For his work founding the Cornell Law School’s first study abroad program in France, Prof. John J. Barceló III, international and comparative law, was handed on April 2 the highest honor a non-French citizen can receive from the country: the medal of the French Legion of Honor.

The City of Ithaca’s Planning and Development Board discussed the aesthetic details of the University’s proposed expansion of the Cornell Law School at a meeting Tuesday, with some board members raising concern that certain aspects of the design could better respect Myron Taylor Hall’s existing exterior.

This message goes to all of those undergrads that are anxiously awaiting or have already received their law school admissions decisions: Don’t go to law school.

As its faculty grows, the Cornell Law School plans to create new underground classrooms, repurpose the law library and transform the Law School dormitory into offices and meeting space.

It took time in prison — and classes offered through Cornell — for Keir Weimer to realize that he wanted to encounter a different side of the law.

Femi Cadmus was appointed head of the Law School Library and associate dean for Library Services this August. She said that as libraries nationwide face an uncertain future she is not afraid to adapt to a digital age.

A new partnership between the Cornell Law School and Shanghai’s KoGuan Law School will promote collaboration between the institutions.

In the hopes of promoting an environmental law program, The Cornell Law School’s Environmental Law Society gathered more than 60 panelists and speakers from around the country for a conference on gas drilling, sustainability and energy policy this weekend.

Steven Barnes spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime that he did not commit, until he was exonerated based on advanced DNA technology that was developed during his time in prison. On Tuesday, he spoke about his experience at Cornell.