Students tossing their mortarboards at Graduation

Graduation

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The Law School Class Day ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 18th, on the South Lawn, in front of Butler Library, here on our Morningside Heights campus. University gates will open for the Law School at 3:15 pm. Our ceremony is scheduled to begin at 4:15 pm and end at 6:30 pm. At this ceremony, each J.D., LL.M., J.S.D., and E.LL.M. graduate's name is read as you process across the stage in your graduation regalia, celebrated by your faculty, administration, classmates, family, and friends. This ceremony is exclusively for the Law School community and our guests.
 


Columbia University’s Commencement ceremony for the 271st academic year will take place on May 21, 2025. This time-honored tradition celebrates the graduates from Columbia's nineteen schools, colleges, and affiliate institutions on Commencement Day. The President of the University symbolically confers degrees en masse upon all candidates.

All eligible February, May and June 2025 degree candidates, and October 2024 graduates, from all schools and colleges affiliated with Columbia University, are encouraged to participate in the celebration. You will receive information from your individual school about how to register your family and friends to join the Commencement ceremony. 
 

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Only eligible degree candidates from February, May, and June 2025, as well as from October 2024, will be included in the Law School Graduation program.

Woman in academic regalia crosses stage before large audience under enormous tent

Class Day Ceremony

Columbia Law School’s Class of 2024—including J.D., LL.M., E.LL.M., and J.S.D. students—celebrated their achievements at a Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 13, featuring remarks from U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke ’00.

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Jessica Bulman-Pozen

Professor Jessica Bulman-Pozen Honored With 2024 Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Students praise Bulman-Pozen for her scholarly expertise, communication skills, and genuine kindness. She will receive the prize, awarded annually by the Law School’s graduating class, and speak at graduation on May 13. 

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Kristen Clarke ’00 official headshot: Assistant Attorney General

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke ’00 to Speak at 2024 Columbia Law School Graduation

The head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2024.

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A student wearing academic regalia waves from the processional at the 2017 Graduation.

The Regalia

The tradition of wearing academic attire began in England in the Middle Ages (a gown and hood helped keep scholars warm) and is thought to have come to the United States through King’s College—now Columbia University.

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