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Monday Morning Message 12.6.21 Serenity Prayer for Final Exams
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." -President Abraham Lincoln
"I run on the road long before I dance under the lights." - Muhammad Ali
This morning’s message is to our students, particularly our first-year students.
Final exams begin Wednesday and continue until December 17. You’ve worked hard all semester. You’ve diligently read and briefed your cases, prepared and reviewed your notes and outlines, and practiced your legal analysis on hypotheticals and old exams.
Monday Morning Message 11.29.21 Why Tuesday is Different.
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”– Harriet Tubman
Black Friday. Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday. All three are primarily about buying. But one day, Giving Tuesday, is all about giving.
Monday Morning Message 11.22.21 Thankful
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you….” Ralph Waldo Emerson
As Thanksgiving approaches,
I’m thankful for the exceptional perseverance, resilience, and adaptability of our law students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends this past year.
I’m thankful for our talented faculty, students, and staff who come together every day to teach and learn in ways that are collaborative and spirited.
I’m thankful for our law’s school’s daily focus on our mission: To Learn Law and Live Justice.
Monday Morning Message 11.15.21 A New Dawn. A New Day. A New Chapter.
"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me, and I’m feeling good.” - Nina Simone, 'Feeling Good'
Congratulations to our 2021 graduates who were sworn in as new attorneys last week. For them, it’s a new dawn, a new day, a new chapter.
Monday Morning Message 11.8.21 Grit Counts - Especially in November
“As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.” ― Angela Duckworth
“ Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” -Samuel Johnson
“Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” - Louis Pasteur
This morning’s message is to our students, especially our first year students.
What sets our successful graduates apart from those of other fine law schools?
Of course, they are very bright and talented, but I submit there’s something else that distinguishes them from others – grit, perseverance and tenacity.
Monday Morning Message 11.1.21 The Opportunity to Fulfill My Destiny.
“Words cannot express the gratitude I have for the scholarship you have so kindly decided to offer me…You have given me the opportunity to fulfill my destiny.” -1L Student
For a number of our students, a scholarship makes the difference between getting a legal education or sacrificing their dream.
That’s why I’m asking you this week to make a donation. Why this week?
Monday Morning Message 10.25.21 Last Friday in October / First Friday in November
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” - Thomas Edison
“For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.” -Margaret Heffernan
Last Friday in October
Please join us this Friday, October 29, 2021 virtually, 9:30am-4pm, for the Cleveland-Marshall IP+ Conference on Innovation Law, Intellectual Property, Business, and Emerging Technology.
Monday Morning Message 10.18.21 Carrying the Torch
“Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations.” ― George Bernard Shaw
“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.” -recent 1L Student
Monday Morning Message 10.11.21 I Am Not Successful in Spite of My Son. I Am Successful Because of My Son.
“A lot of people will look at me and say that I was able to succeed in spite of being a young, single mother. But they are wrong. I am not successful in spite of my son, I am successful because of my son. He has made me the person I am today and I will have him to thank when I get my diploma in the spring.” - Jillian Gosser, Founder and Past President, Student Parent Alliance, 3L
“I look forward to the day when Gregory gets to see his mommy walk across that stage and get the degree she gave her blood, sweat, and tears for. Don’t ever give up on your dreams because anything is possible if you dedicate your entire being to it!” -
Gianna Colucci, President, Student Parent Alliance, 3L
Monday Morning Message 10.4.21 First Monday in October / First Friday in November
“The President and the Congress … can say what they think they think, but it rests with the Supreme Court to decide what they have really thought.” ― President Theodore Roosevelt
This morning’s message is about the First Monday in October, and the first Friday in November.