This episode explores some examples from Prof. Franck’s life, as stories of specific people can often provide profound and memorable examples for our lives. It is, in many ways, a tribute to their law school mentor, Laura Cooper, who they were honored to recommend for a lifetime achievement award, which she won: https://law.umn.edu/profiles/laura-cooper. The core is to remember that both positive and negative examples can be profound learning opportunities for both our professional and personal evolution.

As "Out of the Woods" was their personal anthem for the Pandemic, Prof. Franck is grateful to Taylor Swift (who now owns the masters and 'Taylor's Version') of this song for its use in connection with student mental health and the limited educational purpose of keeping students moving forward. Prof. Franck encourages all students (or other listeners of this podcast) to peruse the TS website to purchase merch and music to thank Taylor Swift for their contribution to their education: https://www.taylorswift.com/. 

Thanks also Ben Lee, and his amazing song “We are all in this Together” and his amazing album, Awake is the New Sleep, which was recorded in Seagrass Studios under the recording label New West Records (USA), for the fair use of a limited aspect of the song provided to my 1L students for limited educational purposes only. The official video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkw7gl0cWYo.