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-- February 2, 2004--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/
Eurex US will begin trading February 8. Eurex
US, formally known as U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE),
today received unanimous approval from the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission. The new Chicago-based,
fully electronic exchange will offer futures and options
on U.S. Treasury securities in competition with the
Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange. Professor David
Norman, director of market technology at IIT's
Center for Financial Markets, is available for interviews
about USFE.
The first same-sex marriages could take place in
Massachusetts as early as mid-May. The state's
highest court ruled Wednesday that only marriages,
not civil unions, would be constitutional. Some legislators
have vowed to introduce an amendment to the state
constitution that would define marriage as only a
union between heterosexual couples. However, Massachusetts
voters would not be able to vote on the amendment
until 2006. Adjunct professor Vincent Samar,
who teaches courses on sexual orientation and the
law, is available for interviews.
Chicago-Kent is hosting the regional tournament
of the 2004 National Trial Competition at the
Daley Center February 5-7. Teams from 12 law schools
in Illinois and Indiana will compete and judges from
the Cook County, Illinois Appellate and Illinois State
Supreme courts will participate. The winners of the
regional competitions will compete for the national
championship in Austin, Tex., next month. Experts
are available to discuss Chicago-Kent's award-winning
trial advocacy program.
Who's got next? Rookie sensations LeBron James and
Carmelo Anthony were overlooked for spots on the
NBA All-Star team. Fans voted for the starters, and
coaches, who were not permitted to vote for players
on their own teams, picked the reserves for the February
15 game in Los Angeles. Adjunct professor and sports
attorney Eldon L. Ham, the author of Play
Masters: From Sellouts to Lockouts: An Unauthorized
History of the NBA, is available for interviews.
Donald Trump is the star of TV's newest reality
show. "The Apprentice" gives sixteen
would-be entrepreneurs a shot at a year-long, $250,000
job with the real estate mogul –- or at being
fired at the end of an episode. Stuart Graduate School
of Business professor George
Kalidonis is the Coleman Clinical Professor
of Management and academic director of the Entrepreneurship
MBA program. Professor Kalidonis is available for
interviews about "The Apprentice" and Stuart's
Entrepreneurship program.
Brown v. Board of Education. This year
marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme
Court case that ultimately outlawed public school
segregation. Experts are available to discuss the
legal impact of the Brown v. Board of Education
decision.
American law students are invited to apply for Chicago-Kent's
summer abroad program in Mexico with Tec de Monterrey,
one of Mexico's leading private universities. The
program, which runs from June 14 through July 28,
2004, will give U.S. law students an opportunity to
study Mexican law and U.S./Mexican legal issues. May
10 is the deadline for applications, which are available
on the program's Web site at www.kentlaw.edu/glpi/mexico.
At the Downtown Campus:
February 5-7: Region Eight Tournament of the 2004
National Trial Competition. Teams from 12 law
schools in Illinois and Indiana will vie for a chance
to advance in National Trial Competition.
February 10: Chicago Intellectual Property Colloquium.
Professor Dan Burk of the University of Minnesota
School of Law will address the topic "DNA
Rules: Legal Implications of Biological ‘Lock-Out'
Systems.'" This program is part of the Chicago
Intellectual Property Colloquium Series and is co-sponsored
by Chicago-Kent and Loyola University Chicago School
of Law. For more information, contact Graeme Dinwoodie
at (312) 906-5138.
February 19: Chicago-Kent's Alumnae/i Association
Reception. Three Chicago-Kent graduates who currently
serve as bar association presidents will be celebrated.The
Honorable Elizabeth Budzinski '88 (Women's
Bar Association of Illinois), Michael Demetrio
'79 (Chicago Bar Association), and Terrence
Lavin '83 (Illinois State Bar Association) are
the guests of honor at the reception which begins
at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call Jennifer Greenberg
at (312) 906-5245.
February 24: The New Federal Communications Rules
for Media Ownership: Resurfacing of an Old Controversy.
Stuart Graduate School of Business senior lecturer
Kamyar Jabbari will discuss the impact of the FCC
decision to relax rules on television station ownership
and "cross ownership" of media in the same
market. His discussion will focus on the potential
impact of the new rules on free speech and political
landscape; the confusion regarding congressional intent
in the legislation; the interpretation of the issues
by the appeals court; and potential antitrust concerns
that the new methodology proposed by FCC creates.
This program, which begins at noon, is part of the
Stuart School's Faculty Research Colloquium Series.
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