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The Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School is a non-profit educational institute at Duke Law School that conducts research and provides education for judges around the world on rule-of-law principles, judicial independence, and law reform technology. The institute also awards the annual Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law, hosts several educational conferences, operates a Masters of Judicial Studies law degree program for sitting judges, and publishes Judicature, a scholarly journal on the judiciary.

Previously the Center for Judicial Studies, a $10 million gift from Carl Bolch Jr. and his wife Susan Bass Bolch in 2018 established the Bolch Judicial Institute. The following year, David F. Levi, stepped down as dean of the law school to become director of the institue.

Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law

The Carl and Susan Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law is awarded annually to an individual or organization who has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to the rule of law and advancing rule of law principles around the world. The prize draws attention to the ideals of justice and judicial independence and to the constitutional structures and safeguards that undergird a free society.

The Prize is awarded in accordance with the Bolch Judicial Institute’s founding documents, which specify that:

''The Carl and Susan Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law shall be given by the Bolch Judicial Institute to recognize the lifetime achievement of an individual or a single or series of acts of an individual or an organization creating, promoting, or preserving the importance of the rule of law nationally or internationally. ''

The recipient is selected by the Bolch Judicial Institute’s Advisory Board and honored during a ceremony at Duke University. The Prize includes a custom artwork and a significant cash award. The first prize was awarded on April 11, 2019, to Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (retired) at a ceremony held on Duke University’s campus.

The 2020 prize was awarded to Moseneke.