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Monday Morning Message 11.18.24 Nominations Open for 2025 Hall of Fame
Nominate Someone for the 2025 Hall of Fame
Our Hall of Fame was established in 2017 to honor the outstanding contributions to the success and prestige of our law school by distinguished alumni and community leaders with strong ties to our law school, and former deans, faculty and staff.
If you would like to nominate someone for the 2025 Hall of Fame, please submit your nomination by January 17, 2025.
Tuesday Morning Message 11.12.24 Our 2024 Hall of Fame Celebration!
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, so this message is being posted Tuesday Morning.
“Thank you again for the honor of being inducted in the CSU Law Hall of Fame…. It was clearly a "Top Shelf" event! The food was amazing and the program was great. I loved getting my award from Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart. This was a well-planned and well-attended event.” - Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams ‘90
Monday Morning Message 11.4.24 Reflections on Tomorrow's Presidential Election
“In our finest hours...the soul of the country manifests itself in an inclination to open our arms rather than to clench our fists; to look out rather than to turn inward; to accept rather than to reject.” ― Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
I have five thoughts I’d like to share about tomorrow’s election.
First, for our country to begin to heal and for our next President to succeed, we can ill afford a sore loser or an arrogant winner.
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
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
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