About

Professor Duncan is an honors graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. A native Washingtonian, he practiced law there with the telephone company, now part of Verizon. 

Professor Duncan has written articles on legal, moral, and religious issues. He has argued several cases before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court and has written briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court.

He is a member of the Massachusetts and Washington, DC bars, the Board of Directors of the Pro-Life Legal Defense Fund, and serves on the Board of Advisors of Massachusetts Citizens for Life. 

Additionally, he has participated in a number of high profile cases:

McGuire v. Reilly, First Circuit (2001) (buffer zone law appeal) (brief)

Stenberg v. Carhart, U.S. Supreme Court (2000) (partial-birth abortion) (amicus brief)

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, U.S. Supreme Court (2000) (amicus brief)

Honors

Hon. Joseph R. Nolan, Award for Excellence in the Law
Catholic Lawyers Guild of Boston, 2019
St. Thomas More Award
Pro-Life Legal Defense Fund, 2013
Francis A. Schaeffer Award
Massachusetts Citizens for Life, 2001
Certificate of Appreciation
Morality in Media of Massachusetts, 2000
Outstanding Professor Award
Southern New England School of Law, 1996
Bowdoin Prize for Latin Translation
Harvard University (United States, Cambridge), 1972

Organizational Affiliations

School of Law, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Education

Licentiate in Canon Law
1985–1987, JCL, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Italy, Rome)
Doctorate in Canon Law
1985–1987, JCD, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Italy, Rome)
Law
1975–1978, Juris Doctor, Georgetown University Law Center
Classics
1969–1973, AB, Harvard College