Announcing a New Webinar Series Life on Hold: The Real Impact of Driver’s License Suspensions Life on Hold is a three-part webinar series examining how driver’s license suspensions in North Carolina reverberate far beyond the roadway. In our state, if someone fails to pay a fine for a traffic infraction or does not show up […]
Jennifer Melton
Paul R. Genender Joins Advisory Board of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law
The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law School is pleased to announce that Paul R. Genender (Duke A.B. ’91, J.D. ’94) has joined the Center’s Advisory Board. Genender is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP, where he serves as co-chair of the firm’s Complex Litigation and Arbitration practice, chair of the Texas […]
North Carolina Technical Assistance Center Releases Diversion Handbook
North Carolina Technical Assistance Center Releases Diversion Handbook
A guide for communities implementing diversion programs connecting people to substance use services instead of incarceration Across North Carolina, communities are rethinking how they respond to low-level, non-violent offenses related to substance use—and a new handbook is here to help. We’re excited to share the launch of Pre-Arrest Diversion in North Carolina: A Handbook for Law […]
Event Recap: The Alabama Solution Screening and Talkback
(L-R) Vivian Sekandi, Craig Waleed, Daquan Peters, and Samantha Richter at the screening of The Alabama Solution Last month, we were privileged to partner with the Duke Justice Project, Duke’s undergraduate group focused on advancing criminal justice, to host a screening and talkback of HBO’s The Alabama Solution. The film exposes abuses and neglect in […]
New Resource: Our Life Sentences Dashboard
Users can explore two decades of life sentences in the United States The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke University School of Law has released a groundbreaking new public resource: the Life Sentences Dashboard, a comprehensive, interactive platform bringing together decades of national data on life imprisonment in the United States. The dashboard […]
The Life Sentences Dashboard
Center receives $5 million gift from alumnus Derek Wilson
Wilson Center at Duke Law receives $5 million gift from alumnus Derek Wilson
New gift renews Wilson’s commitment, allowing the Center to continue and expand its work in creating a safer and fairer criminal legal system The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law School has received a $5 million gift from Derek Wilson ’86, M.B.A. ’90, P’15 and the Wilson Foundation. This new commitment renews […]