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Graduation 2012

The Law School will hold its 151st graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 17. Online visitors will be able to watch the event live via webcast, and also view photos, remarks, highlights of the day, and more.

Columbia Launches New Center for International Arbitration

The Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration Law led by George A. Bermann ’75 LL.M. reinforces the Law School’s teaching, scholarship, and resources in the field.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito on Burkean Constitutionalism

Justice Samuel Alito counsels restraint as guiding judicial principle during Law School conference on jurisprudence attributed to 18th century British legislator Edmund Burke.
Portrait courtesy of the Bridgeman Art Library.

"Courts, Judges, and Justice in the International Legal System"

Michael Mukasey, former U.S. Attorney General, discussed the U.S. government's commitment to upholding justice internationally at this year's Friedmann Conference.

Is it All or Nothing On Health Mandate?

As it rules on the health care reform act, can the U.S. Supreme Court "sever" the requirement to buy insurance from the rest of the law? Two Columbia Law professors argue the high court can and should.

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In the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Professor James Liebman and students painstakingly document how a likely innocent man, Carlos DeLuna, was executed on the thinnest of evidence.
Colloquium on Courts

Professor Bert Huang's workshop features federal judge Diane Wood and Pulitzer Prize–winner Linda Greenhouse in a discussion about dissenting opinions.

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May 16

University Commencement & Degree Conferral University Commencement, 10:30 a.m.; 1:00 p.m. Meet in Jerome Greene Lobby, 9:00 a.m. Move into lineup at Revson Plaza, 9:15 a.m. Pick up diplomas in Jerome Greene Hall immediately following Commencement.

May 17

Law School Graduation Ceremony Line up for graduating students in Jerome Greene Hall at 2:00 p.m. Law School Graduation will be held on campus from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Reception immediately following Law School Graduation.

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