Wayne Law commencement honors 120

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(Photos courtesy of Wayne Law)

PHOTO #1: Dignitaries at the Wayne Law Commencement included (left to right) WSU President M. Roy Wilson; Michael Busuito, member of the WSU Board of Governors; Interim Dean Lance Gable; Albie Sachs, honorary degree recipient and former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa; Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein; Sandra Hughes O’Brien, chair of the WSU Board of Governors; and WSU Provost Keith Whitfield.

PHOTO #2: Wayne Law faculty members applaud graduates as they process into the law school Commencement ceremony, Monday, May 15, in the Detroit Opera House.


Wayne State University Law School’s 2017 Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 15, honored 120 recipients of degrees for December 2016 and candidates for degrees in May 2017 and August 2017.

Students eligible to participate in the ceremony included 113 for juris doctor and 7 for masters of laws. The ceremony took place in the Detroit Opera House.

Albie Sachs, a human rights activist and former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, was awarded the honorary doctor of laws degree in tribute to his distinguished legal career and outstanding contributions as a human rights activist, lawyer, and champion for liberation and equality.

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein provided the keynote address. Bernstein is the first blind justice elected to Michigan’s highest court. He previously served an eight-year term on Wayne State University’s Board of Governors and was chair from 2009-10.

Also speaking were Wayne Law Interim Dean Lance Gable; Marilyn Kelly, ’71, member of the WSU Board of Governors; WSU President M. Roy Wilson; Sandra Hughes O’Brien, chair of the WSU Board of Governors; Hannah Fielstra, president of the Wayne Law Student Bar Association Board of Governors; and Interim Associate Dean Susan Cancelosi.

Receiving awards at the ceremony were professors of the year Kirsten Matoy Carlson and Alan S. Schenk.

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