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A scholar who draws on political science and intellectual history in studying democracy, Ahmed joins a growing cohort of legal and constitutional theorists on the faculty.

The Justice Department’s approach to a criminal referral from the committee would certainly begin with issues of fact and law, but it would not end with them, the criminal justice professor says.

The constitutional scholar and former Columbia Law academic fellow joins the faculty as associate professor of law.

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. 

For the first of what will be an annual lecture series, political theorist Pratap Bhanu Mehta examined historical injustice, agency, and resentment, with commentary from Columbia Law School faculty.

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.

The author of Dignity in a Digital Age discussed patriotism, the fraying social fabric, the digital future, and the fate of American democracy with Columbia Law Professors Olatunde Johnson and Jedediah Purdy.