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This year’s case is Chen v. Secret Saturdays Inc. and the competition takes place on May 1. Bernstein will be arguing for the defendant-appellant.

This year’s case is Chen v. Secret Saturdays Inc. and the competition takes place on May 1. Turnage will be arguing for the appellee.

Clare Skinner ’20 LL.M. and Ellie Dupler ’20 report on their recent trip to Beirut where they attended a workshop tied to the Human Rights Clinic's ongoing advocacy work on the right to mental health in Yemen.

Citing written and oral arguments made by five students, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that a Connecticut prisoner’s permanent solitary confinement violates the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

In her Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, Pantin teaches students transactional lawyering skills that they draw on to promote social justice, provide pro bono legal services to small businesses, and prepare for corporate careers.

In oral arguments, five members of Professor Brett Dignam’s Mass Incarceration Clinic sought injunctive relief for their client, a man who has been in solitary confinement for 24 years.

Students help participants in the NYC/NYCHA Food Business Pathways Program form limited liability companies and finalize legal contracts.

Four new clinics focus on social entrepreneurship, community advocacy, securities arbitration, and health justice.

Colleen Shanahan ’03 will establish a new community justice clinic as part of Columbia Law School’s expansion of its experiential learning programs.

Students argued for a new parole hearing for their client in New York State Supreme Court.