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Law Practice

Jun. 7, 2019

Dear newly minted law graduates...

After I graduated law school, and throughout my career, my Mother has sent me near-daily notes with inspiring quotes and words of encouragement.

M.C. Sungaila

Partner
Complex Appellate Litigation Group

appellate law and litigation

620 Newport Center Drive Ste 1100
Newport Beach , CA 92660

Phone: (949) 991-1900

UCLA Law School

M.C. is creator and host of The Portia Project podcast - which has been named among the Top 20 Women in the Law podcasts globally by Feedspot. The podcast can be found at https://www.portiaprojectpodcast.com/

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After I graduated law school, and throughout my career, my Mother has sent me near-daily notes with inspiring quotes and words of encouragement. Many of these handwritten notes were written on stationery she created just for this purpose: "Mother's Thought for the Day," they said at the top. In later years, she sent these notes by text message rather than on paper.

The focus of these "thoughts for the day" was on character, along wit...

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