Bill Text: IL SR0319 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares June 30, 2021 as Michael Kaufman Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0319 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0319-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Michael Kaufman first joined the faculty at | ||||||
3 | Loyola University in Chicago in 1986; and
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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
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7 | WHEREAS, Michael Kaufman was named dean of the law school | ||||||
8 | in March 2017; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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