[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1012 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1012

    Recognizing and honoring Cristina M. Rodriguez for her historic 
                appointment as dean of Yale Law School.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2026

    Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Ms. DeLauro) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                             and Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Recognizing and honoring Cristina M. Rodriguez for her historic 
                appointment as dean of Yale Law School.

Whereas Cristina M. Rodriguez, the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at 
        Yale Law School, was selected to serve as the dean of Yale Law School by 
        a search committee of distinguished law school faculty members in 
        December 2025;
Whereas she will assume the deanship on February 1, 2026, as the Sol and Lillian 
        Goldman Dean and Professor of Law at Yale Law School, marking a historic 
        transition in the leadership of one of the Nation's most prestigious 
        legal institutions;
Whereas Cristina M. Rodriguez was born in San Antonio, Texas, earned her 
        bachelor of arts from Yale College, received her master of letters from 
        the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned her juris 
        doctor from Yale Law School;
Whereas Cristina M. Rodriguez was the first tenured Hispanic law professor at 
        Yale Law School, trailblazing a path for future generations of Hispanic 
        legal scholars;
Whereas Christina M. Rodriguez will be the first Latina and second woman to hold 
        the position of dean at Yale Law School since its founding;
Whereas Cristina M. Rodriguez is a distinguished scholar who has authored more 
        than 70 academic articles and essays on constitutional law, 
        administrative governance, and immigration law, establishing herself as 
        a preeminent thought leader in the legal community;
Whereas Cristina M. Rodriguez is a principled leader and venerated educator who 
        serves as a devoted mentor to her students;
Whereas Cristina M. Rodriguez's distinguished career in public service includes 
        serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal 
        Counsel at the United States Department of Justice;
Whereas, in 2021, Dean Rodriguez was appointed to cochair the bipartisan 
        Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, 
        providing vital leadership on matters of national judicial importance; 
        and
Whereas the presence of experienced, highly credentialed legal professionals in 
        leadership roles at academic institutions is essential to the integrity 
        of legal education: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors Cristina M. Rodriguez for her landmark 
        appointment as dean of Yale Law School;
            (2) recognizes the significance of Cristina M. Rodriguez 
        becoming the first Latina to lead Yale Law School and the 
        inspiration her leadership provides to the legal profession;
            (3) acknowledges the importance of having leaders in 
        academia who possess a deep mastery of the law and a commitment 
        to public service; and
            (4) encourages all law professors, following the example of 
        Dean Rodriguez, to--
                    (A) invest in the success and mentorship of every 
                student; and
                    (B) honestly and diligently teach the rule of law 
                and the United States Constitution.
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