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A successful $5 million fundraising effort will endow the center in Chang’s name and bolster groundbreaking U.S.-China legal research and programming.

In 1888, Hong Yen Chang officially became the first Chinese American lawyer in the United States. In January 2021, Columbia Law School’s Center for Chinese Legal Studies will be named in honor of Chang (张康仁 中国法律研究中心).

In the final episode of Columbia Law’s limited podcast series, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, Professors Anu Bradford and Petros Mavroidis discuss the effects of the pandemic on global trade and whether the World Trade Organization and the European Union can handle political upheavals exacerbated by the health crisis, Brexit, and the U.S.-China trade war. 

The Law School’s Jagdish Bhagwati Fellowship, underwritten by the Indian government, supports graduate students specializing in international trade, trade law, public interest, and human rights. 2020–2021 recipient Mishra is devoting his year at Columbia Law to developing his expertise in multilateral trade treaties and international trade dispute settlement.

Students can explore areas such as racial justice and constitutional law, work with leading scholars in international law, and even learn how to establish a legal practice.

Columbia Law School professors tackle environmental policy, reparations, economic insecurity, and more in recent publications. 

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.

Created by global international arbitration firm Three Crowns, the scholarship is dedicated to LL.M. students interested in a career in international arbitration.

This comprehensive collection of data will provide researchers, lawyers, journalists, and policymakers with the means to assess the economic impact of laws across borders.

The Jagdish Bhagwati Fellowship, underwritten by the Indian government, supports graduate students at Columbia Law School who wish to specialize in the study of international trade, trade law, public interest, and human rights.