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Former Attorney General Eric Holder to Keynote UW Law School Ceremony

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison has announced that former Attorney General Eric Holder will speak at a May ceremony for graduating law school students during this spring’s commencement weekend.

Holder will give the keynote address at the University of Wisconsin Law School Hooding Ceremony on May 13 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The annual hooding ceremony recognizes students receiving law degrees.

“Graduation is a special time for any student. As a law school graduate, I know all too well how much work goes into earning that degree,” Holder says. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to talk to these graduates about the road ahead, and I hope by sharing some of my own experiences, they see that it’s a big world just waiting for them to make a positive impact.”

Holder served as attorney general from February 2009 to April 2015. As the third-longest serving attorney general in U.S. history and the first African American to hold that office, he is an internationally recognized leader across a broad range of regulatory enforcement, criminal justice and national security issues.

The ceremony is open to law school students and their friends and families. The law school will also provide a live stream of the ceremony.

“I’m delighted that General Holder accepted our students’ invitation to address them at their Hooding Ceremony. We are honored to have someone with his background and varied experiences as our guest speaker,” Law School Dean Margaret Raymond says. “A law degree can lead to many extraordinary opportunities. General Holder’s career is a wonderful example of this; I’m certain he will be a great inspiration to our graduates.”