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Columbia Law School Clip Report, July 1–15, 2019

In her book “Life Admin,” Professor Emens explores how unseen and unpaid work is a universal problem but a particular burden for disadvantaged and disabled people.

The director of the Columbia Law Immigrants’ Rights Clinic says federal policies toward asylum-seeking families and detained migrant children are “cruel” and inhumane.

In chapters, journal articles, and books, Columbia Law faculty have put forth their research on myriad legal topics, including corporate and tax law, environmental law, human rights issues, and beyond.

Continued shareholder activism will keep proxy advisers under scrutiny, Columbia Law scholars say.

In her new book, “The Code of Capital,” the professor of comparative corporate law and legal institutions explores the fundamental role of lawyers in creating the rights and structures that help the rich get richer.

Pozen’s scholarship focuses on government transparency, constitutional theory, and, sometimes, soccer.

In “Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition,” Franke details post-Civil War attempts to redistribute land to freed black people, making a case for efforts to offset historic economic inequality today.

As a judge on New York’s Southern District bench, Rakoff brings a fresh, hands-on perspective to the first-years in his Criminal Law class.