Columbia Law School

09/01/2026

Meet Gabriel Rauterberg, a scholar of corporate and securities law, who joined the Columbia Law School faculty as a professor of law on July 1.

Rauterberg, whose expertise includes corporate governance, capital markets, contracts, and financial institutions, is drawn to the profound questions raised by corporate and securities law. “Once you get past some of the daunting nomenclature, it’s an area with a genuinely exciting set of issues about how the financial system is evolving,” he says. “It’s a field with a lot of intellectual integrity. And it’s really important to the world.”

Now, as a member of the full-time Columbia Law faculty, Rauterberg is looking forward to teaching Corporations and a J.D./MBA cross-listed upper-level course on Private Markets and Private Funds. In subsequent semesters, he will teach Capital Markets and Regulation.

Rauterberg discusses his scholarship, his path to the law, and his move from litigation practice to academia: https://bit.ly/4h4cynH

08/27/2026

The Columbia Law Class of 2029 has arrived! 🩵

This week, a new cohort of J.D. students made their way to campus for a three-day orientation.

📸 Click through for highlights, including a welcome from Dean Daniel Abebe and other Law School leaders and alumni; panels on topics including AI, advice from the Law School’s career offices, and what to expect during 1L year; professional development workshops; and wellness and ice-breaker activities.

08/21/2026

💙🦁 Welcome to Columbia Law, LL.M. Class of 2027!

This week, more than 300 students from dozens of countries began their LL.M. journeys at the Law School.

📸 During a two-day orientation, they:
🔹 Toured the Morningside campus.
🔹 Received a warm welcome and advice from Dean Daniel Abebe, faculty members, and other Law School leaders.
🔹 Attended panels (including on AI), team-building sessions, and an ice cream social and other gatherings to connect with classmates.

08/20/2026

Congratulations to Professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw on her election to the fellowship of the British Academy, the U.K.’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar of civil rights, critical race theory, race and the law, and feminist legal theory. Widely known for coining the term “intersectionality” to describe the double bind of simultaneous racial and gender prejudice, she is the founding director of the Law School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies.

https://bit.ly/4wIMSBQ

08/14/2026

Congratulations to our Executive LL.M. in Global Business Law students who completed their summer residency this week!

Over the past 12 weeks, E.LL.M. students made the most of their time at the Law School with rigorous coursework and immersive NYC experiences—including visits to the United Nations, the New York Stock Exchange, and Broadway.

The cohort begins their final online class next week before returning to campus to celebrate Commencement in May.

08/07/2026

Prediction markets, like Kalshi and Polymarket, offer users the ability to bet on the occurrence of events as large as election outcomes and as small as high temperatures on a given day in a specific location. But securities law expert Professor Joshua Mitts says that a considerable amount of trading appears to be based on insider information.

In a new paper, Mitts and co-author Moran Ofir of the University of Haifa analyzed all Polymarket contracts from February 2024 to February 2026 and found more than 210,000 suspicious bets.

“These bets achieved a nearly 70% win rate, well in excess of chance,” says Mitts. “We estimate these traders earned $143 million in aggregate profit. There is a problem. The scope of that problem is open for debate.”

In a Q&A, Mitts discusses the pair’s research, the legal frameworks currently governing prediction markets, and recommendations for reforms to address informed trading on the platforms. https://bit.ly/3U49or3

08/06/2026

Columbia Law School alumni from class years ending in 1 and 6 gathered in Morningside Heights to reminisce, reflect, recharge, and renew relationships at Reunion 2026, held June 5 and 6.

The event-filled weekend kicked off with a cocktail reception at Gotham Hall in midtown Manhattan on Friday, followed later that evening by LL.M. and affinity group after-parties. Saturday’s events on the Morningside campus included an all-class breakfast, alumni discussions on current legal topics, a special presentation from the Dean, a picnic lunch, and individual class celebrations.

In his “State of the School” presentation, Dean Daniel Abebe said that he senses “a feeling of excitement about what lies on the horizon, and a sense of purpose to define this institution’s next era of success. … I can see quite clearly how far we have come as a community, and I can see how far we can clearly go, together.”

Read more about the weekend’s programming: https://bit.ly/4pXvEi6

08/04/2026

📅 Save the date for Reunion 2027!

If your class year ends in 2 or 7, join your classmates in New York City on June 11 and 12 for a memorable weekend of connections and celebration.

📧 Reunion celebrants: Check your inbox for the latest from the Reunion team, and make sure to subscribe to receive the latest Reunion 2027 updates.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3UQbisl

08/03/2026

🏅 Faculty Awards, Fellowships, and Honors: Columbia Law professors are consistently recognized for their achievements, service, leadership, and scholarship by institutions and organizations around the world. Scroll through for a selection of achievements from the past academic year.

07/29/2026

As the U.S. Supreme Court issued pivotal rulings on questions ranging from the future of independent federal agencies to birthright citizenship, Columbia Law School faculty shared context and analysis with media outlets and reporters across the country.

Explore a selection of commentary and insights featuring Law School experts on cases from October Term 2025: https://bit.ly/4pVbANt.

Law School faculty and legal experts offer insights into the high court's rulings from this term.