COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL

Mission Statement

Columbia school of law is notable for the intellectual rigors of its program and also the groundbreaking scholarship of its school. Our mission of teaching and analysis serves the globe at massive and instills in our students a cosmopolitan worldview that prepares them to be exceptionally capable, ethical, and capable leaders. Drawing unequaled strength from the huge knowledge domain resources of our distinguished analysis university—and the world stage that's our big apple town location—our students complete their legal coaching able to interact the world’s most difficult problems across borders, jurisdictions, issues, sectors, and industries. Our coaching includes J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. programs.

LIBRARY

The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library offers its researchers one amongst the best collections of legal materials within the country in each digital and print formats. additionally to a close to comprehensive u.  s. Law assortment, there area unit sturdy collections in International, Foreign, and Comparative Law and a special section dedicated to Japanese Law. The Law Library has important collections from a minimum of thirty completely different countries and a helpful core of materials from several alternative jurisdictions.

The Library's Special Collections homes quite thirty,000 volumes and one,500 linear feet of papers and manuscripts.

The library encompasses a employees of forty one associate degreed offers an array of services to the scholars and college of Columbia school of law.

The library additionally offers fee-based services to people and organizations outside of the Columbia community.

Services for college students

Much of the data on this web site is additionally offered at intervals our PDF Student Guide.

The library aims to produce quiet study area, comprehensive analysis resources, and knowledgeable analysis help.

General reference services area unit offered at the Reference table on the Third Floor or by phone at 212-854-3743. throughout the educational year, the table is staffed seven days every week. See our full calendar.

The Law Library additionally provides a laptop workplace for law students. the pc workplace, set on the Second Floor, consists of networked, Windows XP-equipped terminals with access to variety of applications, as well as specialised databases through the library and Columbia Libraries, and is staffed by a workplace adviser throughout Library hours.