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Jai Singh proposes to Aditi Mishra on bridge at Sarah P. Duke Gardens

Lawyers in Love: LLM students marry during year at Duke

Aditi Mishra and Jai Singh got re-engaged and married during their LLM year at Duke

Glymph elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Glymph, a professor of history and law, is the author of several award-winning books

Gina Campanelli ’24 and Ken Hong ’24 claim title in national IP moot court competition

The duo bested more than 60 other teams, arguing a case involving AI and copyright law

Catching up with the Class of 2024

Student Spotlight: Maria Fernanda Silva LLM ’24

Silva plans to bring back new ideas from the US to Peru's energy transition

Siegel's new book presents new insights on the structure and purpose of the Constitution

Siegel argues the Constitution was primarily structured to address problems the states must solve collectively

Casey Byrne ’26 prevails in Hardt Cup championship round

Byrne and William Allred ’26 emerged as the finalists from a field of 76 1Ls who entered the competition.

Christopher Buccafusco receives 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award and Derrick Jeffries is named Distinguished Staff Member

The D.O.N.E. awards recognize extraordinary efforts by members of the Duke Law community

Lawyers in Love: LLM students marry during year at Duke

Glymph elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Gina Campanelli ’24 and Ken Hong ’24 claim title in national IP moot court competition

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Notable & Quotable

May 02, 2024

“Music is first and foremost an auditory art form, but for most of copyright’s history it’s been defined as something you see. There’s this disconnect, where the signifier — that written thing — is what a composer owns, but the signified is what the song actually is. It’s what we’re listening to.”

– Jennifer Jenkins in The New York Times

New York Times

April 09, 2024

"At every opportunity—in its opening remarks, in its answer to questions, in its entire presentation of the case before the justices—Smith’s team must tell the court and the public the most specific and vivid story it can about what Trump did."

– Sam Buell and Darrell Miller in Slate

Slate

April 14, 2024

“The public domain doesn’t represent the death of copyright. It’s just the second part of the copyright’s life cycle. If copyright lasted forever, it would be difficult for a lot of creators to make the works they want to make without worrying about being in the crosshairs of a copyright lawsuit.”

– Jennifer Jenkins on CBS Sunday Morning

CBS Sunday

March 26, 2024

"Regulators are fighting about where crypto fits, but while that’s going on, you can’t have a bunch of people exploiting that gap to commit fraud. That’s where the mail and wire fraud statutes come in."

– Sam Buell to BNN Bloomberg

BNN Bloomberg

March 19, 2024

“Based on what we know about her professional biography, this judge is completely inexperienced with complex criminal litigation, and this is a case in which complexity is inherent because of the national security aspects."

– Sam Buell in The New York Times

NY Times

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