Cooley Law School President and Dean James McGrath welcomed attendees.
Graduates of Cooley Law School’s Lansing campus were honored during a commencement ceremony at the MSU Wharton Center Pasant Theatre in East Lansing on Dec. 12.
Forty-eight juris doctor degrees were presented to members of Cooley Law School’s William Henry Moody Class and Mahlon Pitney Class.
Chosen by his peers, Hussein Sobh gave the class farewell remarks.
“These years have stretched us, exhausted us, and revealed our strengths. Together, we learn more than the law. Together, we learn service, and we show up for one another,” Sobh said. “Together we learn justice because we fought to understand it. And together we learn community because this place and these people became ours.”
Cooley alumnus and professor, and partner at the civil justice law firm Goethel and Engelhart PLLC, Chad Englehardt delivered the keynote speech, and spoke about his experience as both a professor and student at Cooley Law School, as well as the future of the legal profession.
“You’ve learned to exercise what professional judgement means,” he said. “You’ve discovered that the law is not just a framework, it holds the basis of fairness, dignity, and the tool of accountability, and the world that you’re entering right now needs you. It needs your intelligence, it needs your conscious, and it needs your willingness, bravery, and courage to stand up for what’s right.
“Never forget that the facts aren’t the facts in a casebook. The facts live in human experience. And you will be in a position to help shape that – to be ministers of justice.”
Each Cooley Law School class is named for a distinguished member of the legal profession. The commencement ceremony for Cooley’s winter graduating classes honored U.S. Supreme Court Justice Mahlon R. Pitney and Justice William H. Moody.
Forty-eight juris doctor degrees were presented to members of Cooley Law School’s William Henry Moody Class and Mahlon Pitney Class.
Chosen by his peers, Hussein Sobh gave the class farewell remarks.
“These years have stretched us, exhausted us, and revealed our strengths. Together, we learn more than the law. Together, we learn service, and we show up for one another,” Sobh said. “Together we learn justice because we fought to understand it. And together we learn community because this place and these people became ours.”
Cooley alumnus and professor, and partner at the civil justice law firm Goethel and Engelhart PLLC, Chad Englehardt delivered the keynote speech, and spoke about his experience as both a professor and student at Cooley Law School, as well as the future of the legal profession.
“You’ve learned to exercise what professional judgement means,” he said. “You’ve discovered that the law is not just a framework, it holds the basis of fairness, dignity, and the tool of accountability, and the world that you’re entering right now needs you. It needs your intelligence, it needs your conscious, and it needs your willingness, bravery, and courage to stand up for what’s right.
“Never forget that the facts aren’t the facts in a casebook. The facts live in human experience. And you will be in a position to help shape that – to be ministers of justice.”
Each Cooley Law School class is named for a distinguished member of the legal profession. The commencement ceremony for Cooley’s winter graduating classes honored U.S. Supreme Court Justice Mahlon R. Pitney and Justice William H. Moody.
Cooley Law School alumnus and professor Chad Englehardt delivered the keynote speech.
Graduates of Cooley Law School’s Lansing campus were honored during a commencement ceremony at the MSU Wharton Center Pasant Theatre in East
Lansing on Dec. 12.
Lansing on Dec. 12.
Chosen by his peers, Hussein Sobh gave the class farewell remarks.
Forty-eight juris doctor degrees were presented to members of Cooley Law School’s William Henry Moody Class and Mahlon Pitney Class.
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