At UCLA Law graduation, a moment of celebration in aftermath of historic campus unrest

UCLA Law School’s celebrated its 73rd commencement on Friday, May 10, the first since unrest erupted at the campus earlier this month in major clashes and protests over the war in Gaza and a growing outcry over the university’s response.

But the historic turmoil on the Westwood campus appeared to be set aside, at least for the moment, inside the school’s iconic Pauley Pavilion, as long lines of smiling law school graduates, clad in black robe and caps, filed in for the ceremony. (Members of the media were not allowed into the event...