2024 Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference

On May 23 and 24, the Duke Center for Firearms Law co-hosted the sixth annual Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference in collaboration with the University of Wyoming College of Law’s Firearms Research Center (FRC).  The conference took place at Duke Law School in Durham, NC and included 24 participants presenting scholarly works-in-progress on topics related to firearms and gun regulation. 

This year’s conference was substantially larger than in years past, demonstrating the growth of the field and the inclusion of new voices and perspectives.  The conference had six total panels—including four breakout sessions—and featured scholars from all levels of legal academia, social scientists, and historians.  The panels examined topics such as the intersection between firearms and race, gender, and other statuses, economic perspectives on gun regulation, red flag laws, and doctrinal questions surrounding the post-Bruen Second Amendment.  Participants also took in a baseball game at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, cheering on the Bulls to a 1-0 victory. 

As in the past, we will run a mini-symposium of blog posts summarizing papers presented at the conference here on the blog in the coming weeks.  At the end of the mini-symposium, I’ll update this page with links to all of the collected blog posts.

Meanwhile, some photos from the conference are included below.  Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make the event such a success!