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A partner at Kirkland & Ellis and IP lawyer with name-brand clients, Simmons was recently awarded the Judge Deborah A. Batts Award for Queer Visibility by the Columbia OutLaws and Queer and Trans People of Color student groups at their annual gala.

The Supreme Court’s review of restrictive Arizona voting laws could have profound implications for voters of color, says the executive director of Advancement Project

Gert Jan van den Bergh ’91 LL.M. seeks justice for artworks and their owners. 

Oscar Lopez is the interim director of the Education Advocacy Clinic at the East Bay Community Law Center in Berkeley, California.

Graduates celebrating their reunion years welcome the newest members of the Columbia Law School alumni network with encouragement and guidance.

At an Alumni of Color event honoring the life and legacy of the Law School’s first Chinese graduate, participants underscored the need to support Asian and Asian American law students.

The former homeland security secretary, now a Columbia University trustee, says public service makes lawyers better in private practice.

Jin Hee Lee ’00 is the senior deputy director of litigation and director of strategic initiatives for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) in New York City.

Chanler Langham ’04 is a Houston-based trial lawyer handling complex commercial litigation. He is a partner at the litigation boutique firm Susman Godfrey.

Since 1964, Columbia Law School’s most prestigious award, the Medal for Excellence, has been presented at the annual Winter Luncheon to alumni and past or present faculty members who exemplify the qualities of character, intellect, and social and professional responsibility that the Law School seeks to instill in its students.​