TOM LARKINS

GRADUATES CELEBRATED AT 122 ND USC GOULD COMMENCEMENT

Graduates complete degrees through the pandemic

In commencement ceremonies on May 13, USC Gould School of Law celebrated 213 JD graduates, followed by a record-setting 653 graduates of USC Gould’s Graduate and International Programs, all of whom completed their degrees through the pandemic. The ceremonies, at the USC University Village Great Lawn, featured influential civil rights attorney, activist and author Constance “Connie” L. Rice, who advised JD students not to “let democracy die in the apathy of silence,” and John Iino (JD 1987), chief diversity officer of the global law firm Reed Smith LLP, who told G&IP graduates, “Find your motivation and you can change the world.” The graduates were also addressed by 3L class president Oluwatomisin T. “Tomi” Johnson, Student Bar Association (SBA) president Rebecca Alch (JD) and Chandra Montgomery, a graduate of the Master of Studies in Law program, as well as Professor and former Dean Bob Rasmussen.