HARVARD LAW TODAY — More than a decade ago, before Stephen Ball ’10 headed off to law school, his father gave him a small placard: “When you get there, remember where you came from,” it said. While Ball says his father might have meant the words literally — his family has deep roots in Detroit, Michigan — he was also asking him not to forget who he was, or the people who encouraged his success. Maybe he was even urging him to pay it forward someday.