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The first ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived in North America 400 years ago. To commemorate the anniversary, the Law School held a series of programs focused on the enduring effects of slavery in the United States.

Clare Skinner ’20 LL.M. and Ellie Dupler ’20 report on their recent trip to Beirut where they attended a workshop tied to the Human Rights Clinic's ongoing advocacy work on the right to mental health in Yemen.

Every year, the Columbia Law LL.M. Program, in conjunction with the school’s Human Rights Institute, recruits and awards fellowships to jurists who demonstrate extraordinary potential in the field of international human rights.

Bamisope Adeyanju ’20 LL.M., an economic and social rights advocate, was awarded $50,000 by the global law firm.

The program, offered through Social Justice Initiatives (SJI), brings together and supports a community of students seeking to use their legal training to effect positive change in society.

In her Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, Pantin teaches students transactional lawyering skills that they draw on to promote social justice, provide pro bono legal services to small businesses, and prepare for corporate careers.

Law faculty testify to Congress on cryptocurrency, breaking up Facebook, and separating families at the southern border.

The director of the Columbia Law Immigrants’ Rights Clinic says federal policies toward asylum-seeking families and detained migrant children are “cruel” and inhumane.

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.

Graduates will work on issues involving the environment, voting rights, immigration, human rights, and more.