#  ELSCE Faculty Associate Martha Minow Encourages Graduates to Lead with Kindness 

 





May 09, 2025

 

 

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Photo credit: Austin Lewis for *Harvard Law Today*In a Last Lecture to the Harvard Law School Class of 2025, Professor [Martha Minow](https://www.ethics.harvard.edu/people/martha-minow), longtime Faculty Associate of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, emphasized the transformative power of kindness in a time of deepening societal divisions. "It might seem like a passive virtue," she noted, "but in reality kindness is an active force that can confront hate and injustice." Minow encouraged future legal professionals to lead with kindness in both their careers and communities.

[Read the full article on *Harvard Law Today.*](https://hls.harvard.edu/today/minow-urges-kindness-in-a-time-of-division/?utm_campaign=08May2025&utm_medium=email&utm_source=hltnewsletter)