American University Washington College of Law to Welcome Tom Goldstein '95, Appellate Advocate and Co-Founder of SCOTUSblog, as 2015 Commencement Speaker
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Washington, D.C., May 12, 2015 - American University Washington College of Law will welcome Thomas C. Goldstein ’95, partner at Goldstein & Russell, PC, and co-founder of SCOTUSblog, as the 2015 Commencement Speaker. The law school's commencement will be held May 17, 2015, at 1 p.m. at American University's Bender Arena (4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW). In the Spring 2015 graduating class, 466 students will graduate with a Juris Doctor (JD), 145 with a Master of Laws (LL.M.), and six with a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD).
Goldstein will be presented with an honorary doctor of laws. View full commencement details.
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"We are honored to welcome alumnus Tom Goldstein as our 2015 commencement speaker," said Claudio Grossman, dean of American University Washington College of Law. “Tom’s dedication and passion for justice makes him an excellent role model for all our graduates as they embark on their legal careers. We are very proud to have him as a member of our community. ”
Goldstein is an appellate advocate, best known as one of the nation’s most experienced Supreme Court practitioners. He has served as counsel to the petitioner or respondent in roughly 10 percent of all of the Court’s merits cases for the past 15 years. He has been counsel on more successful petitions for certiorari over the past decade than any other lawyer in private practice.
Goldstein has taught Supreme Court Litigation at Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School and is co-founder/publisher of SCOTUSblog—a Peabody Award-winning website devoted to coverage of the Court. He also currently serves on the Washington College of Law Dean’s Advisory Council. Goldstein received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in 1995 received his JD from AUWCL. Full bio.
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To RSVP and for additional media assistance for the May 17 ceremony, please contact Franki Fitterer, (202) 274-4279 (o) (202) 321-6183 (c).
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In 1896, American University Washington College of Law became the first law school in the country founded by women. More than 100 years since its founding, this law school community is grounded in the values of equality, diversity, and intellectual rigor. The law school's nationally and internationally recognized programs (in clinical legal education, trial advocacy, international law, and intellectual property to name a few) and dedicated faculty provide its 1700 JD, LL.M., and SJD students with the critical skills and values to have an immediate impact as students and as graduates, in Washington, D.C. and around the world. For more information, visit wcl.american.edu