Harvard Commencement week 2012: events for Friday, May 25

Radcliffe Day panel and luncheon with keynote speaker Margaret Marshall

Friday, May 25 is Radcliffe Day. Events include a panel moderated by Law School Dean Martha Minow, Ed.M. ’76, “From Front Lines to High Courts: The Law and Social Change.” Panelists include Linda Greenhouse ’68, Jennifer Gordon ’87, J.D. ’92, Renee Landers ’77, and Kathleen Sullivan, J.D. ’81. Watch the panel live at 10:30 A.M. on Radcliffe’s website.

The Radcliffe Day luncheon begins at 12:30 P.M. in Radcliffe Yard. Margaret H. Marshall, Ed.M. ’69, the twenty-fourth chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, will give the keynote address. Watch the luncheon live on Radcliffe’s website. 

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