John Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed there on Sept. 11, was a 1989 graduate of the University of California-Hastings College of Law. Rachel Van Cleave, a classmate of his and now the interim dean at Golden Gate University School of Law, spoke at a vigil for Stevens on the Hastings campus last week. What follows is an excerpt of her remarks.

Every person we take the time to get to know has something to teach us. I learned this from Chris Stevens, and I continue to believe this. For certain, Chris was not just an amazing lawyer and leader; he was a teacher in the broadest and most wonderful sense of the word.

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