Highlights:
The School continued its “Great Lives in the Law” lecture series,
which features the country’s most distinguished jurists,
attorneys general and other high public officials whose insights
about the law, and about their own careers, are intended to deepen
the understanding of the role of lawyers in our society. Speakers
included Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court and
Julius Chambers, a renowned civil rights activist and lawyer.
Duke Law launched three new
clinical programs in 2002 to offer
students hands-on work in various areas of the law, including
community economic development, children’s education and
international human rights.
The School experienced a banner year for its
moot court
programs, with students bringing home top honors
in a number of regional and national competitions.
Appointments and Promotions:
- Stuart Benjamin, professor of law, from the University
of Texas School of Law
- Michael Byers, promoted from associate professor to
professor of law
- Doriane Coleman, formerly a senior lecturing fellow,
promoted to tenure-track professor
- Arti Rai, professor of law, from the University of
Pennsylvania Law School
- Barak Richman, assistant professor of law, formerly a law
clerk in Providence, RI with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit
- Lawrence Zelenak, professor of law, from Columbia Law School
- Tom Hadzor, associate dean for external relations, from
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Bruce Elvin, assistant dean for career services, from
Heidrick & Struggles in New York City
School statistics:
The student body (JD) consisted of 346 men and 305 women from
47 states and 16 foreign countries.
Major gifts:
- The Duke Endowment gave $200,000 to the Children's
Education Law Clinic, a clinical program of Duke Law
School that provides free legal services to low-income
children and their parents in matters relating to the
rights of children in school.
- Jeroll R. Silverberg L'46 established a Charitable
Remainder Trust of $1 million to provide for two
full-tuition Mordecai scholarships
to Duke Law students.
