Laura Taylor Swain, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, will serve as the graduation speaker at Fordham Law School’s 115th diploma ceremony on Monday, May 23. The ceremony will begin at 10:00 am at Edwards Parade on Fordham University’s Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx. In case of severe weather, the ceremony will be moved to Lombardi Fieldhouse.
Dean Matthew Diller and Fordham University President Joseph M. McShane, S.J. will confer degrees on 634 graduates – 401 of whom will receive J.D. degrees, 61 of whom will receive M.S.L. online degrees, 12 of whom will receive M.S.L. degrees, 158 of whom will receive LL.M degrees, and two of whom will receive S.J.D. degrees.
Judge Swain, a graduate of Harvard Law School, clerked for Judge Constance Baker Motley in the Southern District of New York from 1982 to 1983. She then worked in private practice until 1996 at Debevoise & Plimpton, during which time she served for a decade as a member of the New York State Board of Law Examiners. In 1996 she became a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York. President Bill Clinton nominated her to be a judge in the Southern District of New York in 2000. She was confirmed in June of 2000 and became chief judge in 2021.
Event: Fordham Law School’s 115th Diploma Ceremony, Judge Laura Taylor Swain addresses students and receives an honorary doctorate of laws
Date: Monday, May 23, 2022
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Edwards Parade, Fordham University Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY