As you sustain and strengthen your bonds as a virtual community, we hope you will enjoy this "virtual visit" and look back at your graduation year.
We hope you enjoyed the Virtual Reunion Celebration programming and connecting with your classmates. If you missed a virtual event session, please view our video library!
Also, please join the School’s new networking platform, Columbia LawLink, which is open to all graduates and is an opportunity to make connections throughout the Columbia Law community - and so much more!
In addition to finding classmates and colleagues in your region or legal sector, you can also sign up to mentor students. Current students will be invited to join in the fall and will be able to connect with alumni who offer to serve as mentors.
Top 10 Billboard Hits
Reminisce Law School days with these top 10 Billboard hits from your graduation year!
To listen to the full playlist, log in to Spotify, a digital music service, by clicking the white icon in the top right corner of the embedded player. Then use your account credentials to log in, or create a new account.
A Look Back
As you can imagine, we will not gather on campus this June as is customary for our Reunion gathering. However, in the spirit of connection and catching up, we, your 35th Reunion Committee members, are organizing a series of "Toaster Talks" to stay in touch as we celebrate our 35th Reunion. We do hope you will join us monthly throughout the Spring for these classmate-led conversations!
June Virtual Gathering
Sunday, June 6, 2021
We are delighted to showcase highlights of the 1985 Law Revue (U-E!) Show. We want to give special thanks to our classmate, Matt Miller for all the efforts put into place to make the screening of the Law Revue show happen.
May Virtual Gathering
Thursday, May 20, 2021
"A Judicial Perspective on the Work of the Courts"
Featuring :
The Hon. Gerard E. Lynch '75, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
The Hon. Peter H. Moulton '86, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department
The Hon. Catherine D. Shaffer '86, Superior Court Judge, King County, Washington
If you missed the fifth installment of Class of 1986 "Toaster Talks," please view the recording!
April Virtual Gathering
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
"Diversity in the Legal Profession From 1986 to the Present"
Featuring :
Sheila S. Boston '93, Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and President, New York City Bar Association
Lorraine S. McGowen '86, Management Committee Member & Global Partner In Charge, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
James O’Neal, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Legal Outreach
Lorena Rodriguez '21, J.D. Candidate at Columbia Law School
If you missed the fourth installment of Class of 1986 "Toaster Talks," please view the recording!
March Virtual Gathering
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
"Protecting the Rights of Authors and Artists: New Perspectives on Intellectual Property Law”
Featuring:
Cheryl L. Davis '86, General Counsel, The Authors Guild
Jane C. Ginsburg, Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary & Artistic Property Law and Faculty Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
Philippa Loengard, Deputy Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts and Lecturer in Law
Scott Martin, LL.M. '86, Deputy General Counsel, EVP, Paramount Pictures
Moderator:
Heather Dembert Rafter '86, Principal, RafterMarsh US
Proud contributor to the Columbia Annual Fund and Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
If you missed the third installment of Class of 1986 "Toaster Talks," please view the recording!
February Virtual Gathering
Thursday, February 25, 2021
"What will Criminal Justice and Public Safety Look Like in the 21st Century?"
Featuring:
Elizabeth Glazer '86, Former Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
Renita Francois, Executive Director, Mayor's Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety
Bruce Western, Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice and Co-Director of the Justice Lab, Columbia University.
Description:
This past summer saw 25 million people take to the streets over issues of race and police brutality as the pandemic raged with particularly harsh effects in communities of color. At the same time, almost every large American city struggled with a large spike in gun violence. What do these converging issues tell us about the way forward to create well-being and safety? To what degree are the police the central driver of safety and to what degree is access to opportunity? Panelists will discuss how these forces are playing out in NYC and nationally.
If you missed the second installment of Class of 1986 "Toaster Talks," please view the recording!
January Virtual Class Gathering
Thursday, January 28, 2021
With 40 classmates in attendance, this discussion was moderated by Nina Gardner and featured Professor Edward “Ned” Foley, Professor Richard Briffault, and classmate Richard Bernstein.
If you missed the initial installment of Class of 1986 "Toaster Talks," please view the recording!
For any questions regarding these events, please contact Irma Frias at [email protected].
Share an update in our 35th Reunion Virtual Book! This is a great way to reconnect, so we hope you will share your story.
We thank the Reunion Class Committee for their dedication and commitment to Columbia Law School.
Co-Chairs
Carol Turobiner Finley
Jonathan L. Walcoff
Committee
Debra A. Dandeneau
Douglas A. Doetsch
David A. Einhorn
Nina J. Luzzatto Gardner
J. Mark Gidley
Ronald D. Holman II
Nobuhisa Ishizuka
Young-Cheol Jeong
Judith Frank Mandelbaum
Peter H. Moulton
Ronald O. Mueller
Mark A. Nelson
Heather Dembert Rafter
Carmen G. Rodriguez
Charles K. Whitehead
Reunion is a special time for graduates to support Columbia Law School together as a class. While our Reunion festivities may look a bit different this year, the work of Columbia Law School and its needs remain.
If you are in a position to make a Reunion gift, we hope you will do so in a way that is personally meaningful to you. Participation, in any form, makes all the difference to students, faculty, and the greater Columbia Law School community.
In remembrance of those we have lost, the Class Committee wishes to note with sadness the passing of our classmates below. Should you have news of a classmate's death, please contact [email protected].
Matthew B. Bartley
Francis L. Blaschka
Paul L. Crist
Carlos J. Cruz
Armando de Leon-Vargas
Daisy H. Dwyer
Joseph R. Egan
Janet Ellis-Meiman
Marlene Garcia
Willemina Maria Grootenhuis
Michael J. Humphrey
Timothy Edwin McGinty
Anne T. Pontrelli
Joel R. Reidenberg
Deirdre A. Roney
Richard A. Sarnoff
Darrell J. Stremler
Kimla C. Wilkins-Johnson
Martin A. Wright
We have lost contact with the following classmates–can you help us reconnect?
If you are in touch with anyone on the list below, please let them know to send their contact information to the Reunion Office ([email protected]) so that they can receive Law School-related updates.
Leah D. Allen
Cinzia M. Campanini
Jean-Christophe Castera
Nancy M. Ferguson-Guttenberg
John M. Leahy
Lynn McLaren
Stephen Nelson
Michael F. Paris
Lisa Sandoz Robinson
Lawrence Silverstein
Franco Vigliano