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SPEAKER 1: Checking in?
SPEAKER 2: You are all set.
Welcome back.
SPEAKER 1: Welcome.
HAROLD P. HOPE III: You know, it was important for me
to come back to my reunion this year, really
to see my classmates.
This is my 20th year reunion.
And it's amazing how we can pick up as if we
had seen each other yesterday.
PAUL L. CHOI: This is a place where
you felt lifelong friendships.
SPEAKER 3: Good to see you.
JENNIFER L. GACHIRI: Actually, my first experience
coming back to campus was to tear up a little bit.
We were sort of forged in the fire together.
And that created incredible and lasting friendships
that exist even today.
SPEAKER 4: Just like the old times.
SPEAKER 5: Exactly.
ANDREW D. KLABER: The reconnection is immediate.
It's just like old times.
SPEAKER 6: You knew the answers, and I didn't.
HAROLD P. HOPE III: I'm so excited to be back on campus.
It's great to see the new buildings.
But what I'm looking forward to most
is spending some time at the Hong Kong with my friends
drinking Scorpion Bowls.
DAVID K. KESSLER: Harvard Law School has meant a lot to us.
In particular, we met each other here, 1L year.
We got married in Cambridge.
We now have two kids.
I did not expect to find the person
I would spend the rest of my life
with at the first week of law school.
But it's worked out really, really well.
HAROLD P. HOPE III: Harvard Law School is a big school.
And one of the great things about that
is the diversity that's here.
ANISHA S. QUEEN: I learned how to wrestle with the law.
But I also learned how to understand diverse people,
from different parts of the world with different mindsets.
SPEAKER 7: You guys look great.
Awesome.
You're welcome.
CHRISTOPHER L. MANN: I'm very impressed by the changes that
have happened over the last 30 years.
Trying to encourage that kind of healthy debate and recognition
that there are different perspectives.
NAOMI KOSHI: A lot of people don't like women in leadership.
Our law is different.
And also, our society are different.
DANIEL E. EATON: The clashes in the classroom could be heated,
but they were always respectful.
And I always came away from it thinking,
I never thought of it like that.
MEGHA PAREKH: There is a diversity of thought.
It can change your perspective.
Having people challenge your thoughts and assumptions,
that was the best part about not just law school,
but the university as a whole.
Chris, can you explain to us why esports is even sports
or athletics to begin with.
SPEAKER 8: Justify your existence.
With regard to the integrity of our game
and the quality of product--
SPEAKER 9: My first law enforcement job in 1990
paid less than half what private law
firms were paying at the time.
My wife sometimes reminds me that gap grows every year.
But the noble mission and the people
with the Justice Department are the reason why I have stayed.
I served under five presidents.
DANIEL E. EATON: There is a justifiable institutional pride
that Harvard Law School has in the great
men and women who have served in the highest levels
of government and business.
ANISHA S. QUEEN: This is an institution where people
challenge the status quo.
The kind of people that this institution attracts,
they change the world.
SPEAKER 10: I want to raise a glass--
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HAROLD P. HOPE III: My classmates and I
were all in this together.
We really did feel a sense of community.
CHRISTOPHER L. MANN: You were actually
choosing a law school, yes, for three years.
But you're going to be a member of that community
for the rest of your life.
JENNIFER L. GACHIRI: I can't tell you
how many times I've walked up to a group of strangers
at a reception and been welcomed with warm smiles.
When someone calls you, the answer
is always, hello and yes, because we realize
how fortunate we are and how it's important to band together
to pay it forward.
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