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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 34
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
SENATE. Commends the Southern University Law Center as an institution that promotes
and perpetuates the advancement of all citizens of the state and designates April 2, 2014, as
"SULC Day at the Capitol".
A RESOLUTION1
To commend and congratulate the Southern University Law Center as it assembles the law2
center family for "SULC Day at the Capitol" and further recognize the center as an3
institution that promotes and perpetuates the advancement of all citizens of the state4
and to designate Wednesday, April 2, 2014, as "SULC Day at the Capitol".5
WHEREAS, plans for the law school at Southern University A&M College were6
approved by the State Board of Education at its meeting on January 10, 1947, and in June7
1947 $40,000 was appropriated for the operation of the school; and8
WHEREAS, the Southern University Law School was officially opened in September9
1947 to provide legal education for African-American students; and10
WHEREAS, after thirty-eight years of operation as a School of Law, the Southern11
University Board of Supervisors re-designated the Southern University School of Law as12
the Southern University Law Center (SULC), effective July 1, 1985; and13
WHEREAS, the SULC is dedicated to offering students from diverse backgrounds14
a quality legal education in civil and common law that will prepare them to be highly15
effective, competent, and ethical professionals who possess a deep sense of community; and16
WHEREAS, the law center is fully accredited by the American Bar Association, the17
Supreme Court of Louisiana, and the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association18 SR NO. 34
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of Colleges and Secondary Schools; and1
WHEREAS, the SULC is a full member of the American Association of Law2
Schools and additionally, is approved by the Veterans Administration for the training of3
eligible veterans; and4
WHEREAS, the SULC celebrates its sixty-sixth year this 2013-2014 academic5
year; and6
WHEREAS, more than 3,500 graduates who are practicing or retired among the7
bench and bar, locally, nationally, and internationally are counted as SULC graduates; and8
WHEREAS, many have gathered at the state's capitol for SULC Day, including9
alumni who have played significant roles as Louisiana legislators, with four SULC graduates10
currently serving in the Louisiana Senate and seven in the Louisiana House of11
Representatives.12
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana13
does hereby commend and congratulate Southern University Law Center (SULC) on its14
convening of alumni and friends for the SULC Day and as an organization that promotes and15
perpetuates the advancement of all citizens of the great state of Louisiana.16
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Wednesday, April 2, 2014, is hereby designated17
as "SULC Day at the Capitol". 18
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the19
Southern University Law Center.20
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Dorsey-Colomb SR No. 34
Commends the Southern University Law Center (SULC) on its convening of alumni and
friends for SULC Day and as an organization that promotes and perpetuates the
advancement of all citizens of the state and designates Wednesday, April 2, 2014, as "SULC
Day at the Capitol".