JOURNALS

MAKE YOUR MARK

In 2020, Duke Law Journal joined with the flagship law reviews at 15 other top law schools to produce a special edition that commemorated a milestone in legal education— for the first time ever, all of their editors-in-chief were women. Women & Law features 14 essays, including one by Dean Kerry Abrams, and was conceived by Farrah Bara ’20, who was editor-in-chief of Duke Law Journal.

To celebrate the issue and commemorate the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Law School hosted a conference in Washington, D.C., featuring leading scholars, lawyers, and judges, including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court.

“It is you, the students, who are our future. In the next 50 years, it is you who will decide the jurisprudence of gender equality. So this event is our love letter to you. It reflects both our pride in your achievements and our hope for what you will do.”

DEAN KERRY ABRAMS, speaking at the Honoring Women’s Advancement in Law conference in Washington, D.C.

WRITING & COLLABORATING

Duke Law is home to seven student-edited scholarly journals, each with a strong reputation for excellence in its field. These journals offer students an opportunity to hone their writing and editing skills, work collaboratively with classmates, and explore subjects that are personally and professionally interesting.

DUKE LAW JOURNALS (and founding years)

• Law & Contemporary Problems 1933 • Duke Law Journal 1951 • Alaska Law Review 1983 • Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 1990 • Duke Environmental Law & Policy Reform 1991 • Duke Law & Technology Review 2000 • Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 2006

“ We wanted to learn what we could from some amazing women in the field. Dean Abrams’s piece considers how part of women’s advancement is thinking about how we conceive of families, and if we are often putting the burden on women for childcare, then women will struggle to advance. There are a lot of amazing essays, and that one definitely stands out for me.”

FARRAH BARA ’20 served as editor-in-chief of Duke Law Journal and president of the Middle East and North African Law Students Association, and she won the Dean’s Cup moot court competition in her second year.