Zhou Lipeng Jin Minyi

Welcome to Yale Law school.

I'm Harold H, Dean of the college is. You can call me Harold, don't mention it. I have 20 more years at Yale law school tutorial sequence and international law, in New Haven, installation is also for 5 years.

If it is me, do you? As a group, you are accepting law education in Yale's at least 196th batch of law science students. According to historical records, as early as 1814, there began the formal legal education. The Massachusetts Supreme Court justice Isaac Parker at Harvard Law School established at least as early as 3 years, Princeton law school is more than 32 years earlier, the latter in 6 years after it was closed.

As you will hear on Tuesday John Llanbe Professor talk about the early history of the Yale University School of law in the law education in New Haven, the earliest appeared in more than 200 years ago, a man named Seth Steps of Yale graduates started in his law office in New Haven and college recruiting apprentices. Staples and his two students -- Samuel Hitchcock and David Degit, their portraits are now hanging train those new legal apprentice building in room 127 -, eventually become the Yale Law school.

Therefore, if you are curious about everywhere the Yale Law School's emblem of the origin, then I tell you, the badge was conceived to commemorate the founders: on the left is a piece of cotton, is a tribute to Sens Steps; on the right is Dai Ji paid tribute to the Greyhound (his first name is Doggett); the corner is a alligators -- Samuel Hitchcock and his family moved to Bahamian archipelago after the heraldry.

As here school nearly 200th students, among you, including 189 from 72 different undergraduate university J D, 25 LLM, 1 MSL, 12 JSD, and 12 exchange students. Obviously, this collection of the planet's most outstanding law students. Every year, there is a school of law can be described themselves, and this year, happy, we are. You are the most outstanding, not only because of your talent, more important is your thirst for knowledge.

You're from 65 different countries, including Bosnia, Burma, Bhutan, Cuba, Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates.

You speak the language is not under 25, including the Aramaic language, Kerrey, Keliwo Creole, the language of Syria, urdu.

35 of you got a master's degree, position, researcher 14 ownership of foreign 13 PhD, 8 people completed the marathon, 7 journalists, 6 people (judo, karate and other martial arts), 3 had a teacher, a poet, a once and Kenji West perform a rap singer.

Your classmates including:

Artist: a sculptor; an animation; a tattoo artist; a decorative artist.

Player: a wrestler; a figure skater; a tennis player; a cricketer and a American national speed skating team.

Actor: a comedian; a film actor; a circus performer; a chorus member; a ballet dancer; a belly dancer; a punk and heavy metal band guitarist.

You have many writers have written about breast cancer: the book; write reviews; Free Press reported food problem; some are in the "Sports Illustrated" USA; and making the University algebra teaching video.

You are the winner of the competition: a man has a place in the international Minesweeper game; another is betting game player; there was one of the 2006 World University debating the best debater.

You are engaged in the occupation includes: pray Peace Corps volunteer, salesman, clergy, firefighters, cryptanalyst, operation of organic agriculture, cowgirl, launched a challenge in the school graduation ceremony on the constitutionality of the plaintiffs, Miss Venezuela choose beauty event staff, Guantanamo prisoners.

After listening to this long list, I think you wondered: "I come here is why?"

If I say that will make you feel better, I assure you: you are not alone. I know you feel at the moment. Before and after the time except in the law school difference between us 30 years. Like all of you, so far, my life was fortunate; like you, I even dreamed to go to places I have ever been; like you, I also had a doubt: I can get into Yale Law School, Is it right? Because a kind man miscarriage of justice?

But then I will know there is no "false" so. You made a choice, then you are to make a correct choice. Was hired as a Supreme Court justice assistant that day, I asked my father: "I deserve?" He paused, replied: "of course not, no man behoove with employed by the Federal Supreme court. But if you had done everything, to quit, you will fully deserve."

Therefore, a Yale Law School, this is what I want to say to you: can get into Yale Law School is a great honor. No man behoove fit into here. However, if we can do what you should do, if we let this be a place of our own, if we strain every nerve to make our school up to the lofty goal, then we would all belong here.

So, this is my first message: today, marks the beginning of our common new. In order to prove that I did intend to go together with you, please make a mark on your calendar, September 8th is the next Saturday at nine thirty in the morning (if it should rain postponed to Sunday September 9th), you can invite your president to go hiking. We will gather in a state park in Hamden, and then boarded the giant mountain peak (which is actually just a small hill, but for those of us living in Connecticut people, is tantamount to climb a mountain). At its peak, we can take pictures, enjoy the beautiful scenery, and then down the mountain to eat lunch, new starting point for us to celebrate. In your graduation, we will again climb the giant. So, you at Yale law school time will note taking twice climbing.

When you look around the hall, please think: each sitting here, had 20 Applicants for the position of your. Compared with the actual number of our students, we should be more qualified applicants. But because of a common cause, you have been selected for the vibrant community, that you have special talents, ideas and activities.

Look at your left, then look at your right, you will see the Yale Law School is and ever will be: one composed of the best individual of the community, in everything you do all embody excellence and benevolence.

For centuries, the next session of the students graduate from here. The college has been a share value of the community, while you are studying here, will continue to hear I repeat the phrase:

A like-minded community! A like-minded community!

There are a lot of valuable pursuit of people in the world, but he does not belong to any community; at the same time, there are a lot of groups, but they have no common values.

It is "like-minded community" that makes the Yale Law School is so out of the ordinary: the common pursuit of legal person to become the most excellent and scholars; the common pursuit of humanity when dealing with people; as well as to the selfless dedication not egoistic common pursuit.

When you look around, please remember another point: here, we trust each other. In this school, and others through dialogue, we benefit a lot. Here, you will meet with you together through law school years
People; guide you how to be a good law teacher; and you meet for the first time students, it will teach you how to be a man of integrity. Your classmates will accompany your life: they will attend your wedding with you together
False; do you godparents; take care of you when you are sick; sent a letter to you and introduce the; testify in Senator qualification for you; and even at your funeral eulogy.

If you still feel confused: here, how I should find their own way? The answer is very simple: trust your classmates! At the moment, they are your classmates, but in the future, they will be your soul mate. Treat them as your brothers and sisters! You gather in here, from now on, support each other!

All this listening is very good, except for one thing: after all, you are just entered law school, your classmates like you are beginners, no one can answer "how the law school has a good beginning" this kind of your problem. In fact, this kind of problem is not in trouble. The so-called for their own positioning is to understand their own direction, this week plans to help you find the puzzles, and find that can help you to complete this transition. We are each of the students are equipped with a guiding teacher; we have good life mentor Maura Sichol-Sprague; more importantly, we have an excellent teacher Sharon Brooks, shortly before he sat where you sit. This is not all. You can learn slowly, in addition to the best students and teachers, we have the richest man in the world and the most dedicated management team.

For your hands are printed on photos, the Yale law school deans are real, they make here the normal operation. However, I am happy to be here to introduce them to you:

First of all, is the two vice president of our:

Reva Siegel, vice president in charge of moral education, Prof. Katzenbach Nicholas lectures;

Jon Macey, vice president in charge of the curriculum, Professor Harrs Sam, the company law, corporate finance and securities law;

Director Blair Kaufmann our library

Megan A. Barnett - the school secretary

Toni Hahn Davis, responsible for the graduates and Alumni Affairs

Development of Mark LaFontaine responsible for school work

Asha Rangappa, responsible for recruitment

Mark Templeton, responsible for the financial and human resources

Jan Conroy responsible for foreign exchange

Judith Calvert is responsible for the registration work

Pat Barnes - responsible for grants, scholarships and other matters

Behind them there are many people, you will be at a later date know them. You can through these new friends to understand how law school of actual operation. They will tell you many things, but most important, they would sue
This fact tell you: everyone has the opportunity to weave a wonderful law school experience, because you joined a support you and provide the resources needed community for you. If you are confused about "how to fly in the law school" this kind of problem, I recommend you go to listen to next Tuesday, Professor Kenji Yoshino luncheon speech.

In view of the specific problems they will guide you, so this morning I want to talk to you to explore is an unusual problem: not how to study law, but I how to think of to study law in this matter? This problem was dubbed the "meta problem here". As the late professor Leon Lipson said: at Yale, we believe that you can do anything, and I will. How in the world did you think of the new world full of challenge that you just entered? This is full of law and legal issues of the world?

So, first say happy. My predecessor, judge Guldo Karabulasi (Guido Calabresi), there is a famous speech of welcome to year after year entering freshmen at Yale: "my friends, you have to bid farewell to the journey." After years of studying hard, you finally got here, yes, you have! Here, you do not need to do anything, in addition to move on. At Yale Law School, we do not like what grade rankings. Everyone can succeed here, and should succeed!

But sadly, there are too many legal people such a world, in their memories, entered law school day means of endless competition begins. As Yale chaplain William · S · coffin (William Sloane Coffin) said: "remember, even if you win the competition, you're still a scumbag."

I hope you from unusual angles to consider their law school career. I hope you will not take it as a race, but a journey of exploration.

Studying at Yale Law School, since it is an adventure, explore the message including at least:

First, the courage to try new things;

Second, the combination of theory and practice;

Third, make sure you pivot.

Please allow me to say a few words of each point.

The courage to try new things

First of all, we must have the courage to try new things. The Institute offers space, as valuable free exploration, in the intellectual! You will soon notice the sacred rules of the religious order, we rarely. Our courses are rarely, you don't have to
Troubled fraction. To maximize the use of the free. Do not spend time to repeat you know you have to do, and we must have the courage to try you never experienced.

If you are a good writer, then try to public speaking; if you are a successful debaters, then to join a law journals; if you are a poet, then study more economic and legal right; if you are
A mathematical or arithmetic master, then try to law and literature. Go to law school, not the end of liberal education, which means to expand the start. During the summer vacation should be so. If you have been living in the United States so far
Country, try to Africa a human rights organization work; if you always want to be a criminal defense attorney, then try to a prosecutor's office practice; if a company law law make up your mind
Division, then spend the last to do legal aid work in the summer so far, not one one. Use all your brain cells, but not limited to a particular aspect of.

At Yale, interdisciplinary, cross professional legal education, internationalization is the way we diligently strive after. What does this mean?

Methods the interdisciplinary, means that the subject between law and other disciplines, including some here you have learned. The law is not only the great university discipline. Our law school has the first-class teachers, teachers with high degree of law, this needless to say, high degree but some teachers also have the fields of philosophy, history, political science, psychology, economics, medicine etc.. The two professors on their expertise to give you a lecture.

Next Friday, is also in September 7th, Carol professor Rose will be entitled "law and economics" the poet's eyes. And this gain by contrast, next week, three September 26th, Professor Jules Coleman will give a lecture entitled "law and philosophy" physicist's eyes. They will tell you through the prism not only from a perspective of law. Jedi legal training you will start from this afternoon: as a prelude to the afternoon lecture series, Professor Bob Ellickson will through the New Haven lens to describe to you the legal world; and Professor Bill Eskridge will take you on a journey America legal system. More lectures will have opened: tomorrow afternoon, early history professor John Langbein will introduce you to Yale Law School, Jean Koh Peters professor will talk with you about the occupation ethics; Friday, Professor Anne Alstott will be entitled "law, justice and family" lecture; a few weeks later, the two have made outstanding achievements in their respective different areas of the graduates will share with you their experiences: one is Ben Heineman, the world's largest company General Electric (GE) legal adviser; another is the hometown of Randall Shepard, Indiana, chief justice.

Please don't miss the lecture, which is in the way of your academic lamp of new projects and carefully arranged. You will find the lectures wonderful and helpful, they will tell you how the law and other fields closely connected.

In addition to the interdisciplinary, I also mentioned the interdisciplinary approach. The so-called cross specialty, I mean we are not the only occupation college university.

You must think seriously about the legal relationship with other professional, some of which you have been reading: such as legal and commercial, legal and public health, law and media, law and environment. Legal unique models in these fields, and
These areas in turn promote law. In order to guide these areas, we need outstanding bilingual or dual degree lawyer, need to be a brilliant man of wide learning, maneuver in these related areas of talent. Therefore, in this fields,
We are cooperating with other occupation colleges Yale opened across the curriculum.

In all walks of life, graduate of Yale Law School is often the leader, this is not accidental. This is because, if the legal person Yale have a common characteristic words, this is the entrepreneurs with the pioneering spirit of adventure, to seize every opportunity. We are the "occupation area of plan" arranged a series of lectures, to display in the legal profession has become outstanding achievements or other industry leaders Yale law school graduate, style: such as entertainment, sports, health care industry, venture capital industry and so on, all business when you can list. They give you the inspiration they experience: the law does not mean that you will be engaged in the legal industry. All the potential to develop their own, you must be daring. If you - the world's most talented students in law are not the courage to take risks, and who would dare?

Once in the legal and related fields, you must return to base, to learn how to write, how to read. In the first few weeks, I suggest that the most important thing is to carefully read, read more carefully than ever before. When you when things
The fate of people depends on these legal documents, believe me, this is really. When you read, think to write these legal opinions of the judges who are true to life, try to give a true and fair judgment. For
You, will how? Will make the same decision? Some focus problems in reading, I dare say, magic moment will come, Department of history as "boys" in the book of Hector the teacher as described in:

The best time of reading, is when you are with certain things -- an idea, a feeling, a way of looking at things -- God when, they are so fresh and special, is another record here, that you may have never seen, or has been dead for a long time. However, at this time, as if his hand out of the book out, hold your hand.

But reading is not enough.

This leads me to all of you here about second suggestions: the combination of theory and practice.
The combination of theory and Practice

If you walked into my office -- by the way, everyone should come, you will see on my wall hung a China calligraphy, reads, I most like the motto: "theory without practice is gray; practice without theory is blind."

Yale Law School is and must remain the world law theory center position. We believe that there is no a separate discipline has a monopoly on wisdom: interdisciplinary education direction of this is the reason why we insist on law school. We like
How to make people obey the law? The answer to this question not only from the law itself, and should seek from philosophy, psychology, economics, sociology, political science, anthropology and other related subjects.

In order to understand the relationship between law and justice, you can not just pay attention to USA "Uniform Commercial Code" and "the federal rules of civil procedure", but must pay attention to human nature: from such as the great plays of Shakespeare "Henry V", "the merchant of Venice", Melvil's novel "Billy Budd", Picasso's masterpiece "Guernica" etc. to seek. If you are still know nothing at all, so take the time to understand. Don't spend all your time on the Internet, or every day in the law library, go to the lecture hall at Yale, and the newly renovated Galileo Museum of art, the Art Center, the global center, Macmillan international and regional research center. Also out of Yale, visit Shakespeare to edggton Park, or go to have a look of Philip Johnson's glass house in New Canaan, or go to Hartford to visit Wood Wirth athenaeum.

Study the law, the most important is the cultivation of thinking ability. A professor at our hospital said: "thinking is not a butterfly, but to capture the butterfly network." Thinking ability to help you gain insight, organizational experience, sorting out the ideas from the subconscious state.

This is where you select from a comprehensive university great as the basis of the great law school. Once you start to work in legal practice, you will find yourself rarely have time to read, introspection soon, get new thinking. Law firms are not English system, legal aid is not to teach you to economics. If you want to understand what is right, not just the interests of the parties; to understand what is the truth, and not just rhetoric, then you need to learn how to think, to learn the theory.

"Yin and Yang tao". Theory without practice is gray, practice without theory is blind. Only the theory can not change the world, must be familiar with the legal person legal skills to change the world. When the judge asked you why you parties should win, you cannot answer: "because John Rolls said so."

The legal person of great acquired, and not born. Therefore each of you must take one or more we offer high quality practice course. To make use of various internal and external training opportunities, as well as the summer practice to better understand how to make better use of legal technology to change the world.

New Haven - this far from you home your new home -- with its incomparable charm, attracted me. "According to a survey initiated by the Anchorage Daily News": the nation's top pizza, new haven for 2 ; the Toni prize which awards two awards of the theater, located in the United States; some of the best concerts, art exhibitions and creative exhibition were held here. There is a great tradition of law, on this point, you will experience in the afternoon Bob Erickson lecture.

However, with the most relevant to our goal, in New Haven is a legal practice model laboratory. Over the years, Yale law school students helping single mothers a daycare center; by setting up Non-Profit Corporation shelter the homeless; set up a good public schools and a community bank; to provide legal aid to Valle Street "Xiao Ji" grocery store. 30 years ago, 2 students had participated in the legal clinic courses, they think this is their study at Yale Law School the most benefit from the experience during the. One of them is Bill Clinton, another is Clarence Thomas. If they can do it, and benefit from it, so you can.

In the law clinic of our, we think the localization, but our action is globalization. We will not be our legal clinic services limited to new haven. Over the years, our human rights affairs clinics to improve the human rights situation in the world. It had to appear before the Supreme Court on behalf of Haiti and Cuban refugees in East Timor; to expose the atrocities; sending students to Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Kampuchea; to assist the Hague international prosecutors work; to discuss Iraq democratic constitutional framework. Last year, 9 members of the Yale graduates, professors and students of our eleventh clinics, participated in the Federal Supreme Court of Guantanamo Boumediene case of the investigation and evidence collection, and sort out a few of the briefs, the case will enter the court debate stage in the fall. Our "microcredit" Group invested a lot of time and effort in Mexico and Liberia. Several cases of our federal supreme court clinic attention has been included in the September Supreme Court case schedule. And this summer, a raid of the homeland security department arrested more than 20 local workers, all the students of the first grade drop, representing every one of them attended the deportation hearings, our "labor and immigrant rights clinic" is still working on it. After the students not to enter the legal profession is committed to justice.

This points to the problems we are facing today: globalization and justice -- is a global rather than local justice. As I said before, you should not only be legal education across disciplines, professional, and should be internationalized. In the first semester, you will learn the procedure law, contract law, tort law and the constitution. Let me tell you a secret: these courses are not difficult to learn.

After all, what is the procedure to resolve the dispute, is not legal? What is tort law, is not the discussion between the third obligations? What is the law of contract, agreement between the parties is not the obligation? What is the constitution, is not on the powers of the government, the rights and obligations of citizens relative to the division of the government? Just so so! The rest is just details. These courses and I began to study law 30 years ago and not what different.

However, you grew up in an age when the Berlin wall in 1989 and 2001, Petronas Twin Towers collapsed, globalization be raging like a storm. First, our possibilities of globalization of optimism. We entered a 24 hours /7 days are filled with news, mobile phone, Internet, global financial, real-time information of the world. But in the "9.11" later, out of our shining light from the globalization of dizziness, entered the era of globalization in the shadow. "9.11" incident reminds us cruelly: is using the same techniques to enhance the global market, global connections, the global management and global interests, also could be used by terrorists to kill innocent civilians, planning terrorist attacks and money laundering. In the "9.11" after, people began to question what I call "Tina Turner's question:" what is the relationship between law and? Whether the law concept of a sweet yet outdated? We are at war!

In fact, as we have seen, the relationship between law and all. Even in the war on terror, the Federal Supreme Court reminds us, the government must abide by the laws of war. Only America Federal Supreme Court 4 session of the recent, there are at least 25 major cases involving globalization. In this session, the Federal Supreme Court cases on the schedule, including Guantanamo prisoner pending case and the Madellin case, a case involving Mexico nationality prisoners rights, in accordance with the "Vienna Convention on Consular rights" should be resolved through consultation.

I hope you will join me in three aspects of thinking about law and the problem of Globalization: "globalization of law" (the law of globalization), "as the law of globalization" (the law as globalization), "globalization of law" (the law in globalization).

About "globalization of law", I mean: will involve global legal as a unique discipline to study, such as human rights, international trade, environmental law, Internet law and international business in all directions. About "as globalization of law", I mean: recognized as information and global cultural exchange, legal global communication marks the arrival of the era of globalization. About "globalization of law", I mean the rule of law in the process of Globalization: Reflections on improving humane the role of.

When I was in law school, we were told that there is a called "matrix" (matrix) classification model, separation of the domestic law and international law; separation of the private law and public law. But we do not understand the "matrix" is only a theoretical presupposition, we impose on a far more complex real world artificial dichotomy?

In an era of globalization, boundary between public law and private law, international law and domestic law is becoming increasingly blurred. In this day and age, metric units of measurement is a concept of domestic law or international law? Dot.com is a concept of public law or private law? The answer of course is that you can't make such a simple classification. These are cross-border concept, to be recognized at the international level, but also for the world recognized. Today, the legal concept of cross border can be seen everywhere, such as "credit card", "Vc firm", "privacy", "torture" and so on. The concept of cross borders, not just to Yale Law School, and around the world are taught in law school.

Obviously, thinking about the relationship between law and globalization is life-long. But please start from 9.27 - 29 days, by then, there will be 20 judges of the Constitutional Court of well-known international, including USA Federal Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy (Anthony Kennedy) and Stephen Braye (Stephen Breyer) will come here to discuss the national courts, now how to deal with such diversity issues, and explore some of the world's common problems, such as reproductive rights, witness, terrorism and same-sex marriage.

These discussions not only requires you to think about these problems, depends on which side you're on. This is my topic to me to say to you today the third and last point: determine your fulcrum.
　　　　　　　
Make sure your fulcrum

For many of you, so far, the choice of life is nothing more than: free choice principle. I believe many of you to go on to law school is so. In fact, if there is an epitaph for your generation, then it must be: "they died with their free choice."

I graduated from the university to the UK as a visiting scholar, a family friend came to my graduation ceremony and congratulated me on "achievement". Friend that my sister politely and left, he asked me: "what achievements? You are not what achievements. You just read!" "There are many people never learn what is remarkable; but some world-class schooling but without a single success. difference is that people who are successful people understand why they."

The philosopher John Ruskin once said: "people toil, the highest reward is that he does not get what, but that he can become a what kind of person." Also, as a law student, the highest reward for your hard work will be you will become a kind of person, the legal person how. That means asking: what is my point? What would you give your life for? In the next three years, and after that, every day you should ask yourself this question, because as William · S · Kao Fen said: "if you don't have any point, then you will be ready to fall."

Today, at this moment, the start is a good opportunity to ask ourselves: what is my point? Why did I come to law school? I want to be a what kind of person, what kind of law? I know, in 175 words in your application you have written these, and to let you attend school. But from today, you should be honest to ask and answer this question.

As you ponder that question, I want you to stop asking "how to make them satisfied", but began to ask: "how to make my own satisfaction?" I want you to ask: "what kind of case, what reason, what kind of party, will touch my heart?"

When that moment comes, want to seize this moment, this opportunity, don't let it slip away. Because at that time, you will determine your true but not those who appear wrong fulcrum.

Is not a legal person rely merely on legal skills. You must ask: my skills are serving? In tomorrow's Joan A Peters (Jean Koh Peters) class occupation ethics professor introduction to you will face this problem (she is another one of my sisters).

At Yale Law School, you will become what? You will gradually master the legal skills: skills that will give you the ability to put people in jail; save or destroy people's lives; on the astronomical object this
According to etc.. But as we all know, with great power comes great responsibility. This kind of tools has its time and (limit). Therefore, using cross questioning skills to bring down the other witnesses, but to tell you the same
Wu to dump it.

You will find a powerful tool for the Yale students are not new in your configuration. In the age of the Internet, we are together. The creative use of these tools, such as a passionate plea, as our students do in called "Dahl Foer 24 hours" video website.

Please don't abuse the power of technology to attack one another online, invade the privacy of others, or your classmates as a practical joke. Here, technology does not trump community. We are committed to challenging ideas, but must be established on the basis of mutual respect. Remember your occupation career starts today, you are here to make choices that will affect your occupation reputation. When the "morality and ethics committee" to decide whether to accept you into the industry, not only to study the legal occupation accomplishment you, you also consider in the course of practice, moral behavior is legitimate. Each email you send, every blog your offering will leave traces of words; all information about yourself and others you open spread will permanently record your conduct.

So, please remember a Korean proverb: "never let your skill is better than your character." In the next few years, your skills will make a spurt of progress, but remember that your virtue in front.

This brings me to my final piece of advice: why their struggle in the search at the same time, please think deeply about how to serve the social welfare. How you will contribute to the public interest? You will be involved in how the public welfare?

Yale Law School is a commitment to the public interest and unique law school, and created the law made special contributions to the shaping of public interest. In the next three years, ask yourself: how will the public welfare of my life dedicated to my mind?

You will serve for who? Who need you most? When you get a good educational opportunities so glad that, don't you have any obligations -- even if you're still in law school -- services to those most vulnerable?

So please consider: as a legal person, how should I live my life? I will give a special lecture on this subject in September 21st. This lecture will not give you the answer, but will explore this issue. And I dare say, this problem will stay with you for a lifetime.

In short, this is what I want to say to you today:

How should you know Yale law school?

· as a journey of exploration, rather than the arena.

· as seeking advanced knowledge, excellent occupation skills and public welfare of the community.

And as a trusted location.

And as such a place: from you through interdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, international law, and further reflection on globalization, legal occupation and public welfare problems.

And as such a place: from it, you will try new things, learning new ideas, combining theory with practice, and make sure your fulcrum. From this, you will not only gain new abilities, and will learn how to responsibly use.

Today, is the first lesson you step into the field of law. However, as those of you who love music students recognized, great music beyond the musical note, the law also beyond the text: it is a kind of life, is the tour, is full of drama, pathos and passion. In law, as in life, there are heroes are villains; the prophet also idiot

Today, you begin to ask yourself: will you be?

I hope you will become leaders not followers, a creator rather than the ghost. I expect you to understand law plays in a globalized world role, will pursue the law as a noble occupation, engaged in legal career is not self serving to the public welfare. Let us march forward courageously, the expectation is very simple: let us see you, that is your best, most can give, and you can at least give. And we, will return to our best side.

As your president, I can assure you: here, is the value of ideas rather than ideology. We don't have any political boundaries. Therefore, no matter what you believe in, you can stick to and argue. I promise, in relation to such as politics and personal beliefs on the issue, I will keep neutral.

But I also want to remind you: when the face is law and justice issues, I am not neutral; when the government -- including the government -- our own involvement in the persecution, I won't be neutral; when concerning the bigotry and discrimination, I also not neutral.

This is because, there is a kind of human rights tradition deeply rooted in the courtyard. 60 years ago, when some enthusiastic advocate of civil liberties to our support for the Japanese nationals in a detention camp, Eugene Rostov, a conservative president, has denounced it as a "catastrophe". In the ten years following, former dean, judge Lou Pollock Charles Black and Segut Marshall and Yale colleagues at Brown vs. Board a case to fight. In the 70's of the last century, Professor Tom Emerson in the Grisword v Connecticut case to fight for human rights; and Professor Alexis Bickel is fighting for media The Pentagon papers, freedom of the press. In your own time, students and teachers are fighting for all students - homosexuals and heterosexuals make no exception -- the army right.

You have entered Yale Law School is not a merely realistic defense law school. College of Law -- the Yale Law School -- you have always been a struggle for should however law school.

As a legal person in the field of human rights, I've been around the world. In this process, I have seen the good and bad. On the bad side, persecution is real, is not limited to the CNN report. In the world -- in Sultan, in the north, in New Orleans, even Cone Dick, in New Haven -- people are suffering from persecution is so shocking, that cannot bear to see.

However, there is also good news. And it is working with the legal person, and the conscience of the legal person is more relevant to. A person's efforts can bring a little change. But a group of legal person can defeat an army. But to make a change, you should not only have the ability, also need ideas; not only academic excellence, but also rich in humanity; needs not only the theory, also need action.

Here, at Yale Law School, we advocate is: the only reading and lack of humanity is useless; success without the human nature is sad. When you leave here, we want you to think of Yale, not only as a legal education, but also a moral guide you find where the.

To make a long story short, you enter today into place, is the great poet Seamus Pauusini said "the Republic of conscience":

He wrote:

When I landed in the conscience of the Republic

After the engine shut down

All sounds are still

Can hear the runway Curlew cry

No Porter, no matter, no taxi

Your own luggage, soon will you arrogant superiority disappeared

At his inauguration, leaders of the Republic

To swear allegiance to the unwritten law, with tears

For they have the arrogance to apologize

The firm belief of their life -- everything from

Angel tears in the salt

That is the God of his

After endless loneliness

Falling tears

[when] I from simple Republic return

[a] the old man stood up, staring at my face

He said it was a formal recognition

Now I have the dual nationality

He wants me back home

See yourself as an ambassador

To speak my mouthpiece generation

He said, their embassy omnipresent

But separate

And all the ambassador will never removed
　
Conscience Republic's citizens, welcome to Yale Law school! Many things we need to go to do. So, let us start from now on!