Bill Text: IL HR0800 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, outgoing President Judge Megan Goldish, incoming President Joel B. Bruckman, and all members of its executive committee and board of managers on the 90th anniversary of its founding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-20 - Resolution Adopted [HR0800 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0800-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Decalogue Society of | ||||||
| 4 | Lawyers on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of its | ||||||
| 5 | founding on July 11, 2024; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers was founded in | ||||||
| 7 | 1934 to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination | ||||||
| 8 | and intolerance; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers is the oldest | ||||||
| 10 | Jewish bar association in the United States; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers promotes public | ||||||
| 12 | education and legal action to protect the rights and | ||||||
| 13 | privileges of all people; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers has remained | ||||||
| 15 | ever vigilant against public and private practices that | ||||||
| 16 | perpetuate racial and religious hatred or are insensitive of | ||||||
| 17 | the needs of Jewish people; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The members of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers | ||||||
| 19 | participate in social action, render useful community service, | ||||||
| 20 | and cooperate in movements for the public welfare; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers provides free | ||||||
| 2 | continuing legal education to assist its members in becoming | ||||||
| 3 | better informed and skilled lawyers; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers supports student | ||||||
| 5 | chapters at Illinois law schools to encourage law students and | ||||||
| 6 | young lawyers to incorporate the ideals of religious freedom, | ||||||
| 7 | racial tolerance, and public service into their future | ||||||
| 8 | careers; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The members of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers | ||||||
| 10 | have worked diligently to bring increased dignity and honor to | ||||||
| 11 | the legal profession for 90 years; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we congratulate the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, outgoing | ||||||
| 15 | President Judge Megan Goldish, incoming President Joel B. | ||||||
| 16 | Bruckman, and all members of its executive committee and board | ||||||
| 17 | of managers on the 90th anniversary of its founding; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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