May 15, 2003

Law School convocation is May 18

Former U.S. Senator Paul Simon will deliver the main address at the School of Law graduation convocation Sunday, May 18 at the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom.

Remarks also will be delivered by President Henry S. Bienen; Dean David E. Van Zandt; Neil O’Connor (class of 1974; and Jeffrey A. Berger (class of 2003).

Student-voted awards for excellence will be presented to Professor Lawrence C. Marshall (Robert Childres Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence and outstanding professor of a small class); Professor Leonard S. Rubinowitz (outstanding first-year course professor); and Richard I. Levin, partner, Pekin & Levin & Associates (outstanding adjunct professor). The Wigmore key will be presented to the student “who has done the most to help preserve the traditions of the School of Law.”

The class of 2003 includes 206 candidates for juris doctor degrees and 25 candidates for joint juris doctor and MBA degrees from the School of Law and the Kellogg School of Management. There also are 23 candidates in the first graduating class for a Masters of Law in Taxation.