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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.
Monday Morning Message 12.23.19 Co-Author The Next Chapter
“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” —Melody Beattie
Each of our students is writing a new chapter in their lives.
But it’s not a solo journey.
All of us – faculty, staff, alumni, supporters, and friends- have a role to play as co-authors.
Please be a co-author of a student’s next chapter by making a year-end tax deductible gift to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Please donate here: Co-Author a Student's Next Chapter
It would mean a lot to us.
Our mission, Learn Law. Live Justice., has never been more important.
Believe in C|M|LAW. Please Give Now.
Monday Morning Message 12.16.19 You Make All the Difference
“ 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
Monday Morning Message 12.9.19 Serenity Prayer for Final Exams
“Well, tests ain’t fair. Those that study have an unfair advantage.” – Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April
“It’s not that I’m that smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
Final exams begin later this week and continue until December 20. We provide coffee and food outside my office every day during exams, but I also want to offer my final exam secret sauce- a prayer, some tips, and 22 uplifting songs.