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Education

Oct. 11, 2011

Be true to your school: reflecting on the legal education experience

When was the last time you reflected on the effect of your law school experience? By James McManis of McManis Faulkner


By James McManis


I was recently given the honor of delivering the commencement speech for UC Berkeley School of Law's L.L.M. program's graduating summer class. The task afforded me an opportunity that most busy trial lawyers rarely have, which is to reflect on the effect their law school experience had on them all those years ago, and how individual alumni, after years of pursuing their craft, may still "give back" to their alma mater.


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