The People
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Growing up in the Deep South, Twitter General Counsel Vijaya Gadde ’00 knew early on that she wanted to be a lawyer. “Being a minority and an...
In Memoriam: Andreas Lowenfeld, 1930-2014
When I heard that Andy Lowenfeld had passed away, the first thing that came to mind was not his stature as a giant of international law, but...
A Champion for Immigrant Rights
Soon after landing her first job as a lawyer, Julie Mao ’11 found herself working to protect more than 300 students hailing from Turkey, China, Ukraine, and...
Glenn Greenwald’s Headline-Making Year
Over the past year, Glenn Greenwald ’94 has rocked the world with a series of revelations about the intelligence-gathering practices of the National Security Agency (NSA) and...
Consumer Guardian
When Julie Brill first became a commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission in 2010, her job was a mystery to her neighbors. “They’d say, ‘Oh, are...
The Negotiator
Born in Israel in 1973, Roy Schöndorf JSD ’07 was six weeks old when the Yom Kippur War erupted and his father was drafted into military...
Back to School
Nicholas Melvoin ’14 did not originally plan to go into the law; he thought he would become a teacher. His interest in education began when he...
Boots on the Ground
Three years after South Sudan became an independent state, the country still faces serious internal conflict. More than one million people have been internally displaced, and...
Out Front
Despite fighting for the civil rights of others, Christine Sun ’98 had been a late bloomer in her own self-realization. “When I was in law school,...
Taking the Inside Track
When Susan Weiner ’79 left the world of law firm practice 20 years ago for a litigation job at NBC, businesses were only just beginning to...
Seeking Justice for Ordinary Americans
Adina Rosenbaum ’03, an attorney at Public Citizen, went before the Supreme Court this past December to argue on behalf of Rabbi S. Binyomin Ginsberg in...
Measuring Law’s Long Arm
The way in which US power has applied abroad is “the great theme of American public law since 9/11,” says Michael Farbiarz, former co-chief of the...
For Your (Health) Information
When Michael Lwin ’09 visited Myanmar in 2009 after graduating from law school, he did not go with the in- tent of founding a company. A...
They Got the Beat
They met like so many other bands do, singing about the 1938 Supreme Court case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins. Andrew Jondahl ’15 (bass), Amir Badat...
Bridge Builder
As vice president and deputy general counsel at Scholastic, Linda Gadsby ’92 is responsible for handling all labor and employment law issues for the company’s 7,000 domestic...
Honored for Their Service
At its annual spring dinner in April to celebrate the accomplishments of alumni of color and support the next generation of public service leaders, the Black,...
Introducing Kwame Anthony Appiah
When Anthony Appiah talks about cosmopolitanism, he could be discussing his theory for living harmoniously in a diverse world, or recounting his life story. He is...
Introducing Emiliano Marambio Catan LLM ’10
When Emiliano Marambio Catan takes a vacation from his research, there’s no poolside lounging for him. He prefers scuba diving. “When you get the balance between...
Introducing Sir Mervyn King
You’d think that after safely steering the British economy through the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, Mervyn King would spend his first year of...
Introducing Christopher Sprigman
One afternoon last October when Christopher Sprigman heard that the provocative British graffiti artist Banksy was staging a street performance in nearby Union Square, he rushed...
