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-- January 24, 2005--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/
Illinois v. Caballes. In a 6-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled that
drug-sniffing dogs can be used to check vehicles during a routine traffic stop even if police officers
have no reason to suspect the driver may be carrying drugs. In 1998, an Illinois state police trooper
stopped Roy Caballes along Interstate 80 for driving 6 miles over the speed limit. Caballes produced
his license, registration and proof of insurance, but troopers brought in a dog after Caballes “seemed
nervous.” Caballes was arrested, charged and later convicted of marijuana trafficking. He
appealed the conviction arguing that the search and seizure violated his Fourth Amendment rights.
The Appellate Court upheld the lower court decision, but the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the
conviction by a 4-3 decision stating that the police violated Caballes’ rights when they “broadened
the scope of the traffic stop into a drug investigation” without any facts that justified
the use of the dog. Dean Harold J. Krent and students
from Chicago-Kent’s Honors Scholars class of 2005 assisted Caballes’ attorney in preparing
briefs and arguments for the U.S. Supreme Court case. Dean Krent and the honors students are available
for interviews.
The 2005 Sundance Film Festival will screen “Frozen Angels,” a documentary film
about assisted human reproductive technologies, beginning January 23. “Frozen Angels,”
produced and directed by award-winning filmmakers Eric Black and Frauke Sandig, is among 16 films
in the documentary competition that will be screened at the festival by a jury consisting of filmmakers,
critics, actors, academics and other industry professionals. In the film, Chicago-Kent distinguished
professor Lori B. Andrews discusses the legal and
ethical implications of the new reproductive technologies. Professor Andrews also appears in an
online segment about the making of the documentary at http://www.makingofeuropa.net/makingclip.asp?documentID=81.
The annual Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah, is considered the premier showcase for American
and international independent film and is a majro program of the Sundance Institute founded in 1981,
by actor and filmmaker Robert Redford.
“The principle of ‘you break it, you own it,’” applies in the case of
the U.S.’ armed intervention in Iraq, says professor Bartram
S. Brown, co-director of Chicago-Kent’s program in international and comparative law.
In a new law review article, he says, “By invading and occupying Iraq, and then attempting
to establish a pro-U.S. democracy, the United States government accepted potentially open-ended
legal responsibility.” Professor Brown is available for interviews about issues raised in
his article and about the Iraqi elections.
Singer Michael Jackson is scheduled to go on trial January 31 on charges of child molestation,
conspiracy and illegal use of alcohol with a minor. 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 who served in the sex crimes and homicide bureaus. Professor Kling is
a criminal defense attorney. He is the author of The Confrontation Clause and Illinois' Hearsay
Exception for Child Sex Abuse Victims and the co-author of Handling Child
Witnesses.
The Federal Reserve’s policymakers will meet in February to consider interest rates.
Professor Robert
Laurent of Stuart Graduate School of Business is a former 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 for interviews about the Federal Reserve Bank
and monetary policy.
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns are seeking a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the
first black heavyweight boxing champion. Johnson, who died in 1946, was champion from 1908 to 1915.
He was convicted in 1913 of violating the Mann Act, a law banning the interstate transport of a
woman for immoral purposes, when he traveled cross state lines with his future wife. Johnson's conviction
was seen as a racially motivated scheme to strip him of the title and punish him for his relationships
with white women. If granted by the Bush administration, the pardon would be only the second granted
posthumously. In 1999, President Clinton issued a posthumous pardon for Henry O. Flipper, West Point's
first African-American graduate. Chicago-Kent dean Harold J.
Krent, author of Presidential Powers, is available for interviews
about presidential pardons. Adjunct professor and sports attorney Eldon
L. Ham is author of The 100 Greatest Sports Blunders of All Time.
Professor Ham is available for interviews about the conviction of Jack Johnson.
Chicago-Kent is hosting the regional tournament of the 2005 National Trial Competition at
the Daley Center February 2-4. Teams from 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 vie for the national championship in Austin, Tex., in
March. Experts are available to discuss Chicago-Kent’s award-winning trial advocacy program.
Downtown Campus Events:
February 17: Legal Diversions or Legal Solutions: The Draft Annex 2001 Agreements and the Future
of the Great Lakes Basin. Scholars, policymakers and “knowledgeable observers” will
participate in this one-day workshop on the legal and environmental issues related to the proposed
Great Lakes Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement. One-fifth of the world's fresh surface
water supply is within the five Great Lakes. More than 40 million people depend upon the lakes for
drinking water. Officials from the eight states and two Canadian provinces that surround the Great
Lakes — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ontario
and Quebec — are working together to determine a course of action through amending the existing
Great Lakes Charter. This program is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Global Law and Policy
Initiative and the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies Program on
Water Issues. For more information, contact Lydia Lazar, (312) 906-5012.
February 18: Presidential Powers, a new book by Chicago-Kent dean Harold J. Krent,
will be the focus of a program sponsored by the law school’s Institute for Law and the Humanities.
The program, which is open to the public, will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the 10th floor event
room. Dean Krent will begin the program with a discussion of the presidency and the administrative
state. Following will be commentary by Chicago-Kent professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., and
Professor John Roberts of DePaul University School of Law. A reception will be held from
3 to 4 p.m. For more information, call (312) 906-5192.
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