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An eight-year veteran of former president Barack Obama’s administration, James Cadogan ’06 is now the executive director of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition.

Members of this year’s class will focus on issues including environmental human rights,  employment law and workers’ rights, public defense, and immigration reform.

The award-winning documentary filmmaker says her experiences at Columbia Law focused her work on systemic injustice.

Illegal child labor and exploitation in the United States are leading to a crisis in protecting children on the job, say two of Columbia Law’s faculty experts on labor law and immigrants’ rights. 

Since launching four years ago, the Max Berger ’71 Public Interest/Public Service Fellows Program has jumpstarted the public interest and government careers of nearly 50 Columbia Law graduates, and provided more than 100 Columbia Law students with specialized opportunities and support.

The general counsel of SoundCloud embraces an expansive concept of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the global open-platform audio service.

As part of an annual tradition of Columbia Law students spending spring break doing pro bono work, the Empowering Women of Color student organization led a spring break caravan to New Orleans to work with the Capital Appeals Project and the Promise of Justice Initiative.

Amal Clooney, who teaches international law at Columbia Law School, joined Natia Navrouzov ’23 LL.M. for a conversation centered around their quest for justice for the Yazidi community in Iraq.

Students praise Funk for his enthusiasm, intellect, and compassion. He will receive the honor, which is awarded annually by the Columbia Law graduating class, and speak at graduation on May 15.

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.