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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 104
BY SENATORS BISHOP, BOUDREAUX, CARTER AND PRICE AND
REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Professor Russell Jones for his service and dedication over the past decade to
local governments and the public interest of Louisiana citizens.
WHEREAS, Professor Jones founded the Southern University Law Center Chapter
of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project in 2009 and serves as its director;
and
WHEREAS, he was a 1982 magna cum laude graduate of the Southern University
Law Center and served as the articles editor of the Southern University Law Review; and
WHEREAS, in 1992, Professor Jones earned a Master of Laws degree in labor law
from Georgetown University School of Law and teaches courses in criminal law, criminal
procedure, and evidence; and
WHEREAS, in 2002, he received the Louisiana State Bar Association Stephen T.
Victory Award for his article, Louisiana Evidence Article 412.2, and has been selected
several times as Professor of the Year by the law center student body; and
WHEREAS, Professor Jones is the co-author of two books: Harges and Jones',
Louisiana Evidence, 2010 and Harges and Jones', Louisiana Evidence: Problems and
Materials; and
WHEREAS, he has written several articles on Louisiana evidence and the Fourth
Amendment of the United States Constitution, and was named the 2010 Distinguished
Professor by the Louisiana Bar Foundation; and
WHEREAS, in April, 2010, Professor Jones was awarded the Louis A. Martinet
Legal Foundation Outstanding Community Service Award, and in September, 2009, he
received the Kean Miller Diversity Achievement Award; and
WHEREAS, the success of the state of Louisiana, the strength of its communities,
and the overall vitality of American society depend in great measure upon people like
Professor Russell Jones.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Professor Russell Jones for his exceptional career and does hereby extend to him
best wishes for continued success and happiness in all of his future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Professor Russell Jones.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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