Virtual Ceremony Program – Newark 2021
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2021 Virtual Graduate Recognition Ceremony Rutgers Law School Newark Location MAY 28, 2021 2:00 PM ORDER OF PROGRAM Student Life Photo Montage Dean’s Remarks ........................................................ Co-DEAN DAVID LOPEZ Student Speaker ....................................................... CANDICE E. IHEME ‘21 Faculty Speaker ............................................. PROFESSOR JOHN KETTLE ‘85 Community Toast Welcome from the Alumni Association ......................... MARK MAKHAIL ‘13 Announcement of Prizes and Awards ................. PROFESSOR DIANA SCLAR Honorary Coif Award and Remarks .............. JUSTICE JAYNEE LAVECCHIA Commencement Remarks……………………………SENATOR CORY BOOKER Conferral of Degrees ................................................................... DEAN LOPEZ Presentation of Graduates ................. VICE-DEAN ROSE CUISON-VILLAZOR The Lawyer’s Pledge and closing remarks ............................... DEAN LOPEZ RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY JONATHAN HOLLOWAY, A.B., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., President of the University NANCY CANTOR, A.B., Ph.D., Chancellor of Rutgers University—Newark and Distinguished Professor MARGARET MARSH, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Interim Chancellor of Rutgers University—Camden and Professor of Law ASHWANI MONGA, B. Tech., M.B.A., Ph.D., Provost of Rutgers University—Newark and Executive Vice Chancellor MICHAEL A. PALIS, B.S., Ph.D., Provost of Rutgers University—Camden and Executive Vice Chancellor RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL DAVID LOPEZ, B.A., J.D., Co-Dean and Professor of Law KIMBERLY MUTCHERSON, B.A., J.D., Co-Dean and Professor of Law ROSE CUISON-VILLAZOR, B.A. J.D., LL.M., Vice Dean and Professor of Law RICK SWEDLOFF, B.A., J.D., Vice Dean and Professor of Law JAY AUSTIN, B.A., Senior Associate Dean of Enrollment and Financial Aid JOHN P. JOERGENSEN, B.A., M.S., M.A.L.S., J.D., Senior Associate Dean for Information Services, Director of the Law Library VALARIE MCDUFFIE, B.S., M.B.A., Senior Associate Dean for Business Services and Chief Financial Officer JON C. DUBIN, A.B., J.D., Associate Dean for Clinical Education & Access to Justice/Opportunity Programs, Board of Governors Distinguished Public Service Professor and Professor of Law WEI FANG, B.S., M.L.I.S., M.S.C.S., Associate Dean for Information Technology and Head of Library Digital Services JILL FRIEDMAN, B.A., J.D., Associate Dean of Pro Bono and Public Interest CHRISTINA S. HO, A.B., M.P.P., J.D., Associate Dean for Faculty Research, Development & New Programs and Professor of Law SARAH K. REGINA, B.A., J.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs ANDREW ROSSNER, B.A, M.A., J.D., Associate Dean for Professional and Skills Education and Distinguished Professor of Professional Practice ROBERT STEINBAUM, B.A., J.D., Associate Dean for Advancement LOUIS THOMPSON, B.A., M.A., J.D., Associate Dean of Students and Diversity Affairs CAROLINE YOUNG, J.D., Associate Dean for Distance Learning, Associate Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor ELIZABETH ACEVEDO, B.S., J.D., Assistant Dean for Career Development CHARLES I. AUFFANT, B.A., J.D., Director & Associate Dean for the Minority Student Program and Clinical Professor of Law RHASHEDA DOUGLAS, B.A., J.D., Assistant Dean for the Minority Student Program SUSAN FEATHERS, B.A., M.A., J.D., Assistant Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono LINDA GARBACCIO, B.S., Assistant Dean for Academic Services ED RENTEZELAS, B.A., J.D., Assistant Dean of Academic Records NANCY RUBERT, B.S., M. Ed., Assistant Dean for Admissions ROBIN L. TODD, B.A., Assistant Dean for Development REBEKAH VERONA, B.S., J.D., Assistant Dean for Career Development ANITA WALTON, B.A., M.B.A., Assistant Dean for Admissions JEFF BALOG, Director of Finance and Administration JOANNE GOTTESMAN, B.A., J.D., Director of Clinical Programs and Clinical Associate Professor JOHN C. LORE, III, B.A., J.D., Director of Trial Advocacy and Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law MARGARET MCCARTHY, B.A., M.S., Director of Communications and Marketing PAM MERTSOCK-WOLFE, B.A., M.A., Director of Pro Bono and Public Interest ELIZABETH MOORE, B.A., Director of Communications ALISON NISSEN, B.A., J.D., Director of the Academic Success Program and Clinical Associate Professor EILEEN PIZZURRO, B.A., J.D., Director of Academic Success and Bar Studies THOMAS RYAN, Director of Information Technology CAROL WALLINGER, B.S., J.D., Director of Lawyering and Clinical Professor of Law FACULTY EMERITI FRANK ASKIN, B.A., J.D., Distinguished Professor of Law SAUL MENDLOVITZ, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace Emeritus and World Order Studies and Distinguished Professor of PAUL AXEL-LUTE, B.A., M.L.S., Deputy Director of the Law Law Emeritus Library Emeritus JONATHAN MALLAMUD, A.B., J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus CYNTHIA A. BLUM, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Emerita CRAIG N. OREN, A.B., J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus A. HAYS BUTLER, B.A., J.D., M.S. (LIS), Law Librarian JAMES GRAY POPE, A.B., J.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law Emeritus NORMAN L. CANTOR, A.B., J.D., Distinguished Professor of PATRICK J. RYAN, B.A., M.A., J.D., LL.M., J.S.D., Professor Law Emeritus of Law Emeritus EDWARD E. CHASE, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus CAROL ROEHRENBECK, B.A., M.L.S., J.D., Professor of Law RUSSELL M. COOMBS, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus and Director of the Law Library Emerita LUCY COX, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., M.L.S., International and RAND E. ROSENBLATT, B.A., M.Sc., J.D., Professor of Law Foreign Law Librarian Emerita Emeritus ANNE V. DALESANDRO, A.B., M.L.S., J.D., Law Library PETER SIMMONS, A.B., LL.B., University Professor and Director Emerita and Professor of Law Emerita Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus JOHN H. DAVIES, B.S., LL.B., LL.M., Professor of Law RICHARD G. SINGER, B.A., J.D., LL.M., J.S.D., Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Law Emeritus JACK FEINSTEIN, B.A., J.D., Clinical Professor of Law E. HUNTER TAYLOR, B.A., LL.B., LL.M., Professor of Law Emeritus Emeritus GEORGE GINSBURGS, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Distinguished PAUL L. TRACTENBERG, B.A., J.D. Board of Governors Professor of Law Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Law JONATHAN HYMAN, Professor of Law Emeritus Emeritus CHARLES JONES, Professor of Law Emeritus ROBERT M.WASHBURN, A.B., J.D., LL.M, Professor of Law HOWARD LATIN, Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus Emeritus ARNO LIIVAK, B.A., M.L.S., J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus ROBERT F. WILLIAMS, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus FACULTY OF LAW AARON ARI AFILALO, A.B., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law ROSE CUISON-VILLAZOR, B.A. J.D., LL.M, Vice-Dean and CAMILLE ANDREWS, B.A., J.D., Professor of Professional Professor of Law Practice SARAH DADUSH, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law CHARLES AUFFANT, B.A., J.D., Clinical Professor of Law PERRY DANE, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law SAHAR AZIZ, B.SC., M.A., J.D., Professor of Law KELLY DEERE, B.A., J.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of CARLOS A. BALL, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Distinguished Professor Law of Law DONNA I. DENNIS, B.A., M.A., J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Law BERNARD W. BELL, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law STUART L. DEUTSCH, B.A., J.D., LL.M., University Professor VERA BERGELSON, J.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of and Distinguished Professor of Law Law JON DUBIN, A.B., J.D., Board of Governors Distinguished AMY BITTERMAN, B.A., J.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Service Professor, Professor of Law, and Associate Law Dean for Clinical Education & Access to ELISE BODDIE, B.A., M.P.P., J.D., Henry Rutgers University Justice/Opportunity Programs Professor and Professor of Law DOUGLAS S. EAKELEY, B.A., A.B. (Oxon.), M.A., J.D., Alan LINDA S. BOSNIAK, A.B., M.A., J.D., Ph.D., Distinguished V. Lowenstein Professor of Corporate and Business Law Professor of Law and Distinguished Professor of Professional Practice ESTHER CANTY-BARNES, B.A., J.D., Clinical Professor of KATIE EYER, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Law JOHN J. FARMER, JR., B.A., J.D., University Professor and MICHAEL A. CARRIER, B.A., J.D., Distinguished Professor of Distinguished Professor of Law Law JAY M. FEINMAN, B.A., J.D., Distinguished Professor of Law VICTORIA CHASE, B.A., J.D., Associate Clinical Professor of GARY L. FRANCIONE, B.A., M.A., J.D., Board of Governors Law Professor and Distinguished Professor of Law RONALD K. CHEN, A.B., J.D., University Professor and DAVID M. FRANKFORD, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Distinguished Professor of Law ANN E. FREEDMAN, B.A., J.D., Associate Professor of Law ROGER S. CLARK, B.A., LL.B., LL.M., J.S.D., L.L.D., Board SANDY FREUND, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Clinical Professor of of Governors Professor and Distinguished Professor of Law Law STEVEN F. FRIEDELL, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law TODD CLEAR, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University Professor of Law MATTEO GATTI, J.D., LL.M., S.J.D., Professor of Law LAURA COHEN, B.A., J.D., Distinguished Clinical Professor RACHEL GODSIL, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law of Law STEVE C. GOLD, A.B., J.D., Professor of Law JEAN-MARC COICAUD, Doctorat D’Etat, Ph.D., SALLY F. GOLDFARB, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Distinguished Professor of Law and Global Affairs CARLOS GONZÁLEZ, B.A., M.A., J.D., Professor of Law JORGE CONTESSE, LL.B., LL.M., Associate Professor of Law ELLEN P.