2012 Commencement

Helpful Links

• Degree Application Information
• For Graduating Students: List of instructions and information concerning the graduation ceremony (PDF)
• Graduation Requirements
• Campus Maps, Directions, Lodging, Airport Transportation

Important Dates

Announcement and Name Card Pickup
Available late March in Registrar’s Office-an email will be sent.  Announcements are free to all graduates.

Perkins Loan Exit Interview
Contact Susan Mako 503-768-7833 for more information

Stafford Loan Exit Interview
Contact Ashley Kikukawa 503-768-7092 for more information

Certification Application Deadline
April 4, 2012.  Contact Susan Galyen for details at: galyen@lclark.edu

Cap and Gown Pickup
Thursday, April 26 & Friday, April 27th 2012
Law School Student Lounge

Clear Outstanding Accounts
Please check Web Advisor for any outstanding holds on your student account.  Other updated text TBD

Baccalaureate Service (more details)
Friday, May 18, 2012  Location/time TBD

Commencement 2012
Saturday, May 19th 2012

Law School Commencement

Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012 Time: 10:30 a.m. (Graduates must be at Pamplin Sports Center at 9:00 a.m.) The ceremony typically lasts almost 2 hours. Where: The Law School Commencement Ceremony will be held inside the Pamplin Sports Center. Campus Map

Commencement Speaker 2012

 Professor Neal K. Katyal

Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law; Director, Center on National Security and the Law
A.B., Dartmouth; J.D., Yale

Neal Katyal, a Professor at Georgetown University Law School, recently won Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in the United States Supreme Court, a case that challenged the policy of military trials at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. The Supreme Court sided with him by a 5-3 vote, finding that President Bush’s tribunals violated the constitutional separation of powers, domestic military law, and international law. As former Solicitor General and Duke law professor Walter Dellinger put it “Hamdan is simply the most important decision on presidential power and the rule of law ever. Ever.” An expert in matters of constitutional law, particularly the role of the President and Congress in time of war and theories of constitutional interpretation, Katyal has embraced his theoretical work as the platform for practical consequences in the federal courts.

Katyal previously served as National Security Adviser in the U.S. Justice Department and was commissioned by President Clinton to write a report on the need for more legal pro bono work. He also served as Vice President Al Gore’s co-counsel in the Supreme Court election dispute of 2000, and represented the Deans of most major private law schools in the landmark University of Michigan affirmative-action case Grutter v. Bollinger (2003). Katyal clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer as well as Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He attended Dartmouth College and Yale Law School. His Articles have appeared in virtually every major law review and newspaper in America.

Katyal was named Lawyer of the Year in 2006 by Lawyers USA, Runner-Up for Lawyer of the Year 2006 by National Law Journal, one of the top 50 litigators nationwide 45 years old or younger by American Lawyer (2007), one of the 90 Greatest Washington Lawyers Over the Last 30 Years by Legal Times (2008); one of the top 500 lawyers in the country by LawDragon Magazine (in 2006 and again in 2007), one of the 30 best advocates before the U.S. Supreme Court by Washingtonian Magazine (2007); and one of 10 Non-Resident Indian Achievers Worldwide by Hindustan Times.  He has also been awarded the Town of Salem, Massachusetts Prize (2007); the ACLU Foundation’s Roger Baldwin Award (2007), the National Asian Pacific Bar Association Trailblazer Award (2007), and the 2004 National Law Journal pro bono award for his work.

His primary academic interests are Constitutional Law (primarily war powers, separation of powers, constitutional legitimacy, presidential power, slavery and affirmative action), Criminal Law (particularly cybercrime, conspiracy, architectural solutions to crime and the role of deterrence), and Education Law.

Katyal has appeared on every major American nightly news program, as well as in other venues, such as the Colbert Report.    Extensive Website with Scholarship.

Questions regarding commencement should be directed to Liz Hobbs lhobbs@lclark.edu or (503) 768-6648.  Please open the PDF link at the top of this page under Helpful Links section (For Graduating Students)  It contains detailed commencement information for students.

Questions about graduation requirements should be directed to the registrar’s office, 503-768-6614, lawreg@lclark.edu.

If any of your guests have special needs, please contact Reggie Raiford at 503-768-6621 or raiford@lclark.edu so arrangements can be made.

Two shuttle vans will run from the law school to the college starting at 9:30am on commencement day for everyone.

Cap and Gown Pickup

Caps and gowns can be picked up in the Student Lounge of the Law School Thursday, April 26, and Friday, April 27.  Times will be emailed to students and posted at the law school.  If you are unable to pick up your regalia yourself, you may have somebody pick it up on your behalf. You need to provide that person with a written notice giving us permission to release your regalia to them. If it is impossible for you to get your regalia on the pick-up dates April 26 & 27,  you may pick it up between 8:15 and 9:30 am. the morning of commencement at Room 126 of the Swimming Pavilion (adjacent to the Pamplin Sports Center) on the undergrad campus.  Regalia order forms are at the law bookstore.

Commencement Day Schedule

Graduates need to arrive in your regalia at Pamplin Sports Center at 9:00 a.m.

PHOTOGRAPHS - 9:00 a.m.

Gather inside the Sports Center where a group picture will be taken. A commissioned photographer will take a group picture at 9:30 a.m. Students need to assemble and pose for the photograph at 9:15 a.m.

A picture will also be taken of each graduate on stage receiving the degree from Dean Klonoff.

FORMATION FOR PROCESSIONAL - 9:30 a.m.

This occurs inside the front of the Pamplin Sports Center, whether the ceremony is indoors or out. Graduates will be assembled in lines for the processional by faculty members serving as marshals. The marshals will check the list and cross off the names of anyone not present so that no one’s name is called if they are not there. Associate Dean Spence will check pronunciation of all names. This takes one solid hour. Students who are not in line for the formation will not be on the list to be called at the ceremony.

THE PROCESSIONAL - 10:30 a.m.

Follow the instructions of the faculty marshals. The students lead the processional followed by the faculty and the platform party.  The entire ceremony is usually around 2 hours.

CONFERRING OF DEGREES

Following the commencement address, Dean Klonoff will “present” the class. He will ask all the graduates to stand and then the graduates will be asked to come forward to receive their degrees.

Graduates will come forward by rows. The faculty marshal will instruct each row when it is time to proceed toward the stage. Leave your caps on your seats as you will be hooded on stage. When you are the next to be called, stop at the bottom of the steps until your name is called.

As soon as your name is read, proceed up the steps to the faculty member who is hooding the graduates. Turn to face the audience and the faculty member will hood you.

Next, walk to Dean Klonoff who will shake your hand. A photographer will take your picture as the dean hands you your diploma. Next move on to President Glassner who will shake your hand. Proceed on across the stage to receive the congratulations of the commencement speaker and member of the board of trustees.

Finally, proceed down the steps at the far end of the stage where you will be directed to your seat by a faculty marshal.

When you return to your seat after receiving your degree, remain standing until all graduates have received degrees. At that time all the graduates will be seated.

RETURNING CAPS AND GOWNS

After the graduation ceremony, please return your cap, gown, and hood to the Jostens’ representative at the law school.  Charges will apply for regalia not returned.  Contact Liz Hobbs for questions.  lhobbs@lclark.edu

RECEPTION

A short reception will be held after graduation at the Law School. We hope that your family and friends will join you there.

Children’s Commencement Ceremony

In honor of the children of the graduating students, the Office of Alumni Relations and the Alumni Board of Directors present a special Children’s Commencement Ceremony held immediately following the Law School Commencement. Family and friends are invited to attend this ceremony. Registration is necessary. 2012 details will be posted as soon as they are ready.