Commencement 2011 Remarks

2011

Speeches

Summary by Jane Thompson: This is David Getches' last commencement address, delivered on May 6, 2011. In this address, he references events in the world during the term of this law school class, such as the "longest war in American history," the financial crisis, natural disasters, etc. He tells some funny stories about things faculty said or students did in class. He concludes the speech by noting that "Of course, employment statistics are not encouraging. But you are not necessarily a statistic." And he goes on to point to numerous examples of former resourceful alumni striking out on their own or landing jobs in difficult employment years, like the "3 classmates who couldn’t get hired in 1968 and started the Brownstein firm."

http://hdl.handle.net/10974/getches:153