Issue 73 - Stanford Lawyer - Stanford University

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FALL
2005
GRADUATION
“It is daunting enough to
have to speak at graduation, but you
have given me an even more daunting
task—to ‘charge’ you,” said Robert
Weisberg ’79, Edwin E. Huddleson,
Jr. Professor of Law, in his May 15
address to the Class of 2005 during
the school’s graduation ceremony. “In
one sense my task is already moot:
we’ve already ‘charged’ you $161,112
for a full load,” he said as the graduates
and their loved ones chuckled.
“As you embark on your careers,”
Weisberg continued on a more serious
note, “I charge you to respect what
each other does, because no one owns
the concept of the public interest. All
of you—in your own way—will be
striving to reconcile the varieties of
public and private interests that you
will represent,” he said. This year’s
John Bingham Hurlbut Award for
Excellence in Teaching was awarded
to Weisberg, a two-time winner of
the coveted prize. Issuing the class a
final homework assignment, Weisberg
said, “Dig out your original application
essay. Read it—it will remind
you of what you aspired to do when
you applied to law school. And it will
remind you to keep aspiring.”
This year’s law school ceremony
marked the first for Larry Kramer,
Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and
2005
PHOTO: COURTESY OF OLURIYIKE OJEDIRAN ’05
Peter Lamb ’05 (above) leads the procession of
faculty and students into Stanford’s Memorial Hall
to begin the graduation ceremony.
Oluriyike Ojediran ’05 (far left) receives
congratulations from her father, Makin Ojediran, and
her mother, Funmi Ojediran, following the ceremony.
Peter Michael Koski (left), copresident of the Class
of 2005, delivers the student remarks during the
graduation ceremony.
PHOTOS: MISHA BRUK