Duke Law Graduation 2024 | Complete

Convocation speaker Christopher H. Schroeder, a longtime faculty member who served in high-level positions at the Department of Justice, including leading the Office of Legal Counsel and its Office of Legal Policy, told the Class of 2024 on Saturday that his opportunities came from both luck and remaining focused on personal integrity and professional responsibilities.
“I absorbed that lesson from so many colleagues in government, including three outstanding attorneys general, but it is a lesson that is entirely transportable wherever your work takes you,” Schroeder said.
“Also transportable are the words of Louis Pasteur, ‘Fortune rewards the prepared mind.’ I have been blessed to work with people who also maintained the highest levels of competence.”
Schroeder, the Charles S. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Law and professor emeritus of public policy, was distinguished speaker at the May 11 ceremony in Cameron Indoor Stadium honoring the members of the Class of 2024.
Of the 279 JD graduates, 20 also earned a Master of Laws, or LLM, in international and comparative law, and 10 also received an LLM in law and entrepreneurship. Six JD graduates also earned a graduate degree from another department or school at Duke University. Thirty-one JD graduates received the Public Interest and Public Service Law certificate.
Eighty-four graduates of law schools in other countries received their LLM degree. One graduating student, Juliana Bortolini Bolzani, received the Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD), the highest degree in law.