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McKissick served as the 2021–2022 OutLaws president and was the recipient of the 2021 Manne Prize at the 8th Annual Stanley M. Grossman Innovators Invitational at the Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship.

Intellectual property scholar Shyam Balganesh explains why the “Stairway to Heaven” case is taking copyright law in the wrong direction. 

Dean Gillian Lester shares updates about Columbia Law School’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP).

As the first chief diversity officer for the nearly 140-year-old Metropolitan Opera, Sells will use her experience at institutions from the NBA to Harvard to foster inclusion.

Members of the J.D. Class of 2025 and the LL.M. Class of 2023 took a first look at their professors, campus, and each other during the opening days of law school.

Dean Gillian Lester shares updates and welcomes the community back to campus. 

Established in 2015, the need-based scholarship is awarded annually to a Columbia Law School LL.M. student, with priority consideration given to students who are from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe and demonstrate academic success and promise.

A scholar who draws on political science and intellectual history in studying democracy, Ahmed joins a growing cohort of legal and constitutional theorists on the faculty.

A philosopher and an intellectual property specialist, Chatterjee joins the faculty as an associate professor of law.

A distinguished scholar of international law, Cleveland would be the second U.S. woman to serve on the court.