Story Archive

Climate change and racial justice are issues on the boardroom table as shareholder activists try to force corporations to act on environmental and diversity matters. Anne E. Robinson ’94, Vanguard general counsel, talks about the priorities of institutional investors when ESG questions are put to a vote. 

With a $3.3 million commitment, the Dale and Max Berger Family Foundation ensures sustainable support for students pursuing careers in public interest and public service.

The conservative majority may try to thread the needle and allow new restrictions on abortion without overturning Roe v. Wade, the Columbia Law School professor says.

Dean Gillian Lester provides an update on her strategic efforts to support students entering public interest and public service careers, and announces several new developments and investments. 

The Center for Public Research and Leadership, founded by Professor James Liebman, marks its 10th anniversary with groundbreaking reports documenting how the pandemic is revolutionizing the role of families in K-12 education—and why that’s good news.

Supported by international law firm Three Crowns, the scholarship provides training in arbitration for LL.M. students from emerging economies.

Professors Eric Talley and Julian Arato collaborate with Judge Jed Rakoff to bring a classic contract law case to life.

With a stock trading app on their phones and a lot of time on their hands, individual investors flooded into the market during the pandemic—with wild results. Co-hosts Professor Eric Talley and Millstein Center Research Fellow Kate Waldock ’23 talk to Professor Joshua Mitts about pandemic meme trading and what it means for market regulation.

The fellowships are supported by the government of India in honor of University Professor Jagdish Bhagwati.

Philip Genty, vice dean for experiential education, is working to integrate Columbia Law School’s experiential learning with the broader curriculum.