Bloomberg Law
May 20, 2016, 11:45 AM UTC

Holder Tells Columbia Law Grads Progress is ‘Born of Hard Work’

Elizabeth Olson
Elizabeth Olson
Special Correspondent

This time of year, Big Law Business shares graduation speeches delievered to law graduates across the nation.

On May 19, former Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., now with Covington & Burling, returned to his alma mater, Columbia Law School to deliver the keynote address at graduation.

On Thursday, we published remarks that his successor as Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, gave to University of Pennsylvania Law School grads. Both criticized the nation’s criminal justice system as discriminatory — an interesting discussion point given their backgrounds as top prosecutors.

Excerpts from Holder’s speech:

I can imagine no more exciting—or consequential—time to join the legal ranks. Our profession ...

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