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 3, 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.
Immigration reform: Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in cities throughout the country to call for legislation that would lead to U.S. citizenship for approximately 11 million of the nation’s illegal immigrants. In December, the House passed a bill sponsored by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., (R-Wis.) that would criminalize illegal immigration and impose strict penalties on those who assist illegals. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has said he wants to bring the Senate’s immigration bill to the floor by Memorial Day. Support for an earlier compromise Senate version eroded. Professor Matthew I. Bernstein, who oversees Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic, is available for interviews about current U.S. immigration laws and the possible impact of new proposals being considered.
Alabama governor Bob Riley last month signed the “Rosa Parks Act,” a new law that will allow those convicted of violating the state’s Jim Crow laws to apply for a pardon or to have the record expunged. Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are among those with criminal records for their activism. Applications for pardons must be made in the town where the arrest occurred and relatives may apply on behalf of deceased family members. Supporters of the bill said it would bring closure and reconciliation. However, some opponents said the new law would give “carte blanche to people who committed crimes at the time.” Others who opposed the law believe the arrest records should stand because applying for pardons “implied they did something wrong.” Legal experts are available to discuss pardons, Jim Crow laws, expungement and civil rights laws.
May is Older Americans Month. The nation’s oldest baby boomers have begun turning 60 this year. In 2011, 76 million Americans will reach retirement age. Government sources report that only 48 million new workers will be available to take the jobs they vacate. However, a number of surveys have found that a majority of baby boomers intend to keep working during their so-called retirement years. Experts on IIT’s Downtown Campus are available for interviews on a variety of topics related to older Americans.
Chicago-Kent professor Howard C. Eglit is an expert on law and aging. Professor Eglit is the author of Elders on Trial: Age and Ageism in the American Legal System and of a three-volume treatise, Age Discrimination. He is available for interviews about workplace issues facing aging baby boomers.
Marvin B. Levine, an adjunct professor at Stuart Graduate School of Business, is available for interviews about the role of older employees in the workplace and professional adaptations they must make in order to remain competitive.
Other experts from Stuart Graduate School of Business are available to discuss the impact of boomers on consumer spending, marketing to this segment of the economy, unique branding issues and business trends.
Downtown Campus Events
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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