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--November 7, 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.
Chicago-Kent and the University of Illinois at Chicago have established a Jewish-Muslim studies initiative to develop understanding and opportunities for closer collaboration between the historically estranged Jewish and Muslim groups. Co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Humanities and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Jewish studies program at UIC, programs include public lectures, a cross-listed course available to students from both institutions, and a theatrical performance. The first events will be the November 28 and 29 public lectures on the importance of Jewish-Muslim dialogue by Dr. Akbar Ahmed, former high commissioner from Pakistan to the United Kingdom and the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University. (See below.) Chicago-Kent dean Harold J. Krent is available to discuss the Jewish-Muslim studies initiative.
November 11 is Veterans’ Day. Professor Michael I. Spak, an expert on military law and a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, is available for interviews about legal issues related to the military.
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens will not rejoin the team after the end of his four-game suspension “for conduct detrimental to the team.” Owens, who is in the second year of a seven-year, $49 million contract, will not be paid during his suspension and will miss the remaining four games of the season. The National Football League Players Association has notified the league that it will file a grievance regarding the Eagles’ right to take such action against Owens. Adjunct professor and sports attorney Eldon L. Ham is available for interviews.
Grokster, a developer of file-sharing software, has agreed to shut down and pay $50 million as part of its settlement of a piracy lawsuit filed by major film studios, record companies and music publishers. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that distributors of file-sharing software who intend for their users to illegally download copyrighted material can be sued by the copyright holders. Professor Mickie A. Piatt, executive director of Chicago-Kent’s program in Intellectual Property Law, is available to discuss how to protect copyrights without chilling the rise of the new technologies.
The corruption trial of former Illinois Governor George Ryan continues. Ryan faces 22 charges of conspiracy, lying to the FBI, mail fraud, racketeering and tax fraud. 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; Professor Kling is a criminal defense attorney.
Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito Jr. are expected to begin in January. If confirmed, Alito would replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Dean Harold J. Krent, the author of Presidential Powers, is available for interviews.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Solomon Amendment brought by a coalition of 31 law schools, including Chicago-Kent. Enacted in 1996, the Solomon Amendment is a federal law created to guarantee the military equal access to campuses and students. Colleges and universities that bar military recruiters from their campuses in violation of the law face penalties including the loss of federal funds. However, the coalition says hosting the recruiters on campus violates the schools’ anti-discrimination policies because the military excludes openly gay members. The coalition also says the Solomon Amendment imposes on their rights to free speech. Dean Harold J. Krent is available for interviews about the case.
Downtown Campus Events:
November 16: Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Annual Alumni Awards Luncheon will begin at noon in the Main Dining Room of the Union League Club, 65 West Jackson Boulevard, in Chicago. The Alumni Association will honor members of the legal community. Alumnus Scott W. Gertz '99 and alumna Holly D. Gordon '99 will receive Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Public Interest Law Awards. The award is named for the late U.S. District Court Senior Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, who graduated from what is now Chicago-Kent in 1925. Chicago-Kent graduates receiving Professional Achievement Awards are Jeffrey S. Weiner '75 and Elaine S. Fox '75. Distinguished Service awards will go to the Honorable Edward F. Masters '72 and to Chicago-Kent professor Howard C. Eglit. Scott Schutte '95 will receive the Young Alumnus Award.
November 16: Chicago-Kent professor Timothy Holbrook will present a workshop on “Curing Heterosexuality? Moral Signals and the Potential for Expressive Harms in Patent Law.” The presentation is part of the 2005-2006 Forum for Research on Law, Politics, and the Humanities sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for the Humanities. The program will begin at 3 p.m. at the Institute for the Humanities, Lower Level, Stevenson Hall, 701 South Morgan Street in Chicago. The program is free and open to the public, but advance registration is encouraged. To register or for more information, please contact huminst@uic.edu or call (312) 996-6354.
November 18-19: Popular Constitutionalism: A Symposium on The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review, by Larry D. Kramer. This symposium, sponsored by the Chicago-Kent Law Review, the Institute for Law and Humanities at Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Stanford Law Society of Chicago, and the Center for New Deal Studies at Roosevelt University, will bring together legal historians and constitutional scholars to discuss new perspectives on the history and theory of constitutional interpretation. The conference will be framed by consideration of Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer's book and will consider the rise of judicial power in the United States and alternative ideas of the place of the Constitution in law, politics, and American culture. The symposium is free, but space is limited. Those wishing to attend the symposium should RSVP to Professor Daniel W. Hamilton at dhamilton@kentlaw.edu.
November 28 and 29: “The Importance of Jewish/Muslim Dialogue,” is the general theme of two public lectures by Dr. Akbar Ahmed, former high commissioner from Pakistan to the United Kingdom and the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University. Dr. Ahmed’s lectures launch a new initiative in Jewish/Muslim relations at Chicago-Kent and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). On Monday, Dr. Ahmed will address the topic “Crossroad for the Abrahmic Faiths” at 4 p.m. in Room 302 of UIC’s Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street in Chicago. On Tuesday, his topic will be “Judaism and Knowledge in the Abrahamic Faiths.” The program will begin at noon in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium on IIT’s Downtown Campus, 565 West Adams St. in Chicago. Both lectures are free and open to the public. RSVPs are required by November 19, 2005, to (312) 413-2500. For assistance or more information, please call (312) 413-2102.
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