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The award-winning documentary filmmaker says her experiences at Columbia Law focused her work on systemic injustice.

The Australian lawyer wanted a career in academia. As a student in Columbia Law’s J.S.D. program, he produced original scholarship on elder abuse and inheritance disputes that paved the way to a tenured position at the University of Sydney Law School.

Alumni returned to campus to celebrate, reminisce, and engage with current issues in law. 

The general counsel of SoundCloud embraces an expansive concept of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the global open-platform audio service.

Members of the alumni society gathered on May 10 to honor Cathy Kaplan ’77.

To help celebrate this year’s graduates, alumni offer words of counsel and encouragement.

A pioneering civil rights lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund who argued 10 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, Motley was the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge.

His pathbreaking career was nearly crushed by McCarthy-era ostracism, but Paul Robeson’s voice, in song and speech, continues to be heard in support of Black freedom.

A prosecutor, classicist, and Marine veteran, the Manhattan assistant district attorney has set himself the herculean task of cleaning up the trade in stolen antiquities. 

The Richard Borow–Irell & Manella Scholarship, jointly established by the Irell & Manella Foundation and Morgan and Helen Chu, honors the memory of Richard Borow ’59.