduke

Casey Witte ’24 analyzes whether drug cartels should be designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations for LENS essay series 🔗 bit.ly/3vUpc3Q

Kudos to this year’s winners of the annual student-voted D.O.N.E. Awards! 🏆💙👏 Among the recipients, Prof. Christopher Buccafusco received the Distinguished Teaching Award and Derrick Jeffries was honored as Distinguished Staff Member. [full story ➡️ duke.is/p/54te]

Bringing us joy this morning to see our Law faculty, including Profs. Trina Jones, Timothy Lovelace, Veronica Root Martinez, Gina-Gail S. Fletcher, Assoc. Clinical Prof. Crystal Grant, and VAP Nia Johnson enjoying fellowship with many of Duke University’s esteemed faculty.💙☺️

#MorningVibes

TUES, APR 16 | Duke Law’s Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law is in Houston talking bail reform in Harris County—successes, lessons learned, and more—with Prof. Brandon Garrett, UH Law Center Prof. Sandra Guerra Thompson, and Vinson & Elkins Assoc. Hunter Albritton ’21. ➡️ RSVP at rsvp.duke.edu/DorGY2.

Prof. Brandon Garrett talks with Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) on the use of “black box” AI evidence in court 🔗 bit.ly/3vLWulM

Prof. Samuel Buell and Prof. Darrell Miller write for Slate that Jack Smith must clearly inform the public of the facts in the election subversion case against Donald Trump bit.ly/4aPES7y

Associate Dean for DEI Alison Ashe-Card and Sylvia James ’96 (Sylvia James) have been elected to leadership positions for the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) in advance of the organization’s annual meeting this month. bit.ly/4aLaB9R

Part 2 of our report on recent 4th Circuit en banc arguments examines the question of 'common use' as to guns with removed or damaged serial numbers. firearmslaw.duke.edu/2024/04/fourth…

The West Academic Casebooks Archive is now activated in HeinOnline for the Duke University community! Access nearly 4,000 historical West Academic for Faculty casebooks and study aids, dating from 1830 to 2018: dukelawref.blogspot.com/2024/04/west-a…

🌼💙 61 donors needed for #TheNext100 ! 🌼💙 Duke Law faculty are legal scholars, fantastic educators and part of the community. With your support, we can aid the research needs of our faculty members and in the education of their students. Thank you! ➡️ bit.ly/3PVwIlZ

Prof. Lawrence Zelenak comments on whether athletic scholarships may be taxed as income 🔗 bit.ly/43UqUil

Ryan Stoa ’11 (Ryan Stoa), an environmental, natural resources, and cannabis law scholar, will join the LSULawCenter faculty 🔗 bit.ly/43SpQeU

.Public Domain Center’s Prof. Jennifer Jenkins talks to the @WashingtonPost about the trademark fight over Momofuku’s “chili crunch” condiment 🔗 wapo.st/3xC95bE

Happy #NationalLibraryWeek from Goodson Law Library! 📚

With 625,000+ volumes, the Goodson Law Library serves the university and the local legal communities. Our library is also a selective depository for U.S. federal government publications. More at ➡️ law.duke.edu/lib

In a new post today, Repository manager Ethan Margolis sheds light on the particular challenges associated with unearthing historical gun regulations in state and municipal archives - the Repository contains over 2,100 illustrative examples of such laws firearmslaw.duke.edu/2024/04/locati…

Judge Kimberly Carlton Bonner, a former Florida trial court judge, writes that judges may need to be watchful for the “Googling Juror” when it comes to #GenZ .

Read “What Do Judges Need to Know About Generation Z?” in Judicature Vol. 106 No. 3 (2023). loom.ly/FHxbV64

New article co-authored by Prof. Veronica Root Martinez (Veronica Root Martinez) arguing for stronger self-regulation of the legal profession is featured in The Regulatory Review (@TheRegReview) bit.ly/49zcTYt

Prof. Nita Farahany previews her keynote address for Science and Technology Week at Illinois State University bit.ly/3PYrYfl

Can’t believe my eyes! 😎🌑☀️
3:15pm @ Durham, N.C.

#Eclipse2024