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--June 13 , 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.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005-06 term is coming to a close. Constitutional scholar and distinguished professor Sheldon H. Nahmod is available for interviews about the first term of the Roberts Court. Professor Nahmod is also available to talk about highlights of the Supreme Court's 2005-06 session and key issues the justices will consider during the new term.
Flag Burning Amendment. A constitutional amendment sponsored by Senator Orrin G. Hatch is expected to come to a vote before the full Senate sometime this month. The amendment would give Congress "the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." Last June, the House of Representatives approved its version of the amendment. Chicago-Kent experts are available to discuss the process of amending the U.S. Constitution and recent U.S. Supreme Court cases on flag burning.
Miranda turns 40. On June 13, 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that suspects in criminal cases must be informed of their right against self-incrimination and of their right to consult with an attorney prior to questioning by police. Constitutional scholars are available to talk about the impact of the Miranda ruling and can discuss challenges to Miranda brought before the courts in recent years. Criminal defense attorney and professor Richard S. Kling is also available for interviews.
Sequence, a new thriller by Chicago-Kent professor Lori B. Andrews, will debut on bookshelves this week. It is the first work of fiction by Professor Andrews, who has written several books and dozens of articles for legal and trade publications on law and technology. In 1996, she published Black Power, White Blood: The Life and Times of Johnny Spain, a biography of the former Black Panther and "San Quentin Six" member. Sequence is the story of Alexandra Blake, a geneticist with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., who is working against time to identify a serial killer. Professor Andrews is available for interviews about Sequence and the intersection of fiction, law, science and technology.
Chicago-Kent's Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars program (PLUS) celebrates its fifth year. More than two dozen undergraduate students interested in careers in law are participating in a special four-week session at Chicago-Kent. The program, which is funded by support from the Law School Admission Council and the Illinois State Board of Higher Education, seeks to increase diversity and is geared toward students from underrepresented groups. The 2006 PLUS scholars are taking courses adapted from Chicago-Kent's curriculum. They are visiting courts and learning about the law school admissions process. Near the end of the program the students will participate in a mock trial. Students, faculty and administrators will be available for interviews about the program, which ends June 30.
Downtown Campus Events
June 17: Stuart Graduate School of Business Commencement exercises. Harvey Kahalas, newly appointed dean of the Stuart School, will deliver the commencement address. For the past nine years, Kahalas has served as dean and professor at the School of Business Administration at Wayne State University in Detroit and as executive director of Wayne’s Institute for Organizational and Industrial Competitiveness. The program will begin at 11 a.m. on the IIT Main Campus in the Hermann Union Building (HUB), 3241 S. Federal Street, in Chicago.
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