Students honored at 2021 virtual Class Day ceremony

A selection of Harvard Law students from the Class of 2021 will be recognized for their contributions during the virtual Class Day ceremony on May 26.

‘We’re both so thankful’ for Harvard Law School

Navy veteran Sean Quirk found a home for his interest in U.S.-China relations as a student at HLS — while one of its clinics supported his wife Sue’s immigration process.

Park and Antillon Fernandez win 2021 David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award

Linda Heeyoung Park ’21 and Benjamin Antillon Fernandez ’21 are joint recipients of the 2021 David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award.

Dennis Ojogho ’21 receives the inaugural Gants Access to Justice Award

The winner of Harvard Law School’s inaugural Gants Access to Justice Award is Dennis Ojogho ’21.

Forging a family

As Chinelo Krystal Okonkwo ’21 knows, there’s the family you’re born into and the family you forge; she credits both with helping her navigate Harvard Law.

‘We have the common ground of all getting through this together’

Health law has become especially timely in this year of COVID-19 vaccines and revitalized Obamacare. But for graduating student Phebe Hong ’21, it’s a passion that began in high school.

Faith and fellowship

Growing up with a father in the Air Force, Mark Gillespie ’21 moved around a lot as a child. But far from this being a negative, Gillespie says it gave him the sense that life’s possibilities were endless.

‘I am a different person than what I was a few months ago’

For Iqra Saleem Khan LL.M. ’21, the journey to Harvard Law School has been filled with significant obstacles. But overcoming tough challenges is second nature for Khan, a resilience for which she credits her fiercest champion: her mother.

A brilliant second act

Zachary Weinstein ’21 didn’t always want to be a lawyer. In fact, for most of his life, he was more likely to be found in front of a camera than in front of a judge.

‘It changes you to see your dad carried away by the police’

From the time she was a little girl, Emma Hobbs ’21 watched her father shuttle back and forth to prison. She chose law so she could be in the room with those who need an advocate.