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![Professor Mark Wu shakes the hand of a female graduate in a red robe as she receives her degree](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/B11A4914-Commencement-20-21.jpeg)
![A female student speaks at a podium](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/B11A4847-Commencement-20-21.jpeg)
![Senator Elizabeth Warren speaking on stage with Elizabeth Papp Kamali.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/B11A4480-scaled-Commencement-20-21.jpeg)
![Dean John F. Manning on a large video screen.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/B11A4350_corweb-Commencement-20-21.jpeg)
![Professor I. Glen Cohen cheers along with the student in his section as they pose for a section photo on the steps of Langdell](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/B11A4225_corweb-Commencement-20-21.jpeg)
![Professor Elizabeth Kamali shakes the hand of a graduate as she receives her degree](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/B11A3970_web-Commencement-20-21.jpeg)
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![Merrick Garland on the stage with other dignitaries at commencement ceremonies at Harvard Yard](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/B11A3426_cor-Commencement-20-21.jpeg)
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‘Don’t spend your life doing things that don’t move your soul’
Speaking to Harvard Law’s Classes of 2020 and 2021, Elizabeth Warren offered advice and encouragement at a special in-person Commencement celebration
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Dispatches from the Classes of 2020 and 2021
Harvard Law School welcomed members of the Classes of 2020 and 2021 back to campus to celebrate their graduations, which took place virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Reflections from the Class of 2021
Graduating J.D.s and LL.M.s reflect on their law school experience and share their hopes for the future.
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Reflections from the Class of 2020
As we close an unprecedented year, graduating J.D.s and LL.M.s reflect on their law school experience and share their hopes for the future of Harvard Law School.