UMass Law grads honor service tradition, will maintain top-3 Mass. bar pass rate with Harvard, BU

Photos and tweets from today's Commencement at UMass Law.

Photo of stage by UMassD_Alumni. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Elspeth Cypher (read more), honorary degree recipient, at right, first row, second from left.  I'm three rows behind her.

Professor and former Dean Phil Cleary (who can count Mass. tort law among his many talents), respected faculty senior, hoods the youngest member of the class.  Thurgood Marshall-award-winning dad Jesse Purvis looks on.  Photo by UMassLaw.

My tweets in time sequence:

'With great power comes great responsibility,' Chancellor Johnson quotes of #lawschool degree, placing in top 3% of educated globally. So build civility, transform world, he admonishes @UMassLaw #Commencement pic.twitter.com/JlJjx8tQL6

— RJ Peltz-Steele (@RJPeltzSteele) May 13, 2019

'#TogetherWeRise,' @UMassLawReview #medialaw symp ed Casey Shannon reminds class of marriages, births, hurricanes, and deaths incl of her own two brothers, in course of #lawschool. 'Solidarity,' 'Resilience,' her message @UMassLaw #Commencement pic.twitter.com/tCnxusvGiC

— RJ Peltz-Steele (@RJPeltzSteele) May 13, 2019

UMass Law awards honorary degree to #Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Cypher, first SJC judge from Bristol County in >100 years, will teach @UMassLaw in fall semester. See e.g. https://t.co/ImixldMizY

— RJ Peltz-Steele (@RJPeltzSteele) May 13, 2019

You hear there are too many #lawyers, but more people should be educated in #RuleOfLaw, #Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Cypher tells @UMassLaw upon receiving honorary degree: we are steam, water that keep #justice pipes open. #lawschool pic.twitter.com/o2OFmtdvM6

— RJ Peltz-Steele (@RJPeltzSteele) May 13, 2019

Enemies of #socialjustice beware! Jalessa Almonacy _JD_ has been unleashed on your world. #ProBono award winner with 644 hours. And my frmr TA; JS, #KnowAWinnerWhenISeeHer. @UMassLaw #Commencement pic.twitter.com/Cn28cxHag8

— RJ Peltz-Steele (@RJPeltzSteele) May 13, 2019

@UMassLawReview editor extraordinaire and #WestWing expert Kayla V leaves @UMassLaw better than she found it. She wrought e.g. https://t.co/gd2LPbrcb3 pic.twitter.com/1ru87bOu33

— RJ Peltz-Steele (@RJPeltzSteele) May 13, 2019

Now it's off to a faculty committee meeting. The busy work is never done! 🐝