The 16th annual conference on  

Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation  

•  Municipal Attorneys and Police Supervisory Officials
•  Criminal Defense Attorneys
•  Plaintiffs' Attorneys

Program Highlights   

•   The Prima Facie Case Against Individuals 
•   Individual Immunities 
•   Police Misconduct Litigation 
•   Due Process and First Amendment Public Employment Actions 
•   Litigating Sexual Harassment Claims under Title VII 
•   Municipal Liability 
•   Americans with Disabilities Act 
•   The Supreme Court’s Term: Recent and Forthcoming Decisions 
•   Attorney’s Fees and Ethical Issues 

•  Prison Litigation and the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act 

8:00-8:45    REGISTRATION  

8:45-9:00     WELCOME  

Sheldon H. Nahmod, Program Chair and Distinguished  
Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL 

Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Vice President, Illinois Institute of  Technology, Downtown Campus, Dean and Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL 

•  14th Amendment and its relation to §1983 
•  State action and color of law 
•  State of mind requirements for different constitutional violations
•  Due process, the demise of malicious prosecution and the 1998 County of Sacramento decision dealing with high-speed police pursuits 
• Heck and habeas corpus 
• “Laws” actions and federalism 
Sheldon H. Nahmod, Program Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL 

Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 

• Absolute immunities for prosecutorial, legislative, and judicial acts (Kalina v. Fletcher  and  Bogan v. Scott-Harris) 
• Unresolved issues: Are social workers and boards with adjudicatory authority entitled to absolute immunity? 
• The standard for qualified immunity: What is clearly established law that a reasonable officer should know? 
• Heightened pleading and proof requirements (Siegert v. Gilley, Leatherman v. Tarrant County, Crawford-El v. Britton) 
• Immunities for private party defendants (Richardson v. McKnight) 
• Interlocutory appeals (Behrens v. Pelletier, Johnson v. Jones, Johnson v. Fankell) 
Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 

Sheldon H. Nahmod, Program Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL 

• Fourth Amendment and other violations 
• Searches, seizures and criminal investigations 
• Suits against municipalities 
• Police officers and qualified immunity 
• Economics 
• Remedies 

• Public employee discipline: How much process is due, and when? 
• Determination of property interest 
• Suspension of public employees: The impact of Gilbert v. Homar on due process hearings 
• Liberty interest cases and the "stigma-plus" test 
• The problem of biased decision makers 
• Public employer's duty of inquiry: Matter of public concern? 
• Public employee free speech claims in the wake of Waters 
• Availability of qualified immunity in public employee litigation 
• First Amendment independent contractors cases - The implications of O'Hare Truck Service and Umbehr for business and local government 

• Employer liability for “quid pro quo” harassment 
• Hostile work environment: How much is too much! 
• Same-sex harassment 
• Employer liability for hostile work environment created by supervisors, co-workers and third parties 
• Remedies 
• Defenses and tips for avoiding liability 
 
Rosalie B. Levinson, Professor of Law, Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, IN 

8:00-8:45       CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST  

8:45-9:45       Municipal Liability  

• The official policy or custom requirement of Monell
• The various methods of establishing local government liability
• Identifying final policymakers and deciding whose policy they make after Pembaur, Praprotnik, Jett, and McMillian 
• Developments in inadequate training and supervision cases and inadequate screening and hiring cases after City of Canton and Bryan County 
• Municipal liability independent of employee liability: Implications of County of Sacramento v. Lewis for municipal liability 

10:00-10:45    Prison Litigation and the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act  

• Structure and provisions of the statute 
• Constitutional challenges to application of the statute to existing federal court injunctive remedies 
• Prison litigation and settlement within the confines of the statute 

10:45-11:30   Americans with Disabilities Act  

• The scope and coverage of Title II of the ADA 
• Non-discrimination standards 
• Available remedies 
Ellen M. Weber, Director of National Office, Legal Action Center, 
Washington, DC 

1:00-2:00      The Supreme Court’s Term: Recent and Forthcoming Decisions  

• The 1999 qualified immunity cases 
• Punitive damages revisited 
• Collective bargaining agreements and waivers of civil rights claims 
• The Eleventh Amendment, removal and the 1998 Schacht decision 
• Important constitutional decisions 
Sheldon H. Nahmod, Program Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL 

• Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976; its scope and effect 
• Hensley v. Eckerhart, T.S.T.A. v. Garland, and the test for determining "prevailing" parties 
• Decisions affecting entitlement to and the amount of fee awards: Kay v. Ehrler, City of Burlington v. Dague, Farrar v. Hobby, Missouri v. Jenkins, West Virginia University Hospitals v. Casey, and others 
• Ethical issues, including: fee waiver offers, conflicts of interest and multiple representation, professionalism in fees litigation 
Gerald M. Birnberg, Williams, Birnberg & Andersen, Houston, TX 

Registration Form   

EARLY REGISTRATION FEE:  $315 per person  
AFTER FEBRUARY 19, 1999:  $340 per person  
(A $25 per person discount is available to groups that register 3 or more individuals at the same time). 
GOVERNMENT/ NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION RATE:  $265 per person (no group discount available) 
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNAE/I RATE: $75 per person discount (no group discount available). 

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Cancellations and Refunds:  Written notification of cancellation is required.  A full tuition refund is available if notification is received prior to February 19, 1999; 25% will be charged if notification is received between February 19 and March 12, 1999.  No refunds will be granted after March 12, 1999. 

CLE/CPE Credit: 11.00 hours on a "60-minute" credit hour; 13.2 hours on a "50-minute" credit hour. 

For Additional Information:  Please call the Office of Continuing Legal and Professional Education, Chicago- Kent College of Law, (312) 906-5090. 

Hotel Accommodations:  Hotel accommodations have been made at The Executive Plaza Hotel and The Westin River North Hotel.  Registrants are responsible for making their own reservations.  The room rate at the Executive Plaza is $119 for single or double occupancy, plus 14.9% tax.   The room rate at the Westin River North is $165 for single or double occupancy, plus 14.9% tax.  Both hotels are a short cab ride to the law school and provide easy access to Michigan Avenue night life and shopping.  Requests for accommodations made after February 15, 1999 cannot be assured.  Be sure to tell the hotel reservation receptionist that you are attending the 
Chicago-Kent College of Law Section 1983 Program.  To make reservations, write or telephone: 

The Executive Plaza Hotel     The Westin River North 
71 East Wacker Drive           320 North Dearborn 
Chicago, IL  60601-3706     Chicago, IL 60610 
(800) 621-4005                   (800) 937-8461 
                                            (312) 744-9000 

Gerald M. Birnberg  
Williams, Birnberg & Andersen  
Houston, TX 

Karen M. Blum  
Professor of Law, Sulfolk University Law School  
Boston,  MA 

Erwin Chemerinsky  
Professor of Law, University of Southern California  
Los Angeles, CA 

Sarah Kerr  
Staff Attorney, Prisoners’ Rights Project, Legal Aid Society of New York  
New York, NY 

Rosalie B. Levinson  
Professor of Law, Valparaiso University School of Law  
Valparaiso, IN 

John B. Murphey  
Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Janega  
Chicago, IL 

David Rudovsky  
Kairys & Rudovsky  
Philadelphia, PA 

Ellen M. Weber  
Director of National Office, Legal Action Center  
Washington, DC 
 

Upcoming Programs Sponsored by Chicago-Kent  

The 21st annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture  
Is the World of Work Changing? featuring 
Professor Peter Cappelli, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and 
Professor Sanford M. Jacoby, The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA 
April 20, 1999 

The 18th annual Federal Tax Institute  
May 6-7, 1999 

The 18th annual conference on Not-For-Profit Organizations  
June 4, 1999 

The 3rd annual Art of Becoming an Effective Expert Witness Program  
June 11, 1999 

For further information, please contact the Office of Continuing Legal and Professional  
Education, (312) 906-5090. 
 

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