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Free Events At Duke This Week: Legal Aspects Of Trayvon Martin Case

On tap this week: injury prevention workshop and free admission to Nasher

This week's picks from the Working@Duke staff for five free things to do at Duke include a keynote speech from the Fuqua School of Business' "Green Week," a panel discussion of the Trayvon Martin case and a community tree planting to celebrate Earth Month.

4 to 5 p.m., Monday, April 2

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Join Duke community members for the Fuqua School of Business' "Green Week" keynote speaker, Paul Dillinger. Dillinger is the senior global director of color, concept and design for Dockers Brand at Levi Strauss & Co. and will discuss how he partners with the social and environmental sustainability group at Levi Strauss to develop methods for applied sustainability in the design process. McClendon Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business.

5:15 to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 3

Duke community members can join LIVE FOR LIFE representatives and Dr. Robert Butler, professor at the Duke Division of Physical Therapy to talk about injury prevention and how to maximize workouts. No registration necessary, but space will be limited. Finch-Yeager Building's Duke Sports Medicine Clinic K-Lab.

12:15 to 1:15 p.m., Thursday, April 5

Duke's Black Law Students Association and professors from the School of Law will host a panel discussion of the legal questions surrounding the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Lunch will be provided. Law School room 3041.

5:30 to 9 p.m., Thursday, April 5

On the first Thursday evening of every month, admission is free for visitors during the Nasher Museum of Art's First Thursday. At 6 p.m., Nasher Museum director Kimberly Rorschach gives an introduction to films about artist Alexander Calder, including a 1955 film by Jean Painleve, "Le Grand Cirque Calder 1927." Nasher Museum of Art, 2001 Campus Drive.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, April 6

Join Facilities Management to celebrate Earth Month and Duke's fourth-straight year of being listed as a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. Duke community members can help plant new trees on East Campus. East Campus Gazebo.