We, the tens of thousands who graduated law school in the Class of 2020, completed our legal education at a time of unprecedented crisis. During our final semester, the worst pandemic in more than a century swept through the country. Amid suffering and uncertainty, we found ways to stay connected to one another and to complete our education. Many of us balanced our studies against new obligations: sharing space, caring for our children and our elders, and mourning people we lost. We are proud to be members of a graduating class with so much resilience and poise.

We celebrated graduation while the nation mourned, not just for those lost in the pandemic, but for victims of the systemic killings of Black Americans by law enforcement. As protests erupted across the country, some of us marched or served as legal observers. Others used our platforms, whatever they may be, to spread awareness and seek reform in our communities.

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