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The first-year curriculum often strikes students as unrelated to the most pressing legal issues of the day. On a panel this fall, faculty teaching 1L courses “taught their subject” through the lens of the right to abortion, showing how their subject is critical to the legal questions surrounding a right to abortion, reproductive autonomy, or sexual liberty.

A lawyer who uses economic theory and empirical tools in his research joins the faculty as an associate professor of law.

Increasing reliance on the Federal Reserve to prevent financial panics and manage economic cycles shows the need to lighten the load on the central bank by strengthening banking regulation and developing new fiscal policy tools, the former U.S. Treasury official says. 

A Supreme Court case being argued December 7 could end state Supreme Courts’ ability to restrain partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts.

Books written and edited by Columbia Law School faculty during the 2021–2022 academic year explore free speech, the climate crisis, Chevron deference, and why you should skip that online order and go directly to the source instead. 

The first Lawyers, Community, and Impact discussion of the 2022–2023 academic year featured faculty discussing various areas of the law through the lens of Supreme Court cases from the previous term. 

Intellectual property scholar Shyam Balganesh explains why the “Stairway to Heaven” case is taking copyright law in the wrong direction. 

A scholar who draws on political science and intellectual history in studying democracy, Ahmed joins a growing cohort of legal and constitutional theorists on the faculty.

A philosopher and an intellectual property specialist, Chatterjee joins the faculty as an associate professor of law.

A distinguished scholar of international law, Cleveland would be the second U.S. woman to serve on the court.