Articles for Columbia Black Law Students Association

In this year's Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition all eight teams in the quarterfinal round were from Columbia. This marks the first time in the thirty-five year history of the competition that a school has swept the top eight places. The top three teams will advance to the national competition to be held in Boston in mid-March. In addition to the team victories, Jade Craig won the Best Oral Advocate award for his excellence in a field of sixty-four competitors. We applaud ...

SPONSORED BY NATIONAL BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Media contact: Sonia von Gutfeld 212-854-1453 sgutfe@law.columbia.edu Public Affairs Office 212-854-2650 publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu   New York, March 25, 2009 — Columbia Law School students Kinara Flagg ’11 (far left) and Maren Messing ’11 (left) placed second at the national Frederick Douglass Moot Court competition. The two first-year students edged out second- and third-year law students ...

For your convenience, please find below the candidates that will be speaking at tomorrow’s forum: Chair: Kristine Saul Vice Chair: Misan Ikomi Director of Community Service: Sheila Adams, Danielle Toaltoan Secretary: Temilola Sobowale Treasurer: Melvin J. Kelley IV Social Coordinator: Keita Rose-Atkinson 3L Rep: Alexandra Awai.

For some years now, the biotechnology of fertility enhancement has been exalted as God's gift to the biblically barren. A relentless narrative of entitlement intertwined with prayerfulness has framed infertility as a tragedy, an oppression, an agony, a disease. Some have proclaimed a "right" to a "natural," biologically related child, a child "like me." Unusually large Middle American families--some with up to eighteen children--are offered movie deals and television programs. ...

PERRY'S REPUTATION FOR PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIL SERVICE WINS HIGH PRAISE   Media Contact: Sonia von Gutfeld, 212-854-1453, sgutfe@law.columbia.edu Public Affairs Office, 212-854-2650, publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu New York, March 24, 2009 — James E. C. Perry ’72 is serving as Florida Supreme Court Justice, having been appointed to the seven-member high court by Governor Charlie Crist earlier this month.  “I am confident Judge ...

National Black Law Students Association selects Irvine, CA as the location of its annual convention Organization announces year's theme: One vision. One purpose.  One goal.  (8/12/2008) Washington, DC - The National Black law Students Association (NBLSA) today announced Irvine, CA as the location of its annual convention.  Thousands of law students and legal professionals are expected to attend the convention, ...

Columbia Law School dominated at the Frederick Douglass Moot Court regional competition, held in Springfield, Massachusetts, from Feb 13 to 15. The team – comprising exclusively first-year students – took home three of the six trophies. Marti Morgan and Keita Rose-Atkinson won best petitioner brief, Kinara Flagg and Maren Messing won first runner up, and Kathy Vermazen and Juan Carlos Ibarra won second runner up.  Columbia Law School's Frederick Douglass Moot Court team at the ...

ALUMNUS JEH JOHNSON PICKED TO SERVE IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Media contact: Sonia von Gutfeld, 212-854-1453, sgutfe@law.columbia.edu Public Affairs Office, 212-854-2650, publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu  NEW YORK, January 12, 2009 — Columbia Law School alumnus Jeh C. Johnson '82 has been selected by President-elect Barack Obama as the nominee for general counsel of the Department of Defense. This post is the chief legal officer for the largest department ...

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