BOSTON, May 7, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- New England Law | Boston is pleased to announce the program for
its 2024 Commencement ceremony, taking place on Friday, May
17, at 11:00 a.m. at the Boch Center Wang
Theatre in Boston. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, the first Black woman
elected to that position, will address the graduates. Campbell was
elected in 2015 as the first female Boston City Councilor for
District 4, and then became the first Black woman to serve as City
Council president in 2018.
A native of Boston's
Roxbury neighborhood, Attorney
General Campbell endured great loss and adversity at a young age.
She was only eight months old when her mother died in a car
accident while going to visit her father in prison. Campbell and
her siblings subsequently lived in foster care and with family,
relying on public housing and food assistance. Campbell graduated
from Boston Latin School and then worked her way through college
with the help of grants and student loans. She was the first in her
family to graduate from college and law school, graduating from
Princeton University and then UCLA Law
School. Sadly, both her father and twin brother also died when
Campbell was a young woman.
After earning her law degree, she worked as a legal services
attorney for the EdLaw project, defending the rights of children –
particularly those with disabilities – and their families.
Campbell later practiced law at Proskauer LLP as an employment
attorney, ultimately leaving to serve the public as General Counsel
at the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission. Campbell also served
as legal counsel for Governor Deval
Patrick, working to improve Massachusetts' education and transportation
systems.
"It is our honor to welcome Attorney General Campbell as our
keynote speaker for the 113th Commencement at New
England Law," said Allison M.
Dussias, Acting Dean and Professor of Law. "Her perseverance
and her ongoing fight for justice and opportunity for all are
models for our graduating students as they embark on their career
journeys. We are thrilled to have her share her inspirational story
and wisdom with our graduates."
During the ceremony, New England Law leadership will present
honorary Doctor of Laws degrees to Attorney General Campbell; the
Honorable Nathaniel M. Gorton, Judge, U.S. District Court, District
of Massachusetts; the Honorable
George A. O'Toole, Jr., Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, District
of Massachusetts; and Professor
Emeritus Charles W. Sorenson, Jr.,
New England Law | Boston, who
joined the New England Law faculty in 1991 and served as associate
dean from 2004 to 2006.
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founded in 1908 as Portia Law
School, the first and only law school established
exclusively for the education of women. Today, New England Law
offers its co-educational student body flexible, convenient
programs that combine rigorous academics, dynamic community, and
early access to practical experience, as well as a diverse, global
alumni network spanning 29 countries, 50 states, and all areas of
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