{"id":54856,"date":"2019-04-30T03:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T07:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=54856"},"modified":"2019-04-29T11:23:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:23:01","slug":"college-of-law-commencement-set-for-may-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_30_2019\/college-of-law-commencement-set-for-may-5","title":{"rendered":"College of Law commencement set for May 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The commencement ceremony for The University of Toledo College of Law will be held Sunday, May 5, at 1 p.m. in the Thompson Student Union Auditorium. <\/p>\n

Mary Ellen Pisanelli of The University of Toledo Board of Trustees will confer degrees to approximately 70 law graduates. <\/p>\n

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Cruz Bridges<\/p><\/div>Angelita Cruz Bridges, a 2000 alumna of the College of Law, will deliver remarks to the graduating class. <\/p>\n

Cruz Bridges serves as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. She litigates both affirmative and defensive civil cases on behalf of the United States, including those filed under the False Claims Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act and Title VII. She also represents U.S. interests in civil rights cases enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws in the areas of fair housing, disability rights and education. <\/p>\n

She has received numerous commendations, including the 2015 Director\u2019s Award from the Director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys for her superior performance investigating financial fraud. <\/p>\n

Throughout her career, she has served in leadership roles with the Toledo Women\u2019s Bar Association, Toledo Bar Association, and Thurgood Marshall Law Association. She is currently a member of the Zepf Center Board of Trustees and the Toledo Zoo Board of Trustees, and is president of the Toledo Chapter of Jack and Jill of America.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted that Angelita Cruz Bridges will speak to our graduates at commencement,” said College of Law Dean D. Benjamin Barros. “She is a leading lawyer in Toledo, and does incredibly important work in her role as an assistant United States attorney. She also is a leader in our community, and devotes both her professional and personal time to public service. I look forward to hearing her advice and encouragement for our new graduates.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Angelita Cruz Bridges, assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, will return to her alma mater to address College of Law graduates Sunday, May 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":843,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,5,30,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54856"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54940,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54856\/revisions\/54940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}