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As vice chair and president of Microsoft, Smith navigates the often choppy waters “where technology and society meet.” He will receive the 2022 Columbia Law Medal for Excellence on October 28.

As the longtime president of the American Museum of Natural History and former president of Barnard College, Futter, one of this year’s Medal for Excellence recipients, has devoted her career to expanding and burnishing the reputations of two of New York City’s most prominent institutions.

As the first chief diversity officer for the nearly 140-year-old Metropolitan Opera, Sells will use her experience at institutions from the NBA to Harvard to foster inclusion.

A child of the Jim Crow South who became a civil rights activist, state senator, and the first Black federal judge in Alabama, Clemon is retired from the bench but continues to advocate tirelessly for justice and speak out fearlessly on public affairs.

Robert Currie Ríos ’13 LL.M. is director of environmental strategy and regulatory affairs at Entorno Social Consultores, a sustainability and environmental consulting firm in Santiago, Chile.

Columbia Law School alumni from around the globe returned to Morningside Heights for parties, CLE panel discussions, and a conversation with Dean Gillian Lester.

Makalika Naholowa’a is executive director of Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation in Honolulu.

The Medal for Excellence winner and member of the Dean’s Council dies at 91.

After two years of virtual ceremonies, Law School alumni donned their tams for a special in-person celebration of their graduations. 

The Perkins Coie partner fought for marriage equality and calls protection of voting rights “imperative for our democracy.”