For more information,
please contact:
Gwen Osborne,
director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT,
LEGAL, PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO-- April 7, 2003--Chicago-Kent
College of Law, the Stuart Graduate School of Business
and the Center for Law and Financial Markets have
experts available to discuss current issues. To reach
any of our experts, call Gwen
Osborne, director of public affairs, at (312)
906-5251. Copies of press releases and earlier advisories
are available on our Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/
Restoring a rule of law in Iraq: "The Balkans
experience should teach us what to do in Iraq once
the American military prevails," says Professor
Henry H. Perritt,
Jr. He has worked to build a rule of law,
promote the free press, assist in economic development,
and provide refugee aid in the former Yugoslavia through
Project Bosnia and Operation Kosovo. Professor Perritt
says when the war ends, the U.S. should turn over
to the United Nations the task of building Deputy
Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz's model Arab of
democracy. Professor Perritt is available for interviews.
His number is (312) 906-5128.
"The postwar reconstruction of Iraq will take
more effort than the rebuilding of the European
states and the Japanese economy after World War II,"
says Elizier
Geisler, professor and associate dean for
research at Stuart Graduate School of Business. Firms
that specialize in heavy machinery to build roads
and bridges, utility and telecommunications companies,
and agribusinesses are among those who would reap
benefits at the end of a war with Iraq. Professor
Geisler is available for interviews.
Who will control the Iraqi oil fields? The Geneva
Conventions restrict what can be done with Iraq's
oil fields by occupying forces. The UN, currently
trustee of Iraqi oil assets, is overseeing sales as
part of the newly instituted oil-for-food program
which may end June 3. Professor Bartram
S. Brown, co-director of Chicago-Kent's International
and Comparative Law Program, can discuss the Geneva
Conventions provisions.
Oil prices will remain between $22 and $28 a barrel.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) will hold an emergency meeting in Vienna April
24 to avert a possible price crash by reducing crude
oil production. Professor Howard Simons of IIT's Center for Law and Financial
Markets is available for interviews. Professor Simons
has more than 20 years' experience in financial and
energy markets. He began his career as an economist
with the Amoco Corporation, and then was the managing
consultant for energy with Data Resources, Inc. He
has designed econometric trading systems for crude
oil traders and provided fundamental analyses for
financial market traders.
Women in combat: Army PFCs. Jessica Lynch and
Lori Piestewa and specialist Shoshawna Johnson were
among the members of the 507th Maintenance Company
whose supply convoy made a wrong turn into an ambush
in Iraq. Lynch was rescued, but Piestewa was killed.
Johnson is still listed as a POW. The incident has
reopened public debate about the role of women in
the military during times of conflict. Professor Michael
I. Spak, a colonel in the U.S. Army reserves,
is available for interviews.
Libraries in Skokie and Lincolnwood are among a
growing number of facilities that have developed
policies to comply with the Federal Information Surveillance
Act provisions of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Under the law, government agencies may request information
about materials that library patrons check out or
Internet sites they visit. A 2002 survey of 900 libraries
nationwide found that nearly 11 percent had received
requests by law enforcement officials for information
on patrons. In an effort to help their patrons protect
their privacy, the Skokie library will post warning
notices. Dean Harold
J. Krent is available for interviews about
the Patriot Act.
Jerry Krause, Chicago Bulls' executive vice president
of basketball operations, has resigned. Krause
has overseen administration of the NBA franchise for
18 years, including six championship seasons. He cited
health problems as the reason for his departure. Adjunct
professor and sports attorney Eldon L. Ham
is available for interviews. Professor Ham is author
of The 100 Greatest Sports
Blunders of All Time and The
Playmasters: From Sellouts to Lockouts, an Unauthorized
History of the NBA.
Discussions of A Raisin in
the Sun will be held throughout Chicago this
week. Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 drama was selected
as the Spring 2003 book in the city's "One Book,
One Chicago" program. There will be citywide
readings, video presentations and discussions of the
book and the issue of race and housing in Chicago.
Events in Hansberry's award-winning play were inspired
by her father's legal challenge to restrictive covenants
in Chicago real estate sales that prevented African-Americans
from living in certain neighborhoods. The U.S. Supreme
Court heard the case, Hansberry v. Lee, in
1940. Chicago-Kent professor A.
Dan Tarlock teaches courses in property law.
Professor Tarlock is available to talk about the Supreme
Court decision and about racially restrictive covenants
in Chicago prior to 1948.
Taxpayers who have disputes with the IRS may qualify
for assistance through Chicago-Kent's Low-Income
Taxpayer Clinic. Those who meet certain income criteria
may receive free assistance with their tax disputes,
including collection matters, audits, appeals and
litigation before the Internal Revenue Service, United
States Tax Court, and United States District Court.
Students work under the supervision of Professor Jonathan
Decatorsmith. He is available for media interviews
about the program, but is unable to answer media queries
for current tax filing stories.
American law students are invited to apply for Chicago-Kent's
new summer abroad program in Mexico City with
Tec de Monterrey, one of Mexico's leading private
universities. The program, which runs from June 16
through July 23, 2003, will give U.S. law students
an opportunity to study Mexican law and U.S./Mexican
legal issues. May 1 is the deadline for applications,
which are available on the program's Web site http://www.kentlaw.edu/glpi/mexico.
Professor Howard
Eglit is available for media interviews about
the program.
On the Downtown Campus:
April 8: 25th annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture. Maria
O'Brien Hylton, professor of law at Boston University
School of Law, will address the topic, "The Case
for Sweeping Reforms of Employee Benefits: What We
Should Demand of Employees, Union and Government."
Other presenters include James D. English,
secretary-treasurer, United Steelworkers of America,
AFL-CIO, CLC; David R. Levin, partner, Wiley
Rein & Fielding; and Mary Ellen Signorille,
senior staff attorney, AARP Foundation. The lecture
series presents major programs in labor law in memory
of Kenneth M. Piper, a distinguished executive with
Motorola, Inc. and Bausch & Lomb, Inc. The program
is free and open to the public. For more information,
call (312) 906-5090 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/piper/
on the Web.
April 9: "Best Employers, Best Results: Global
Survey Findings," is the topic of a presentation
by Arturo Fisher. Mr. Fisher, a principal and
lead consultant with Hewitt Associates, specializes
in human resources strategy for key multinational
corporations. The program, which is part of Stuart
Graduate School of Business' Leadership Forum, will
begin at 5 p.m. For more information, call (312) 906-6573.
May 1-2: 22nd annual Federal Tax Institute. Larry
R. Langdon, commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Service's Large and Mid-Size Business Division, will
be the Tax Institute's luncheon speaker on May 1.
The two-day program will review recent developments
in case law and rulings in the federal income, estate,
gift and employee benefits tax areas; partnerships;
and international tax issues. One timely session will
explore "Executive Compensation in a Post-Enron,
Tyco, WorldCom, and Sarbanes-Oxley World." For
more information, call (312) 906-5090 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/fedtax/
on the Web.
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