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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 339 

Congratulating the University of Iowa College of Law for 150 years of 

outstanding service to the State of Iowa, the United States, and the world. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 18, 2015 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. ERNST) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the University of Iowa College of Law for 

150 years of outstanding service to the State of Iowa, 

the United States, and the world. 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law was founded 

in 1865, embodies the motto of Iowa, ‘‘our liberties we 

prize and our rights we will maintain’’, and has shaped 

generations of lawyers who exemplify that motto; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law is the oldest 

law school in continuous operation west of the Mississippi 

River; 

Whereas, in 1873, the University of Iowa College of Law 

graduated what is believed to be the first female law student in the United States, Mary Beth Hickey; 


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Whereas the second female to graduate from the University 

of Iowa College of Law, Mary Humphrey Haddock, became the first woman admitted to practice before the 

District and Circuit Courts of the United States; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law was one of 

the first law schools to grant a degree to an AfricanAmerican student when Alexander Clark, Jr., who graduated in 1879 and is believed to be the second AfricanAmerican to graduate from a public law school in the 

United States, graduated from the University of Iowa 

College of Law; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law graduated the 

first United States Attorney of American Indian ancestry; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law has been 

ranked consistently among the top law schools in the 

United States since the founding of the College of Law 

150 years ago and is currently ranked the 22nd best law 

school in the United States according to U.S. News and 

World Report; 

Whereas the law journal of the University of Iowa College of 

Law, the Iowa Law Review, ranks among the high impact 

legal periodicals in the United States; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law is home to 

a law library that houses the second largest collection of 

volumes and volume equivalents among all law school libraries, containing over 1,000,000 volumes and volume 

equivalents, making it one of the most comprehensive collections of print, microgram, and electronic legal materials in the United States; 


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Whereas the Law Library at the University of Iowa College 

of Law is open to the public and provides valuable legal 

resources for all Iowans; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law serves as the 

only public law school in Iowa and pursues a mission of 

providing a legal education that is accessible, affordable, 

and inclusive; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law provides clinics that offer real-world experience in a wide range of 

legal fields and pro bono counsel to members of the community; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law strives to 

produce students that are well-suited for the legal profession, resulting in 99 percent of students of the College 

of Law completing degrees and 92 percent of students of 

the College of Law passing the bar exam on the first attempt; 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law ranks in the 

top 15 law schools in the United States for graduates in 

full-time, long-term jobs that require passage of the bar 

exam; and 

Whereas the University of Iowa College of Law has produced 

hundreds of notable alumni that have contributed to the 

legal community in the State of Iowa and the United 

States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the University of Iowa College 

3 of Law for 150 years of outstanding service to the 

4 State of Iowa, the United States, and the world; and 


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1 (2) requests that the Secretary of the Senate 

2 transmit a copy of this resolution to the Dean of the 

3 College of Law and the President of the University 

4 of Iowa. 

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