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The Columbia Law School student will provide legal representation and medical advocacy to detained immigrants.

The 2021 candidate for New York City mayor tells students and alumni to speak Martin Luther King Jr.’s “unarmed truth.”

With a $3.3 million commitment, the Dale and Max Berger Family Foundation ensures sustainable support for students pursuing careers in public interest and public service.

Dean Gillian Lester provides an update on her strategic efforts to support students entering public interest and public service careers, and announces several new developments and investments. 

Allan Van Fleet ’77 continues to build a legacy of public interest work alongside a robust private practice.

Every year, recent Columbia Law School graduates receive prestigious fellowships that support positions in public interest and public service organizations.

The Supreme Court’s review of restrictive Arizona voting laws could have profound implications for voters of color, says the executive director of Advancement Project

Can lawyers save the planet? Professor Michael B. Gerrard and leading experts go beyond the headlines and political ping-ponging to discuss combating the climate crisis using one of the most important and effective tools at our disposal: the law.

Faculty whose expertise includes labor law, criminal defense, election law, comparative constitutionalism, information privacy, and health care access will introduce new courses and clinics to the curriculum.

Oscar Lopez is the interim director of the Education Advocacy Clinic at the East Bay Community Law Center in Berkeley, California.