Lewis & Clark Law School Commencement
Commencement 2008 Program
May 24, 2008
U.S. Representative John Lewis | Professor John Kroger
Lewis & Clark Law School held its 123rd Annual Commencement ceremony on May 24, 2008. 223 students received their Juris Doctor degree, and 11 received their Master of Laws in Environmental and Natural Resources Law.
View the 2008 Commencement Here
Congressman John Lewis of Georgia provided the Commencement Address. He has represented Georgia’s Fifth District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1986. Congressman Lewis has been at the vanguard of the Civil Rights Movement since 1961, leading sit-in demonstrations at segregated lunch counters as a university student, participating in the Freedom Rides, founding and later Chairing the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and was one of the ‘Big Six’ leaders of the Movement alongside Martin Luther King, Jr.
Program
Welcome
Robert H. Klonoff, Professor of Law and Dean of the Law School
Remarks
Thomas J. Hochstettler, President of Lewis & Clark
Commencement Address & Conferring of Degree
John L. Lewis, U.S. Representative From Georgia
Reflections of the Graduates
Rebecca Mae Johansen, Class of 2008
Christie S. Totten, Class of 2008
Conferring of Degrees
John E. Bates, Member, Board of Trustees
Thomas J. Hochstettler, President of Lewis & Clark
Robert H. Klonoff, Professor of Law and Dean of the Law School
Janet Neuman, Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Faculty
Martha Spence, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Admissions
Presentation of the Leo Levenson Award
Micah Ryan Steinhilb, Class of 2008
John Kroger, Associate Professor of Law
Charge to the Class
Robert H. Klonoff, Professor of Law and Dean of the Law School
Commencement was held at Pamplin Sports Center, Lewis & Clark College on May 24, 2008.
