Swearing In Ceremony

Last Friday evening witnessed one of the great events of the fall semester when many of our graduates returned to campus to be sworn in as attorneys to the State Bar of California.  Pepperdine had 136 graduates pass the California Bar Examination in July (with results announced in November).  Of that number, 84 were able to attend the special swearing-in ceremony last Friday evening.

The new attorneys heard inspiring messages from Dean Tacha, famed trial attorney Thomas Girardi, Justice Tricia Bigelow, and Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell.  Justice Bigelow administered the oath for the State of California, and Judge O’Connell administered the oath for the federal court of the Central District of California.  Both Justice Bigelow and Judge O’Connell are graduates of Pepperdine Law — with Judge O’Connell’s recent appointment to the federal bench, this marks the first time we have been able to have both oaths administered by Pepperdine alums!

It was a great evening.

Yours,

Al Sturgeon

Assistant Dean of Student Life