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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 34
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate the Southern University Law Center as it assembles the law
center family for "SULC Day at the Capitol" and further recognize the center as an
institution that promotes and perpetuates the advancement of all citizens of the state
and to designate Wednesday, April 2, 2014, as "SULC Day at the Capitol".
WHEREAS, plans for the law school at Southern University A&M College were
approved by the State Board of Education at its meeting on January 10, 1947, and in June
1947 $40,000 was appropriated for the operation of the school; and
WHEREAS, the Southern University Law School was officially opened in September
1947 to provide legal education for African-American students; and
WHEREAS, after thirty-eight years of operation as a School of Law, the Southern
University Board of Supervisors re-designated the Southern University School of Law as the
Southern University Law Center (SULC), effective July 1, 1985; and
WHEREAS, the SULC is dedicated to offering students from diverse backgrounds
a quality legal education in civil and common law that will prepare them to be highly
effective, competent, and ethical professionals who possess a deep sense of community; and
WHEREAS, the law center is fully accredited by the American Bar Association, the
Supreme Court of Louisiana, and the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools; and
WHEREAS, the SULC is a full member of the American Association of Law
Schools and additionally, is approved by the Veterans Administration for the training of
eligible veterans; and
WHEREAS, the SULC celebrates its sixty-sixth year this 2013-2014 academic year;
and
WHEREAS, more than 3,500 graduates who are practicing or retired among the
bench and bar, locally, nationally, and internationally are counted as SULC graduates; and SR NO. 34 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, many have gathered at the state's capitol for SULC Day, including
alumni who have played significant roles as Louisiana legislators, with four SULC graduates
currently serving in the Louisiana Senate and seven in the Louisiana House of
Representatives.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Southern University Law Center (SULC) on its
convening of alumni and friends for the SULC Day and as an organization that promotes and
perpetuates the advancement of all citizens of the great state of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Wednesday, April 2, 2014, is hereby designated
as "SULC Day at the Capitol".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Southern University Law Center.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE