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Offered by Columbia Law’s Human Rights Institute and Office of Graduate Degree Programs, the fellowships are awarded annually to LL.M. students committed to battling injustice around the world.

Members of this year’s class will focus on issues including immigration law, housing justice, and health care reform.

A new podcast from Columbia Law School and the Center for Constitutional Governance, Through the Gale explores the role of lawyers in the struggle for multiracial democracy.

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.

A new clinical professor brings her experience in water access to the challenge of climate change and green jobs.

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.

Columbia Law School graduates have received prestigious fellowships that support positions in public interest and public service organizations.

Makalika Naholowa’a is executive director of Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation in Honolulu.

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.

The Perkins Coie partner fought for marriage equality and calls protection of voting rights “imperative for our democracy.”