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An expert in criminal justice policy and a recipient of Columbia Law’s 2025 Medal for Excellence, Glazer has devoted her career to the city she calls home. 

The co-chair of the Trustees of Columbia University, and chairman emeritus and of counsel of the law firm Fried Frank, is a recipient of Columbia Law’s 2025 Medal for Excellence.

With leadership roles that have included in-house senior counsel for Major League Soccer and president of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Utah Royals, Hyncik discussed the array of opportunities for lawyers in the sports world.

A longtime champion of voting rights, the 82nd Attorney General of the United States is working to end partisan gerrymandering across the U.S. 

The civil rights lawyer, teacher, and drummer has devoted his career to voting rights and criminal justice reform.

Alexandra Reeve Givens ’08 is president and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology, a nonprofit organization that shapes technology policy with a focus on human rights.

Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux ’10 is deputy director of the Voting Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington, D.C. 

The president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights works to advance what she calls “a fundamental human right” around the world.  

Tutor, whose leadership gift to the reimagining of the Law Library represents the largest single commitment in the Law School’s history, supports nonprofit organizations and institutions where she believes she can make a significant difference. She is one of this year’s Medal for Excellence recipients. 

After serving for a quarter century as an innovative and community-minded trial and appellate judge, Acosta, one of this year’s Medal for Excellence recipients, remains deeply committed to judicial independence and community service.