City of Philadelphia - File #: 120239

• File #: 120239
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/22/2012
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/29/2012
• Title: Proclaiming April 5, 2012 as "Penn Law Day" to recognize the formal opening of Golkin Hall and to honor the contribution of Penn Law School to legal education, delivery of justice, and legal scholarship.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Green, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember O'Neill

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/29/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
3/22/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

Title
Proclaiming April 5, 2012 as "Penn Law Day" to recognize the formal opening of Golkin Hall and to honor the contribution of Penn Law School to legal education, delivery of justice, and legal scholarship.
Body
WHEREAS, It is broadly recognized that law acts as one of the most important forces in building our society and in binding relationships between individuals and institutions fairly and justly; and

WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States Constitution and millions across the globe are inspired by the decisions made here that laid the bedrock foundation for the modern American legal system; and

WHEREAS, Law schools and legal education serve as the key foundational element in preparing a nation's citizens to serve the people as lawyers and in generating innovative ideas and understanding about the role of law and its application; and

WHEREAS, The University of Pennsylvania has, since the first law lectures delivered at Penn by James Wilson in 1790 to President George Washington's cabinet, demonstrated an unwavering commitment to excellence in legal education and legal scholarship, while grounding its students in the notion of justice for all; and

WHEREAS, Penn Law's many distinguished graduates have made profound contributions to the law and to our nation, such as Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, Class of 1927, who was the school's first African-American woman graduate, the first African-American woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar; the first African-American woman in the country to earn a Ph.D.; the first African-American woman appointed as Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia; the first woman to serve as secretary of the National Bar Association; appointed by President Truman to the Committee on Civil Rights in 1948 and by President Carter as chairman of his White House Conference on Aging in 1981; and the namesake of the wonderful Penn-Alexander School in West Phil...