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 2, 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.
“The American Jury – We the People in Action” is the 2005 Law Day theme.
The American Bar Association has launched the first national Juror Appreciation Week, May 1-7 to
celebrate juries and jurors as the cornerstone of the American democracy and to increase public
understanding. Chicago-Kent professor Nancy S. Marder
teaches a course on juries, judges and trials. Professor Marder has written extensively about the
American jury system. Recent articles include Juries, Justice and Multiculturalism and Juries
and Technology: Equipping Jurors for the Twenty-First Century. She is the author of The
Jury Process. Professor Marder is available for interviews about the jury system.
Army Pfc. Lynndie England pleaded guilty this week to two counts of conspiracy to maltreat
prisoners, four counts of maltreating prisoners and one count of committing an indecent act for
her role in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. England, an Army reservist who appeared in several photographs
depicting abuse of Iraqi prisoners, entered a plea one day before her trial was to begin. In exchange
for her guilty plea, prosecutors dropped a second count of committing an indecent act and one count
of dereliction of duty. She still faces a sentencing hearing where she is expected to receive more
than ten years 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.
Next year, the nation’s baby boomers will begin turning 60. Professor Howard
C. Eglit is an expert on law and aging and the author of a new book, Elders
on Trial: Age and Ageism in the American Legal System. He 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. Professor Eglit is available
for interviews about his book and legal issues aging baby boomers are facing.
The Michael Jackson trial continues. The pop singer is accused of child molestation, conspiracy
and illegal use of alcohol with a minor. Chicago-Kent professors Douglas
W. Godfrey and Richard S. Kling are available
for interviews. Professor Godfrey is a former prosecutor in the Kings County District Attorney's
office, where he served in the sex crimes and homicide bureaus. Professor Kling is a criminal defense
attorney who teaches evidence and forensic sciences courses.
The U.S. Supreme Court still has several rulings on key legal issues to hand down before the
term ends. Professor Sheldon H. Nahmod is available
for interviews about key decisions and themes of the 2004-05 term.
When Federal Reserve policymakers will meet this month, they are expected to raise interest
rates by at least 0.25 percent as a hedge against inflation. 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 about monetary policy.
Downtown Campus Events:
May 13-14: “The Future of Legal Research.” Have the ways lawyers conduct research
changed significantly in the last five years? What research tools and resources will lawyers be
using in the next five years? More importantly, are law schools teaching students the skills they
will need? This two-day symposium will feature a roundtable discussion with legal writing faculty
and librarians from several Illinois law schools and presentation of survey results on lawyers'
research needs and habits. The program includes a presentation by Professor Robert Berring
of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, who created the award-winning video series
"Legal Research for the 21st Century." For more information, visit the Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/future/.
May 17: “Federalism as Strategy: Canadian and Other Consitutional Approaches to Managing
Ethnic Conflict in Iraq,” is the theme of a half-day symposium. Rend Rahim Francke,
former Iraqi ambassador to the U.S., will deliver the keynote address and participate in a panel
discussion on key issues and factional tensions involving Iraqi constitutional negotiations. Other
participants include Chicago-Kent Professors Bartram Brown and Sarah Harding; Professors
John McGarry and Christian Leuprecht of the Centre for Intergovernmental Relations
at Queen's University; Professor Sujit Choudry, University of Toronto Law School; Professors
Mohamed Ibrahim and Daniel Rothenberg of DePaul University’s International Human
Rights Law Institute; McGill University Professor Raffaele Iacovino; and Professor Jim
McHugh of Roosevelt University. The symposium is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Global Law and
Policy Initiative, the Canadian Consulate in Chicago, the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations,
and Roosevelt University. The program is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.
For more information, contact Sarah Gillooly at (312) 906-5134.
May 22: Chicago-Kent College of Law Commencement. Attorney Thomas A. Demetrio, of
the Chicago law firm of Corboy & Demetrio, will deliver the commencement address. Commencement
exercises begin at 2 p.m. and will be held in the Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake
Shore Drive, in Chicago.
June 3: 24th 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,”
“How to Prepare and What to Expect from an Audit,” new developments in taxation, legislation
and regulation of non-profits, labor and employment issues affecting not-for-profits, and an update
from the office of the Illinois Attorney General. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
June 18: Stuart Graduate School of Business Commencement. Robert M. Janowiak, executive
director of the International Engineering Consortium will deliver the commencement address. Commencement
exercises begin at 11 a.m. and will be held on the IIT Main Campus in the Hermann Union Building
(HUB), 3241 S. Federal Street, in Chicago.
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