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HR0249 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to recognize the appointment of
4Darby Dickerson as the Dean of The John Marshall Law School;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, The John Marshall Law School is the largest,
7independent law school in the Midwest with more than 11,500
8living alumni in the state of Illinois; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson earned her Bachelor of Arts and
10Master of Arts from the College of William & Mary in Virginia
11and received her Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University in
12Tennessee; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson clerked for the United States Court
14of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson practiced commercial litigation
16with Locke Lord in Dallas, Texas and was named Outstanding
17Young Lawyer in Dallas and Outstanding Director of the Texas
18Young Lawyers Association; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson was previously Dean at Stetson
20University College of Law, and at the Texas Tech University

 

 

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1School of Law, and held the W. Frank Newton Endowed
2Professorship at the Texas Tech University School of Law; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson serves on the Executive Committee
4of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and is past
5Chair of several AALS sections; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson is an elected member of the
7American Law Institute, a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas
8Bar Foundation, and is an inaugural member of the Texas Tech
9University School of Law American Inn of Court; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson served on the Council of the
11Appellate Section of the State Bar of Texas and is the
12immediate Past President of Scribes - The American Society of
13Legal Writers; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson was the inaugural recipient of the
15Darby Dickerson Award for Revolutionary Change in Legal Writing
16presented by the Association of Legal Writing Directors to
17honor her contributions to legal writing; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Dean Dickerson received a Burton Award for
19Outstanding Contributions to Legal Writing Education;
20therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
2HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3are pleased to recognize the appointment of Darby Dickerson as
4the Dean of The John Marshall Law School, and we wish her
5success in her new position; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to Dean Dickerson as an expression of our esteem and
8respect.