--- title: HR 2126. The Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal; honor collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr2126 cite_as: HR 2126, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr2126 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr2126.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr2126/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74737 date: 2026-04-02 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr2125.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr2127.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 134 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr2126.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 2126 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-04-02 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Tyler Smith text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR2126/2025 upstream_id: 2141045 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - legal education - ceremonial resolution - Georgia House of Representatives - law school recognition --- # HR 2126. The Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal; honor ## Text House Resolution 2126 By: Representative Smith of the 18th A RESOLUTION Honoring and recognizing the Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, on April 2, 2026, a group of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal students visited the state capitol at the invitation of Representative Tyler Paul Smith; and WHEREAS, Atlanta's John Marshall Law School was founded in 1933 as an independent, freestanding educational institution dedicated to providing a quality educational opportunity to non-traditional or adult learners and to other significantly underserved segments of Georgia's citizenry; and WHEREAS, the John Marshall Law Journal is an annual legal periodical consisting of contributed Articles, Student Notes and Comments, and Legislative Summaries. The featured articles focus on a single, timely area of state, federal, or international law, while Student Notes and Comments cover a wider variety of other jurisprudence. The Legislative Summaries are concise, detailed descriptions of pending or recently enacted Georgia legislation and the effects that said legislation will have on the Georgia community. In the spring, the journal hosts a symposium at which the authors of the published pieces in the Spring issue, panelists, and attendees examine recent and pending legislation, significant court decisions, student commentary, and contributions by preeminent Georgia scholars and practitioners; and WHEREAS, the annual symposium of the John Marshall Law Journal is a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) event as well, for which the law journal applies to the State Bar of Georgia annually for approval of CLE credits to be earned by attendees. As a service to the Georgia Bar and the legal community of the state, the law journal charges no tuition for attendance at the CLE event. Typically, the event is approved for six hours of Georgia CLE, including one hour of ethics; and WHEREAS, the journal is led by an elected Editorial Board guided by a Faculty Advisor. Second, third, and fourth-year students from the full-time and part-time JD Program staff the journal and receive invitations to join based on their academic success and writing skills. The journal provides each member with additional educational opportunities by promoting excellence in research, writing, and analytical skills. Journal staff members work cooperatively with authors to further the journal's mission by creating, editing, and publishing each issue; and WHEREAS, the John Marshall Law Journal Members, Volume XIX, 2025-2026, include the following: Madeline Townsend, Austin Cauffman, David Smith, Boz DelMundo, Jack Landers, Chloe Strickland-Teems, Lee Lundy, Jory Peppelaar, Grace Vigar, and Christopher Peters. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body honor and recognize the Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal upon its recent visit to the state capitol for its many outstanding contributions of legal scholarship as well as extend sincere best wishes for continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the public and the press. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution honors the Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal and its student members for their visit to the state capitol and their legal scholarship. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives rather than a law that changes any statute. It recognizes the Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal, an annual student-run legal periodical, after a group of its students visited the state capitol at the invitation of Representative Tyler Paul Smith. The resolution describes the journal's history and activities, including its articles, student notes, legislative summaries, and its annual CLE (Continuing Legal Education) symposium for Georgia attorneys. It also lists the journal's current student members by name. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and press, but it does not create any new rights, funding, or legal requirements. ### What it does - Formally honors and recognizes the Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal on behalf of the Georgia House of Representatives. - Commemorates the journal's April 2, 2026 visit to the state capitol at the invitation of Representative Tyler Paul Smith. - Names the individual student members of the journal's Volume XIX, 2025-2026 staff. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the public and press. - Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory change since it is a ceremonial resolution rather than an amendatory bill. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names and honors the students and Editorial Board of the Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Law Journal. It also involves Representative Tyler Paul Smith, who invited the group, and the Clerk of the House, who must distribute copies of the resolution. ### Why it matters The resolution has no effect on Georgia law, funding, or regulations. Its practical effect is symbolic: it creates an official House record recognizing the law journal's work and its visit to the capitol, which the students and school can point to as public recognition. ### Key provisions - Recites the history of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, founded in 1933, and the purpose of its Law Journal. - Describes the journal's content, including articles, student notes and comments, and legislative summaries. - Notes the journal's annual symposium is approved for Georgia Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit, typically six hours including one hour of ethics, offered free of charge. - Lists by name the ten student members of Volume XIX, 2025-2026 of the journal. - Resolves that the House honors and recognizes the journal and extends best wishes for its continued success. - Directs the Clerk of the House to make copies of the resolution available to the public and press. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-04-02) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-04-02) - Sponsors: Tyler Smith - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74737 > The history, votes, and amendments (134 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr2126.md?full=1