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Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO--April 24, 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.
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer this week has set a hearing to meet with two women unseated from the jury that convicted former Illinois governor George Ryan and his co-defendant Larry Warner of corruption. Judge Pallmeyer set a hearing for Wednesday following a request from defense attorneys to interview former jurors Cynthia McFadden and Evelyn Ezell. McFadden was replaced before deliberations began. Ezell was dismissed more than a week into deliberations when it was discovered her arrest record was not disclosed on her jury questionnaire. Experts are available for interviews about this case and whether investigations into potential jurors’ backgrounds will have a chilling effect on citizens’ willingness to perform jury service.
May 1 is Law Day. In 1957, the American Bar Association established an observance to celebrate the American legal system. The following year, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first proclamation for what was then called “Law Day U.S.A.” In 1961, May 1 was officially designated as “Law Day” by a joint resolution of Congress. This year’s theme is “Liberty Under Law: Separate Branches, Balanced Powers.” Dean Harold J. Krent is the author of Presidential Powers. He is available for interviews about the separation of powers.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said he will attempt to bring an immigration bill to the Senate floor by Memorial Day. Frist had hoped for a vote on the Senate’s attempt at immigration reform earlier this month. However, support for a compromise version eroded. Once the Senate passes a bill, it must still be reconciled with the House’s controversial immigration reform bill passed last December which calls for criminal penalties for illegal immigrants and those who help them. Professor Matthew I. Bernstein, who oversees Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic, is available for interviews.
Section 1983, perhaps the most important federal civil rights/civil liberties statute ever enacted, is found in Title 42 of the United States Code. Dating from 1871, it provides damage remedies for persons deprived of their constitutional rights by state, city and county officials and by local governments. Professor Sheldon H. Nahmod is a leading expert on constitutional law, civil rights and the law of Section 1983. He is the author of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Litigation: The Law of Section 1983. For the past 23 years, he has convened the Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference at Chicago-Kent. Professor Nahmod is available for interviews about Section 1983 and about this year’s conference, which will be held April 27 and 28. (See below.)
Jocks behaving badly. Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham says ego, classroom favoritism and adults who look the other way combine with aggressive behavior that is valued on the field of play but inappropriate in everyday life to produce a climate in which athletes can get in trouble. Professor Ham is available for interviews.
Downtown Campus Events
April 26: 2006: “Sustaining Identity: Jewish and Muslim Experiences in the New World” is the topic of a lecture by Dr. Azim Nanji, inaugural visiting professor of Muslim/Jewish Relations and current director of the Ismaili Institute in London. The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Student Center East Cardinal Room, 750 South Halsted St. A reception will follow. The lecture series is co-sponsored by the Institute for Law and the Humanities at IIT’s Chicago-Kent College of Law and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its Jewish Studies Program. The lecture is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. Please RSVP to (312) 413-2102.
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.
May 21: Chicago-Kent Commencement. Journalist Bill Kurtis will deliver the commencement address at Chicago-Kent College of Law’s 2006 ceremonies on Sunday, May 21, at 11 a.m. Commencement will be held in the Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, in Chicago. Approximately 250 students are expected to receive Juris Doctor degrees and 30 Master of Laws degrees will be conferred.
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