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 29, 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/
Restoring the rule of law in Iraq. The Bush administration
transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government two days
before its June 30 deadline. U.S. troops remain in the country
and Chicago-Kent professor Henry
H. Perritt, Jr., says there are parallels between multilateral
intervention in Iraq and in Kosovo. Professor Perritt is a coauthor
of a report on final status for Kosovo. He says, "If the
multilateral intervention in Kosovo fails after five years, that
failure will bode ill for the future of Afghanistan and Iraq."
Media copies of the report are available and Professor Perritt
is available for interviews.
Key decisions and themes of the 2003-04 U.S. Supreme Court
term. Constitutional scholar and Chicago-Kent professor Sheldon
Nahmod is available for interviews.
Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to raise interest
rates by at least 0.25 percent when they meet this week. Professor
Robert Laurent of Stuart Graduate School of Business
served as a senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago, where he participated in regular briefings and policy
recommendations regarding U.S. monetary policy. Professor Laurent
is available to talk monetary policy.
Toward a Consensus on Cloning: US Policy and the Global Debate
is the topic of a July 9 symposium to be presented by IIT's Institute
on Biotechnology and the Human Future at the National Press Club
in Washington, D.C. Participants include Chicago-Kent professor
and IBHF board chair Lori
B. Andrews, IBHF president Nigel M. de S. Cameron,
Rosario Isasi of the University of Montreal's Centre de
Recherche en Droit Public, David A. Prentice, senior fellow
for life sciences, Family Research Council, Professor Abby
Lippman of McGill University, and Henk Jochemsen, director
of the Lindeboom Institute in the Netherlands and Medical Ethics
department chair at Free University of Amsterdam. Professor Nigel
Cameron, director of the Institute, is available for interviews
about the symposium.
My Life, the memoirs of former president Bill Clinton,
has sold nearly a million copies since it was released last
week. Chicago-Kent dean Harold
J. Krent is a constitutional scholar who explores the
issue of executive privilege in a forthcoming book on presidential
powers. Dean Krent is available for interviews about the use of
presidential powers during the Clinton administration.
The 75th annual All-Star Game will be played in Houston July
13. For the second consecutive year, the outcome of the game
will have an impact on post-season play because the winning league
will gain home-field advantage in the 2004 World Series. Sports
attorney and adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham, author of
The 100 Greatest Sports Blunders of All Time, is available
for interviews about Major League Baseball.
Hedge funds now account for 25 percent of trading volume
on the New York Stock Exchange. What are hedge funds and how
do they work? Professor Keith
Black of Stuart Graduate School of Business' Center for
Financial Markets is the author of a forthcoming book, Managing
a Hedge Fund. Professor Black can discuss why investors are
attracted to hedge funds in this market environment, strategies
hedge funds use to make money in up and down markets, and how
the growth in hedge fund investments affects the stock and bond
markets.
Chicago-Kent's Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is seeking taxpayers
who have disputes with the IRS. Those who meet certain income
criteria may qualify for free assistance with their tax disputes,
including collection matters, audits, appeals and litigation before
the Internal Revenue Service, United States Tax Court, and United
States District Court. Students work under the supervision of
Professor Jonathan
Decatorsmith. The program Web site www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/tax/
has information about the program, and Professor Decatorsmith
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, who is available for interviews about the program.
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