“The World Needs You…And You Are Up To The Challenge”
On June 15, 2019, 250 graduating Stanford Law School (SLS) students made their way through the Crown building, across Arthur Cooley Courtyard, and toward Hoover Tower and a world where laws and lawyers will play an essential role in addressing national and global problems. Charged to uphold the rule of law by Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and SLS Dean, Jenny Martinez, this year’s graduating class was reminded by each speaker during the graduation ceremony how well-prepared and obligated they are to do just that.
Graduation Ceremony
Class of 2019 Reflects On Their Time At SLS
Speeches & Awards
Ready to take on the world
Guillaume Braidi, LLM ’19, the first of two students selected by the graduating class to speak, shared his thoughts on his law school experience.
Yesterday we were merely law students…
David Cornell, JD ’19, the second of two students selected by the graduating class to speak, shared his thoughts on his law school experience.
Uphold the Rule of Law
Jenny S. Martinez, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean, closed the diploma ceremony with her annual ‘charge’ to the Class of 2019.
Community is built by many
The 2019 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service to Stanford Law School was presented by Victoria Munoz Torres, JD ‘19 to David Huang, JD ‘19.
There’s nothing more powerful in the world than a good story. Nothing can stop it.
Gregory Ablavsky, Associate Professor of Law, was selected by the graduating class to receive the John Bingham Hurlbut Award for Excellence in Teaching and addressed the audience during the ceremony.
You are leaving this institution a much better place than it was three years ago
The 2019 Staff Appreciation Award was presented to Diane Chin, Stanford Law School Associate Dean for Public Service and Public Interest Law.