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Hon. James E. Graves Jr. commencement speaker for Syracuse University College of Law - Jackson Advocate

JANS – Hon. James E. Graves Jr., U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, was commencement speaker at Syracuse University College of Law, his alma mater (‘80) May 3. “Begin each day expecting that the world owes you nothing, because it doesn’t, and then you will be delighted with every kind […]

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