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The Princeton Review once again ranked Duke Law School among the very best law schools for student experience, faculty, and employment. 🔗
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The editors in chief of the Top 16 law reviews in the U.S. — for the first time, all women — gathered at
@DukeinDC
for a daylong conference titled 'Honoring the Advancement of Women in Law.'
#womenandlaw
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The Law Alumni Association presents the 2022 Charles S. Rhyne Award to
@MarcEElias
'93.👏 The award recognizes graduates whose careers exemplify the highest standards of professionalism, personal integrity & commitment to education or community service.
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Exciting news! Prof. Laurence R. Helfer, an expert in international human rights law and institutions, has been elected to serve on the UN Human Rights Committee, the U.S.
@StateDept
announced today. Congratulations!👏
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.
@marinklevy
says Biden administration's messaging on federal judgeships will open up a far more diverse pipeline of candidates. “You start to see people saying, well, for the first time I’m actually considering myself as a potential candidate.”
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Testimony of Prof. Michael Tigar read in extradition trial of Wikileaks publisher Assange. Tigar laid out what happened that forced the Nixon administration, which desperately wanted to punish whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, to drop his case.
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WATCH:
#EndOfAnEra
- Prof. Sara Sun Beale is retiring after a legendary 45 years at Duke Law! Last week, she taught her final class, and fellow faculty, staff, and current students met her with 😍😍😍 and 👏👏👏 afterward. Thank you, Sara! We will miss you, dearly. 💙💙💙
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Today at Duke Law: The Office of the Dean welcomed
@nyulaw
@ProfMMurray
, faculty director
@bwln_nyua
&
@StrictScrutiny_
co-host, to Duke Law to give the annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture, speaking on SCOTUS case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and democracy.
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Kerry Abrams has been selected as the next dean of Duke Law School. She will succeed David F. Levi as the James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law on July 1.
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Today at Duke Law: Thrilled to have
@DukeMBB
Head Coach Jon Scheyer 😈🏀 help kickoff the
@InnocenceNtwrk
Board’s meeting being held at Duke Law, offering words of support and inspiration for the group’s efforts to combat wrongful convictions and reform the criminal legal system.
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Family members of Charles Ray Finch speak to the media Thursday morning after a federal judge ordered Finch’s immediate release from prison. Finch, 81, served 43 years of a life sentence for a 1976 murder & was freed with the legal assistance of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic.
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Chris Buccafusco (
@cjbuccafusco
), a scholar of innovation, creativity, and IP and director
@CardozoLaw
's Intellectual Property & Information Law Program, to join Duke Law faculty on July 1.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: On the 16 women editors in chief - "It's a good beginning. It's such a contrast to the 'ancient days' when I entered law school. It's an enormous change to see women in numbers on law reviews and heading law reviews. (cont.)..."
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.
@MaraRevkin
, an emerging scholar whose empirical research incorporates international and comparative law, human rights, transitional justice, criminal law, and property, to join the faculty July 1.
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Congratulations to Professors Maggie Lemos, Guy-Uriel Charles, David F. Levi, and Walter Dellinger on being appointed to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States today.
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Prof.
@MaraRevkin
and research team awarded £1.5 million for research on civilian harm in Iraq and Gaza 🔗
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That smile is everything. 😃
Yesterday, Ronnie Long, a client of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Duke Law, celebrated his first month of freedom in 44 years.
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The U.S.
@StateDept
has launched a campaign to elect Duke University Law Professor Laurence R. Helfer, an expert on the international human rights system, to the UN Human Rights Committee. Helfer was announced as the U.S. nominee in December 2021.
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FRI @ 9AM:
@DukeFirearmsLaw
's 'Privatizing the Gun Debate' hosts experts in the gun debate incl:
-
@HeidiLiFeldman
-
@JuliaMahoneyUVA
-
@IlyaSomin
-
@DruStevenson
- w/ Keynote Speaker
@ACelorioa
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico)
RSVP, Agenda, Panel 👉
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#DukeLaw
students, faculty & staff stage in a Die-In, holding signs naming unarmed black men & women killed by police
http://t.co/MtMJ0Md4sg
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Duke Law's Farrah Bara '20 — editor-in-chief of the student-led
@DukeLawJournal
— leads first-ever collaboration marking centennial of 19th Amendment ratification and women occupying editor-in-chief slot at Top 16 law schools
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Veronica Root Martinez (
@VRootMartinez
), one of the nation’s foremost academic experts on corporate compliance and the recipient of numerous awards for her contributions to teaching and student life
@NDLaw
, will join the Duke Law faculty on July 1.
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A packed house to hear Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg interviewed by Duke Law Professor Neil Siegel!
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It's
#PublicDomainDay
! Today, copyrighted works from 1925 enter the
#publicdomain
, including 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝙶𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚋𝚢 & 𝙼𝚛𝚜. 𝙳𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚢; silent films w/ Harold Lloyd & Buster Keaton; songs from "Ma" Rainey & Fats Waller.
🔗
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Jonathan M. Seymour, an emerging bankruptcy scholar who has taught and researched at Duke for the last three years through the Law School’s Visiting Assistant Professor program, will become an associate professor of law on July 1.
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.
@JonPetkun
, a
@USMC
veteran who holds a PhD from
@MITEcon
and uses large-scale data sets to study the legal and economic organization of public institutions, to join the Duke Law faculty as an associate professor of law.
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Gabriella Ravida, editor-in-chief of
@PennLawReview
: "When I first stepped into this role, some of the best advice I got was, do not call yourself the 'mother' of the law review because with that term comes those kinds of assumptions of what you're going to do for people."
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"I am asking you once again to adjust the library thermostat.”🧤
We promise to give
#BernieSanders
full run of the thermostat when he shows up at
@DukeLawLibrary
.
#berniesandersmemes
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View from today's Practitioners & the Press panel:
@ABAPresident
Judy Perry Martinez,
@NYTimes
' legal correspondent
@AdamLiptak
,
@HoganLovells
partner
@Neal_Katyal
,
@Family_Equality
CPO
@BroganKator
, and Duke Law Prof. Kathryn Webb Bradley.
#womanandlaw
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A deeply insightful discussion today RE: impact of recent
#SCOTUS
rulings, incl
#Bruen
,
#Dobbs
& West Virginia v. EPA w/ Prof.
@marinklevy
,
@umichlaw
's
@LeahLitman
(co-host,
@StrictScrutiny_
),
@utexaslaw
's
@steve_vladeck
(CNN’s
#SCOTUS
analyst) &
@WMLawSchool
's
@ProfKMCrocker
.
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Karen L. “Kerry” Abrams succeeded David F. Levi as the James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law on July 1. “Kerry Abrams is one of the brightest stars in legal education, and I look forward to welcoming her to Duke,” said
@dukeu
Pres. Vincent Price.
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Congratulations to Duke Law Prof. Jamie Lau (
@LauDurham
) & Ronnie Long on receiving the 2021
@NCAJ_
Kellie Crabtree Award; given to an attorney and their client in cases where the client's story & the attorney's representation made a real difference in protecting people's rights.
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As we observe
#BlackHistoryMonth
, Duke Law honors the courage and legacy of the first Black students admitted to the Law School 60 years ago—Walter Thaniel Johnson, Jr. '64 and David Robinson II '64. Johnson, N.C.'s first Black asst DA, died last year. He was 81.⚖️🧵(1/4)
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Congratulations, Professor
@MarinKLevy
!😃👏
ALI has elected 24 new members who will join the Institute in its mission to clarify the law through Restatements, Principles, and Model Codes.
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Poet, novelist & playwright Langston Hughes' first book of poetry "The Weary Blues" enters the public domain. A pioneer of jazz poetry and leader of the
#HarlemRenaissance
, Hughes' later works such as "Montage of a Dream Deferred" inspired civil rights activists.
#publicdomainday
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.
@DukeLawJournal
, other top law reviews produce joint issue celebrating women's achievements in law
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Mike Levin '05 advances in California primary for U.S. Congressional seat
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Duke Law’s
#futureofcollegesports
Conference kicked off tonight with
@espn
’s
@JayBilas
discussing the topic of allowing college athletes to make money off their likenesses.
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Duke Law ranks among the top law schools in the U.S. across multiple categories, including Best Professors, Career Prospects, and Classroom Experience, in the latest
@ThePrincetonRev
rankings.
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Legal historian of civil rights movement Timothy Lovelace joins Duke Law faculty
➡️
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Recently exonerated after 44 years in prison, Wrongful Convictions client Ronnie Long sending in his ballot.
#Vote2020
#mondaymotivation
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Pardon of innocence granted to Howard Dudley, a client of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic. Dudley spent nearly 24 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. A judge told him, "The system failed you."
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Wonderful to see Fatima Hassan LLM’02 (
@_HassanF
), a South African activist/lawyer and founder
@HealthJusticeIn
, receiving the Calgary Peace Prize for 2022 for her “incredible efforts” to make the world a more just, safer, and less violent place .⚖️ ☮️ 👏
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A joyous Anthony Willis, alongside Adelyn Curran ’22 & Prof. Jamie Lau (
@LauDurham
), is released from prison today after being granted clemency by Gov. Cooper.
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For students in the Wrongful Convictions Clinic, client exoneration will be "one of the highlights of their career," says Prof. James Coleman
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Good luck to all our graduates taking the Bar exam this week! We know you've got what it takes to succeed, and we can't wait to watch you start your bright futures!
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Today at Duke Law: Prof. Trina Jones, director of Duke's Center on Race, Law, and Policy, led the 'Judicial Diversity and the Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson' discussion with
@howardlawschool
Dean
@danielleholley
,
@NYULaw
's
@ProfMMurray
&
@STCL_Houston
's
@NjeriRutledge
.
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CONGRATULATIONS! 💯
👏
@NitaFarahany
, Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law, eff. July 1, 2020
👏
@MichaelFrakes2
, A. Kenneth Pye Distinguished Professor of Law, eff. July 1, 2020
👏
@StephenESachs
, Colin W. Brown Distinguished Professor of Law, eff. July 1, 2020
Congratulations to our 29 faculty members awarded distinguished professorships 👏
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Scholarship📝 : In an article forthcoming in
@YaleLJournal
,
@DukeLaw
Prof. Joseph Blocher and
@UVALaw
Prof. Mitu Gulati examine the history of the U.S.’s first overseas territory through competing frameworks of sovereignty and property.
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Prof.
@brandonlgarrett
to lead new Center for Science and Justice focused on evidence-based criminal justice reform
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A few scenes of this evening's beautiful snowfall ❄️ outside Duke Law!
#pictureduke
#dukecampus
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After Duke Law announced moving to credit/no-credit grading for spring semester due to the
#COVID19
pandemic, Prof. James Coleman sent a message to his Criminal Law class. "I hope none of you agonizes over it," he wrote. "In the long run, it will have no effect on your career."
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Prof.
@RachelBarkow
, of
@NYULaw
, spoke with students about reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, and reducing crime and reverse mass incarceration; as told in her book, "Prisoners of Politics." Event sponsored by Prof.
@brandonlgarrett
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Happy
#PublicDomainDay
! Today, books, films & musical compositions copyrighted in 1926 are free to use without license. Thanks to the Music Modernization Act, about 400,000 pre-1923 sound recordings are, too. Check out some of these works & artists below!
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Allison Korn (
@aekorny
), a former public defender and current asst dean for experiential education and director of the Food Law and Policy Clinic at UCLA School of Law, excited to build “deep and rich legacy” at Duke Health Justice Clinic (
@HealthDuke
)
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Today at Duke Law: After viewing “The Trials of Darryl Hunt,” new 1Ls learned about Duke’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic from clinic director Prof. Jim Coleman;
@WFULawSchool
’s
@MarkRabil03
, Hunt’s attorney; and former WCC client Dontae Sharpe, exonerated after 24 years in prison.
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Prof.
@NitaFarahany
'04 receives Distinguished Teaching Award at 2021 DONE Awards. “I consider this award to be, honestly, the most humbling honor of my professional career.”
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Prof.
@brandonlgarrett
recommends the DOJ add an independent corporate prosecution function to crack down on white-collar crime. He said that individuals were charged in" 27 percent of the 497 of these agreements with organizations between 2001 and 2018."
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Today's the last day of finals...
AND, the final day of the semester!
Congratulations, Duke Law students! You made it!💙👏🎉
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“What our society needs is lawyers who are in love with justice.” -
@MichaelSorrell
‘94 MPP’90,
#DukeLaw
commencement speaker
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5
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In commentary for
@Slate
, Duke Law Prof.
@NeilScottSiegel
and Slate's
@Dahlialithwick
, host of the 'Amicus' podcast, write on "The Lawlessness of the Dobbs Decision"
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.
@brandonlgarrett
-led study finds only 42 forensic science courses offered at U.S. law schools, and few focus on statistics or scientific methods. "Far more should be done to ensure scientific literacy in the legal profession, beginning in law school."
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Prof. Sarah Bloom Raskin, former deputy treasury secretary and Fed governor, awarded distinguished professorship. “In addition to being a leading voice on the future of our financial system, she is a dedicated teacher," said
@DeanKerryAbrams
.
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.
@DukeU
lowered its flag today in honor of Prof. Emeritus Walter Dellinger III, who died Monday at the age of 80. He was a member of the Law School's faculty since 1969 and served as acting U.S. solicitor general and assistant attorney general during the Clinton administration.
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Every summer from 2013 to 2019, Justice Ginsburg spoke to students in the Duke Law DC Summer Institute and Duke Law alumni in a conversation with Professor
@NeilScottSiegel
, her former clerk on the Supreme Court.
➡️ Watch:
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.
@Myrna_Perez
(
@BrennanCenter
): "Given the disproportionate deaths that happened from Covid, we want to make sure that those people who are voting in person, which are probably going to be people of color, are able to do so safely and sanitarily."
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7
29
Today at Duke Law: A window into the highly accomplished, varied legal career of Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Toby J. Heytens, who clerked for Justice Ginsburg, taught
@UVAlaw
, held private practice & served as VA solicitor general, w/
@BolchJudicial
’s Judge Paul Grimm.
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7
29
We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and our students and alumni affected by the military aggression by Russia.
#StandWithUkraine
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6
28
FEB 9 @ 12:30PM: The Human Rights in Practice series hosts
@EvaOkoth
(
@NaturalJustice
),
@kristincasper
(
@Greenpeace
Intl) & moderator Monica Iyer (
@Moni_on_Earth
, Duke Law) to discuss "Climate and Environmental Litigation and Human Rights." In-person & at
0
7
29
Today at Duke Law: Prof.
@brandonlgarrett
, a noted legal expert &
@WilsonCSJ
director, discussed his new book 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚋, which examines the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence. Sponsors:
@DukeLawLibrary
, Office of the Dean.
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Prof. Emeritus Christopher Schroeder tapped to lead Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. “There is no one I have ever encountered who has better judgment than Chris Schroeder,” said Prof. Emeritus Walter Dellinger.
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3L Garmai Gorlorwulu receives Forever Duke Student Leadership Award. Duke Law is incredibly proud of all she’s accomplished here and wishes Garmai the best on her future!
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3
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President Biden has nominated Duke Law Prof. Sarah Bloom Raskin, who served as deputy treasury secretary and a governor
@federalreserve
Board in the Obama administration, to be the central bank’s vice chair for supervision, the
@WhiteHouse
announced.
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Congratulations to Profs. Darrell Miller and Joseph Blocher, whose book, “The Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller,” was named to the Green Bag’s list of Exemplary Legal Writing for 2018.
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@PennLawReview
View from the Editors in Chief panel:
@PennLawReview
's Gabriella Ravida,
@YaleLJournal
's Ela Leshem,
@CalifLRev
's Noor-ul-ain Hasan,
@StanLRev
's Nicole Collins, and moderated by
@DukeLawJournal
's Farrah Bara '20
#womenandlaw
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11
28
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Smiles and sunshine welcomed Duke Law’s
#Classof2020
back to
@DukeU
and Duke Law for today’s long-awaited
#graduation
! 🎓💙🎉
Thank you to all of the family members, friends, and other loved ones who came out to share this special day with us.
#dukelaw2020
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Professor Walter Dellinger, a renowned constitutional lawyer, leading SCOTUS advocate, and adviser to U.S. presidents who served as acting solicitor general and assistant attorney general, dies at 80
@DukeU
will lower its flags today in Dellinger’s honor
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10
28
Duke Law Professor Emeritus Christopher Schroeder confirmed to lead the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel
1
8
27
.
@brandonlgarrett
report: Releasing more misdemeanor defendants without cash bail did not lead to higher recidivism. “This misdemeanor bail reform is working as intended, and there are real results.”
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"All I can say is I'm happy, I'm thankful, I'm grateful."
An elated Willie Shaw left prison Tuesday after an investigation by the Duke Wrongful Convictions Clinic revealed that medical evidence in his 2016 conviction contradicted the state's allegations.
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