HR 10 (LSB 2321HH (3) 86)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 10

BY  NUNN, MEYER, and OLDSON

A Resolution congratulating the Drake Law School.

   WHEREAS, the Drake Law School is one of the oldest law schools west of the Mississippi River and traces its beginnings to 1865 when Iowa Supreme Court Justices George G. Wright and Chester C. Cole established a law school in Des Moines; and
   WHEREAS, throughout its history, Drake University has been a leader in legal education, helping form the Association of American Law Schools as a charter member in 1900 and being accredited by the American Bar Association with the first schools eligible in 1923; and
   WHEREAS, a Drake legal education has enabled thousands of lawyers to serve their communities and provide legal guidance in a wide range of forums benefitting Iowans and clients in Iowa and throughout the world; and
   WHEREAS, Iowa’s executive, judicial, and legislative branches are well served by Drake Law School graduates, including alumni sitting as the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court and Justices on the Court, Judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals, and district judges, and as members in both the Iowa House of Representatives and the Iowa Senate; and
   WHEREAS, Drake Law Centers provide outreach and education well beyond the campus, including the Agricultural Law Center, Constitutional Law Center, Intellectual Property Law Center, Legislative Practice Center, and Center for Children’s Rights; and
   WHEREAS, the Drake Law School and the Legislative Practice Center have a unique partnership with the Iowa General Assembly and those legislators who have mentored students through internships over the past 15 years and have contributed to the policy experience and knowledge of hundreds of lawyers who now work in Iowa and other states representing nonprofit organizations, and work in state government, including in the legislative branch, and in other public policy arenas; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives congratulates the Drake Law School on the 150th anniversary of the Supreme Court Justices founding the law school in Des Moines in 1865.