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-- June 1, 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/
Scott Peterson goes on trial this week for the murders of
his wife and their unborn child. Laci Peterson was eight months
pregnant when she disappeared Christmas Eve of 2002. Scott Peterson
was arrested in April of 2003 after the remains of Laci and their
son Conner washed ashore near San Francisco. Chicago-Kent professors
Douglas W. Godfrey
and Richard S. Kling
are available to comment on the case. Professor Godfrey is a former
prosecutor in the Kings County (New York) District Attorney's
office. Professor Kling is a criminal defense attorney.
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.
Veterans' groups are urging Congress to revamp the G.I. Bill.
The original G.I. Bill, established in June of 1944, covered the
cost of tuition, fees, books and other expenses at post-secondary
schools. Critics of the Montgomery G.I. Bill, enacted in 1985,
say the law's restrictions place financial hardships on veterans
who take advantage of the benefits. Professor
Michael I. Spak is available for interviews about military
benefits. 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 a co-author of Servicemembers
Legal Guide: Everything You and Your Family Need to Know About
the Law.
At the Downtown Campus:
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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