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Students talk about how Columbia Law School’s Executive LL.M.program is enhancing their careers overseas.

Established in 2015, the need-based scholarship is awarded annually to a Columbia Law School LL.M. student, with priority consideration given to students who are from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe and demonstrate academic success and promise.

Robert Currie Ríos ’13 LL.M. is director of environmental strategy and regulatory affairs at Entorno Social Consultores, a sustainability and environmental consulting firm in Santiago, Chile.

Owoka is leveraging her international experience and Columbia Law training in pursuit of a career in international corporate law in the United States.

Columbia Law School graduates have received prestigious fellowships that support positions in public interest and public service organizations.

From helping poultry farmers to making law school and the law more accessible, the projects this year’s fellows are pursuing have the potential to reshape industries, communities, and lives.

Offered by Columbia Law’s Human Rights Institute and Office of Graduate Degree Programs, the fellowships are awarded annually to LL.M. students committed to battling injustice around the world.

Supported by international law firm Three Crowns, the scholarship provides training in arbitration for LL.M. students from emerging economies.

The fellowships are supported by the government of India in honor of University Professor Jagdish Bhagwati.

Every year, recent Columbia Law School graduates receive prestigious fellowships that support positions in public interest and public service organizations.