Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired NASA astronaut Capt. Mark Kelly, will be featured speakers at the centennial commencement of the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
The ceremony will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at McKale Center on the UA campus. Doors open at 1 and the public is invited. Parking on campus during graduation weekend is free.
Student-elected speakers include Trevor Hill and Heather Goodwin, members of the Class of 2015.
At total of 183 degrees will be conferred to graduating law students, with 149 students earning the Juris Doctor degree. An additional 27 will receive advanced law degrees in the specialty areas of indigenous peoples law and policy, or IPLP, or international trade and business law, or ITBL. Seven will receive the new Master of Legal Studies diploma, a degree intended for those who do not need to practice law but want to advance professionally with foundational legal education. Four undergraduate students — the first to graduate with the nation’s only Bachelor in Law degree — will be recognized at the ceremony and formally receive their degrees at the UA’s Commencement on Saturday evening.