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A core part of Columbia Law’s experiential learning offerings, clinics allow law students to integrate theory and practice while working directly with clients. 

At Columbia Law, students in clinics work on behalf of real clients, get intensive feedback from expert faculty, and gain lawyering experience before graduating.

The practitioner, scholar, advocate, and new member of the Columbia Law faculty is an authority on juvenile justice and founder of the Family Defense Clinic.

A new clinical professor brings her experience in water access to the challenge of climate change and green jobs.

Philip Genty, vice dean for experiential education, is working to integrate Columbia Law School’s experiential learning with the broader curriculum.

The former public defender is launching the new Criminal Law Clinic at Columbia Law School.

A lawyer with a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, Morten is the founding director of Columbia Law School’s new Science, Health, and Information Clinic.

The opportunity to represent clients in a courtroom and the chance to ensure equal representation inspired Kumi to pursue the law.

Students use their legal skills to help small-business owners, incarcerated individuals, unemployed workers, immigrants, and others affected by the crisis.

Citing written and oral arguments made by five students, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that a Connecticut prisoner’s permanent solitary confinement violates the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment.