State Bar of Michigan President Thomas Rombach provided the keynote address at WMU-Cooley Law School’s Jan. 25 commencement.
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WMU-Cooley graduates 268 law students
Thomas M. Rombach, president of the State Bar of Michigan, addressed 268 WMU-Cooley Law School graduates about the importance of professionalism in the field of law. Rombach presented the keynote during the law school's Jan. 25 graduation ceremonies at the Wharton Center in East Lansing.
In his speech, Rombach, himself a WMU-Cooley graduate, said, "Your legal abilities and accomplishments will be important, but above all else, you will be judged by your colleagues on one important characteristic, the one secret for success in the legal field, professionalism."
Before presenting the graduates with their diplomas, WMU-Cooley President and Dean Don LeDuc addressed the graduates about the importance of giving back to their communities. He said, "As you begin your professional careers, commit to pro bono service, providing service in the community in which you live and work, and contributing your services to the legal profession."
Each entering class at WMU-Cooley bears the name of a distinguished member of the legal profession. The January 2015 class is named after Joseph Story, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1811 to 1845. This is the second graduating class since Cooley Law School and Western Michigan University affiliated in August 2014.
Published: Mon, Feb 02, 2015
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