This Week

3Ls
Friday is the deadline to complete your pro bono hours and log them in LawNet. All 3Ls must complete 40 hours of pro bono to graduate. Questions? probono@law.columbia.edu.

3Ls and LL.M.s
Friday at 5 p.m. is the deadline to complete the Public Interest Honoree category and preferred name survey. Each year, we celebrate graduating students who have shown dedication to public interest and pro bono. The categories apply to your entire time at CLS.

2Ls
Racial Justice Fellowship applications due TODAY.

No Community Coffee this week.

Upcoming Public Interest Mondays

Mar. 4: How to Exercise Prosecutorial Discretion
12:10-1:10 p.m. in JG 103
Register five days in advance to prevent food waste

How can prosecutors be thoughtful, given the broad discretion they are afforded? A panel of federal prosecutors will discuss.
 

Mar. 18: Radical Lawyering in Conservative Spaces

12:10-1:10 p.m. in JG 103
Register five days in advance to prevent food waste

Description TBD. With Emily Harris, specialist career adviser.

Save the Dates!

Mar. 6: Public Interest Community Coffee Hour with Experiential Learning

3-4 p.m. in WJW 600
 

Mar. 21: PI/PS Faculty Salon: In Conversation with Professor Baylor

12:10- 1:10 p.m., Location TBD
Registration is open! Space is limited.

Clinical Professor of Law Amber Baylor will join a small group of students for lunch. Chat about her criminal defense clinic, her scholarship on criminal justice and human rights, her career path, and much more!

Fellowship Info Sessions

Mar. 26: Skadden Fellowship
12:10- 1:10 p.m., Location TBD
Following the session, the Skadden Foundation director will meet with individual students.

Apr. 2: Equal Justice Works
12:10-1:10 p.m. Online
 

Mar. 27: Public Sector Everything: 3L Drop-Ins with OFA & OJC

2-4 p.m., Location TBD

Bring your questions for the Office of Judicial Careers, the PI/PS Office, and Financial Aid.

Mar. 28: ZigZag—Careers Across Public Interest/Public Service and Private Sectors

12:10-1:10 p.m., Location TBD

Join us for a panel on navigating career transitions and sector switches.

Pro Bono

Mar. 1: Deadline for 3Ls to complete 40 pro bono hours and register them on LawNet
Mar. 22: Deadline for 3Ls participating in a spring break caravan to submit an exit questionnaire and request a supervisor’s report
 

Postgraduate Fellowships

Mar. 3: Leebron (LL.M.s only), Global Public Service
Mar. 6: Haas
Mar. 13: LL.M. Pathways
 

Other

Feb. 26: 2L Racial Justice Fellowship
Feb 29: Student Human Rights Action Fund
Mar. 1 at 5 p.m.: Deadline to complete the Public Interest Reception Category and Preferred Name Survey

Opportunities

LGBTQ+ Bar Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair
Aug. 7-9; Career Fair is Aug. 7
Free registration with student membership, which is $20 for members of affiliate law school groups.

Law and Organizing Academy
May 20-23
Apply by Feb. 29.

Also @ Columbia (and Beyond)

Kernochan Speaker Series: Social Media and the First Amendment
Feb. 27, 12:10 p.m.

The Legacy of WWII Asian-Pacific Comfort Women Talk
Feb. 27, 7 p.m.

Disabled Law Students Association Spring Semester Welcome Lunch
Feb. 28, 12:10 p.m.

Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion: "Preschool to Prison"
Feb. 28, 5 p.m.

Symposium: Cultural Property in Armed Conflict
Mar. 1, 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m.

Bid for Justice Auction
Mar. 1, 7 p.m.

Clifford Chance Lecture Series: Updating Family Law for Today's Families
Mar. 23, 12:10 p.m.

Other Funding Opportunities

2Ls Racial Justice Fellowship
Students who intend to pursue racial justice legal work immediately after graduation/clerkship are eligible. Provides $25,000 in 3L fall. Due Feb. 26.

3L Bridge Loan
LRAP-eligible loan for pre-bar expenses. Due May 10.

Tamer Center Social Enterprise Fellowships (Summer Funding)

Funds summer internships that create social and environmental value. Apply starting Mar. 1. 

CLS Funding Resources
Internal and external funding available to or specifically for CLS students.

MAX Scholarship Opportunities
MAX automatically enters students into scholarship drawings if they complete online financial education or attend events.