Monday Morning Message 3.2.2020 Life's Most Persistent and Urgent Question

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.” – Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

At CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, we continually seek ways to support students on their paths to live justice. For students interested in public service and public interest work, that can often mean making a tough choice between paid employment or an unpaid position with a government or non-profit organization. This can be a difficult choice when coupled with student debt, the expense of attending law school, and overall living expenses.

Monday Morning Message 2.24.2020 Our Unsung Heroes

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick

“The real heroes are not necessarily the ones in the headlines.
The real heroes are the ones you don’t hear about.
The ones doing the jobs that need to be done.
The ones fighting against the odds who still manage to inch forward.
Don’t be concerned about fame.
Be concerned about the best you can be.
Because it’s better to be an unsung hero
Than a sung unhero.” - Anonymous

Monday Morning Message 2.18.2020 We are the Champions...

Yesterday was President’s Day, so this message is being sent Tuesday morning.

“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” - Frederick Douglass

“We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…” - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall 

Monday Morning Message 2.10.2020 Support a Student's Dream / Nominate a Legend

“ 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.” -1L Student

 Each year, there are two days when we have a special focus on raising funds for our law school. The first is on Giving Day in February. The second is our Annual Hall of Fame event, which will be on November 6.

Monday Morning Message 2.10.2020 Support a Student's Dream / Nominate a Legend

“ 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.” -1L Student

 Each year, there are two days when we have a special focus on raising funds for our law school. The first is on Giving Day in February. The second is our Annual Hall of Fame event, which will be on November 6.

Monday Morning Message 2.3.2020 We're here because of 4 a.m.

“Those times when you get up early and you work hard, those times when you stay up late and you work hard, those times when you don’t feel like working, you’re too tired, you don’t want to push yourself, but you do it anyway. That is actually the dream.” – Kobe Bryant, 2017 jersey retirement speech

 “We’re not on this stage just because of talent or ability. We’re up here because of 4 a.m. We’re up here because of two-a-days or five-a-days. We’re up here because we had a dream and let nothing stand in our way. If anything tried to bring us down, we used it to make us stronger. We were never satisfied, never finished….” – Kobe Bryant, accepting the 2016 ESPY Icon Award

Law school is hard.

Monday Morning Message 1.27.20 The Echoes of Kind Words

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa

Not a week goes by without my receiving positive emails and notes about our outstanding faculty and staff and about Cleveland-Marshall. Below are just a few recent expressions of kind words I’m very pleased to share.

Dean Fisher, “Yesterday, I received the copy of To Kill a Mockingbird that you gifted me. I loved reading this book in school, before I knew I wanted to go to law school, but I didn't know why I was so moved by the novel. Now I understand why. Thank you for sending me this book and reminding me why I am so excited to study law. I am very excited for next fall!” – Admitted Student

Monday Morning Message 1.21.20 Our Gift to You Because of the Path You Have Chosen.

Note: Today’s message is being sent Tuesday morning because yesterday was Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. 

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 “The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” -Abraham Lincoln

Monday Morning Message 1.13.20 Your Grades Don’t Define You. You Define You.

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” –Maya Angelou

 “If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.” – Steve Jobs

“Keep in mind that self-awareness isn’t just navel-gazing. It’s the presence of mind to actually be flexible in how you respond.”- Daniel Goleman

Today is the first day of classes of the spring semester, and it’s a pivotal point in the legal education of our talented first year students. This message is for them.

Monday Morning Message 1.6.20 12 Quotes to Live By in 2020

Each January I choose 12 quotes, one for each month of the year, to serve as my guideposts for the coming year.

So here’s some wisdom to live by in 2020.