New York, October 28, 2009 – A distinguished panel of alumni returned to campus to share their views with students on the current state of the legal job market and new paradigms of the profession. Moderated by Dean David M. Schizer, speakers included: Mel Immergut ’71, Chairman and Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP; Jonathan Schiller’ 73, Managing Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP; Joseph Shenker ’80, Vice Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; and Esta Eiger Stecher ’82, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, stands at the forefront of legal education and of the law in a global society. Columbia Law School joins its traditional strengths in international and comparative law, constitutional law, administrative law, business law and human rights law with pioneering work in the areas of intellectual property, digital technology, sexuality and gender, criminal, national security, and environmental law.