We hosted our twelfth annual 3L Commissioning Service at Pepperdine Caruso Legislation final week. Like most of the greatest issues at our faculty, this was the brainchild of a scholar. In 2012, 2L Raija Churchill proposed that the final Wednesday night time Dean’s Bible examine of the yr mannequin the Nice Fee (Matthew 28:16-20) as a send-off for our graduating 3Ls.

I used to be honored to offer a present to our 3Ls to encourage them to dwell the lives that God has known as them to after they graduate: a paperweight to maintain on their desks to remind them (on the highest) of their time at Pepperdine Caruso Legislation and (on the underside) a single phrase — probably the most highly effective phrase that Jesus talked about and modeled for us — forgiveness. I shared a number of of the forgiveness tales I’ve chronicled on this weblog, together with this, this, this, this, and this.

The spotlight of the night was when our college spoke phrases of life over every of the graduating 3Ls (kudos to Tyler Clark (JD ’12) for starting this glorious custom):

MY spouse was away on trip with our daughter, so Chalak Richards closed the night with a robust commissioning prayer for the 3Ls:

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