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--March 20, 2006--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.
Second-year Chicago-Kent students Joel Roberson and Susan Clark spent their spring break working as volunteers with the Mississippi Center for Justice, where they will focused on housing issues for Gulf Coast residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Joel and Susan are back from Mississippi and are available for interviews.
After a week, the jury in former Illinois governor George Ryan’s federal corruption trial has informed the judge it is having trouble deliberating. Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer did not spell out the nature of the problem and attorneys on both sides are under a gag order. Ryan and his co-defendant, Larry Warner, each face 22 charges of conspiracy, lying to the FBI, mail fraud, racketeering and tax fraud. If convicted of all charges, they could receive maximum penalties of nearly $5 million and 95 years in prison. Chicago-Kent are available for interviews.
National Football League (NFL) commissioner Paul Tagliabue will retire in July. Tagliabue, who succeeded Alvin “Pete” Rozelle, has served as commissioner of the league for 16 years. Adjunct professor and sports attorney Eldon L. Ham, who was the first attorney to challenge, overturn and change NFL drug testing policy, is available for interviews about the Tagliabue legacy.
Dr. Alberto Bustani, President of Tec de Monterrey (Tec), will visit IIT’s Stuart Graduate School of Business March 24. The two institutions have formed a strategic partnership to encourage institutional cooperation through the development of joint academic programs, student and faculty exchange, and joint research. The Stuart School and Tec’s EGADE (Graduate School of Business and Leadership) have signed dual degree agreements that allow Mexican and American students to take a portion of their course work in Mexico and complete it in Chicago. Students may earn Master of Science degrees in Finance, Financial Markets or Marketing Communications; or an MBA from both institutions. Rafael Alvarado, director of Latin American Affairs at IIT, is available for interviews.
Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic is seeking those who need legal assistance with immigration, asylum and nationality matters. The clinic is supervised by Professor Matthew I. Bernstein, whose practice includes advising corporations, nonprofit organizations and individuals in all areas of immigration law, including professionals; aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts and business; individuals seeking immigration benefits for family members; and individuals threatened with removal from the United States by the government. Professor Bernstein is available for interviews about the Immigration Law Clinic. He is also available to speak with organizations about immigration issues.
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. Students work under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Decatorsmith. More information about the program is available on the Web site. Professor Decatorsmith is available for interviews about the program, but is unable to answer media queries for current tax filing stories.
Downtown Campus Events
March 28: Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, associate dean for research and Willard and Margaret Carr Professor of Labor and Employment Law at Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, will deliver the 28th annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture. Professor Dau-Schmidt will address the topic "The Future of Collective Bargaining." Commentators include Allison Beck, general counsel, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO; Nicholas W. Clark, associate general counsel, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union; and Michael A. Rodriquez, senior vice president-labor relations, AT&T Services, Inc. The program, which begins at 11:30 a.m., is free and open to the public. The lecture series, presented by Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Workplace, explores current topics in labor law, and was established by a gift in memory of Kenneth M. Piper, a distinguished executive with Motorola, Inc., and Bausch & Lomb, Inc. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
March 30: “The Third Reich and the Legal Profession” is the topic of a lecture by historian William Meinecke of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). Meinecke will discuss the response of the German legal community to the end of democracy and the Nazi rise to power in 1933 and the integration of non-Nazi legal professionals into the Nazi system of law. The program, which is free and open to the public, is part of a series of symposia co-sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Public Library and USHMM to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg war crimes trials and “to examine the Trials’ lasting effects on justice and how we can utilize that vision in today’s world.” It will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium. For more information, visit www.chicagobar.org/nurembergevent.
April 4: The 17th annual Henry Morris Lecture in International and Comparative Law. Mitsuo Matushita, professor emeritus of law at Tokyo University and of counsel to Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu, will address the topic "Decision-Making in the WTO." The lecture series is funded by the Henry Morris Endowment, established in memory of Henry Crittendon Morris, who graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1889. Mr. Morris enjoyed a distinguished career as an international lawyer and diplomat. The program, which is free and open to the public, begins at noon. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
April 6: “From Tel Aviv to Ramallah: A Beatbox Journey” is an hour-long hip-hop play about the lives of young people affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict written by Professor Rachel Havrelock of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). As part of the new UIC/Chicago-Kent Muslim Jewish Initiative, JAMS (Jewish Arab Muslim Students) was formed to create an atmosphere of dialogue and to produce campus events focused on the Middle East and Muslim, Arab and Jewish identities. JAMS is presenting this performance of Havrelock’s award-winning play starring Yuri Lane and Sharif Ezzat, a Jewish-Arab performance team. The program is free and open to the public. It will begin at 7 p.m. in room L285 of the EPASW Building, 1040 W. Harrison Street, on the UIC Campus. For additional information about the play, visit www.yurilane.com. For more information about the performance, call (312) 413-9464.
April 7: "From Ancient Persia to Abu Ghraib: Comparative Observations on Empire, Religion, and Torture" will be the topic of a lecture by Bruce Lincoln, the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. Professor Lincoln is the author of Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11. Sponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Humanities, this program is the last in its "Law, Fundamentalism and Democracy" series. The program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 2 p.m. in the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom. For more information, contact Professor Sarah Harding, (312) 906-5227.
April 20-21: George K. Yin, Howard W. Smith Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, will deliver the luncheon keynote address on the first day of Chicago-Kent’s 25th annual Federal Tax Institute. He will address the topic "Prospects for Budget Control and Tax Reform." Professor Yin, who headed the staff of the U.S. Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation from 2003 to 2005, will share his insights regarding the likelihood of budget control and tax reform legislation in view of the current state of the law and legislative process. The two-day program also will review recent developments in tax law. Participants will also discuss tax planning for multinational corporations, corporate taxation and executive compensation issues. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
April 27-28: 23rd annual conference on Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation. This two-day seminar provides a comprehensive update, presented by leading practitioners and legal scholars, on liability arising out of Section 1983 and other civil rights statutes. Police misconduct, sexual harassment, municipal liability, individual immunities and procedural defenses, and recent and forthcoming cases before the U.S. Supreme Court are among the topics to be explored. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
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