CPRL is accepting applications for the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 terms.
As part of this application, you will be asked to submit four supplemental documents:
- A resume or CV
- An unofficial graduate school transcript (if you are in your first semester, please submit the unofficial transcript showing your course list, without grades)
- A written response to the following prompt:
- In 500 words or less, please explain what attracts you to this course and what skills, experiences, interests, and aspirations you bring to it.
- A work sample and optional short description:
- Please submit an existing work product you created recently that best represents the skills and strengths you would bring to our program. This can be a project, report, presentation, memo, paper, lesson plan, or any other artifact that you believe best exemplifies your capabilities. We understand that many work products may contain confidential or proprietary information and will be redacted accordingly before submission.
- Feel free to include with the work product an optional description of the product - why you chose it, who the audience was, whether it was edited and/or includes contributions from anyone else (e.g., team members, advisors, etc.), and if so, the extent of their contribution, or any other relevant information for understanding your submission.
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If you have any questions about this application, please contact us at cprl@law.columbia.edu.
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