DUKE LAW — Two Duke Law School faculty members are leading a new Association of American Law Schools (AALS) section devoted to the study of the Second Amendment and firearms law. Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law Darrell A. H. Miller and Lanty L. Smith Professor of Law Joseph Blocher, who co-direct the Duke Center for Firearms Law, are serving as the first co-chairs of the AALS Section on Firearms Law. Jacob D. Charles JD/MA, who was the center’s executive director until joining the faculty of Pepperdine Caruso School of Law in July, and remains an affiliated scholar with the Center, is the section’s chair-elect.