Stories and News

Columbia Law School announces the creation of an endowed professorship in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’59, along with two new scholarships in her name. 

In 2018, the Law School commissioned a custom lace collar to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the investiture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’59 to the United States Supreme Court. Elena Kanagy-Loux of the Brooklyn Lace Guild created the intricate custom pattern mirroring the interlocking 25s that appear on the Law School’s commemorative book.

The revered Supreme Court justice maintained deep ties throughout her life to Columbia Law School, where she graduated tied for first in her class and later became the first woman to be a tenured member of the faculty.

Dean Lester welcomes the Columbia Law School community for the Fall 2020 semester. 

Columbia Law welcomed the J.D. Class of 2023 and LL.M. Class of 2021 with a virtual program that included helpful advice and a pop quiz.   

Students worked—and networked—remotely during truncated summer associate programs. Those lavish law firm lunches? This year, they were takeout at home.

Columbia Law School students who worked from home this summer for social justice and public service organizations performed meaningful work while honing their lawyering skills.

Dean Lester shares some specific details about how the Law School has adjusted our campus environment to ensure your health and safety, and to reinforce the responsibility we share as a community to uphold the values set forth in the Columbia Health Compact. 

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

After risking his life to desegregate Ole Miss in 1962, Meredith continued his activism at Columbia Law School.