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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Elizabeth Deiandria Smith has demonstrated a |
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notable commitment to public service as president of the Public |
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Interest Law Association at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at |
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Texas Southern University during the 2012-2013 school year; and |
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WHEREAS, The association helps students of the TMSL focus |
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their studies to gain the legal skills necessary to defend |
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individual rights, advance justice, and enhance the public good; as |
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president, Ms. Smith wrote and submitted a proposal for a Public |
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Interest Law and Social Policy Certificate Program at the school, |
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and she planned and organized the first campus-wide Volunteer |
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Income Tax Assistance Program at Texas Southern University; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Leon and Delores Smith, Elizabeth |
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Smith is a graduate of Grambling State University and Prairie View |
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A&M University, and she is currently in the top 15 percent of the |
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TMSL Class of 2014; she is vice president of the Student Bar |
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Association, fund-raising co-chair of the Phi Alpha Delta Legal |
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Honor Society, and a member of the National Black Law Student |
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Association, the American and Pacific Asian Law Student |
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Association, and the International Law Students Association; and |
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WHEREAS, This gifted law student has served as a judicial |
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clerk for the Baton Rouge City Court, as a judicial intern in the |
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court of criminal appeals judge Barbara Hervey, and during the 83rd |
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Texas Legislature as a policy analyst and legislative aide in the |
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office of State Representative Dr. Alma Allen; she has also worked |
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at the Earl Carl Institute as a student intern and as a case manager |
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for the Innocence Project; and |
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WHEREAS, Elizabeth Smith's intelligence, drive, and |
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commitment to social justice have placed her in the front ranks of |
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students at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and as she |
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continues her education, she is indeed building a firm foundation |
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for an outstanding legal career; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Elizabeth Deiandria Smith for her |
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service as the 2012-2013 president of the TMSL Public Interest Law |
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Association and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success and a bright future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Smith as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Allen |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3008 was adopted by the House on May |
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26, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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