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Over the past year, alumni have published nonfiction books covering legal topics from climate change to voting rights to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Put down the casebook! This year, alumni published a shelf’s worth of new fiction.  

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. 

As prosecutors or defense attorneys in civil and criminal cases, or as independent counsel examining internal workplace matters, alumni are specializing in one of the legal field’s hottest and most fascinating practice areas: investigations.

Ellen V. Futter ’74 and Brad Smith ’84 are honored by Dean Gillian Lester as “empathic, smart, sensitive leaders” working to advance the public good.

Columbia Law School alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago gathered in person once again on October 6.

As the first chief diversity officer for the nearly 140-year-old Metropolitan Opera, Sells will use her experience at institutions from the NBA to Harvard to foster inclusion.

Columbia Law School alumni from around the globe returned to Morningside Heights for parties, CLE panel discussions, and a conversation with Dean Gillian Lester.

After two years of virtual ceremonies, Law School alumni donned their tams for a special in-person celebration of their graduations. 

To help celebrate this year’s graduates, alumni share advice and encouragement.