[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1843]
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           IN HONOR OF THE CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 1997

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Cleveland-
Marshall College of Law on the celebration of its centennial this 
weekend. This anniversary also marks the dedication of a new law 
library on the campus.
  The Cleveland Law School was founded in 1897 and was the first law 
school in Ohio to admit women and one of the first to admit minorities. 
Some of the more prestigious Cleveland Law School graduates are the 
first woman appointed to a Federal judgeship, the first woman elected 
as a municipal court judge, the first African-American woman lawyer, 
and a string of judges, mayors, Congressmen, State legislators, and 
countless other community leaders.
  The college of law is Ohio's largest law school, and the only public 
law school in the city of Cleveland. The faculty is nationally 
recognized for its research and scholarship. The college provides 
students with a curriculum of traditional courses as well as 
opportunities to participate in four legal clinics, moot court teams, 
and two student-edited law journals. Now, the school also offers the 
new Cleveland-Marshall Law Library, housing the second largest academic 
law collection in Ohio. The library boasts extensive collections on 
many different aspects of State and Federal law, a large computer lab, 
and extensive electronic research capabilities.
  My fellow colleagues, please join me in commemorating the centennial 
of this superior institution, the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and 
its new law library.

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