Vivian O. Berger
Nash Professor of Law Emerita
B.A., Radcliffe (Harvard), 1966; J.D., Columbia, 1973.  Joined the Columbia faculty first in 1975 and again in 1983.  Principal areas of interest are criminal process and law (in particular, capital punishment), habeas corpus, mediation/alternative dispute resolution, and employment discrimination.
Barbara Aronstein Black
George Welwood Murray Professor Emerita of Legal History, Dean Emerita, Faculty of Law
B.A., Brooklyn, 1953; LL.B., Columbia, 1955; Ph.D., Yale, 1975.
Harlan M. Blake
Arthur Levitt Professor Emeritus of Law
B.A., Chicago, 1946; M.A., 1947; J.D., 1954.
Marvin A. Chirelstein
Professor Emeritus of Law
B.A., California (Berkeley), 1950; J.D., Chicago, 1953.
R. Randle Edwards
Walter Gellhorn Professor Emeritus of Law
A.B., Harvard, 1956; J.D., 1964; A.M., 1964; M. Phil., 1967. Research associate in Chinese law, Harvard Law School, 1967–73
Richard N. Gardner
Professor Emeritus of Law and International Organization
A.B., Harvard, 1948; J.D., Yale, 1951; D.Phil., Oxford, 1954. Rhodes Scholar.  Note editor, Yale Law Journal.
Frank P. Grad
Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor Emeritus of Legislation
Former Director, Legislative Drafting Research Fund B.A., Brooklyn, 1947; LL.B., Columbia, 1949.
Alfred Hill
Simon H. Rifkind Professor Emeritus of Law
B.S., College of the City of New York, 1937; LL.B., Brooklyn, 1941; S.J.D., Harvard, 1957; LL.D., Brooklyn, 1986.
James L. Hoover
Professor Emeritus of Law
Vice Dean for Administration, Retired
Arthur W. Murphy
Joseph Solomon Professor Emeritus in Wills, Trusts, and Estates
A.B., Harvard, 1943; LL.B., Columbia, 1948. Articles editor, Columbia Law Review.
Subha Narasimhan
Professor Emerita of Law
B.S., London, 1970; M.S., Stanford, 1972; Ph.D., 1975; J.D., Columbia, 1980.
William F. Young
James L. Dohr Professor Emeritus of Law
B.A., Texas, 1947; LL.B., 1949.