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A federal judge since 2007 and a dedicated member of the Columbia Law School faculty, Livingston is the first woman to lead the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

John C. Coffee, Jr.’s new book blows the whistle on the “crisis in underenforcement.”

Legal reforms can hold police more accountable for violent acts, but Americans need to acknowledge the nation’s history of racism, the former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund lawyer says.

Columbia Law School professors tackle environmental policy, reparations, economic insecurity, and more in recent publications. 

Judge Sorokin asks those convicted to acknowledge, if not ameliorate, the harm they caused.

Just because it’s on "CSI" doesn’t mean it’s real. As a strategic litigator for the Innocence Project, Delger works to persuade courts to follow science, not precedent, in considering forensic evidence.

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.

Dozens of courses in areas including food systems, business ethics, and community advocacy give students insight into timely issues.

The Columbia Law professor receives the Norman J. Redlich Capital Defense Distinguished Service Award for his longtime advocacy on behalf of individuals on death row.

In oral arguments, five members of Professor Brett Dignam’s Mass Incarceration Clinic sought injunctive relief for their client, a man who has been in solitary confinement for 24 years.