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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.

“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

"She deserves this, she's worked for this, and it re-enforces this concept that if you work hard and you commit and you endure… you can rise." - 2L Stephanie Goggans, TV 3 WKYC, Cleveland Law Students See Ketanji Brown Jackson Opening Doors For Future

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.

“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

“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

“No voice is too soft when that voice speaks for others.”- Janna Cachola

Arcola Whatley has joined the CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law faculty as Director of the school’s new Pardon, Clemency, and Expungement Clinic, launched earlier this year.

“The welcome gift of To Kill a Mockingbird was a wonderful surprise. The personalized bonus of my name and admitted date with space to add additional milestone dates, truly makes this a special keepsake. ” - Admitted Student

“Thank you for the book and lovely letter. Because of Atticus Finch, at a young age I knew that I wanted to become an attorney and help become a voice for those who need it most.” – Admitted Student

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