Big Loss for Duke Law: Van Alstyne to William & Mary

Long Duke's most distinguished law faculty member, William van Alstyne has accepted an offer from the law school at the College of William & Mary, where his wife, Lan Cao, teaches. Van Alstyne, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and author of many seminal articles in constitutional law, is a serious loss for Duke, whose status in the top ranks of law schools, was already fragile. Meanwhile, of course, this appointment is a coup for William & Mary, which already has a very good, but generally younger and so less well-known, faculty.