Story Archive

On January 29, members of Columbia Law School’s Public Interest/Public Service Council officially convened for the first time.

For Valentine’s Day 2020, three alumni couples who fell in love as students and married after graduation share their stories.

First, Franklin A. Thomas, a 2020 Medal for Excellence honoree, worked to rebuild his old neighborhood through an innovative nonprofit agency. Then, he took on improving the world at the helm of powerful foundations.

Throughout his singular career as a lawyer, banker, policy analyst, scholar, and public servant, the 2020 Medal for Excellence honoree has devoted himself to restructuring financially distressed companies and governmental units.

The former deputy solicitor general tells law students to hold fast to their vision of the public interest.

The leader of Harlem Children’s Zone remembers her mentor Professor Kellis E. Parker and the roots of her advocacy for children.

Columbia Law School Clip Report, January 16–31, 2020

Ruth Greenwood ’09 LL.M. works to take the partisanship out of electoral redistricting by litigating to oppose gerrymandering.

Columbia Law School Clip Report, January 1–15, 2020

Michael I. Sovern ’55, renowned mediator, eighth dean of Columbia Law School, and former president of Columbia University, dies at 88.