Dr. Kate Andrias

Biography

Kate Andrias is the Patricia D. R. Paul Yetter Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where she also directs the Columbia Law School Center for Constitutional Governance and the Columbia Labor Lab. Her scholarly work focuses on constitutional law, labor law, democratic governance, and social movements, particularly regarding the failures of U.S. labor law to protect workers' rights and the interplay between economic inequality and democracy. Prior to becoming a law professor, Andrias served as Associate Counsel to the President of the United States and worked in the White House Counsel's Office. She has also clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Judge Stephen Reinhardt. Andrias has experience as a union organizer and has practiced political law at Perkins Coie. She taught at Michigan Law School, where she was honored with the L. Hart Wright Award for Excellence in Teaching, and joined the faculty of Columbia Law School in 2021 after serving as a visiting professor at Sciences Po and the University of Chicago. She has contributed to various initiatives related to labor rights and constitutional litigation and has been a commissioner and rapporteur for the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court, alongside her role in the American Law Institute and the American Constitution Society.

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