Graduate Profile: 2024 Dean’s Learn Law Live Justice Award Recipient Anastasia Sakairoun
2024 Cleveland State University College of Law graduate Anastasia Sakairoun believes she and her fellow classmates have a duty to serve their communities, and that their law degrees have trained them to be strategic thinkers who people can turn for guidance. For her leadership and the commitment and passion she demonstrated as a law student, Anastasia was selected as the 2024 recipient of CSU|LAW’s Dean’s Learn Law Live Justice Award.
Monday Morning Message 6.10.24 Before Your Email Inbox Gets a Summer Break!
“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” - Maya Angelou
We are giving your email inbox a summer break! The Monday Morning Message will resume the week of August 19, 2024, the first full week of fall semester classes.
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Graduate Profile: 2024 Class Co-Valedictorian Ernest Olesky
2024 Cleveland State University College of Law Co-Valedictorian Ernest Olesky is familiar with receiving such a distinction. When he graduated as an undergraduate from CSU in 2019 with a degree in Psychology, Criminology and Sociology, Ernest was named valedictorian of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, the College of Science and Health Professions, and the University. He does not take these prestigious distinctions lightly.
“It’s a tremendous honor to now cap off this latest chapter of my academic career with this distinction,” said Olesky.
Graduate Profile: 2024 Class Co-Valedictorian Anna Nelson
2024 Cleveland State University College of Law Co-Valedictorian and Tucker Ellis Patent Agent Anna Nelson ‘24 never had law school in mind when finishing her undergraduate studies. Nor did she ever have the idea of being valedictorian in mind throughout law school. But four years of hard work later, Anna is proud of the honor.
“As an evening student, I put zero expectations on myself,” explained Anna. “Going to law school had never been a plan or goal of mine, so I did not envision this kind of success when arriving here. But with reduced pressure on myself to be perfect in school, I think I managed to really learn better.”
Monday Morning Message 6.3.24 The Power of Shared Experience
“As the first Arab American to receive this recognition, this award is especially important not only me—but to my family and community as well. They have always been by my side throughout my journey. …..When I was growing up, education was not a given for women in my culture. Fighting for the opportunity to get my undergraduate degree and then pursue law school was another fence I had to climb. ….
Monday Morning Message 5.20.24 Commencement 2024!
“Start each day with the optimism that it could be one of your best, don’t cruise through life on autopilot. Be sure to revel in each day…..
The skillset you are leaving here with is your ability to look at situations from many perspectives. I would argue that this trait is more valuable today than ever, and more at risk in our polarized environment where every issue has an immediate magnetic attraction to a preordained position…. The world is subjective and unyielding positions bathed in absolutes are more often the source of conflict than the solution……
Monday Morning Message 5.6.24 Campus Protests and Law Day.
“Many problems develop when communication between people is difficult or non-existent. It is the root of all violent outbreaks, war, and all general disharmony. We live in a world with many fellow human beings and to realize that each person is not entirely alone will make alienation an obsolete human characteristic.” —Allison Kraus, Kent State student, age 19 (April 23, 1951 - May 4, 1970)
Law Day, held annually on May 1, is a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law. Law Day provides an opportunity to understand how law and the legal process protect our liberty, strive to achieve justice, and contribute to the freedoms that all Americans share.