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.
Program on Labor Law and Political Economy
The Program on Labor Law and Political Economy is a multi-disciplinary initiative that convenes workshops, conferences, speaker series, and research groups addressing the legal and political determinants of the empowerment of working people in workplaces and the polity. In addition to its research ambitions, the Program designs and carries out real-world projects advocating on behalf of workers’ rights in and through international organizations, legislatures, administrative bodies, and courts. These advocacy projects include the drafting of reports, advisory memoranda, amicus briefs, and legislation, as well as direct collaboration with working people and worker organizations. Students participate in these projects under the supervision of the Program Director, Professor Mark Barenberg
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