Duke Law posthumously honors Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor for civics education efforts
DUKE LAW — The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has been named the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School. A ceremony will be held in her honor on April 4, 2024, at Duke University.
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UNITED STATES COURTS — Court proceedings put a premium on decorum and civil discourse, but the skills and dispositions that set the stage start long before the attorneys and parties enter the courtroom.
Read More about Duke Law hosts civil discourse program for first-year studentsDuke Law professor Michael Frakes named co-editor of American Law and Economics Review
DUKE LAW NEWS — Professor Michael D. Frakes has been named one of three editors-in-chief of the American Law and Economics Review, the official scholarly journal of the American Law and Economics Association (ALEA).
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DUKE LAW NEWS — The first semester at Duke Law is packed with new faces, places, and experiences, not to mention adjusting to the rigors of the curriculum. So one would forgive 1Ls for being absorbed in their own lives.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Lola Todman ’25 is only in her second year of law school, but her article, “Broadening the Hiring Criteria for Legal Jobs Would Benefit Minorities, Clients,” was already published in the New York Law Journal—one of the most widely read publications providing legal news in New York state.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — When Alexander Rosa, who had been incarcerated at the Bridgeport Correctional Center in Connecticut since 2019, wanted to file a complaint in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut alleging he had received inadequate medical care in prison, he asked to pay $400 filing fee in installments pursuant to the Prison Litigation…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Born in a displaced persons camp in Germany after her parents escaped the Holocaust, Rosalie Silberman Abella charted a remarkable and historic path to becoming the first Jewish woman on Canada’s Supreme Court. Often described as “Canada’s RBG,” Justice Abella has dedicated her life to human rights, equality, and constitutional law.
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GW LAW — GW Law’s National Security, Cybersecurity, & Foreign Relations Law Program, along with the Veteran Law Students Association, Military Law Society, and National Security Law Association hosted the then Acting General Counsel—recently appointed General Counsel—of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and retired Judge Advocate, Allison Stevens to commemorate Veterans Day.
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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — Sky Ha Nul Park (J.D. ‘23) is used to being first. Born to immigrant parents from South Korea, a first-generation college graduate, and now the first in her family to earn a graduate degree, Park began her academic career studying political science at the University of Georgia.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Providing low-income families experiencing a health crisis with direct cash support can improve the outcomes of their medical treatment, reduce red tape, and save health care dollars, according to a new paper by a group of Harvard experts.
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