Columbia Law School’s research centers and programs reflect the breadth of our faculty’s expertise and the exceptional quality of their scholarship. Through their rigorous research, faculty experts explore foundational, emerging, and interdisciplinary areas of the law. In addition to convening academics, policymakers, judges, and business leaders from around the globe, centers and programs offer students valuable opportunities to collaborate with experienced scholars and researchers.
Center for Law and the Economy
The Center for Law and the Economy is dedicated to developing and promoting research, scholarship, and teaching on the ways in which law and legal institutions structure the economy. The center is led by Associate Professors of Law Lina M. Khan, who served as chair of the Federal Trade Commission from 2021 to 2025, and Lev Menand. The center also houses the Law and Economy Student Network, which will help train and develop the next generation of legal and economic scholars and policy leaders and provide them with the support needed to advance careers in public service.
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