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Graduation 2019

Members of the Law School’s Class of 2019 graduated on Saturday, June 15. The Diploma and Hooding Ceremony, which took place in Rockefeller Chapel, featured remarks by Dean Thomas J. Miles, Katherine Adams, ’90, and Professor David Weisbach.
Members of the Law School’s Class of 2019 graduated on Saturday, June 15. The Diploma and Hooding Ceremony, which took place in Rockefeller Chapel, featured remarks by Dean Thomas J. Miles, Katherine Adams, ’90, and Professor David Weisbach.
Earlier that morning, graduating Law School students attended the University’s 532nd Convocation, which took place on the quad.
Earlier that morning, graduating Law School students attended the University’s 532nd Convocation, which took place on the quad.
Before the Diploma and Hooding Ceremony began, graduates lined up outside Rockefeller Chapel.
Before the Diploma and Hooding Ceremony began, graduates lined up outside Rockefeller Chapel.
As they waited for the ceremony to begin, they chatted with classmates and helped each other prepare.
As they waited for the ceremony to begin, they chatted with classmates and helped each other prepare.
A group of LLM students posed for a quick photo.
A group of LLM students posed for a quick photo.
The faculty processed in first, led by Dean Thomas J. Miles (right) and Professor Jonathan Masur.
The faculty processed in first, led by Dean Thomas J. Miles (right) and Professor Jonathan Masur.
Miles offered welcome remarks. “Although you leave us physically, your association with the Law School is permanent. You have, as every class does, left your mark on the Law School, just as we have left ours on you,” he said.
Miles offered welcome remarks. “Although you leave us physically, your association with the Law School is permanent. You have, as every class does, left your mark on the Law School, just as we have left ours on you,” he told the graduates.
He then presented ith the Distinguished Alumna Award to Katherine Adams, ’90, general counsel and senior vice president of legal and global security for Apple Inc.
He then presented the Distinguished Alumna Award to Katherine Adams, ’90, general counsel and senior vice president of legal and global security for Apple Inc.
Adams told students: "Over the past three years, you’ve read hundreds of cases over what must have seemed like millions of hours. You’ve experienced the terror and the thrill of the cold call. And you’ve come out the other side even more impressive, more confident, and more sleep-deprived than you ever could have imagined. So let today be a day for celebration."
Adams told students: "Over the past three years, you’ve read hundreds of cases over what must have seemed like millions of hours. You’ve experienced the terror and the thrill of the cold call. And you’ve come out the other side even more impressive, more confident, and more sleep-deprived than you ever could have imagined. So let today be a day for celebration."
The faculty speaker, David A. Weisbach, the Walter J. Blum Professor of Law, told students: “Like no time in my life, the world needs people like you. I’ve never been more proud to be a law professor than today, because my job is to help create the young lawyers, you, that our country and the world needs.”
The faculty speaker, David A. Weisbach, the Walter J. Blum Professor of Law, told students: “Like no time in my life, the world needs people like you. I’ve never been more proud to be a law professor than today, because my job is to help create the young lawyers, you, that our country and the world needs.”
Four members of the faculty presented graduates with their hoods: Professors Douglas G. Baird (shown), Aziz Z. Huq (shown), Emily Buss, and Jonathan S. Masur.
Four members of the faculty presented graduates with their hoods: Professors Douglas G. Baird (shown), Aziz Z. Huq (shown), Emily Buss, and Jonathan S. Masur.
Some students were hooded by family members who had graduated from the Law School. Elizabeth Cooper, ’19, hooded her husband, Christopher Walling, ’19, just a few minutes after receiving her own hood.
Some students were hooded by family members who had graduated from the Law School. Elizabeth Cooper, ’19, hooded her husband, Christopher Walling, ’19, just a few minutes after receiving her own hood.
Buss shares a moment with Andre Washington, ’19, as Masur prepares to present his hood.
Buss shares a moment with Andre Washington, ’19, as Masur prepares to present his hood.
Afterward, the new graduates recessed from Rockefeller Chapel.
Afterward, the new graduates recessed from Rockefeller Chapel.
And celebrated with a reception back at the Law School.
And celebrated with a reception back at the Law School.
Congratulations to the Class of 2019!
Congratulations to the Class of 2019!

The Class of 2019 celebrated their Law School graduation at Rockefeller Chapel on Saturday, June 15. They received their hoods and diplomas at a ceremony that featured remarks by Dean Thomas J. Miles, Katherine Adams, ’90, and Professor David Weisbach.