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Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, president of the U.K.’s Supreme Court, to give Hooding Ceremony address

For centuries, the highest court of the United Kingdom was the House of Lords. And for the past 100 years, a committee of Law Lords has functioned as the country’s highest court and all judges have been appointed by a member of the prime minister’s cabinet.

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Biden among those receiving honorary Doctor of Laws degree from WFU

Wake Forest University awarded eight honorary degrees during its commencement ceremony on May 18, including a posthumous award to the late broadcast journalist Tim Russert.  The morning ceremony featured a speech by Vice President Joe Biden, the first sitting vice president to deliver the university’s commencement address.

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Wake Forest University School of Law confers hoods on the class of 2009

Wake Forest University School of Law conferred hoods on 159 graduates on Sunday afternoon in Wait Chapel.

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Former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich Jr. to speak at the WFU School of Law Hooding Ceremony on May 17

Former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich Jr. (JD ’82) is the speaker for the Wake Forest University School of Law Hooding Ceremony on Sunday, May 17.

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