House Resolution 142

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2    BY  MILLER, MADDOX, ALONS, ARNOLD, BAUDLER, BELL,
  1  3    BERRY, BOAL, BODDICKER, BOGGESS, BUKTA, CARROLL,
  1  4  CHAMBERS, COHOON, CONNORS, DANDEKAR, DAVITT, DE BOEF,
  1  5     DENNIS, DIX, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, EICHHORN, ELGIN,
  1  6     FALLON, FOEGE, FORD, FREEMAN, FREVERT, GASKILL,
  1  7     GIPP, GRANZOW, GREIMANN, GREINER, HAHN, HANSON,
  1  8    HEATON, HEDDENS, HOFFMAN, HOGG, HORBACH, HUNTER,
  1  9    HUSEMAN, HUSER, HUTTER, JACOBS, JACOBY, JENKINS,
  1 10    JOCHUM, JONES, KLEMME, KRAMER, KUHN, KURTENBACH,
  1 11    LALK, LENSING, LUKAN, LYKAM, MANTERNACH, MASCHER,
  1 12  McCARTHY, MERTZ, MURPHY, OLDSON, D. OLSON, S. OLSON,
  1 13  OSTERHAUS, PAULSEN, PETERSEN, QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS,
  1 14      RASMUSSEN, RAYHONS, REASONER, ROBERTS, SANDS,
  1 15  SCHICKEL, SHOMSHOR, SHOULTZ, SMITH, STEVENS, STRUYK,
  1 16      SWAIM, D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TJEPKES,
  1 17  TYMESON, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, J. K. VAN FOSSEN,
  1 18   J. R. VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT, WHITAKER, WHITEAD,
  1 19             WILDERDYKE, WINCKLER, and WISE
  1 20 A Resolution honoring the National Bar Association for
  1 21    its important contributions to the legal profession
  1 22    and the judicial process.
  1 23    WHEREAS, the National Bar Association was organized
  1 24 on August 1, 1925, in Des Moines, Iowa, to serve as an
  1 25 organization for African=American lawyers; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, the objectives of the National Bar
  1 27 Association are to advance the science of
  1 28 jurisprudence, improve the administration of justice,
  1 29 preserve the independence of the judiciary, uphold the
  1 30 honor and integrity of the legal profession, promote
  2  1 legislation that will improve the economic condition
  2  2 of all American citizens, regardless of race, sex, or
  2  3 creed, and protect the civil and political rights of
  2  4 all United States citizens; and
  2  5    WHEREAS, the National Bar Association is the
  2  6 nation's oldest and largest national association
  2  7 representing African=American lawyers and jurists,
  2  8 with 84 affiliate chapters in the United States and
  2  9 with affiliates in several countries, representing a
  2 10 professional network of over 20,000 lawyers, judges,
  2 11 educators, and law students; and
  2 12    WHEREAS, the National Bar Association has an
  2 13 illustrative history of filing amicus briefs in
  2 14 support of civil rights, championing the pro bono
  2 15 legal movement, providing legal assistance to needy
  2 16 individuals, and supporting equal opportunity and
  2 17 voting rights; and
  2 18    WHEREAS, the National Bar Association sponsors
  2 19 college scholarships and a legal camp to introduce
  2 20 high school students to the legal profession, and has
  2 21 provided law school officials with an assessment of
  2 22 recruitment, retention, and placement of minority law
  2 23 students; and
  2 24    WHEREAS, the National Bar Association developed a
  2 25 judicial selection process to ensure gains in minority
  2 26 judgeships through the federal Omnibus Judgeship Act,
  2 27 sponsored a summit among minority bar associations
  2 28 nationwide, and has engaged in a host of other
  2 29 activities to support the growth of minorities in the
  2 30 legal and judicial professions; and
  3  1    WHEREAS, the National Bar Association has conducted
  3  2 commercial law seminars to promote minority business
  3  3 ownership, held the first Black=on=Black Crime
  3  4 Conference, and promoted minority business enterprises
  3  5 through technical assistance and education programs;
  3  6 and
  3  7    WHEREAS, the National Bar Association has supported
  3  8 efforts to promote equality and justice around the
  3  9 world, including providing observers to the first all=
  3 10 race democratic election in South Africa, and
  3 11 providing delegations to assist economic and political
  3 12 developments in other African countries; NOW
  3 13 THEREFORE,
  3 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  3 15 That the House of Representatives recognizes the
  3 16 important contributions of the National Bar
  3 17 Association in promoting equality and justice through
  3 18 responsible legal methods, not only in the United
  3 19 States but around the world, and that the organizing
  3 20 event which led to the founding of the National Bar
  3 21 Association represents a historical milestone in the
  3 22 history of Iowa.
  3 23 LSB 6964HH 80
  3 24 kk/cf/24.1