Ken Gormley was installed as the 13th president of 麻豆直播 in July 2016. As president, he has emphasized the University's historic mission to foster ethical behavior and dialogue through a series of public events focused on civil discourse. Through his leadership, Duquesne has continued to rise as a top-tier national University.
In 2022, Gormley launched the public phase of IGNITE: Forging the Future, the University's most ambitious 鈥 and already most successful 鈥 capital campaign. That same year, Gormley also announced the largest gift in University history from alumnus Thomas R. Kline, one of the nation's most influential and highly regarded trial lawyers, which provides transformational support to Duquesne's 111-year-old law school. Duquesne recognized the gift by naming its law school the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of 麻豆直播.
Among his numerous, forward-thinking initiatives, Gormley has created academic centers that address pressing issues of our time. He created a new common learning experience for undergraduate students, and has raised a higher standard for inclusion 鈥 including naming Duquesne's first Chief Diversity Officer. He raised funds for and built a new fieldhouse for athletics and has launched the University's new College of Osteopathic Medicine 鈥 which opened its doors in 2024. Gormley continues to bring major political figures, public officials, newsmakers and journalists to campus for special programs examining legal issues and commemorating key events in American history. These have included programs featuring U.S. Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Samuel Alito, Jr., Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Gormley also organized the first "National Conference on the First Amendment," co-presented by the Pittsburgh Foundation in cooperation with the National Constitution Center.
Gormley previously served as professor of law before being named dean of the Duquesne University School of Law. He joined the faculty in 1994, after teaching at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and engaging in private practice.
Gormley's work has earned him a national reputation as a highly respected constitutional scholar. He has testified in the United States Senate three times and has testified in the Pennsylvania Senate on state constitutional matters. A past president of the Allegheny County Bar Association, He was the first academic to hold that position in the organization's history.
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President Gormley is quoted in about the March Madness excitement on campus and about the Dukes A-10 tournament championship win. The Presidents and the Constitution, Volume Two: From World War I to the Trump Era
(Gormley, ed.), NYU Press (2022). "Impeachment and the Independent Counsel: Collision in the Capitol" in The Clinton Presidency and the Constitutional System (Roseanna Perotti, ed.) at 163 (Texas A&M University Press, 2012). "Archibald Cox" in American National Biography (Oxford University Press) (2012). The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr, Crown Publishers/Random House (2010). "Archibald Cox," in The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law (Roger K. Newman ed.) (Yale University Press 2009). "Archibald Cox" (book chapter) in The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, (2007). Foreword to Chinese translation of The Court and the Constitution, "Archibald Cox" (Peking University Press 2006). The Pennsylvania Constitution: A Treatise on Rights and Liberties (George T. Bisel Co., 2004), (Ken Gormley principal editor) (with Bauman, Fishman
& Kozler) (supplement 2014). Great American Judges: An Encyclopedia, (John R. Vile, ed.), ABC-CLIO (2003) (chapter on Judge Learned Hand). Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia, (John R. Vile, ed.), ABC-CLIO (2001) (chapters on Archibald Cox and William M. Evarts). Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation, hardback published by Addison-Wesley (1997), paperback published by Perseus Books
(1999). The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment of 1991 (1994, Commw. of Pa. Press). "Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy: An Epilogue," 47 Duquesne L. Rev. 681 (2009). "Carol Los Mansmann: Lawyer, Judge and Public Servant," 46 Duq. L. Rev. 5 (2007) (with
an introduction by Supreme Court Justice Samuel J. Alito, Jr.) "Judicial Review in the Americas: Comments on the United States and Mexico," 45 Duquesne
L. Rev. 393 (2007). "Education as a Fundamental Right: Building a New Paradigm," 2 Forum on Public Policy
207 (University of Illinois) (2006). "The Forgotten Supreme Court Justices," 68 Albany L. Rev. 295 (2005). "In Memoriam: Archibald Cox," 118 Harvard L. Rev. 8 (2004). "The Lawyer as Artist" in "Symposium: The Lawyer as Poet Advocate: Bruce Springsteen
and American Law," 14 Widener Law J. 753 (2005). "Exploring a European Union Constitution: Unexpected Lessons from the American Experience,"
35 Rutgers L.J. 69 (2003). "Foreword: President Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: A Symposium,"41 Duquesne L.
Rev. 667 (2003). "The Silver Anniversary of New Judicial Federalism," 66 Albany L. Rev. 101 (2003). "Racial Mind-Games and Reapportionment: When Can Race Be Considered (Legitimately)
In Redistricting?" 4 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 735
(2002). "Monica Lewinsky, Impeachment, and the Death of the Independent Counsel Law: What
Congress Can Salvage From the Wreckage - a Minimalist View," 60 Maryland L. Rev. 97
(2001). "Impeachment and the Independent Counsel: A Dysfunctional Union," 51 Stanford L. Rev.
309 (1999). "An Original Model of the Independent Counsel Statute," 97 Michigan L. Rev. 601 (1998). "The Short-Lived Burial of Miranda," 59 Albany L. Rev. 1725 (1996). "The Pennsylvania Constitution After Edmunds," 3 Widener J. Pub. L. 55 (1993). "One Hundred Years of Privacy," 1992 Wisconsin L. Rev. 1335 (1992). "Privacy and the States," 65 Temple L.Q. 1279 (1992) (Gormley & Hartman). "Foreword: A New Constitutional Vigor For The Nation's Oldest Court," 64 Temple L.
Rev. 215 (1991). "The Kentucky Bill of Rights, A Bicentennial Celebration," 80 Kentucky L. J. 1 (1991)
(Gormley & Hartman). "Significant Developments In State Constitutional Law, 1988," 2 Emerging Issues in
State Constitutional Law 1 (1989). "Project: State Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure: A Primer for the 21st Century,"
(Gormley ed.) 67 Oregon L. Rev. 689 (1988). "Ten Adventures In State Constitutional Law," 1 Emerging Issues in State Constitutional
Law 29 (Inaugural Issue, 1988). "Private Conspiracies and the Constitution - A Modern Vision of 42 U.S.C. 搂1985(3),"
64 Texas L. Rev. 527 (1985). Article, "Heading in the Right Direction," PENNSYLVANIA LAWYER, 31 (May/June 2014). Book Review, "The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies: by Jonathan Alter," Washington
Post (June 28, 2013). Article, "The Saturday Night Massacre 40 Years Later: How our Constitution Trumped
a Reckless President," Constitutional Daily, National Constitution Center (November
15, 2013). Op-ed, "Wisdom from Watergate," POLITICO (October, 2013). "Bush 41's later in life, in letters," review of "All the Best, George Bush: My Life
in Letters and Other Writings," WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD, June 2, 2013. "The New Pledge that Congress Should Take," POLITICO, Oct. 26, 2012. "America's Unwritten Constitution: The Presidents and Principles We Live By, By Akhil
Amar," WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD, Oct.6, 2012. "A Response to 鈥楧r. No:' The importance of saying 鈥榶es' to legal education in American,"
PENNSYLVANIA LAWYER Jan./Feb. 2012 at 22. "Duquesne Law School 1911-2011," SPIRITAN HORIZONS, Issue 6, Fall 2011, pp.63-75. "Secret Wiretaps: The Need for Legislative Reforms," JURIST (Legal News & Research)
(March 20, 2006). "Can the Independent Counsel Law Be Saved?" 21 Legal Times 28 (February 22, 1999). "Should We Ditch the Independent Prosecutor Law?" (Dialogue with Professor Akhil Reed
Amar), Slate Magazine, (February 16-19, 1999). "Should Congress Reauthorize the Independent Counsel Law?" 78 Congressional Digest
144 (May, 1999). "Reapportioning Election Districts: An Exercise in Self-Preservation," USA Today Magazine
22 (January, 1997). Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Civil Rights Movement," 78 A.B.A.
J. 62 (June, 1992). "Professionalism, Pittsburgh Style," 140 Pitt L.J. 39 (1992). "The New Story of State Constitutions," Vol. 9, The Pennsylvania Lawyer (March, 1987),
reprinted in the Idaho B.J. (August, 1987). "The Nixon Pardon at 40: Ford Looks Better Than Ever," The Wall Street Journal, Ken
Gormley (with David Shribman), September 5, 2014. "The Lesson of Watergate & Nixon's resignation," the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August
2, 2014. "Rename Pittsburgh's U.S. courthouse for Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr.: Our grand federal
court building should be named for one of its greatest jurists," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
June 15, 2014. "American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia,"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday, January 10, 2010; also published in Philadelphia
Inquirer, Sunday, January 10, 2010. Various Feature Articles, Book Reviews and Op-Ed Pieces, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Newsday, Chicago Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant, Atlanta Constitution, Buffalo News, Albuquerque Journal, The Pittsburgh Press, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Magazine. Past Contributor, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Boston Real Paper, Rolling Stone Record Guide.News Highlights
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The Heiress of Pittsburgh, Sunbury Press (2021).
Presidents and the Constitution (Gormley, ed.), NYU Press (2015).