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Members of the Columbia Law School faculty are available to comment on a wide range of subjects, both on the record and for background information.

Please review our online directory below, organized by topic, to find the expert who can best address your needs. You may contact the professor directly (contact information is included with their bios on the website) or contact the Office of Public Affairs for assistance.

Please note that this list does not represent the entirety of the Columbia Law faculty. Please email us at [email protected] if you need further assistance, including queries pertaining to Columbia Law School more generally.

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TopicFaculty
Administrative LawMark Barenberg, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Jeffrey Gordon, Philip Hamburger, Kathryn Judge, Jeremy Kessler, Lev Menand, Thomas Merrill, Gillian Metzger
AntitrustAnu Bradford, Lina Khan, Petros Mavroidis, Tim Wu
ArbitrationGeorge Bermann, Petros Mavroidis, Robert Smit
Artificial IntelligenceShyamkrishna Balganesh, Jane C. Ginsburg, Conrad Johnson, Talia Gillis, Joshua Mitts, Eric Talley
Banking and Financial RegulationJohn Coffee Jr., Jeffrey Gordon, Kathryn Judge, Lev Menand, Katharina Pistor
BankruptcyJohn Coffee Jr., Ronald Mann, Edward Morrison
Campaign FinanceRichard Briffault
Capital Punishment and Death PenaltyJeffrey Fagan, Bernard Harcourt, James Liebman
Child Advocacy/Juvenile JusticeJeffrey Fagan, Philip Genty, Josh Gupta-Kagan
Chinese Law and PoliticsBenjamin Liebman
Civil Procedure and LitigationAlexandra Carter, John Coffee Jr., Suzanne Goldberg, Olatunde Johnson, Thomas P. Schmidt, Susan Sturm
Civil RightsAmber Baylor, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Jeffrey Fagan, Maeve Glass, Suzanne Goldberg, Olatunde Johnson, Elora Mukherjee, Susan Sturm, Kendall Thomas
Class ActionsJohn Coffee Jr.
Climate ChangeMichael Burger, Michael Gerrard, Camille Pannu
Constitutional LawAshraf Ahmed, Kate Andrias, Mark Barenberg, Philip Bobbitt, Suzanne Goldberg, Jamal Greene, Philip Hamburger, Madhav Khosla, Gillian Metzger, David Pozen, Thomas P. Schmidt, Matthew Waxman
ContractsMichael Heller, Avery W. Katz, Dorothy Lund, Edward Morrison, Eric Talley
CopyrightShyamkrishna Balganesh, Mala Chatterjee, Jane C. Ginsburg, Philippa Loengard, Ronald Mann, Tim Wu
Corporate Law and GovernanceJohn Coffee Jr., Merritt Fox, Jeffrey Gordon, Kathryn Judge, Dorothy Lund, Lev Menand, Joshua Mitts, Edward Morrison, Eric Talley
CorruptionRichard Briffault, John Coffee Jr., Dennis Fan, Daniel Richman, Jennifer Rodgers 
Criminal Law and ProcedureAmber Baylor, John Coffee Jr., Jeffrey Fagan, Bernard Harcourt, James Liebman, Daniel Richman, Nicole Smith Futrell
CybersecurityDavid Pozen, Matthew Waxman
Death Penalty and Capital PunishmentJeffrey Fagan, Bernard Harcourt, James Liebman
Disability LawElizabeth Emens
Economics and FinanceJagdish Bhagwati, John Coffee Jr., Merritt Fox, Talia Gillis, Jeffrey Gordon, Kathryn Judge, Lev Menand, Joshua Mitts, Edward Morrison, Katharina Pistor, Eric Talley
Education Policy Suzanne Goldberg, James Liebman
Election Law and Voting RightsRichard Briffault, Olatunde Johnson
Employment and Labor LawKate Andrias, Dennis Fan, Mark Barenberg
EnergyMichael Burger, Michael Gerrard, Thomas W. Merrill, David Schizer
Environmental LawMichael Burger, Michael Gerrard, Camille Pannu
European UnionGeorge Bermann, Anu Bradford, Petros Mavroidis, Katharina Pistor
Executive CompensationJohn Coffee Jr., Jeffrey Gordon
Family LawPhilip Genty, Clare Huntington, Suzanne Goldberg, Josh Gupta-Kagan,  Carol Sanger, Jane Spinak
FederalismThomas Merrill, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Olatunde Johnson, Gillian Metzger, David Pozen
First AmendmentVincent Blasi, Tim Wu
Foreign PolicyPhilip Bobbitt, Michael Doyle, Monica Hakimi, Matthew Waxman
Freedom of Information ActDavid Pozen
Freedom of Speech and the PressVincent Blasi, Jamal Greene, David Pozen, Tim Wu
Gender and SexualityKimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Suzanne Goldberg, Kate Redburn, Carol Sanger, Kendall Thomas
HousingOlatunde Johnson
Human RightsSarah Cleveland*, Sarah Knuckey
ImmigrationBernard Harcourt, Elora Mukherjee
ImpeachmentRichard Briffault, Jamal Greene
Intellectual PropertyShyamkrishna Balganesh, Mala Chatterjee, Jane Ginsburg, Lina Khan, Philippa Loengard, Ronald Mann, Tim Wu
International LawSarah Cleveland*, Michael Doyle, Monica Hakimi, Sarah Knuckey, Matthew Waxman
Internet/Telecommunications PolicyTim Wu
Israeli Law and PoliticsZohar Goshen, David Schizer
Juvenile Justice/Child AdvocacyJeffrey Fagan, Josh Gupta-Kagan,  Jane Spinak
Labor and Employment LawKate Andrias, Mark Barenberg
Legal HistoryAshraf Ahmed, Mala Chatterjee, Kellen Funk, Maeve Glass, Jeremy Kessler, Christina Ponsa-Kraus
MediationAlexandra Carter
Mergers and AcquisitionsJohn Coffee Jr., Jeffrey Gordon, Dorothy Lund, Eric Talley
National Security LawPhilip Bobbitt, Mala Chatterjee, Michael Doyle, Monica Hakimi, David Pozen, Matthew Waxman
Patents and TrademarksShyamkrishna Balganesh, Jane Ginsburg
Prisoners' RightsAmber Baylor, Philip Genty, Nicole Smith Futrell
PropertyShyamkrishna Balganesh, Michael Heller, Thomas Merrill
Race and Social JusticeKimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Jeffrey Fagan, Suzanne Goldberg, Olatunde Johnson, Nicole Smith Futrell, Susan Sturm, Kendall Thomas
Religion and the LawPhilip Hamburger
Reproductive RightsSuzanne Goldberg, Carol Sanger
Securities Law and RegulationJohn Coffee Jr., Merritt Fox, Jeffrey Gordon, Zohar Goshen, Dorothy Lund, Joshua Mitts, Eric Talley
Sexuality and GenderKimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Suzanne Goldberg, Kate Redburn, Carol Sanger, Kendall Thomas
Social MediaBernard Harcourt, Tim Wu
State and Local GovernmentRichard Briffault
Supreme CourtKate Andrias, Dennis Fan, Jamal Greene, Olatunde Johnson, Thomas P. Schmidt
Surveillance and PrivacyPhilip Bobbitt, Bernard Harcourt, David Pozen, Matthew Waxman, Tim Wu
Tax Law and PolicyAlex Raskolnikov, David Schizer
TradeJagdish Bhagwati, Anu Bradford, Petros Mavroidis, Katharina Pistor
United NationsSarah Cleveland*, Michael Doyle, Sarah Knuckey
War PowersPhilip Bobbitt, Matthew Waxman
White Collar CrimeJohn Coffee Jr., Daniel Richman

* Faculty member is currently on public service leave and may not be available for interviews.

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