Duke University School of Law - Centers & Programs

Centers & Programs

• The Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility promotes justice in criminal cases by identifying, remedying, and preventing the wrongful conviction of innocent people.
• The Center for International & Comparative Law coordinates and supports Duke Law's programs, resources, and events in the areas of international law, comparative law, and U.S. foreign relations law.
• The Center of Judicial Studies mission is to advance the study of the judiciary through interdisciplinary scholarship and cooperative thinking from multiple perspectives. The Center brings together judges, researchers, teachers and theorists in order to foster an interdisciplinary exploration of the judicial process that helps both judges and scholars to better understand the judicial process and to generation ideas for how it might be improved. The Center hosts a Masters of Laws (LL.M) in Judicial Studies for sitting judges.
• The Center for the Study of the Public Domain advances research and scholarship on the contributions of the public domain to speech, culture, science and innovation. The center promotes debate about the balance needed in the intellectual property system and works to translate academic research into public policy solutions.
• The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad,, the role of the respective branches in security matters, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law. The Center's Executive Director is retired Major General Charles_Dunlap.
• The Center on Law, Race and Politics is a multidiscipinary initiative created to support research, public engagement, teaching, and activities at the intersection of law and race; law and politics; and law, race, and politics.
• The Program in Public Law promotes a better understanding of the nation's public institutions, of the Constitutional framework in which they function, and of the principles and laws that apply to the work of public officials through scholarship, workshops, conferences, and curricular programs. The program houses the Duke in DC externship program, which includes noted faculty such as former U.S. Senator .
• Voices of American Law produces high-quality educational materials about the Supreme Court and its role in American society through a video series focused on the stories of the real people behind the court's opinions.
• The Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy supports and facilitates campus-wide research and scholarship that explores the impact of genome sciences on all aspects of life, human health, and social policy.
• The [http://law.duke.edu/globalmark/ Global Capital Markets Center" provides a forum for intellectual exchanges on issues of law, regulation, and policy that shape capital markets.
• The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions engages with decision makers in government, the private sector, and the nonprofit community to develop innovative and nonpartisan solutions to critical environmental challenges.