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The Cardinal Lawyer: The UofL honored its law graduates

To the editor:

I understand that the University of Louisville's Convocation Exercise in honor of the Law School's 2009 graduates has raised some controversy. I write to stress that the Law School has always strived to ensure that its graduation ceremony properly celebrates our students, their families, their achievements and their ambitions.

The class of 2009 included the first students in the history of legal education in Louisville to represent real clients in real cases within a program of clinical legal education. Their hard work helped us launch the new University of Louisville Law Clinic. The class of 2009 performed 4,562.63 hours of public service; Cassie Kocher alone provided 299.5 hours.

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Full post as published by University of Louisville Law Faculty on June 01, 2009 (boomark / email).