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Monday Morning Message 2.19.2018: "There's Something Happening Here"
“There's something happening here; What it is ain't exactly clear. There's a man with a gun over there; Telling me I got to beware….
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound; Everybody look what's going down. There's battle lines being drawn ; Nobody's right if everybody's wrong. Young people speaking their minds ; Getting so much resistance from behind.” - Buffalo Springfield, For What It Is Worth
No matter your views on guns, our hearts break for the children and families of Parkland, Florida.
Monday Morning Message 2.12.2018: "Connect With Your Lion Power"
I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” —Mia Hamm, gold-medal soccer player
Red Gerard was sitting dead last in the men's slopestyle snowboarding final early yesterday in South Korea after his first two runs down the course. He botched his first run, finishing with a score of 43.33. His second run wasn't much better as he wiped out and received a score of 46.60. But he crushed his final run to put up a score of 87.16, essentially doubling his score.
The 17-year-old former Clevelander won the Olympic gold medal, America's first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympic Games.
Monday Morning Message 2.5.2018: "A Moment of Opportunity"
“The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times. The generations that wrote and ratified the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment did not presume to know the extent of freedom in all of its dimensions, and so they entrusted to future generations a charter protecting the right of all persons to enjoy liberty as we learn its meaning.” -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Obergefell v. Hodges
Monday Morning Message 1.29.2018: "Hire Grit"
“The soft skills are the hard skills.” -Professor Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School
“21st century education revolves around the “4Cs” (critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity).” -Ken Kay, CEO,EdLeader21
“Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for people.” - Zac Brown
As 2018 begins, a number of our Class of 2017 graduates continue to seek full-time post-graduate employment. Why should you hire our graduates? Here’s why.
Monday Morning Message 1.22.2018: "The Lighting of a Fire"
“Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” – Robert Frost
Not a week goes by without my receiving positive emails and notes from students, alumni, and community leaders about our outstanding Cleveland-Marshall faculty and staff. I enjoy sharing some of them from time to time.
From Our Current Students
Monday Morning Message 1.16.2018
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respected stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions, whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges.” – President George Washington
Monday Morning Message 1.8.2018
Each January I choose 12 quotes, one for each month of the year, to serve as my guideposts for the coming year. Last year’s quotes can be found here: January 9, 2017 MMM
So here’s some wisdom to live by in 2018.
Monday Morning Message 12.18.2017
“When the school offered me a scholarship, I asked my sister to read the letter for me because I just couldn’t believe that something so good is happening to me. Seeing how many people invest in this institution really makes me study as hard as I can.” - C|M|LAW student Erica Molnar
In these final days of 2017, please consider making a tax deductible gift to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. No contribution is too small (or large!). Please donate here:Believe in C|M|LAW. Please Give Now. It would mean a lot to us.
Monday Morning Message 12.11.2017
“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 began last week and continue until December 22. We provide coffee and food in the Dean’s office every day during exams, but I also want to offer a little advice…
Monday Morning Message 12.4.2017
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” -Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Did the C|M|LAW leaders listed below know while they were students or professors at C|M|LAW that someday they would make history by being first? No, but they were willing to take the first step toward their dreams.
As our first year law students approach their first law school final exams later this week, I know that they are feeling some pressure and stress. Trust me, each of the leaders listed below felt the same pressure and stress.