Judge David Coar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois addresses students after the School of Law’s annual Matriculation Ceremony last month in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. During his address, Coar outlined the importance of a strong moral compass in the law students’ chosen profession, and how sometimes following one’s gut is better than following the example of one’s co-workers. He said that the legal field is not simply an occupation but a “learned profession” in which the students, as lawyers, will have “the duty to place the interests of society over your own interests.”