Dr. Margaret Lemos

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Margaret H. Lemos is the Robert G. Seaks LL.B. '34 Distinguished Professor at Duke University School of Law, where she has been a faculty member since 2011. Her scholarship focuses on constitutional law, legal institutions, and civil procedure, exploring how institutions interpret and enforce substantive rights. She writes on four related fields: federalism, administrative law, the relationship between courts and agencies, and statutory interpretation. Lemos has published articles in prestigious law reviews, including the Supreme Court Review, Harvard Law Review, New York University Law Review, Texas Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, and Notre Dame Law Review. Before joining Duke, she was an associate professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and prior to that, she was the program coordinator for the Furman Fellow program at New York University School of Law. Lemos also served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General and clerked for Judge Kermit V. Lipez on the U.S. Court of Appeals and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. She graduated summa cum laude from New York University School of Law, where she also served as senior notes editor of the New York University Law Review. Lemos has been recognized for her teaching excellence, receiving Duke’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2013 and being voted “best first-year teacher” by Cardozo students in 2010 and 2011.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

Duke University School of Law • Durham, NC

Robert G. Seaks LL.B. '34 Distinguished Professor focusing on constitutional law and legal institutions.

Associate Professor

— Present

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law •

Program Coordinator

— Present

New York University School of Law •

Coordinated the Furman Fellow program.

Bristow Fellow

— Present

Office of the Solicitor General •

Law Clerk

— Present

U.S. Court of Appeals, Judge Kermit V. Lipez •

Law Clerk

— Present

U.S. Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens •

Awards

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Distinguished Teaching Award

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Best First-Year Teacher

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
Application Checklist
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  • Resume/CV
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)