Bill Text: IA SR9 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution congratulating the Drake Law School on the 150th anniversary of its founding and celebrating Drake Law School Day.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Resolution adopted. S.J. 318. [SR9 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SR9-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution 9 - Introduced

PAG LIN




                    SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
                      BY  PETERSEN and WHITVER
  1  1 A Resolution congratulating the Drake Law School on the
  1  2    150th anniversary of its founding and celebrating
  1  3    Drake Law School Day.
  1  4    WHEREAS, the Drake Law School is one of the oldest
  1  5 law schools west of the Mississippi River and traces
  1  6 its beginnings to 1865 when Iowa Supreme Court Justices
  1  7 George G. Wright and Chester C. Cole established a law
  1  8 school in Des Moines; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, throughout its history, Drake University
  1 10 has been a leader in legal education, helping form
  1 11 the Association of American Law Schools as a charter
  1 12 member in 1900 and being accredited by the American
  1 13 Bar Association with the first schools eligible in
  1 14 1923; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, a Drake legal education has produced a
  1 16 statewide group of thousands of lawyers able to serve
  1 17 their communities and provide legal guidance in a wide
  1 18 range of forums benefitting Iowans and clients in Iowa
  1 19 and throughout the world; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Iowa's executive, judicial, and legislative
  1 21 branches are well served by Drake Law School graduates,
  1 22 including alumni sitting as the Governor, the Chief
  1 23 Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court and Justices on
  1 24 the Court, Judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals, and
  1 25 district judges, and as members in both the Iowa Senate
  1 26 and the Iowa House of Representatives; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, Drake Law Centers provide outreach and
  1 28 education well beyond the campus, including the
  2  1 Agricultural Law Center, Constitutional Law Center,
  2  2 Intellectual Property Law Center, Legislative Practice
  2  3 Center, and Center for Children's Rights; and
  2  4    WHEREAS, the Drake Law School and the Legislative
  2  5 Practice Center have a unique partnership with the
  2  6 Iowa General Assembly and those legislators who have
  2  7 mentored students through internships over the past 15
  2  8 years and have contributed to the policy experience and
  2  9 knowledge of hundreds of lawyers who now work in Iowa
  2 10 and other states representing nonprofit organizations,
  2 11 work in state government, including in the legislative
  2 12 branch, and in other public policy arenas; NOW
  2 13 THEREFORE,
  2 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2 15 congratulates the Drake Law School on the 150th
  2 16 anniversary of the Supreme Court Justices founding the
  2 17 law school in Des Moines in 1865 and that February 18,
  2 18 2015, be dedicated as Drake Law School Day.
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