U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara ’90 and actress Mindy Kaling will speak at Harvard Law School’s Class Day, the Law School announced Wednesday.
Bharara, who prosecuted Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, was nominated by Obama and unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2009 as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Bharara had previously served as a the chief counsel and staff director of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts.
Time Magazine named him one of the most influential people in the world in 2012.
After graduating magna cum laude with a degree in government from Harvard in 1990, Bharara earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1993.
At the age of 24, Kaling started helping write scripts for the NBC sitcom "The Office" and played the role of Kelly Kapoor on the show. By 2011, Kaling had written 22 episodes of the Emmy-winning sitcom and earned the rank of executive producer.
Known as both an actress and a comedic writer, Kaling has had roles in "The 40 Year Old Virgin," "Despicable Me," and "No Strings Attached," among other movies.
In 2013, Kaling was also recognized by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Kaling, a Cambridge native, graduated from Dartmouth College in 2001 with a degree in playwriting.
The speakers were selected by the class marshals—Arvind V. Sohoni, Connie P. Sung, Eric M. Jordan, and Andrew J. Chinsky—after consulting with the Law School’s Class of 2014.
“We know that both will inspire us, and both will provide us with insight as to how we can make a positive and meaningful difference in the world as we graduate and embark on our new careers,” the class marshals wrote in an email.
Class Day is Wednesday, May 28, with Commencement ceremonies taking place the following day.
—Staff writer Tyler S. Olkowski can be reached at tyler.olkowski@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @OlkowskiTyler.
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