Students tossing their mortarboards at Graduation

Graduation

Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

PROCESSIONAL

50th Reunion Class
Graduates of the Class of 2024
Platform Party (Faculty, Senior Administrators, Speakers)

WELCOME 

Tess J. Kim ’24, Graduation Committee Co-Chair

DEAN’S REMARKS

Introduced by Mubashshir Sarshar ’24 LL.M., Graduation Committee Co-Chair 
Gillian Lester, Dean and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law

STUDENT SPEAKERS

Introduced by Justin Onwenu ’24, Student Senate President
Jonathan Elliot Gliboff, J.D. Class Speaker
Sharon Matongo, LL.M. Class Speaker

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES AND AWARDS

Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Introduced by Jermel M. McClure ’24, Graduation Committee Co-Chair
Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Betts Professor of Law 

Student and Faculty Prizes and Awards

Kathryn Judge, Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Intellectual Life

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Introduced by Jermel M. McClure ’24, Graduation Committee Co-Chair
Kristen Clarke ’00, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

PRESENTATION OF CLASS DONOR

Mubashshir Sarshar ’24 LL.M.

PRESENTATION OF THE CLASS OF 2024

Andrea Cristina Saavedra, ‘06, Associate Dean of Student and Registration Services

READING OF THE NAMES: DEGREE CANDIDATES OF THE CLASS OF 2024
CLOSING REMARKS

Tess J. Kim ’24

RECESSIONAL
Woman in academic regalia crosses stage before large audience under enormous tent

Class Day Ceremony

Columbia Law School’s Class of 2024—including J.D., LL.M., E.LL.M., and J.S.D. students—celebrated their achievements at a Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 13, featuring remarks from U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke ’00.

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Jessica Bulman-Pozen

Professor Jessica Bulman-Pozen Honored With 2024 Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Students praise Bulman-Pozen for her scholarly expertise, communication skills, and genuine kindness. She will receive the prize, awarded annually by the Law School’s graduating class, and speak at graduation on May 13. 

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Kristen Clarke ’00 official headshot: Assistant Attorney General

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke ’00 to Speak at 2024 Columbia Law School Graduation

The head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2024.

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A student wearing academic regalia waves from the processional at the 2017 Graduation.

The Regalia

The tradition of wearing academic attire began in England in the Middle Ages (a gown and hood helped keep scholars warm) and is thought to have come to the United States through King’s College—now Columbia University.

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