from the dean Being the new dean of and securitization, and standardization of Auschwitz inmates who continued to Duke Law School has market practices. create beautiful art even in the harsh brought some interest­ The new course "Law and Entrepren­ confines of the Nazi death camp. ing surprises. Perhaps eurship" illustrates in other ways the Courtney Bourns '64 practices law but the biggest surprise is creativity, foresight and interdisciplinary also devotes his time and energy to a the richness and diversity nature of the Law School's business Hartford, Conn., organization he found­ of intellectual activity curriculum. This course combines the ed, called "The Gathering Place," which at the School. As a faculty expertise of Professor David draws residents together from many faculty member, I was Lange with the business acumen of Duke different backgrounds and has helped familiar with events, Law alumnus Kip Frey '85. It recognizes infuse life in the inner city. Similarly, initiatives and curricu­ that many of our students will enter Thomas Logue '82 helped preserve a lar developments that business, either directly from law school 500-year-old Tequesta Indian site at the related to my areas of or shortly thereafter; that the talents mouth of the Miami River and received teaching and scholar­ of regular faculty members can be an award for his work from the Florida ship, but J did not tremendously enhanced by the expertise Archeological Society. Stephen Kanar '69 always keep up with the activity outside of those currently in busine s; and that has earned solid reviews for his recently my field. This issue of Duke Law features preparing students for the fast-moving published medical thriller, The J Factor . just one of the many frontiers I have been world of business requires both academic And Ember Reichgott Junge '77 just delighted to learn about as dean: the training and hands-on experience in the stepped down from 18 years of public intersection of law and business. One real world. service as a Minnesota senator. These of Duke's strengths has long been its In their different ways, each of these alumni represent only a snapshot of the business faculty. Two of the initiatives initiatives demonstrates how the Law diverse, creative and community-centered described herein help to explain Duke's School becomes stronger when it reaches pursuits of Duke Law graduates. continued leadership in corporate law. across traditional boundaries between As I've immersed myself in the life of The Global Capital Markets Center business and law and between academia this Law School, taking in the big picture demonstrates the Law School's reach and the external world. as well as the details, I'm even more outside its own boundaries to bring law J also have been amazed, as I have impressed by what a vibrant intellectual and business expertise jointly to bear gotten out to meet alumni, at the richness community we have here at Duke. We are on issues relating to cross-border and diversity of our graduates' activities, crossing disciplinary boundaries, leaving financing and stabilizing global markets. both at work and in the community. our mark on international institutions, The center reflects the insights of both Jim Maxwell '66 represents how our bridging the gap between the academy the Law School and the Fuqua School alumni are succeeding as leaders of and the real world and exposing our of Business that knowledge in this the bar's most important profes ional students to a wealth of ideas, challenges increasingly important field- and organizations. As the new president of and opportunities. It's an exciting time improvements in the law and practices the North Carolina Bar Association, for me to be dean of such a superb underpinning global business-depends Maxwell will have an impact not only at institution, and I look forward to meeting upon a union of traditionally compart­ the local and state level, but beyond, as and talking with more of our alumni as I mentalized disciplines. he represents the legal profession of this travel the country and also welcome you Under tbe leadership of Executive state at national and international levels. back for conferences, meetings and Director Stephen Wallenstein, the center Duke Law School produces a minority of reunions. Your support will be key to my has supported important research by lawyers in North Carolina, and so it is a stewardship of this fine Law Scbool. ~ business and law faculty. Through its special tribute to Maxwell- and a great conferences, the center provides a global opportunity for Duke- that he was Katharine T. Bartlett platform on which law professors James honored with this position. Dean and Cox, Steven Schwarcz and Deborah Michael Harvey '84 has pursued a A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law DeMott, as well as joint appointee Michael different path as a documentary writer Bradley and other Fuqua faculty, can and producer, and succeeded in garnering help frame debates on such crucial issues an Academy Award nomination for as corporate governance, structured fmance "Eyewitness," a documentary about Letters to the Editor If you want to respond to an article in Duke Law, you can e-mail the editor at kossoff@/aw.duke.edu or write: Mirinda Kossoff , Duke Law Magazine , Duke University School of Law, Box 90389, Durham , NC 27708-0389 Professors Cox, DeMott and Reichman Awarded Named Chairs Three Law School faculty were named to chaired professorships in April. Professor James Cox was named the Brainerd Currie Professor of Law; Professor Deborah DeMott was named the David F. Cavers Professor of Law; and Professor Jerome Reichman was named the Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law. Reichman, formerly of Vanderbilt University, joins the Law School faculty this year and specializes in international Professors Jerome Reichman, Deborah DeMott and James Cox intellectual property law. Cox specializes at an ApriL reception in their honor. in corporate and securities law, and DeMott in corporate law and finance, and fiduciary obligation . ~ Distinguished Speaker Series Brings Big Names The Law School's Distinguished Speaker DBA Vote Supports ABA Series this year drew students, faculty Moratorium on Executions and press coverage with a range of well-known expe11s. The student-led Duke Bar Association Speakers this year included consumer took what some say is the first contro­ advocate and Green Party presidential versial position in its history with a vote nominee Ralph Nader; Sister Helen in April to support the American Bar Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking Association's call for a moratorium on and the subject of the Oscar-winning death penalty cases. Nearly a quarter of film by the same name; Barry Scheck the student body voted in the referen­ and Peter Neufeld, co-founders of the dum, with 119 students in favor of sup­ national Innocence Project and authors porting the moratorium and 67 against. of Actual Innocence: Five Days to The ABA proposed the moratorium Execution and Other Dispatches of the in 1997 in response to mounting evidence Wrongly Accused; and three lawyers of innocent people being placed on death closely involved with the Clinton row, as well as questions about many impeachment- Brett Kavanaugh, deputy defendants' access to competent legal to independent counsel Kenneth Starr '73; representation. Opponents of the DBA Abbe Lowell, chief counsel to the House resolution said the student organization, Democrats; and Tom Griffith, chief legal which aU law students are required to Consumer advocate and Green counsel to the Senate. join, should not be taking positions on Party presidential nominee RaLph A gift last year from Peter Kahn '76, controversial issues. Proponents said the Nader addressed a crowded Law who had coordinated the Distinguished preponderance of innocent people who School auditorium Last November Speakers Series as a law student, revived are sent to death row- plus the racial as part of the revived Distinguished the program, which had been dormant disparity in death penalty sentences­ Speaker Series. for a number of years. ~ represents a serious legal issue.~ 2 DUKE LAW MAGAZINE • FALL 00 Eric Liang '00 Hits Big-Time with Band 'Something About FLying' FALL 00 • DUKE LAW MAGAZINE 3 Participants at the Fifth Annual Colloquium on Environmental Law and Institutions, held on April 27-28 at Duke, discussed the challenges and requirements of "Sustainable Governance: The Institutional Side of Sustainable Development. " The colloquium, sponsored annually by the Law School and the Nicholas School of the Environment, brings together scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines and per­ spectives to tackle the most challenging ques­ tions in environmental policy. The focus of April's colloquium was the role that govern­ ment institutions play in environmental sus­ tainability, both in causing and in remedying environmental harms. Speakers included Law School faculty Jonathan Wiener, Christopher Schroeder, Michael Byers and Catherine Admay; Duke Law alumnus Doug Wheeler '66; and many other facuIty from Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. Professors Richard Andrews and Donald Hornstein, both of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, were keynote speakers. "'Sustainable development' is an idea with broad appeal, but it typically targets market failures and leaves unaddressed the reforms of government institutions that would really be needed to make su tainability a reality," said Wiener, who co-directed