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The former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change receives the 48th annual Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award.

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.

Columbia Law Professor Matthew Waxman and Visiting Professor Monica Hakimi discuss the invasion, the immediate responses of other governments, and the potential implications for the international legal order.

The pathbreaking entertainment lawyer tells students that “art is a societal changing force.”

Professor Matthew Waxman brought together national security experts, including Sen. Angus S. King Jr., for a conversation on threats to supply chains from foreign actors and potential legal and legislative fixes. 

The surprise star of the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries tells Columbia Law students to hold on to their humanity and “figure out what you can get done in the world we live in.”

Columbia Law welcomed the J.D. Class of 2023 and LL.M. Class of 2021 with a virtual program that included helpful advice and a pop quiz.   

Alumni share their experiences working on racial equity and the paths they took to social justice work.