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-- May 26, 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/
What does the Bush administration's $350 billion
tax cut really mean? Professor Howard
Simons of IIT's Center for Law and Financial
Markets can discuss the implications of the tax cut
for businesses, individuals and the economy.
Thirty-one Glenbrook North High School students
have been expelled for their part in a hazing
incident in a forest preserve that left six girls
injured. The 28 students who have agreed not to challenge
the disciplinary action will be banned from commencement
exercises but receive their diplomas after they complete
their course work, undergo counseling and perform
community service. An attorney for one of three students
who refused to sign the waiver said he does not think
the school has the authority to punish them for an
out-of-school activity. Adjunct professor William
Kling helped draft the so-called "Bully Bill,"
a state law that covers student disciplinary policies
in cases like the May 4 hazing. Professor Kling, an
attorney in private practice who represents school
districts, is available for interviews.
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2002-03 term is coming
to an end. The High Court still has several rulings
on key legal issues to hand down. The Justices will
rule on cases involving commercial speech, sodomy
laws, prosecuting child molesters, and limiting children's
access to the Internet in schools and libraries. Professor
Sheldon Nahmod
is available for interviews about key decisions and
themes of this term.
The WNBA's seventh season begins with controversy
surrounding the Connecticut Sun. The team, formerly
the Orlando Miracle, plays its home games in a 9,700-seat
arena that is part of a complex that includes the
world's second largest casino. The Mohegan Indian
Tribe was able to buy the team after the league ended
its rules regarding central ownership of teams and
cut ties that connected WNBA teams to NBA franchises.
Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon Ham
takes a look at the WNBA in "The Glass Ceiling,"
a chapter in his book entitled The
Playmasters: An Unauthorized History of the NBA from
Sellouts to Lockouts. Professor Ham can talk
about the WNBA, rules governing team ownership, and
the juxtaposition of professional sports and gambling.
IIT's Center for Law and Financial Markets (CLFM)
established a virtual trading laboratory in May of
2002 to teach graduate students and market professionals
automated trading. Professor David
Norman, director of the center's market technology
program, is the author of Professional
Electronic Trading and Trading at the Speed of Light.
He is available to talk about the trading laboratory
and the "Trader DNA" project and schedule
a media demonstration of the lab.
What will the Fed do next? Stuart Graduate School
of Business professor Robert
Laurent, a former economist with the Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago, is available for interviews.
Chicago-Kent's Family Law Clinic. Cook County
residents with domestic relations disputes, including
matters of legal separation, divorce, child support,
child custody, visitation and guardianships, may qualify
for representation through Chicago-Kent's Family Law
Clinic. Clients will pay on a sliding scale fee basis,
depending on their financial circumstances. Students
will work under the supervision of Professor Ira
Feldman. He is available for interviews about
the program.
In the Faculty Spotlight:
Professor Evelyn
Brody is a tax law expert and an active participant
in the nonprofit tax policy debate. Her scholarly
publications have examined the tax treatment of education,
the economic and institutional similarities between
nonprofit and for-profit organizations, charitable
endowments, the direct and indirect effects of tax
reform on charities, the limits of nonprofit fiduciary
law, the constitutional bounds of the right of association,
and the enforcement powers of the IRS and state attorneys
general. She recently was named a reporter for a new
American Law Institute project, Principles of the
Law of Nonprofit Organizations. She is editor and
co-author of Property-Tax Exemptions
for Charities: Mapping the Battlefield. To
read more about Professor Brody and her work, visit
www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/spotlight.
On the Downtown Campus:
June 6: 22nd annual Conference on Not-For-Profit
Organizations. This one-day seminar is presented
by a faculty of leading organization executives, attorneys,
accountants and government officials. The program
will include sessions on new developments in taxation,
legislation and regulations of non-profits. Highlights
include: Implications of Sarbanes-Oxley for Best Practices
in Not-For- Profits, Update from the Illinois Attorney
General's Office, Forensic Accounting and Employee
Fraud, Common Errors on Financial Statements, Retirement
Plans in Today's Uncertain Climate, and Top 10 Financial
Mistakes Non-Profit Organizations Make and Can Avoid.
For more information, call (312) 906-5090. To register
on line visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/nfp/.
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