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...Gergen, who is also an editor-at-large for U.S. News & World Report, said society's focus on commercialism has transformed law, as well as medicine and other professions that were once considered reputable and fulfilling...
...cloud now hovers over many of America's most honorable professions," said Gergen, who worked in the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton White Houses...
...Gergen, who graduated from the law school in 1967, cited American Bar Association statistics indicating that 15 to 20 percent of all lawyers suffer from alcoholism and drug abuse--twice the national average--and a Johns Hopkins study which found that law is the leading profession in incidence of depression in America...
...Gergen challenged the graduates to find a field of specialization that they felt passionate about...
...Gergen also relieved students of some imminent guilt, citing the $68,000 average debt load of HLS graduates upon graduation...