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Powerful institutional investors are the reason wages have been flat for decades, stifling competition for workers and worsening income inequality, the Columbia Law School professor says. 

Dean Lester welcomes the Columbia Law School community back to campus for the Fall 2021 semester. 

Go inside Columbia Law School’s orientation with members of the Class of 2024 and learn what they hope to accomplish over the next three years.

The arrival of the J.D. Class of 2024 and the LL.M. Class of 2022 was an occasion for inspirational speeches, campus tours, outdoor yoga, a food truck lunch, and advice from faculty and current students for making the most of the law school experience.

The former public defender is launching the new Criminal Law Clinic at Columbia Law School.

Dean Lester provides the community with an update on what to expect at the Law School in Fall 2021, particularly as it relates to public health. 

Professor Sarah A. Seo ’07 explains how the development of police discretionary power in traffic stops gave rise to “driving while Black.”

A lawyer with a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, Morten is the founding director of Columbia Law School’s new Science, Health, and Information Clinic.

Every year, recent Columbia Law School graduates receive prestigious fellowships that support positions in public interest and public service organizations.

The labor scholar and former Obama White House associate counsel writes and teaches on labor law, constitutional law, and questions of democracy and governance. She joins the Columbia Law School faculty as a professor of law.