Thursday, May 17, 2012
2012 Law School Commencement Speakers
- Akron:
Solomon Oliver (Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio)
- Albany: Victoria Graffeo (Judge, New York Court of Appeals)
- American: Valerie Jarrett (Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama)
- Appalachian: Beverly Perdue (Governor, North Carolina)
- Arizona State: Sandra Day O'Connor (Retired Justice, U.S. Supreme Court)
- Arkansas-Fayetteville: Jeffrey Gearhart (Vice President & General Counsel, Wal-Mart)
- Arkansas-Little Rock: Dustin McDaniel (Attorney General, Arkansas)
- Ave Maria: Robert George (Professor, Princeton University)
- Barry: Jose Rodriguez (Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida)
- Boston College: Victoria Kennedy (widow of former Sen. Edward Kennedy)
- Boston University: Roderick Ireland (Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
- Brooklyn: Carol Bagley Amon (Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York)
- BYU: Thomas Griffith (Judge. U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit)
- Campbell: William Suter (Clerk, U.S. Supreme Court)
- Capital: Robert Schottenstein (Chairman & CEO, M/I Homes)
- Cardozo: Jonathan Lippman (Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals)
- Case Western: Leila Vespoli (Vice President & General Counsel, FirstEnergy Corp.)
- Catholic: Daniel Gappagher (Commissioner, SEC)
- Chapman: Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye (Chief Justice, California Supreme Court)
- Charleston: Hulett "Bucky" Askew (Consultant on Legal Education, ABA)
- Charlotte: Anthony Foxx (Mayor, Charlotte)
- Chicago-Kent: Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol (Princess, Thailand), Laurel Bellows (President-elect, ABA)
- Cincinnati: William Robinson (President, ABA)
- Cleveland State: Yvette McGee Brown (Justice, Ohio Supreme Court)
- Colorado: Neil Gorsuch (Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit)
- Columbia: Donald Verrilli (Solicitor General, United States)
- Connecticut: John Lewis (Member, U.S. House of Representatives)
- CUNY: Ronald Ellis (Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York)
- Dayton: Elizabeth A. McClanahan (Justice, Virginia Supreme Court)
- DePaul: John Simon (Partner, Jenner & Block, Chicago)
- Drexel: Anthony Scirica (Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)
- Duke: John Paul Stevens (Retired Justice, U.S. Supreme Court)
- Elon: James Wynn, Jr. (Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit)
- Emory: Della Wager Wells (Partner, Alston & Baird, Atlanta)
- Florida Coastal: Deanell Tacha (Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law)
- Florida State: Charles Canady (Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court)
- Fordham: Michelle DePass (Assistant Administrator, Office of International & Tribal Affairs, EPA)
- George Washington: Carmen Ortiz (U.S. Attorney, Massachusetts)
- Georgetown: Gay McDougall (Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center)
- Georgia State: Bobby Lee Cook (Defense Attorney, Summerville, GA)
- Georgia: Richard Story (Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia)
- Golden Gate: Morgan Christen (Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
- Gonzaga: Debra Stephens (Justice, Washington Supreme Court)
- Hamline: Lucinda Jesson (Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services)
- Harvard: Eric Holder (Attorney General, United States)
- Hawaii: David A. Ezra (Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii)
- Houston: Alan Crain (Vice President & General Counsel, Baker Hughes)
- Idaho: Roger Burdick (Chief Justice, Idaho Supreme Court)
- Illinois: Edward Walters (CEO, Fastcase)
- Indiana-Bloomington: David Carden (U.S. Ambassador, Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
- Indiana-Indianapolis: Patricia McGowan Wald (Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit)
- Iowa: Donald Verrilli (Solicitor General, United States)
- John Marshall (Atlanta): Lawrence Lessig (Professor, Harvard Law School)
- Kentucky: William Robinson (President, ABA)
- Lewis & Clark: Neal Katyal (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center)
- Louisville: Lisabeth Hughes Abramson (Justice, Kenntucky Supreme Court)
- Loyola-L.A.: Margaret McKeown (Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
- LSU: Bennett Johnston (Former Member, U.S. Senate)
- Maryland: Thomas Sager (Vice President & General Counsel, DuPont)
- Mercer: Jim Petro (Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents)
- Michigan: Eric Holder (Attorney General, United States)
- Michigan State: Richard Cordray (Director, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
- Minnesota: Al Franken (Member, U.S. Senate)
- Mississippi: William Winter (Governor, Mississippi)
- Montana: William Neukom (Former Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft; Founder, World Justice Project)
- Nebraska: Jeffrey Toobin (Analyst, CNN)
- New England: Howard Dean (Former Governor, Vermont)
- New Hampshire: John Lewis (Member, U.S. House of Representatives)
- New York: Kenneth Feinberg (Founder & Managing Partner, Feinberg Rozen, New York)
- North Carolina: Eric Holder (Attorney General, United States)
- North Carolina Central: Warren Ballentine (Radio Talk Show Host)
- North Dakota: Gerald VandeWalle (Chief Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court)
- Notre Dame: G. Robert Blakey (Professor, Notre Dame Law School)
- Northeastern: Jacqueline Berrien (Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
- Northwestern: Jerry Reinsdorf (Owner, Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox)
- NYU: Anthony Foxx (Mayor, Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Ohio Northern: Yvette McGee Brown (Justice, Ohio Supreme Court)
- Oklahoma: James Gallogly (CEO & President, LyondellBasell Industries)
- Oklahoma City: John Norman (Partner, Norman & Edem, Oklahoma City)
- Oregon: Garrett Epps (Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law)
- Pace: Andrew Carter, Jr., (Judge, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York)
- Pennsylvania: Rudy Giuliani (Mayor, New York)
- Penn State: Thomas Vanaskie (Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)
- Pepperdine: Tim Perrin (Vice Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law; Incoming President, Lubbock Christian University)
- Quinnipiac: Lubbie Harper Jr. (Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court)
- Regent: Michele Bachmann (Member, U.S. House of Representatives)
- Richmond: Roger Gregory (Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit)
- Roger Williams: Jack Weinstein (Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York)
- Rutgers-Camden: Theodore McKee (Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)
- Rutgers-Newark: Paul Fishman (U.S. Attorney, New Jersey)
- San Diego: David Camp (Member, U.S. House of Representatives)
- San Francisco: Goodwin Liu (Justice, California Supreme Court)
- Seton Hall: Ryan Crocker (U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan)
- SMU: Robert H. Dedman, Jr., (Founder & CEO, ClubCorp)
- South Dakota: Judith Meierhenry (Retired Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court)
- Southern Illinois: Sheila Simon (Lieutenant Governor, Illinois)
- St. John's: Eugene Orza (former Chief Operating Officer, Major League Baseball Players Association)
- St. Mary's: Nelson Wolff (Judge, Bexar County, Texas)
- Stetson: Nieva Brock (Staff Judge Advocate, Naval Criminal Investigative Service)
- SUNY-Buffalo: Martha Minow (Dean, Harvard Law School)
- Syracuse: Dan Quayle (Former Vice President, United States)
- Texas: Joseph Jamail (Founding Partner, Jamail & Kolius, Houston)
- Tennessee: Ray Mabus (Secretary, U.S. Navy)
- Texas Tech: Robert Black (President, Texas Bar Association)
- Thomas Jefferson: Barry Hill (Senior Counsel, EPA)
- Tulane: Reginald Davis (Vice President & General Counsel, Zynga Gaming Network)
- Tulsa: Steadman Upham (President, Tulsa University)
- UC-Berkeley: Kamala Harris (Attorney General, California)
- UC-Davis: Goodwin Liu (Justice, California Supreme Court)
- UC-Hastings: Jeff Adachi (Public Defender, San Francisco)
- UC-Irvine: Harry T. Edwards (Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)
- UCLA: Chai Feldblum (Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
- USC: Goodwin Liu (Justice, California Supreme Court)
- Utah: Deborah Dugan (CEO, (RED))
- Valparaiso: Roberta Lang (General Counsel & Global Vice President of Legal Affairs, Whole Foods)
- Vermont: Paul Reiber (Justice, Vermont Supreme Court)
- Villanova: Seth Williams (District Attorney, Philadelphia)
- Virginia: Neal Katyal (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center)
- Washington & Lee: Linda Klein (Chair, ABA House of Delegates)
- Washington U.: Mike Peters (Editorial Cartoonist, Mother Goose & Grimm)
- Western New England: Barbara Lenk (Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
- Whittier: Stephen Zack (Former President, ABA)
- Widener: Christopher Coons (Member, U.S. Senate), William Nettles (U.S. Attorney, South Carolina)
- William & Mary: John Charles Thomas (Former Justice, Virginia Supreme Court)
- William Mitchell: Stephen Bonner (President & CEO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America)
- Willamette: Carlos Moreno (Former Justice, California Supreme Court)
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Comments
AG Eric Holder was a busy man speaking at Harvard, Michigan and North Carolina. He too works hard for his money.
Posted by: Bill | May 18, 2012 3:24:08 PM
(Sorry problems with system posting, so this may be a duplicate.)
Correcting link >>>> Rimshot 1 / Rimshot 2
Posted by: Woody | May 17, 2012 11:06:55 AM
Elie Mystal at "Above the Law": "Note that Michigan Law is going with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Right-wing nut jobs will surely have a problem with him...."
Commenter A: "Holder was also the commencement speaker at UNC this year."
Commenter B: "I wonder if he spoke fast and furiously." ( ba-da-bum )
Posted by: Woody | May 17, 2012 10:57:49 AM
David Camp gave a very conservative and radical speech to an audience that was not conservative an radical. By any means it was a poor choice for San Diego. Who do students have to thank for this selection?
Posted by: Anon | Jun 4, 2012 7:10:38 AM