 Law School Sexuality & Gender Law Experts Criticize Proposition 8 Ruling
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| The California Supreme Court's 6-1 ruling today upholding that state's Proposition 8 ban on marriage for same-sex couples was condemned by the director of the Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic and the director of the Gender and Sexuality Law Program at Columbia Law School as an "about-face" that strips away the rights of minorities. |
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Alumnus Preet Bharara ’93 Nominated as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District
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| President Barack Obama today nominated Preet Bharara '93 for United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, based in Manhattan. |
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Death Penalty Status
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| Innocence and cost have replaced race and deterrence as the legal tools driving the debate against the death penalty now. Professor Jeffrey Fagan says more states are asking if resources could be better spent. |
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Columbia Law School Graduates Keep It All in the Family
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| In many ways, law school is a family affair. There were numerous examples on display at the Columbia Law School Class of 2009 Graduation Ceremony, where more than 680 students received J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees. |
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Columbia Law School Holds 148th Graduation Ceremony
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| More than 680 J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. students will graduate from Columbia Law School on May 21. |
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Leading Human Rights Activist: Iran Is Guilty of Trying to Incite Genocide against Israel
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| Irwin Cotler, a member of Canada's Parliament and that country's former justice minister and attorney general, says the many anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic remarks of Iranian leaders, especially President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are akin to a country sanctioning genocide. |
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Corporate Governance Expert Joins Columbia Law School Faculty
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| Robert J. Jackson Jr. will join the Columbia Law School faculty in July 2010 as associate professor after spending the 2009-10 academic year in Washington, D.C., advising the Treasury Department. |
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell
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| More than 40 Columbia Law School students gathered in Jerome Greene Hall last month to listen to a panel discussion of the controversial policy commonly known as "don't ask, don't tell." The event was co-sponsored by the Columbia Outlaws and the Law School's Military Association. |
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Columbia Law School Awards 2009 Public Service Fellowships
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| The newest fellows will embark on careers in areas ranging from civil rights litigation to advocacy for immigrant victims of domestic violence to representing Native American interests. |
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Public Interest Community Celebrates Columbia Law School Student Achievements
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| The Social Justice Program recently honored outstanding students, as well as the Law School community that supports them, at its annual Public Interest Awards Dinner |
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Dean David M. Schizer Receives Honorary Degree From Jewish Theological Seminary
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor Named Supreme Court Nominee
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| Sonia Sotomayor, a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, created and has co-taught a course called "The Federal Appellate Externship" every semester since fall 2000. This course combines intensive work in the chambers of a Second Circuit Judge with class sessions and a moot court exercise. |
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To Thrive in a Legal Career in the Sports Industry, Excel at Law First
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| Tales from the highly charged, day-to-day law practices of three of the sports industry's most esteemed attorneys riveted students who attended The Sports Law Career Panel. |
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Alumnus Tristram Coffin ’89 Nominated as U.S. Attorney for District of Vermont
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| Coffin would be the 36th United States Attorney in Vermont's history, running the U.S. Attorney's offices Burlington and Rutland, which include approximately 20 attorneys who represent the U.S. in civil and criminal cases in Vermont. |
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