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From a deep dive into the 14th Amendment to a close examination of the Uniform Commercial Code, academic offerings for 2025-2026 include new seminars, lectures, and workshops on timely topics to deepen the intellectual experience available to Columbia Law students. 

The wide-ranging scholarly interests of the Columbia Law School faculty are reflected in the array of books they edit and write on legal, economic, political, and social issues. Here are seven titles they published this year.

In his new book, David Pozen, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law, examines the constitutional arguments for drug rights—and how courts have shut them down.

For 1L students and faculty members, the Beyond the Casebook lunch series provokes discussion about themes that cut across courses and spotlights issues that may get squeezed out of the curriculum.   

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.

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.

At a Lawyers, Community, and Impact event, Columbia Law Professors Kate Andrias, Bert Huang, and Olatunde C. Johnson who served on the commission explain why the SCOTUS report is a must-read.

Columbia Law School professors tackle environmental policy, reparations, economic insecurity, and more in recent publications. 

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

Columbia Law Professors Tackle Free Speech, Climate Engineering, Open-Data Policies, and More