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2018-2019 Annual Report

The 2018-2019 Annual Report is now available for download. The Report includes Institute highlights and project updates, and recognizes our generous donors who made a charitable donation during the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

Download the 2018-2019 Annual Report

In Memoriam: David Shapiro

David L. Shapiro, retired professor of Harvard Law School, passed away on November 19. He was 87 years old.

Professor Shapiro was well known for co-editing the leading casebook in the field of federal jurisdiction, Hart and Wechsler’s The Federal Courts and the Federal System (Foundation Press ...

Nancy Kim to Present at Zagreb International Conference on the Law of Obligations

Organized by the Department of Law at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, the first Zagreb International Conference on the Law of Obligations will be held in Zagreb on Dec. 12-13. The conference is organized in cooperation with the Global Private Law SIG of the ...

Randy Maniloff Discusses Football Violence in WSJ

Randy J. Maniloff of White and Williams authored an Op-Ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he discussed several notable NFL lawsuits and the complex legality that surrounds violence in sports.

The piece specifically makes reference to a recent incident during a Browns-Steelers game in Cleveland, in ...

15th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference

On Nov. 8-9, Columbia Law School hosted the 15th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair. Founded in 2005 by Evangeline M. Mitchell, the event includes a series of panels, workshops, and lectures from members of the legal community aimed at empowering aspiring black lawyers.

Marcilynn A ...