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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives wish to congratulate Nina S. Appel, Dean of 
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Loyola University Chicago School of Law, on being the longest 
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serving woman law school dean in United States history; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Nina Appel is a 1959 Columbia Law School graduate  
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and was a Stone Scholar at Columbia; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Nina Appel joined Loyola University Chicago's law 
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faculty in 1973, and served as associate dean from 1976 to 
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1983; during that time, she taught in the areas of torts, 
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products liability, administrative law, and evidence; in 1983, 
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she was named Loyola's ninth Law School dean; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Among her accomplishments are founding the law 
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school's nationally ranked Institute for Health Law in 1984, 
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co-founding Loyola's ChildLaw Center in 1993, and establishing 
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the Elder Law Initiative in 2000; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 2003, Dean Appel was presented the fourth-ever 
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Distinguished Columbian in Teaching Award, which was presented 
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in Washington, D.C., in recognition of her 30-year career at 
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Loyola; she was honored during the Annual Meeting of the 
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Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for her 
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contributions to legal education and scholarship and received 
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her award from fellow Columbia law alumna Supreme Court Justice 
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The American Bar Association named Dean Appel as 
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the 2003 recipient of the prestigious Robert J. Kutak Award, 
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which is presented annually by the ABA Section of Legal 
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Education and Admissions to the Bar to an individual who meets 
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the highest standards of professional responsibility and 
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demonstrates substantial achievement toward increased 
 


 






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understanding between legal education and the active of 
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practice law; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In addition, she was named one of the 10 highly 
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influential women leaders, in the "20th Century Hall of Fame," 
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by Today's Chicago Woman; and

 
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    WHEREAS, During her career, she has served on a number of 
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professional committees, including: Executive Council of the 
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ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; 
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Co-chair of the Cook County Public Guardian Oversight 
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Committee; member of the Chicago Bar Foundation Life Fellows' 
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representative, the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory 
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Committee, and the Illinois State Bar Association's Education 
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Committee; she served four consecutive terms on the Illinois 
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Compensation Review Board; served on the  Special Commission for  
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the Administration of Justice in Cook County; served on the 
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Board of Directors of the Chicago Bar Foundation; served as 
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Board member and Director of the Illinois Institute of 
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Continuing Legal Education; and on the Special Committee to 
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Study Merit Selection of Judges for the Illinois State Bar 
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Association; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Dean Nina S. Appel on her retirement after many 
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years of dedicated service; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Nina S. Appel as a token of our respect and 
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esteem.