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Monday Morning Message 10.29.2018: We've Got to Stop the Hate
“We’ve got to stop the hate.” - Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Tree of Life Synagogue
“Evil exists, transcending time, space and the ideologies of the day. The challenge is to answer it with goodness.” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 28, 2018
“I mourn the human beings who were murdered as they participated in the ritual celebrating the miracle of existence, who weren’t able to finish their prayer for the healing of the world.” - Franklin Foer, staff writer, The Atlantic
Monday Morning Message 10.22.2018: Please Join Us This Friday!
“You can be a master, Don't wait for luck. Dedicate yourself and you goin' find yourself, Standing in the hall of fame…. Cause you burn with the brightest flame. And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame.” - See our 2017 C|M|Law Hall of Fame Video (we’ll debut a new video this Friday!)
Monday Morning Message 10.15.2018: Great News. Sobering News. Investing in our Future.
“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” William Jennings Bryan
“Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.” Winston Churchill
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University is at a unique moment in our 121-year history.
We have had to withstand the headwinds of a national decline in LSAT takers, a national reduction in applicants to law schools, a decline in State of Ohio funding for higher education, high levels of student educational debt, and a challenging legal market.
We are at a crossroads.
Monday Morning Message 10.8.2018: "A University on the Rise. A Law School on the Rise."
"Together we will define our own future, and not let the future define us.
Together, we will expand our reach as both anchor and beacon, working to grow our already impressive brand.
Together, we will continue to serve our community with our unique mix of high quality, affordable, and accessible academic programs that transform lives.
Together we will create tomorrow’s campus experience so that future students can experience the full impact of “engaged learning”.
Monday Morning Message 10.1.2018: "First Monday in October. Last Friday in October."
“As I returned to Washington DC and drove past the wonderful monuments to outstanding Americans, I thought about the amazing monumental recipients of the Cleveland-Marshall Hall of Fame that I am honored to be among. The history of our law school’s graduates is truly inspiring.” - Elizabeth Pugh ’78, General Counsel, Library of Congress, 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court starts its new term - the first Monday in October- an historical tradition that goes back to 1917. The backdrop is the dramatic politics of the moment.
Monday Morning Message 9.24.2018: "A Birthday Gift in Honor of the Great Chief Justice"
“Being a proud and humble graduate of C|M|LAW allows me to celebrate being part of the fabric of the community in which I work, live and play...” -Teresa Metcalf Beasley ’92, 2018 C|M|LAW Hall of Fame Inductee
“…this law school provided the education and inspiration I needed to take my life in a very different direction. I will be forever grateful for the opportunity C|M|LAW provided to Learn Law, Live Justice.” -Professor Emerita Susan J. Becker ’83, 2018 C|M|LAW Hall of Fame Inductee
Monday Morning Message 9.17.2018: "Three Powerful Messages."
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou
Not a week goes by without my hearing positive stories and messages about our law school. Below are three powerful messages I want to share.
The first message is from one of our distinguished alumni, Matthew Crawford '94, who used his law degree in a non-traditional way to achieve great success in business.
Monday Morning Message 8.27.2018: "No, Ma’am. No, Ma’am."
“Whether we think each other right or wrong in our views on the issues of the day, we owe each other our respect as so long as our character merits respect and as long as we share for all our differences, for all the rancorous debates that enliven and sometimes demean our politics, a mutual devotion to the ideals our nation was conceived to uphold - that all are created equal, and liberty and equal justice are the natural rights of all.” - John McCain, The Restless Wave
Monday Morning Message 8.20.2018: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find Out What it Means To Me."
“I’m about to give you all of my money,
And all I’m askin’ in return…
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me.”
-Aretha Franklin, “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”
Monday Morning Message 8.13.2018: "I Am Not Throwing Away My Shot."
“I’m just like my country—I’m young, scrappy, and hungry, and I am not throwing away my shot.”
-Hamilton, “My Shot”
“I’m passionately smashin’ every expectation. Every action’s an act of creation!” - Hamilton, “My Shot”
“There’s a million things I haven’t done. Just you wait, just you wait.” -Hamilton, “Satisfied”
“No one really knows how the game is played, the art of the trade, how the sausage gets made. We just assume that it happens but no one else is in the room where it happens.” -Hamilton, “The Room Where It Happens”