Graduation 2019

“The World Needs You…And You Are Up To The Challenge”

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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.

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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.

Guillaume Braidi LLM ’19

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.

David Cornell JD ’19

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.

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Jenny S. Martinez Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean

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.

David Huang, JD ‘19 Recipient of the 2019 Dean's Award for Excellence in Service to Stanford Law School

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.

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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.

Diane Chin Recipient of the 2019 Staff Appreciation Award, Associate Dean for Public Service and Public Interest Law