Our Influence

Rights
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Columbia Law School has a history of fighting for justice and equality. That distinguished legacy continues through our scholarship, advocacy, and clinical work around the world.

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  • Protests
  • Freedom of Speech
  • Women's Rights
  • Religious Liberties
  • DACA
Elora Mukherjee

Elora Mukherjee

Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor of Law
Kimberle Crenshaw

Kimberlé W. Crenshaw

Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law
Jeffrey Fagan

Jeffrey A. Fagan

Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law
Katharine Franke

Katherine M. Franke

James L. Dohr Professor of Law
Elizabeth Scott

Elizabeth Scott

Harold R. Medina Professor of Law
Bernard E. Harcourt

Bernard E. Harcourt

Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law
Susan Sturm

Susan P. Sturm

George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility
Olatunde Johnson

Olatunde C.A. Johnson

Jerome B. Sherman Professor of Law
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Kathy Surace-Smith and Brad Smith

Kathy Surace-Smith ’84 and Brad Smith ’84 pledged $1.25 million to support the Law School’s Human Rights Clinic, which prepares students for careers in social justice advocacy worldwide. As students, Brad and Kathy volunteered at the Immigration Law Clinic, representing clients facing deportation. Brad is president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, and Kathy is vice president and general counsel at NanoString Technologies.

Law school is where you learn to think like a lawyer, but clinical education teaches you to act like a lawyer.

Brad Smith ’84
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