Bill Text: GA HR452 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: John Marshall Law School; faculty; staff; students; Board Chairman; commend

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-01 - House Read and Adopted [HR452 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR452-Introduced.html
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House Resolution 452
By: Representatives Allison of the 8th, Collins of the 27th, and Maddox of the 127th

A RESOLUTION


Commending the faculty, staff, students, and Board Chairman Dr. Michael C. Markovitz of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Atlanta's John Marshall Law School was founded in 1933 as the Law School of the South and was later renamed in honor of our most famous Supreme Court Chief Justice; and

WHEREAS, for the past 77 years, the school has served Atlanta and the State of Georgia as an opportunity law school for nontraditional or adult learners; and

WHEREAS, Atlanta's John Marshall Law School demonstrates a history of integration and diversity among its student body and has produced excellent lawyers with a social conscience; and

WHEREAS, with a current enrollment of 632 law students, Atlanta's John Marshall Law School offers aspiring lawyers full-time and part-time programs with 42 full-time professors; and

WHEREAS, the mission of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School is to prepare highly competent and professional lawyers who possess a strong social conscience, continually demonstrate high ethical standards, and are committed to the improvement of the legal system and society; and

WHEREAS, the school offers an intellectually rigorous academic program, with opportunities for professional skills education, and provides access to a high-quality program of legal education by maintaining a flexible program of full-time and part-time law study; and

WHEREAS, students of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School are prepared to anticipate and adapt to future developments in the law and instilled with the highest sense of the professionalism and ethical and moral responsibilities required of members of the legal profession; and

WHEREAS, the faculty of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of classroom teaching, scholarship that informs their teaching, and service to the legal community; and

WHEREAS, academic support programs are offered to students from diverse educational backgrounds, and students are encouraged to engage in pro bono activities and to provide legal services to historically underserved communities upon their admission to the Bar; and

WHEREAS, the American Bar Association granted Atlanta's John Marshall Law School full approval in 2009, and it continues to demonstrate strength, purpose, and excellence for legal education in Georgia.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize Atlanta's John Marshall Law School as a superb provider of legal education and congratulate its faculty, staff, students, and Board Chairman Dr. Michael C. Markovitz on the school's achievement of accreditation from the American Bar Association.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Dean Richard Lynn of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School.
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