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Location

David Geffen Hall - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Event Website

https://perma.cc/L229-SSBT

Description

Order of Exercises

Processional:

Felix Wu, JD, PhD, Vice Dean, Professor of Law, Herald

Presiding: 

Selma Botman, PhD, Provost and Vice President for  Academic Affairs, Yeshiva University, Chief Marshal

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President, Yeshiva University

National Anthem: 

Cantor Ira W. Heller, JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Class of 2008

Remarks: 

Melanie Leslie, JD, Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Class of 1991

Commencement Address: 

Hon. Rowan D. Wilson, Chief Judge of the State of New York and the New York Court of Appeals

Student Remarks: 

Quentin Decurnes, LL.M. Class Speaker, Class of 2026

Basya Bates, J.D. Class Speaker, Class of 2026

Student Bar Association Awards: 

Kyle Cohen, SBA President, Class of 2026

Awards and Honors: 

Dean Leslie

Remarks: 

President Berman

Conferring of Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degrees: 

President Berman

Dean Leslie

Conferring of Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.) Degrees: 

President Berman

Dean Leslie

Conferring of Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degrees: 

President Berman

Dean Leslie

Alumni Remarks: 

Ira S. Dizengoff, JD, Chair, Cardozo Board of Overseers, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Class of 1992

Hatikvah:

Cantor Heller

Recessional

Publication Date

5-31-2026

Keywords

Commencement, Graduation, 2026, Cardozo School of Law

Disciplines

Law

2026 Commencement Exercises

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