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 8, 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/advisory.
Jury selection continues in the Michael Jackson trial. Jackson is accused of child molestation,
conspiracy and illegal use of alcohol with a minor. The popular singer’s defense team is expected
to call sports and entertainment celebrities to testify on his behalf. Experts are available to
discuss possible strategies and problems related to high-profile cases.
February 21 is President’s Day. Chicago-Kent dean Harold
J. Krent is the author of a new book that examines presidential powers. The book will be
showcased in a program sponsored by the law school’s Institute for Law and the Humanities.
(See below.) Dean Krent is available for interviews.
Former Vermont governor and 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean has been elected chairman
of the the Democratic National Committee. Professor Henry
H. Perritt, Jr., a former Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in
the Tenth District of Illinois in 2002, is available for interviews about the selection of a new
chair and the future of the Democratic party.
What role does age play in the legal process? Professor Howard
C. Eglit is an expert on law and aging and the author of the new book, Elders
on Trial. Professor Eglit has served on the board of the Illinois chapter of the National
Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and on the advisory committee for the Buehler Center on Aging, McGaw
Medical Center, Northwestern University. He is available for interviews about the interaction between
the aging American population with the U.S. legal system.
A WNBA expansion team will open its inaugural season in Chicago in 2006. The unnamed team,
which is the league’s first new franchise in three years, will bring the number of WNBA teams
to 14. Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon
L. Ham examined the WNBA in “The Glass Ceiling,” a chapter in his book entitled
The Playmasters: An Unauthorized History of the NBA from Sellouts to Lockouts.
He is available for interviews about the WNBA and Chicago’s new team.
April 10 is the deadline for American law students interested in applying for Chicago-Kent's
summer abroad program in Mexico with Tec de Monterrey, one of Mexico's leading private universities.
The ABA-approved, practice-oriented program is taught in English. It gives U.S. law students an
opportunity to study Mexican law and U.S./Mexican legal issues. Classes will be held from May 30
through July 13, 2005.
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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