Last year, Stephanie Grajales, 3L, and I co-chaired the Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) Auction. …
Behind the Scenes: How Ilene Strauss and 12 Students Created CLS’s First Writing Center
Since beginning her work as Director of Legal Writing Programs two years ago, Ilene Strauss…
Letter From the Editor
At the time I was relieved that I didn’t have to write a “why law…
Not Pale, Male, or Yale: A Portrait of Constance Baker Motley
In the Muckraker’s first issue, we wrote about diversifying the portraits on the walls of…
Letter From the Editor
After our colleagues convincingly told us that they enjoyed our first issue, we sat eagerly by our mailbox waiting for letters to the editor, responses to our Query, visions for a new dean, and submissions to our Bulletin Board. None came! At the risk of sounding desperate: we want you to talk to us.
Introducing The Morningside Muckraker
The idea to create the Morningside Muckraker began in Professor Sturm’s Lawyering for Social and Institutional Change class during my 2L year. The law school was our case study and as we discussed various initiatives already taking place or that we hoped would take place at the school, I suggested that they would all be helped by a space dedicated to facilitating constructive dialogue among students, faculty, administrators and alumni about the issues that mattered to these different CLS stakeholders.
Pale, Male, Yale: Diversifying the Walls of Columbia Law School
According to CLS’s communications reports online, CLS started admitting women in 1927 and African Americans…