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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.

Social media. Race and racism. Economic inequality. The rule of law. This sampling of innovative seminars explores timely topics in the law.

President Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court has experience in the knottiest areas of law and a strong work ethic, a former law clerk says. 

The former Treasury Department official joins the Columbia Law School faculty as an associate professor of law.

At a Lawyers, Community, and Impact event, Columbia Law Professors Kate Andrias, Bert Huang, and Olatunde C. Johnson who served on the commission explain why the SCOTUS report is a must-read.

The conservative majority may try to thread the needle and allow new restrictions on abortion without overturning Roe v. Wade, the Columbia Law School professor says.

Publications written and edited by members of the Law School’s faculty in 2020-2021 explore ownership and authorship, constitutional controversy, foreign policy, urban planning, and more.