CLS Brazil was founded to aggregate current and former CLS students, faculty, professionals, and other individuals interested in the Brazilian legal environment and to facilitate academic, cultural, and business interchanges between Brazil and the United States.
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CRA is dedicated to all things related to corporate responsibility, ranging from current engagements of corporates in social issues, the regulation process of corporate social responsibility, business and human rights, and ESG and SDG as they apply for corporates. The group’s mission is to engage people from the legal profession and increase awareness about issues surrounding corporate responsibility, encourage interaction amongst students interested in been involved in corporate responsibility, improve regulation in the field and provide both educational and career development opportunities for members.
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CLS Legal Tech is a student-led organization that aims to centralize and develop education, community and innovation in the field of legal technology. CLS Legal Tech achieves its mission by hosting lunch talks, panel discussions, workshops and field trips in relation to various areas of legal technology.
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Columbia Law Students for Voting Rights (CLSVR) seeks to provide forward-looking approaches to complex issues facing access to the ballot and the moral and political issue of disenfranchisement. CLSVR aims to inculcate passion for and discourse on voting rights within the Columbia Law School Community and beyond and to convene students, faculty, and practitioners who are invested in voting rights work and interested in advancing effective solutions to disproportionate representation.
Contact: Amir Jones, [email protected]
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Columbia Plaintiffs’ Law Association (CPLA) is a student organization at Columbia Law School dedicated to fostering the next generation of plaintiff-side attorneys. We serve as a comprehensive resource for students pursuing plaintiff-side careers by providing community support, professional guidance, and exposure to diverse practice areas.
Contact: Abigail Shaska Carbajal [email protected]
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Columbia's Real Estate Law Society (CRELS) is the law school's only organization that serves students interested in real estate law, transactions, financing, litigation, development and the real estate industry in general. CRELS fosters dialogue between real estate professionals, professors, and Columbia Law students so its members gain exposure to the inner workings of the professional real estate world and the nuanced legal structure that serves as its foundation.
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The Columbia Society of International Law is Columbia Law School’s principal student group dedicated to issues involving international law. The society informs its members about opportunities to practice international law and current issues in international law; provides members in-person access to many of the top international firms; allows members the opportunity to meet leading scholars in the field; offers guidance and advice on career paths in the fields of public and private international law; and provides opportunities for American and international law students and alumni to form connections with each other that span the globe.
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The Workers’ Rights Student Coalition (WRSC) is composed of students who care about justice in the workplace. Issues of poverty, racism, gender, globalization, immigration, sexual orientation, and disability are at the core of the group's aims to empower workers. WRSC’s goal is to educate the Law School community about labor and employment issues to improve workplace conditions and create a more just and equitable world.
Contact: Althea Sellers [email protected]
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CJAN is dedicated to criminal justice reform and/or abolition. Our mission is to facilitate conversation about criminal justice issues, provide criminal justice career development opportunities, and encourage students to work towards changing/ending the carceral system. CJAN sponsors guest panels on careers in criminal justice, policy developments, and the intersection of criminal justice with other topics, such as immigration. CJAN also sponsors several spring break caravans domestically and puts on the CJAN Mock Trial and Abolition Symposium.
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The Education Law and Policy Society is for anyone interested in the interaction between law and policy as related to education. EdLaw organizes a wide range of events, provides pro bono opportunities and offers peer mentoring for 1Ls.
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