Monday Morning Message 10.21.24 Democracy's Best Defense

"We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate." - Thomas Jefferson

Election Day is in just 14 days. See 2024 Presidential Election Countdown Clock

As we approach November 5, the good news is that our elections have never been more secure and trustworthy.

Monday Morning Message 10.14.24 A Big Week for Cleveland and CSU Law

“This city, the people here, they’re all about show and prove. Cleveland isn’t a place where you can get away with just talking about how great you are…. You have to show people what you’re about. There’s definitely a vibe of hospitality, warmth, and kindness in Cleveland… But mixed in with all of that, there is an unmistakable grit.” - Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians Left Fielder

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Monday Morning Message 10.7.24 Carrying the Torch

“Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations.” ― George Bernard Shaw

“Words cannot express the gratitude I have for the scholarship you all have so kindly decided to offer me…You all have given me the opportunity to fulfill my destiny and for that I am forever grateful ! My son will one day be able to say that his mother was given a chance despite financial hardship, and this blessing can teach him that if you dream big enough, no obstacle will be big enough.”  -recent 1L Student

Monday Morning Message 9.30.24 Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech

“Although there is a First Amendment right to speak and to protest, this is subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions….The First Amendment does not protect speech to silence others or to disrupt.” - Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley School of Law

“Book bans …. shut down conversations about important issues….. Young people have a right to the resources and stories that help them mature, learn and understand their world in all its diversity.” – Ashley Hope Perez, Author, Out of Darkness

Criminal Justice Forum’s 25th Anniversary: No Crime Wrongful Convictions: The ‘New’ Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Identity

Currently, 75% of exonerated women were wrongly convicted of a crime that never occurred. Most of these women were caretakers of a loved one who died – a husband who died in his sleep, a loved one who died by suicide, a child who fatally succumbed to a health condition. Stigma and bias, bolstered by junk science, led prosecutors to wrongly believe that these women committed crimes even when there was no criminal act. Now, prosecutors mobilize this same tragic combination of stigma, bias, and junk science to charge and convict pregnant people and new mothers for fetal assault or even murder.

Monday Morning Message 9.23.24 Let Freedom Read

“…..libraries should be open to all — except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.”
— President John F. Kennedy

“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...”― President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Cleveland State Law Review Symposium: Learning and Living Law and Justice

Special Event! This year's Cleveland State Law Review Symposium gives personal voices to the CSU|LAW mission, Learn Law Live Justice through an exchange of experiences at the lifelong intersection of law and justice.

Monday Morning Message 9.16.24 Special Edition: Faculty/Staff Focus

New Professor Profile: Assistant Professor Kyle Shen

Kyle Shen joined the Cleveland State University College of Law faculty this fall as an Assistant Professor.  Professor Shen teaches Constitutional Law ,with his research and teaching focusing on the evolution of constitutional law through historical and comparative lenses.

“I am indescribably excited to have this opportunity to return to a law school setting and work with law students,” said Professor Shen.  “The students at CSU are truly wonderful, so incredibly passionate and hardworking.”