Class of 2026 Spring Commencement

Congratulations to our spring graduates!

Explore photos and a recording of the event below.

Ceremony Recording

Commencement Keynote Speaker: Judge Robert J. Luck

Judge Robert J. Luck was nominated on October 15, 2019, and confirmed by the Senate on November 19, 2019, to serve as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Before his confirmation to the federal appellate court, Judge Luck presided over hundreds of criminal, civil, and family law appeals as a Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, and as a Judge on Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal.

Earlier, Judge Luck served on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. He presided in the Criminal, Civil, and Appellate Divisions. Judge Luck, in his years as a trial court judge, tried seventy jury trials, and heard dozens of appeals from the county court and municipal agencies. Judge Luck was appointed to the circuit court in 2013 and was elected by the voters of Miami-Dade County to retain his seat in 2016.

Prior to his service on the bench, Judge Luck was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. In his years as a federal prosecutor, he was assigned to the Appeals, Major Crimes, and Economic Crimes Sections of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Judge Luck tried nineteen jury trials before the federal district court and argued three appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In his final year in the Office, he was a Deputy Chief in the Major Crimes Section.

Earlier in his career, Judge Luck was a legislative correspondent for two United States Senators, a law clerk and staff attorney to Circuit Judge Ed Carnes on the Eleventh Circuit, and a part of the Greenberg Traurig firm’s appellate section. Judge Luck received his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law magna cum laude and was asked to join the Order of the Coif. Judge Luck also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Law Review. Judge Luck received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Florida with highest honors.

Although a life-long South Floridian, Judge Luck and his family currently live in Tallahassee.