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Temple, the former U.S. register of copyrights and now global general counsel of the Motion Picture Association, specializes in protecting the rights of artists and creators.

From a deep dive into the 14th Amendment to a close examination of the Uniform Commercial Code, academic offerings for 2025-2026 include new seminars, lectures, and workshops on timely topics to deepen the intellectual experience available to Columbia Law students. 

The expert on evidence joins the Columbia Law School faculty as a professor of law.

The general counsel of the World Intellectual Property Organization shared her perspectives on a career in diplomacy, working in a multilateral setting, and the human rights dimensions of intellectual property law.

Precious D. Benally ’13 and Eldred D. Lesansee ’25 discuss bringing Native American law into focus at Columbia Law School and beyond.

The wide-ranging scholarly interests of the Columbia Law School faculty are reflected in the array of books they edit and write on legal, economic, political, and social issues. Here are seven titles they published this year.

Christopher Morten, associate clinical professor of law, and clinic students Kasey Clarke ’24 and Nancy Lu ’24, share how students in the Law School’s Science, Health, and Information Clinic have worked to improve public access to the results of clinical trials and, in the process, made the FDA more transparent and accountable.

Members of Columbia Law School’s full-time faculty have written and edited books published this year on timely topics including affirmative action, the new Cold War, social parenthood, and cooperative democracy.

The rights of artists and writers are at the heart of the center’s deep offerings on copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law for students, policymakers, and creators.

In her new book, the Columbia Law professor explores the emerging battle between techno-democracies and techno-autocracies that will shape the future of our digital society.