Alli Gerkman

When I'm not working on problems in the legal system @IAALS, I'm playing outside. Known nicknames include gator and killer. Surviving rare cancer since 2015.

[Kyle McEntee @kpmcentee]

My @atlblog column today on the future of the bar exam looks at the @NCBEX @NCBETaskForce Phase I report on what people in the legal profession think about the bar exam, including reasonable questions about the exam's validity https://t.co/17LYORaz9Z cc: @law_djm and @IAALS

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@itsnot_pink 💯

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@RanaAwdish @RandyAwdish I don’t even have to click through to know your husband is probably a lawyer.

[Alyson Carrel @alysoncarrel]

“If you’re trying to recruit the best or most mature students, then showing that you take people’s emotional and mental health seriously is a selling point.” -Luke Finn @NorthwesternLaw

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@kimacquaviva @Kathy_Brandt ❤️❤️❤️ I just continue to be touched by the gift you have given us all. It has given me a great amount of peace. I hope for some peace for all of you, as well.

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@donalles Are you at home? Find a super-easy Mark Bittman recipe. He never steers me wrong for tasty, quick, and convenient. And I can’t recall the last time I ate store-bought pasta sauce.

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@ghadfield @UofT Wonderful, Gillian!

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@kevinokeefe Ugh. It’s stuff like this that makes me smile whenever someone says law should be looking to medicine to know where to go. There are a few places med is ahead of law, but if you think med is way ahead of law, it usually just lets me know you don’t know know much about med.

[Julia Maués @itsnot_pink]

@RSAGT ... If the cancer progresses and becomes metastatic, the database isn’t updated. So only de novo stage IV patients are counted as metastatic.

Of course an accurate count would be a big step in getting more resources for research for a cure rather than prevention.

2/2

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

A palliative care expert/now cancer patient and her partner/caregiver give us the gift of insight as they apply everything they have have studied and advocated for in the most intimate of settings. Truly a remarkable generosity. #ayacancer

[Julia Maués @itsnot_pink]

If you’re not following @kimacquaviva, you should.

A professor & palliative care expert who is living what she preaches as her wife @Kathy_Brandt lives the end of her life w/ ovarian cancer.

These women will fill you w/ happiness, sadness, laughs & tears, all at once!

❤️💔

[Richie Hofmann @RichieHof]

"There was a senator, I think it was after my pancreatic cancer, who announced, with great glee, that I was going to be dead within six months. That senator, whose name I have forgotten, is now dead himself, and I am very much alive." —RBG on NPR this morning

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@itsnot_pink @kimacquaviva @Kathy_Brandt Thanks for this. I’m grateful to have found it.

[Kristen Clarke @KristenClarkeJD]

BREAKING: We just sued Louisiana over the discriminatory map used to elected judges to the State Supreme Court.

Of 114 justices who have served on the court since 1813, there have only been 2 African Americans. All Americans deserve #FairCourts. @LawyersComm

[andrew arruda @andrewarruda]

Left my career as an attorney because of the #A2J issues I saw on the front lines. Founded a #LegalTech company to enable lawyers to assist more clients...and I am proud to be on the @StateBarCA #ATILS team driving regulatory reform - I'll never give up & I hope you won't either!

[Natalie Anne Knowlton @natalalleycat]

Anyone in the court and legal community who interacts with people trying to use the legal system should read this guide. Plain language is the *only* language. And if you're attending #NACM2019AC, go to this session! @NACMNET #A2J #accesstojustice #courts

[Alyson Carrel @alysoncarrel]

So many remarkable individuals on the 2019 @fastcase 50! Congrats @inspiredcat & @JayneRReardon! Your daily words of wisdom (and poetry!) inspire us all. #FC50

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

I wonder what might happen if we, you know, had more women in leadership.

[Daniel Pink @DanielPink]

Women rate higher than men on 17 of 19 leadership skills, including:
- Championing change
- Solving problems
- Being bold
- Building relationships
- Communicating powerfully
- Inspiring & motivating others
- Acting with integrity
- Producing results

https://t.co/oGQjBsP7tT

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@kevinokeefe @SurvivorNetTeam Then there’s the broader goal. The desire to give people a glimpse of the disease and death and humanity that we have experienced. All of this takes time. And cancer takes time. But if we can find time for our voices, it’s worth it. 2/2

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

@kevinokeefe @SurvivorNetTeam Amy talks about two different purposes here. One is keeping friend/family update and oops to help (I do that through private networks—now that my disease is more complicated, I’m toying with @SlackHQ for that). 1/2

[Alli Gerkman @AlliGerkman]

Yes! Perhaps one of the least understood concepts among people who don’t have cancer. And sometimes even among people who do.

[Julia Maués @itsnot_pink]

Thank you all for the nice messages of support. But know that I’m not amazing or strong. I’m just living the cards I have been dealt. And the fact I’m still here is not due to anything I’ve done. It’s luck. My friends who have died were way stronger.