Law clinic students fight for mentally disabled man

Generations of students in the Law School's Capital Punishment Clinic have worked on the case of Johnny Ringo Pearson, an intellectually challenged man accused of kidnap, rape and murder.

Former labor board chair shares expertise at ILR

Former National Labor Relations Board chairman Wilma Liebman is teaching at the ILR School and the Law School.

Race, gender scholar Crenshaw on campus Oct. 16-21

Kimberlé Crenshaw '81, a professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, School of Law and Columbia Law and specialist in race and gender theory, will present a lecture and several other talks and participate in meetings.

Impact of East Asia policy group grows

Since its launch by Cornell Law School's Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture in 2012, Meridian 180's influence on Southeast Asian policy has grown.

Regulate banks’ non-executive risk-takers, says law professor

Law professor Charles K. Whitehead argues that regulation of bankers' compensation must include the pay for non-senior executives, which could remove the incentive for traders and others to take the kind of high risks that contributed to the financial crisis of 2007.

Cities adopt law professor's plan to fix mortgage crisis

Law professor Robert Hockett's plan for cities to address underwater mortgages is being adopted across the country.

First black Law School grad was a former slave

George Washington Fields, Cornell Law School's first black graduate in 1890, was a former slave who became a successful lawyer despite becoming blind.

New book reconsiders legal understanding of corruption

Law professor Laura Underkuffler's new book, "Captured By Evil: The Idea of Corruption in Law,” tackles a concept hitherto largely unexplored in legal scholarship.

Experts lament fragmented U.S. political system

Partisanship and bureaucratic fragmentation are major challenges today's U.S. foreign policy, professors said during the discussion "America and the World," June 7 during Reunion.