May 24, 2003
Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court Leigh
Ingalls Saufley Spoke at School of Law Graduation
Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court Leigh
Ingalls Saufley extolled the virtues of hard work, humor and
honoring the law profession at the University of Maine School
of Law commencement, held Saturday, May 24, at Merrill Auditorium,
Portland.
"It is time, once again, for us to respect what we do and
help the world understand how important law is to the foundation
of democracy and freedom," said Saufley, a 1980 graduate of
the School of Law.
Richard L. Roe, a faculty member at Georgetown University
School of Law, was named the recipient of the L. Kinvin Wroth
Distinguished Alumni Award. Roe, class of 1977, founded and
directs Georgetown's "Street Law" program that provides legal
training to high school students.
There are 62 members of the class of 2003, among them a podiatrist,
nurse, chef, an antiques dealer, and professional photographer.
Student speaker Denis Culley of Mercer told graduates, "This
class in its ambitious and skeptical way has thought deeply
about the law and that thought yields, as it must, doubt,
skepticism and diversity. The opposite of faith is not doubt,"
he said. "The opposite of faith is indifference." Culley has
worked as a horse logger and commercial orchardist. He was
named the Somerset County Outstanding Woodlot Owner of the
Year in 1995.
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