ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell Law School recognized its graduating students during convocation ceremonies Sunday afternoon, May 15, in Bartels Hall on the Cornell University campus.

The actual degrees, which will be conferred during the university Commencement on May 29, are as follows: Juris doctorate (J.D.) degrees will be awarded to 195 students; one student will receive the doctor of the science of law (J.S.D.) degree; 62 will receive master of laws (LL.M.) degrees; eight will receive doctor of law and master of laws in international and comparative law (J.D./LL.M.) degrees; two will receive juris doctor/maitrîse en droit degrees; one will receive the juris doctor/diplôme d'études superiéures spécialisées-droit et globalisation economique (J.D./D.E.S.S.) degree; and three will receive the juris doctor/master of German and European law and legal practice (JD/M.LL.P.) degrees.

During the Law School convocation ceremony, presided over by Stewart J. Schwab, the Allan R. Tessler Dean and professor of law, Amie Nicole Ely '05, from Greybull, Wyo., was chosen by her classmates to give the J.D. student address. Agnes Poggi, LL.M. '05, from Paris, France, spoke on behalf of her LL.M. classmates. The students also selected John A. Siliciano, vice provost of Cornell and professor of law, to give the faculty address. Following the speeches, John DeRosa, assistant dean for student services, called each graduate to the stage to receive Schwab's congratulations on behalf of the Law School and the university.