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The Australian lawyer wanted a career in academia. As a student in Columbia Law’s J.S.D. program, he produced original scholarship on elder abuse and inheritance disputes that paved the way to a tenured position at the University of Sydney Law School.

The family and poverty law expert returns to her alma mater as a professor of law.  

The one-week courses offered in January 2023 provided 2Ls, 3Ls, and LL.M.s the opportunity to intensively explore topics such as regulating cryptocurrencies, managing creative enterprises, and lawyering in the technology and venture capital space.

The first-year curriculum often strikes students as unrelated to the most pressing legal issues of the day. On a panel this fall, faculty teaching 1L courses “taught their subject” through the lens of the right to abortion, showing how their subject is critical to the legal questions surrounding a right to abortion, reproductive autonomy, or sexual liberty.

The practitioner, scholar, advocate, and new member of the Columbia Law faculty is an authority on juvenile justice and founder of the Family Defense Clinic.

Columbia Law School faculty discussed the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade in an online forum with students. 

Following the court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, several Columbia Law faculty have been providing expert analysis and commentary in major media outlets.

The founder of Columbia Law School’s pioneering Center for Gender and Sexuality Law brings an intersectional perspective to her teaching, scholarship, and advocacy on issues such as abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equality, religious liberty, and reparations for African Americans.

These exceptional scholars, teachers, and clinicians will build on the Law School’s continued excellence in both fundamental and emerging areas of the law. 

A symposium hosted by the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law examined how to make a 28th Amendment a reality and the ERA’s implications for other protected classes.