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-- August 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/
As the new school year begins in districts throughout
the country, school administrators face the difficult
challenge of ensuring safety while preserving students'
free speech and expression rights. Adjunct professor
William C. Kling, an attorney in private practice
who represents school districts, is the author of
Coming Together to Address
Student Aggression and School Safety. Professor
Kling also helped draft the so-called "Bully
Bill," an Illinois law that covers student disciplinary
policies, and has worked with school administrators
to draft student handbooks and student discipline
codes. He is available for interviews.
Monday, September 1, is Labor Day. Experts from
Stuart Graduate School of Business and Chicago-Kent's
Institute for Law and the Workplace can discuss a
number of current issues, including labor unions,
managing older workers, employee benefits programs,
collective bargaining, age and sex discrimination,
the Americans with Disabilities Act, sexual harassment
and the impact of technology on the workplace.
Restoring a rule of law in Iraq. Professor Henry
H. Perritt, Jr., says the recent experience
in the Balkans provides an example of what can be
done in Iraq. Professor Perritt 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.
In the summer of 2003, he led an interdisciplinary
team of IIT students to work with Kosovars to help
build a stable, sustainable democracy and market economy.
The students met key leaders to explore establishing
a law firm in Kosovo, providing a model for a business
advocacy clinic, assisting international investors
and providing a clinical education opportunity for
Kosovar law students. Professor Perritt is available
for interviews.
Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme
Court, has been suspended for ten days for violating
a federal judge's order to remove a 5,300-pound monument
depicting the Ten Commandments in the state's judicial
building. Constitutional scholar Sheldon
H. Nahmod is available for interviews about
the controversy and the First Amendment separation
of church and state.
The Bush administration has proposed changes in
laws governing overtime pay. The Department of
Labor says the proposals will update the 1938 law
and will affect only white-collar office workers.
However, unions oppose the plan because it will substantially
reduce the number of employees eligible to receive
overtime pay. The actual number of employees who would
be affected is in dispute. The government estimates
that nearly 700,000 would be impacted by the changes
while the unions place that number closer to eight
million. Professor Martin
H. Malin is director of Chicago-Kent's Institute
for Law and the Workplace.
Corporate executives are under increased pressure
to verify their companies' financial statements.
Under federal requirements, CEOs and CFOs face civil
and criminal penalties and fines for filing inaccurate
statements or failing to meet filing deadlines. How
can executives verify the integrity of information
they receive and disseminate? Stuart Graduate School
of Business professor Paul
R. Prabhaker, who is working with organizations
on information integrity issues, is available for
interviews.
AARP will mark its 45th anniversary in Chicago next
month. "Life@50+: A Celebration of You"
is the theme of the organization's 2003 membership
event scheduled for September 5-7, at Chicago's McCormick
Place. With more than 30 million members, AARP dedicates
itself to "addressing the needs and interests
of persons 50 and older." An estimated 25 percent
of the U.S. population is age 50 or above. Professor
Howard C. Eglit
is an expert on law and aging. He can discuss legal
issues faced by Americans over 50.
Virtual Trading Laboratory. IIT's Center for
Law and Financial Markets (CLFM) established a virtual
trading laboratory 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 to schedule
a media demonstration of the lab.
At the Downtown Campus:
September 18: "Homeland Security — A Peek
at the Future of Federal Labor Relations?"
is the theme of Chicago-Kent College of Law's 21st
annual Federal Sector Labor Relations and Labor Law
Program. The morning portion of the program features
a comprehensive plenary panel discussion by nationally
recognized leaders in the federal workplace. The plenary
session will be followed by concurrent workshops,
providing participants with the opportunity to discuss
specific issues with experts in the federal labor
relations field. Sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute
for Law and the Workplace, the program is the longest
running conference on federal sector and postal labor
relations and labor law held outside of Washington,
D.C. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
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