Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law, has been named one of four recipients of the 2024 Columbia University Faculty Service Award, which honors full-time faculty who engage in volunteer activities that impact students, faculty, or both in furthering the …
In the course of more than 40 years of writing and teaching, John C. Coffee Jr., Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law and director of the Center on Corporate Governance, has influenced so many areas of the law that to cover them all, a conference in his honor …
Eric Talley, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research. Talley …
Fifty-three people who tried to keep former President Donald J. Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election have now been criminally charged. The indictments have been brought in four swing states that will be crucial to the upcoming election, most …
The Constitution of the War on Drugs, by David Pozen, Oxford University Press, 304 pages, $27.95 When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion mocked "attempts to justify abortion" by asserting …
The year 1972 marked a new era for Columbia Law School. With the appointments of Kellis E. Parker as the first Black full-time professor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’59 as the first female tenured professor, the faculty took much-needed steps to begin to …
Students cannot say enough great things about Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Betts Professor of Law. “JBP is low-key goated when learning admin law is the vibe,” wrote one student in a course evaluation. The student also included a translation: “Professor Bulman- …
Kristen Clarke ’00, a civil rights lawyer who has devoted her career to public service, will address the Class of 2024 during Columbia Law School’s graduation ceremony on May 13. Nominated by President Joe Biden, Assistant Attorney General Clarke became …
In his State of the Union address earlier this month, President Joe Biden referenced plans to dismantle America’s long-standing asylum program with the help of Congress through a “border bill.” While that bill has been stymied by Republican anti- …
New York’s Congressional district lines are in flux once again. The state’s highest court last week ruled the districts, reconfigured for the 2022 elections, can be redrawn again for the 2024 elections. To learn more the legal challenge that brought us …
LONDON (AP) — European Union negotiators clinched a deal Friday on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of …
The Sand Land mine near Southhampton, N.Y., resembles the cratered surface of the moon, a treeless, torn-up work site that underscores the demand for a vital, if often overlooked, natural resource. Sand is crucial for building — it’s used to make concrete, …
The OpenAI saga – in which founder and CEO Sam Altman was suddenly fired and then reinstated, together with a new governing board – may have been enthralling, but it was neither novel nor surprising. Historically, capital usually wins out when there are …
(Bloomberg) -- Top US regulators are zeroing in on dangers posed by highly leveraged hedge fund trades, and considering options to rein in risks to the broader financial system. Regulators are especially concerned about the growth of one strategy known as …
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