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Dean Gillian Lester shares updates on new faculty, the library renovation project, and events celebrating the 100th anniversary of the graduation of Paul Robeson, Class of 1923.

Citing the importance of pursuing our core scholarly, pedagogical, and programmatic objectives without constraints, Dean Gillian Lester announces that Columbia Law School will no longer submit data to the U.S. News & World Report annual ranking of best law schools. 

Through the new project, a team of scholars and experts will examine and propose legal frameworks for the management of international claims and reparations.

Dean Gillian Lester updates the community about new faculty, a 1L faculty-student lunch series, a univerisity-wide initiative on constitutional democracy, and more.

The Harlem-based artist hopes to spur students and lawyers to question assumptions and reimagine solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

Dean Lester welcomes the Columbia Law School community back to campus for the Fall 2021 semester. 

Dean Lester provides the community with an update on what to expect at the Law School in Fall 2021, particularly as it relates to public health. 

The Law School community recognizes hard-fought civil rights victories and the ongoing fight for racial justice.

Dean Gillian Lester sent a message to the Columbia Law School community following the jury’s verdict in the case of the Minneapolis police officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd. 

A message from Gillian Lester, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law.