After telling the stories of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Willie Brown, Jackie Speier, and Clara Foltz — Hastings graduates who each demonstrated extraordinary commitment to public service — Napolitano distilled their example into this simple but powerful distinction between a profession and a job. She reminded graduates of what lawyers do at their best: keep courthouse doors open to those seeking fairness, champion crime victims while protecting defendants' rights, fight for civil and human rights, and hold everyone accountable — including the president. It was a call to view their legal education not as a credential for personal enrichment but as a tool for serving the public good, in the tradition of the Hastings alumni who came before them.