ATTENTION - ALL STUDENTS
INTERESTED IN ILLINOIS PUBLIC SECTOR LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
LAW
On Friday, November 7, 2003, the law school will
present the 19th annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations
Law Program. This conference is designed for lawyers whose
practice involves labor law, local government law or school
law; for state and local government and public education
officials, administrators and labor relations officers;
for union officials, business agents and uniserv directors;
and for arbitrators and mediators. The opening plenary
session features Reg Weaver, president of the National
Education Association, who will address the topic "Labor
Relations During Times of Fiscal Restraint." His
speech will be followed by concurrent hands-on, interactive
workshops on several hot button topics of current interest:
Military Leave & Reemployment Rights; Leaves of Absence:
Statutory and Contractual Bases; Dealing with Budget Shortfalls;
21st Century Schoolhouse: Technology, No Child Left Behind
Act and Related Issues; New Legislative Initiatives in
Illinois; Health Care Issues; Police & Firefighter
Forum; Representation Proceedings; Collective Bargaining,
Grievances, and UCP's; IPLRA Developments; IELRA Developments;
EEO Update; Part-Time Faculty Issues; FLSA Developments
and Interest Arbitration.
Law students (JD only) enrolled at Chicago-Kent are welcome
to attend any or all of the program sessions free of charge.
Course materials are not included, however, copies of
the materials will be available in the library after the
program.
If you are interested in volunteering to work at the conference,
in exchange for complementary course materials and an
opportunity to network at the conference luncheon and
reception, please let us know when you stop by the office
(Suite 673) to register, or by e-mailing rvicario. Pre-registration
is required no later than Tuesday, November 4, 2003.
ATTENTION- ALL STUDENTS
INTERESTED IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
The 15th annual Henry
Morris Lecture in International and Comparative Law
On Monday, November
10, from 3-4 p.m. in the auditorium, please plan on
attending the 15th annual Henry Morris Lecture in International
and Comparative Law. This year's lecture, "Ratcheting
Up and Driving Down Global Business Regulatory Standards"
will be given by John Braithwaite, Australian Research
Council Professorial Fellow and the Chair of RegNet at
Australian National University.
Braithwaite finds empirically
that while it is common for nations to compete to attract
investment by lowering regulatory standards it is just
as common for regulatory standards to be ratcheted up
because of global forces. How that happens is not well
understood. Starting with the globalization of labor standards
that prohibit slavery, Braithwaite demonstrates a critical
role for social movements in raising global standards.
This leads to identifying a number of mechanisms that
enable the weak to prevail over the strong in the world
system.
Professor Braithwaite
has undertaken empirical work on a wide variety of substantive
domains of business regulation and is interested in applying
regulatory theory to crime prevention and peacemaking
in international relations. His books have won a number
of prizes in the U.S. and Europe. He has been a consultant
to many regulatory agencies and served as a member of
Australia's Economic Planning Advisory Council which was
chaired by the Prime Minister. He was a part-time commissioner
with Australia's national antitrust and consumer protection
agency and served as a member of the Council on Business
Regulation which reported directly to the Cabinet on a
review of all laws which impose a regulatory impact on
business. He has been active for 30 years in social movement
politics in Australia and internationally.
ALL STUDENTS
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING