Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law: A Ceremony Honoring Tassaduq Hussain Jillani
Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, was celebrated as the 2025 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law during a ceremony held at Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art on April 16, 2025.
Paul W. Grimm, a retired federal judge and director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, presented Justice Jillani with the prize (35:53), and afterward, Justice Jillani delivered a keynote address (40:10).
Speakers at the ceremony included Dr. Joshua Salaam, director and chaplain at Duke University’s Center for Muslim Life (00:05); Dean Kerry Abrams of Duke Law School (03:07); Taiyyaba Qureshi, founding president of the North Carolina Muslim Bar Association (08:15); Justice Adèle Kent of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, ret. (12:21); Bill Neukom, co-founder and CEO of the World Justice Project (24:15); and Susan Bass Bolch, founder of the Institute (56:33).
ABOUT THE PRIZE
The Carl and Susan Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law is awarded annually to an individual or organization who has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to the rule of law and advancing rule of law principles around the world. By honoring those who do this work, the Bolch Prize draws attention to the ideals of justice and judicial independence and to the constitutional structures and safeguards that undergird a free society. To learn more, visit http://judicialstudies.duke.edu/.