Suffolk University Law School - Lex Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Editors Note When l was asked by the SBA to become editor of the Lex l thought it would be fun to do and fairly simple. However since this is the Iirst edi- tion since 1951, the project became more time consuming and less fun. lf it wasn't for the effort and commitment of many individuals this book would never have become a reality. Especially instrumental in that respect were Mickey Longo and Andrea Bmnault. In producing the 1988 edition of the Lex we endeavored to capture what life was like during the time we spent at Suffolk. Of course, it is only an attempt and I know each person's own memories will fill in the spaces we have missed. In the future l hope this book will help all of us to remember people we came to know as friends.

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DEHH 'S Message To the Class of 1988: The occasion of your graduation from law school is surely one of the most important milestones in your life. lt is ajoyous celebration of the successful completion of a long, arduous and demanding academic undertaking, a celebration in which all ofyou arejoined by your families and friends as well as the faculty. As a member of that faculty, l am delighted to have the opportunity to extend to each of you my sincere congratulations and great admiration. But the event is much more than a celebration of past accomplishments and marks much more than an ending. Indeed, for many of you, the euphoria of the moment will be tempered by a twinge of sadness at the realization that this also marks the end, or at least a change, in very special relationships that have been forged with others who embarked on the same undertaking and who endured with you the hardships and the joys along the way. There may even be some small sense of anxiety at the thought of Ieaving the security that the law school's regimentation and rituals provided. But graduation is more significant as a beginning than as an end, for it also marks your entrance into a very noble profession. It is the beginning of dealing with legal problems that besiege real people with whom you personally deal. No longer can you confront society's problems with the intellectual detachment permitted by reading about old problems that confronted faceless people. Prior hereto your efforts reflected only upon yourselves. Plow, others will depend upon you for the preservation of their property, the restitution of the quality of their lives and for their very freedom. The responsibility will weigh heavily upon you, but l have every confidence that each of you has the intellectual capacity, the analytical ability, the appropri- ate legal training from a great law school and the sensitivity neces- sary to fulfill those responsibilities in a professional, ethical and compassionate manner. l wish for you success and satisfaction in your careers at the bar and all of life's joys. David J. Sargent Dean