Full Text of SR0319 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Michael Kaufman first joined the faculty at | 3 | | Loyola University in Chicago in 1986; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Michael Kaufman served as the Loyola School of | 5 | | Law's associate dean for academic affairs from 2005 until July | 6 | | 2016, when he assumed the role of interim dean; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Kaufman was named dean of the law school | 8 | | in March 2017; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Under Michael Kaufman's leadership, the Loyola | 10 | | School of Law has become a national leader in diversity, | 11 | | equity, and inclusion; it has expanded access to educational | 12 | | opportunities for students due to his efforts and those of the | 13 | | faculty to develop relationship-based curricula that | 14 | | emphasized core classes on professional identity formation, | 15 | | implicit bias prevention, and perspectives on law and justice; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Michael Kaufman further expanded opportunity for | 18 | | more non-traditional students to study law through his | 19 | | successful development of the Weekend JD program; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Under Michael Kaufman's leadership, bar exam |
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| 1 | | passage rates, employment outcomes, student academic | 2 | | credentials, academic reputation, and national rankings have | 3 | | all shown marked improvement; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Michael Kaufman, aside from his duties as dean | 5 | | and vice provost, displayed a prolific dedication to | 6 | | scholarship, producing 30 books and many law review articles; | 7 | | he supported the university and participated in numerous | 8 | | fundraising activities, while continuing to teach civil | 9 | | procedure and education law; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 30, | 12 | | 2021 as Michael Kaufman Day and applaud him as he makes the | 13 | | next step in his distinguished career; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Michael Kaufman as a symbol of our esteem and | 16 | | respect.
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