[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 185 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8865-S8866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW FOR 150 YEARS OF 
                          OUTSTANDING SERVICE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 339, submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I thank my colleagues for their 
commendation of the 150th anniversary of the University of Iowa College 
of Law. This makes it the first law school west of the Mississippi to 
reach that milestone.
  In the past 150 years, the college of law has served the people of 
Iowa, the Nation, and the world, and I am pleased, along with my 
colleague Senator Ernst, that the resolution congratulates the college 
of law on its accomplishments.
  I have been honored to attend some of the events celebrating Iowa Law 
this past year, and the law school should be proud of its vast history 
of achievement. It is the oldest law school west of the Mississippi 
River, and it has produced generations of attorneys who have been 
dedicated to improving and enhancing the practice of law in Iowa and 
throughout the Nation. Currently, Iowa Law has over 10,000 living 
alumnae who practice in Iowa and around the world.
  Iowa was the first State to admit a woman to the practice of law. 
Iowa Law followed this tradition when in 1873 it graduated what is 
believed to be the first female law student in the United States, Mary 
Hickey. Iowa Law's second female law student, Mary Haddock, was the 
first woman admitted to the practice of law before the district and 
circuit courts of the United States.
  Iowa Law was one of the first law schools to grant a degree to an 
African-American student when Alexander Clark, Jr., graduated in 1879--
decades before other law schools allowed the enrollment of non-White 
students. Iowa Law has always been at the forefront of the legal field, 
particularly when it comes to diversity.
  Iowa Law has consistently ranked as one of the top 10 public law 
schools in the country and is currently ranked the 22nd best law school 
in the Nation.
  Throughout the years, Iowa Law has maintained its commitment to the 
legal community and encourages students to participate in a variety of 
programs that better Iowa. For example, Iowa Law recently partnered 
with the Iowa State Bar Association to start a program that trains and 
recruits law students to work in rural and smalltown practices, 
providing better access to legal services in these communities. Iowa 
Law offers several clinic programs that focus on helping the

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citizens of Iowa and has several programs to encourage students to 
provide pro bono legal services.
  For the past 150 years, Iowa Law has produced lawyers who embody the 
motto of the State of Iowa, which is ``Our liberties we prize and our 
rights we will maintain.''
  I congratulate the Iowa College of Law on its many achievements, and 
I am grateful for its continued dedication and commitment to the State 
of Iowa.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 339) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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