Story Archive

This has been a year of remarkable and unmistakable progress. In this special digital publication, explore the ways Columbia Law School is moving forward with excellence, ambition, and purpose.

Smith Futrell, an expert in criminal law and mass incarceration, joins the Columbia Law School faculty to lead a new clinic focused on post-conviction and reentry advocacy.

Students within the clinic partner with community groups to explore ways to leverage transactional, litigation, regulatory, and policy advocacy strategies to create systemic change.

The clinic recognizes the rights of parents and children to live together free of state intervention.

Fan is designing the Appellate Litigation Clinic for students to focus on federal and state courts in New York. 

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

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.