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89 Fordham L. Rev. Online 1 (2020-2021)

handle is hein.journals/resgest11 and id is 1 raw text is: CELEBRATING A LASTING LEGACY FOREWORD Matthew Diller* What makes Fordham Law special is ultimately the people who make up our community: the dedicated faculty and staff who are devoted to teaching students the craft of law, advancing legal scholarship, and fostering robust intellectual debate. They are also central to another of our key missions: instilling in our students the conviction that they can make a difference in the world, in their communities, and in the lives of their clients. The strength of our community in working to equip students with those skills is critical to who we are as an institution and how we educate aspiring legal professionals. In the past two years, we have lost twelve key members of our community-some are retiring after many years with us, others are leaving to embark on a new phase of their careers, and, sadly, four more have passed away. Though they will no longer be with us, each in their own way has left a profound mark on Fordham Law. On a personal level, I have found each of them to be incredibly inspiring to me, and I owe a great debt of gratitude for their exemplary work in their fields, for their support as colleagues, and, of course, for their friendship. I will miss them deeply. In a quiet, understated way, Professor and Dean Emeritus Michael M. Martin has been a pillar of the Fordham Law faculty for nearly a half-century. When I first arrived at the Law School in 1993 as a junior faculty member, he was just down the hall. Professor Martin was a seasoned civil procedure teacher and, as it turned out, civil procedure was the first course I taught here as well. So, as many young faculty members do, I spent many hours down the hall sitting in Professor Martin's office. I sought his advice on how to approach teaching, and those talks shaped me as an educator. A year after I started, Professor Martin became Associate Dean Martin. It was in that role that I came to admire his style which had three basic tenets: (1) remain cool under fire; (2) always be the adult in the room; and (3) focus on students first. These qualities stood Dean Martin in great stead as he served as interim dean and * Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law. The text of this Foreword has been lightly edited and footnoted. 1

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