Illustrated by Minji Reem Last month, all 1Ls were required to attend “a comprehensive training…
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Let’s Talk About Sex(ual Assault)
Illustrated by Minji Reem “You have worked hard to get here.” With just seven words,…
Letter From the Editor: The Art of Courage (and Fear)
There’s one thing I fear more than anything in the world: PIGEONS. Believe me, my fear of pigeons is a valid one. The worst, though, is when I’m rushing to get somewhere, and I see before me Mr. Breadcrumbs and… his POSSE OF PIGEONS. I am faced with the ultimate question – do I keep walking forward, or do I retreat, cross the street, and walk on the other side? Which do I pick – courage or cowardice? As law students, we face countless situations that compel us to ask ourselves this question […]
Will It All Come Down to Love? The Confusing Marriage Equality Gamut After October 6
The U.S. Supreme Court’s October 6 decision to deny cert. on seven same-sex marriage cases took nearly everyone by surprise. Less surprising, but equally confusing, was the whirlwind of activity that followed: States directly affected by the rulings (Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin) moved quickly to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Judges around the country now bound by precedents in the Fourth, Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits began haphazardly striking down remaining state bans. Each day seems to boast a new headline about another ban falling like a quivering domino. But the battle […]
Boy Boxes Bear
Suspension. Expulsion. Leave of absence. Time off. Or a simple evaporation. As the rhythm of classes resumes, as the vacuity left by the student’s disappearance refills, a certainty niggles: he couldn’t hack it. She was weak, and their weakness was some failure of personal constitution. Soon after Adam Lanza’s name appeared in the news during the fall of 1L, mental illness was dragged once again into the spotlight. Less a dialogue than folks on both sides of the church aisle screaming their own right-ness. We were supposed to have a vocabulary for discussing these things. Where […]
Letter From the Editor: The Art Of Finding Your Fuel
Ladies and Gentlemen: What you see before you is a “visible gas pump,” which was…
Reconsidering Rape: The Conundrum of Silence
Illustrated by Nelson Hua (Original photo by Rachel So // Licensed under CC2). “[M]y first reaction was shame.…
The Autumn Effect
In a recent conversation with the Girl, I remarked on all the errands I’d been…
Cheap Victories: Modern Money and the Roots of Campaign Finance Reform
Photo Illustration by Nelson Hua Two weeks ago, New Yorkers were reminded just how much…
Bypassing the Low Hanging Fruit: Staying True to Oneself
Nolan Thomas / Morningside Muckraker I came to law school because of a man named…
Letter From the Editor: Welcome Aboard the Morningside Aeroplane
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard the Morningside Aeroplane. We are thrilled you will be joining…
Soapbox: Making the Case about Microaggression Campaigns
In the last issue of the Muckraker, Paul Chander wrote a piece called Don’t Be Gliberal in which he argued…
Hello from the Fishbowl: The Art of Recklessness
Sunday evening in New York is Monday morning in Seoul. And so, when I call…
Occam’s Schizer
“. . . Budgets should balance the value of the goods and services we are…
CLS Student Ombuds Program to Increase Responsiveness to Student Complaints
When you have a problem, who do you turn to? At what point would you…
A Call for Collective Action on Columbia Sexual Assault Policies
In February, we published a piece called “Reconsidering Rape: Experience as the Life of the Law.” The author, Lane Feler, is…
Left with No Choice: When Working “Within the System” Fails Survivors
Jezebel has been reporting on a “Rapist List” that was anonymously circulated around Columbia’s campus…
Gliberal and Proud
Social media has been inundated recently by a wave of collegiate campaigns aimed at making…
Violence of Microaggressions
Do microagrressions matter? They’re just words. People who love words sometimes get caught up in…
Letter From the Editor: And All That Muckin’ Jazz
I love jazz, and I could talk for days about all the reasons why. My…
Letter From the Editor
At the time I was relieved that I didn’t have to write a “why law…
My Sassy Black Blog Is Not Enough
If you’ve been around me for roughly five minutes, you likely know that I’m pretty…
Don’t Be Gliberal
Don’t Be Gliberal[1] The change that social justice advocates and supporters hope to bring about…
Cartoon: Take Your Time
Soliciting Questions for the Columbia Law Review Mailbag
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” exclaimed the Wizard of Oz. To…
What CLS Can Learn From Racial Tensions at UCLA Law
Over the last year, UCLA Law has dealt with increasing racial tension, evidenced by a…