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The novelty has worn off, but Law School faculty have learned ways to enhance their teaching with remote learning tools. 

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. 

The Columbia Law professor’s new book, The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It, offers realistic policy solutions that prioritize the welfare of individuals to create a more just and stable society.

Online instruction means working harder to keep everyone engaged, but faculty members are finding ways to do so.

The free e-book, published on April 20, features contributions by 18 Columbia Law scholars and delves into the legal issues around COVID-19—including elections, privacy, prisoners’ rights, bankruptcy, the environment, force majeure in contracts, and public health law.

Columbia Law School faculty weigh in on the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications on law, policy, business, and society.

Task force members John Coffee Jr. and Judge Jed S. Rakoff say a new statute would end conflicting criteria for insider trading prosecutions.

The Columbia Law professor’s European and American sensibilities inform The Brussels Effect, her analysis of the European Union’s outsize influence on global issues, including antitrust law, data privacy, food safety, and climate change.

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.