Monday Morning Message 5.9.22 Two Stories of Opportunity
“Most people miss opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” –Thomas Edison
"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade." - Tom Peters
This morning, I want to share two inspiring stories about seizing opportunities and making improbable dreams come true.
Monday Morning Message 5.2.22 Nothing is Given. Everything is Earned.
“Nothing is given. Everything is earned.” ― LeBron James
“Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.” – Billie Jean King
“As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.” ― Angela Duckworth
Today is the first day of final exams and they continue through May 13.
If our students are looking for inspiration, they need look no further than last Friday’s results from the February 2022 Ohio Bar Exam.
Monday Morning Message 4.25.22 Lifting As We Climb
“ Lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving….. we look forward to a future large with promise and hope. Seeking no favors because of our color, nor patronage because of our needs, we knock at the bar of justice, asking an equal chance." - Mary Church Terrell, suffragist and civil rights activist; author, A Colored Woman in a White World, 1940
Every week I witness the impressive accomplishments of our students not only in the classroom but also outside the classroom through participation in our diverse, outstanding C|M|Law student organizations, publications, and events.
Professor Doron Kalir Selected as Dean Stapleton Award for Faculty Excellence Recipient
CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Professor Doron Kalir has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Dean Wilson G. Stapleton Award for Faculty Excellence. He will receive his award at the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association Annual Luncheon on May 26.
The award is named for CSU C|M|LAW Hall of Fame member Dean Wilson G. Stapleton ’34, who served the law school for 32 years as a faculty member and later as dean.
“It is truly a tremendous honor for me to be even considered for the Award, let alone winning it,” said Kalir.
Monday Morning Message 4.11.22 A Face That Looks Like Mine.
“It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. But we’ve made it. We’ve made it. All of us.” – Justice Designate Ketanji Brown Jackson
“ I’m crying happy tears because for the first time, I can look at the highest court in the country — a country I would give my life for — and see a face that looks like mine.” – 2L Stephanie Goggans, A Face That Looks Like Mine, New York Times, April 7, 2022
CSU C|M|LAW Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Graduates Work at the Intersection of Law and Cybersecurity
CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection has provided educational and training opportunities and developed cutting-edge research on cybersecurity and privacy issues since it was founded in 2016. Now in its sixth year, the Center has established itself as a leader in the cybersecurity sector with a number of recent CSU C|M|LAW graduates now working at the intersection of law and cybersecurity. Three of these graduates, Terence Check ’14, Melissa Bilancini ’18 and Brendan Whitted ’18, are working in the field and provided a road map for the current and upcoming generation of CSU C|M|LAW students on the possibilities that their education offers.
Monday Morning Message 4.4.22 People Will Never Forget How You Made Them Feel.
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou
“I chose Cleveland-Marshall because I felt the support and dedication to students even before I walked into the building...” – Courtney Parson ‘22
“We study together, laugh together, and lift each other up…” -MaKenna Daus- ‘22
“We help each other and cheer on each other in a way that I think is unique to the school.” - AnnaMaria Jadue ’22
Monday Morning Message 3.28.22 There is Not One Path. There is Only Your Path.
“All law schools have distinctive qualities and characteristics. Cleveland-Marshall's are the connected learning processes that go on throughout your law school years and continue beyond those years, in addition to the faculty and staff's commitment to the details of what it takes for student success.” - Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody J. Stewart ‘88
Monday Morning Message 3.21.22 The Power of Persuasion
“No voice is too soft when that voice speaks for others.”- Janna Cachola