; Whereas the first Hispanic judge appointed to the Federal bench was the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy; Whereas President Jimmy Carter appointed 16 Hispanic judges to the bench, including the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; Whereas President Ronald Reagan appointed 14 Hispanic judges during his Presidency; Whereas President William J. Clinton appointed 25 Hispanic judges during his Presidency; Whereas President George W. Bush appointed 30 Hispanic judges during his Presidency; Whereas President Barack Obama appointed 37 Hispanic judges during his terms; Whereas current President Joseph Biden has appointed 27 Hispanic Federal judges, including 5 Hispanic circuit court judges; Whereas Hispanics like the Honorable Justice Sonya Sotomayor, the first Puerto Rican woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009, worked her way up the judicial system; Whereas Hispanic lawyers and judges have been frequently recognized as trailblazers; Whereas there have been initiatives created by national organizations to address the lack of Hispanic/Latino representation among United States law school professors and administrators as well as the shortage of professional development resources specifically for Hispanic/Latino professors, deans, and other administrators; Whereas the success of Hispanic lawyers and judges has been championed by national organizations like UnidosUs, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), LatinoJustice PRLDEF, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, and various other organizations; Whereas Hispanic representation in the legal profession has continued to influence the work of legal scholars across the United States