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Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux ’10 is deputy director of the Voting Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington, D.C. 

The president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights works to advance what she calls “a fundamental human right” around the world.  

Tutor, whose leadership gift to the reimagining of the Law Library represents the largest single commitment in the Law School’s history, supports nonprofit organizations and institutions where she believes she can make a significant difference. She is one of this year’s Medal for Excellence recipients. 

After serving for a quarter century as an innovative and community-minded trial and appellate judge, Acosta, one of this year’s Medal for Excellence recipients, remains deeply committed to judicial independence and community service.

The criminal justice policy expert says strengthening civic organizations and municipal services is a better way to reduce crime than sending in the cops.

The first woman to be appointed an appellate-level judge in Nebraska is now the longest-serving member of the state’s current Supreme Court.

An eight-year veteran of former president Barack Obama’s administration, James Cadogan ’06 is now the executive director of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition.

A lawyer in Canada, Kristina Milbourn ’22 E.LL.M. wanted to grow her experience, knowledge, and network without taking a year off from work. Columbia Law School’s hybrid, six-month Executive LL.M. program was the answer.

The award-winning documentary filmmaker says her experiences at Columbia Law focused her work on systemic injustice.

The Australian lawyer wanted a career in academia. As a student in Columbia Law’s J.S.D. program, he produced original scholarship on elder abuse and inheritance disputes that paved the way to a tenured position at the University of Sydney Law School.