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 17, 2004--Chicago-Kent College of
Law, the Stuart Graduate School of Business and the Center for
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/
Army Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits will appear before a special court-martial
Wednesday in Baghdad for his role in the abuse of prisoners
at Abu Ghraib prison. Spc. Sivits is expected to plead guilty
and cooperate with the government against several other soldiers
who have been charged. His plea agreement will avoid the need
for a trial. Spc. Sivits faces a bad conduct discharge, a fine
and a year in prison. Professor Michael
I. Spak is available for interviews. Professor Spak is
a colonel in the U.S. Army reserves and liaison officer of the
Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, Virginia, for
a seven-state area. He is the author of Cases and Material
on Military Law and Cases and Materials on Military Justice.
Same-sex marriages are now legal in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A federal judge last Thursday rejected a legal challenge by conservative
groups to prevent block marriage licenses from being issued to
same-sex couples. U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro ruled that
Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court has proper jurisdiction
over cases involving marriage issues and the authority to "interpret,
and if necessary, reinterpret" the term "marriage."
The Massachusetts legislature last month approved a proposed constitutional
amendment that would reverse the Supreme Judicial Court's ruling
that legalized same-sex marriage. However, Massachusetts votes
will not be able to vote on the amendment until November 2006.
Adjunct professor Vincent Samar, who teaches courses on
sexual orientation and the law, is available for interviews.
Same-sex marriages may be taxing. "Massachusetts's
legalization of same-sex marriage will not help same-sex couples
under federal income tax law," says Professor Jeffrey
G. Sherman. In 1996, President Clinton signed a federal
Defense of Marriage Act that declared marriage as the union of
one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse to recognize
gay unions sanctioned in other states. As a result, same-sex couples
will not be counted as married for federal tax law purposes–
even if they are legally married in the state in which they reside.
Professor Sherman is available for interviews.
The U.S. Supreme Court still has several rulings on key legal
issues to hand down. The justices will rule on cases involving
executive privilege, the Pledge of Allegiance, detention of foreign
nationals, Fourth Amendment searches and seizures, "enemy
combatants" and the Child Online Protection Act. Professor
Sheldon Nahmod
is available for interviews about key decisions and themes of
the 2003-04 term.
Today is the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education,
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.
The House Judiciary Committee began impeachment hearings
against President Richard M. Nixon thirty years ago this month.
Experts are available to discuss legal issues related to the impeachment
and Watergate.
At the Downtown Campus:
May 18: "Transforming Health Care Benefits: Managed Care
to Consumer Care." Lindsay R. Resnick, senior vice president
of Finelight, will discuss the changing role of employers and
employees regarding health care benefits. Finelight is a national
marketing communications firm serving Healthcare, insurance and
financial services clients. The program will begin at 6 p.m. in
Room 403.
May 23: Chicago-Kent College of Law Commencement. The
Honorable Diane P. Wood, judge of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit and senior lecturer at the University
of Chicago, will deliver the commencement address. Commencement
will be held in the Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place Lakeside
Center, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, in Chicago. Approximately 275
students are expected to receive Juris Doctor degrees and 50 Master
of Laws degrees will be conferred.
June 4: 23rd 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. Program
highlights include "Not-For Profit Activities in the Age
of Terrorism," new developments in taxation, legislation
and regulation of non-profits, an update from the office of the
Illinois Attorney General's Office and labor and employment issues
affecting not-for-profits. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
June 19: Stuart Graduate School of Business Commencement.
Alvin Gorman, chairman of Power Contracting and Engineering, will
deliver the keynote address. Gorman is a member of the Stuart
School board of overseers and a member of the Illinois Institute
of Technology's board of trustees. Commencement exercises will
be held on the IIT Main Campus in the Hermann Union Building (HUB),
3241 S. Federal Street in Chicago.
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