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–September 19, 2006–Chicago-Kent College of Law and Stuart School of Business have experts available to discuss current issues. To reach any of our experts, call Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, at (312) 906-5251. Press releases and earlier advisories are available on our Web site: www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory.
President George W. Bush has proclaimed September 17-23 as Constitution Week to "celebrate the establishment of the United States Constitution and honor the Framers of this groundbreaking document . . . and to recognize the profound impact our Constitution has on the everyday lives of our citizens." Chicago-Kent experts are available for interviews about a variety of topics related to the U.S. Constitution.
U.S. Supreme Court. 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 which begins October 2. His number is (312) 906-5261.
The Executive Branch. Dean Harold J. Krent, the author of Presidential Powers, is available for interviews about Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which outlines the authority of the executive branch and how several presidents have defined the power of the office. His number is (312) 906-5010.
Chicago-Kent has a distinguished history within the state and federal judiciary. The law school was established in 1888 by two Illinois appellate court judges, Thomas A. Moran and Joseph M. Bailey, who later became chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. During its early years, Chicago-Kent became known as "the law school of judges." By 1924, its alumni accounted for nearly half the state’s judges. Iustitiam Servaverunt ("In the Service of Justice"), a massive stainless steel sculpture, was unveiled this week in the law school’s lobby. It is an artistic tribute to the law school’s century-old tradition of educating judges. The work contains the names of more than 200 Chicago-Kent alumni who have become state and federal judges, quotes on law and justice from a variety of historical figures, and 68 expressions of legal importance translated into 31 languages, including Afrikaans, Yoruba, and American Sign Language. Electronic images of Iustitiam Servaverunt are available for media use from the Office of Public Affairs.
President Bush will address the United Nations on Tuesday, where he is expected to focus on Iraq and the Middle East. However, his administration’s policies related to the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Naval Base have come under fire by the U.N., former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell, a group of military lawyers and several members of Congress. Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled struck down the president’s plan for military commissions, saying it violated the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. Military Code of Justice. President Bush, calling the Geneva Conventions "vague," is seeking clarification. Dean Harold J. Krent is available for interviews about the ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld on military commissions. Professor Bartram S. Brown, co-director of Chicago-Kent’s program in international and comparative law, is an international human rights expert who served as a law clerk during the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, participated in the 1998 Rome Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, and served as a public member of the United States Delegation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1999 and 2000. He is available for interviews about the Geneva Convention and the rule of law. Professor Michael I. Spak served on active duty with the U.S. Army in the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1963 to 1969 and has remained in the U.S. Army Reserve. As Colonel Spak, he is currently liaison officer of the Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Professor Spak is available for interviews about the U.S. Military Code of Justice.
The Seventh Circuit Review is a semiannual online journal dedicated to the analysis of recent opinions published by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The Seventh Circuit Review seeks to keep the legal community abreast of developments and trends within the Seventh Circuit and their impact on contemporary jurisprudence. The articles appearing within the Seventh Circuit Review are written and edited by Chicago-Kent students enrolled in the Seventh Circuit Review Honors Seminar. For more information about the journal, visit the Web site: www.kentlaw.edu/7cr.
Downtown Campus Events:
September 21: "Shifting Strategies in Labor Relations" is the theme of Chicago-Kent College of Law's 24th annual Federal Sector Labor Relations and Labor Law Program. The keynote panel will discuss the impact of the new Department of Homeland Sec urity and Department of Defense personnel systems, which have been the subject of recent litigation. Martin H. Malin, Chicago-Kent professor and director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace, will moderate a discussion on the status of these regulations and their implications for labor relations in a time of legal uncertainty. Panelists include George Nesterczuk, former senior advisor, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and Robert M. Tobias, director of public sector executive programs and director of the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation at American University. Merit Systems Protection Board vice chair Mary M. Rose will reflect on her agency’s priorities and trends in her luncheon address. Sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Workplace, the program is the longest running conference on federal sector and postal labor relations and labor law held outside of Washington, D.C. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
September 29: "The War on Terror, the Press and the Constitution." Panelists Hon. Abner J. Mikva, Frank Mankiewicz and Peter Slevin will discuss First Amendment issues related to media reporting on the "War on Terror." Judge Mikva currently is Schwartz lecturer and senior director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic of the University of Chicago Law School. He has served as a member of Congress, as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and as White House Counsel to President Clinton. Frank Mankiewicz has served as president of National Public Radio, vice-chairman of Hill & Knowlton, campaign manager for 1972 Presidential nominee George McGovern, and press secretary to the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Peter Slevin has served as chief of the Washington Post’s Chicago bureau since 2004. Prior to joining the newspaper in 1998, Slevin served as chief diplomatic correspondent for Knight-Ridder Newspapers. From 1980 to 1995, he was a reporter for The Miami Herald, where he spent more than seven years covering the collapse of communism in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. The program, which will begin at 2 p.m., is free and open to the public. A reception will follow at 3:15 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Chicago-Kent Chapter of the American Constitution Society. For more information, call (312) 906-5192.
October 18: Professor Neal Katyal of the Georgetown Law Center will discuss his role as attorney for the plaintiff in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. On June 29, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that the Bush administration’s military commissions formed to try Guantanamo Bay detainees violated both international and American military law. In addition to his work in Hamdan, Professor Katyal served as co-counsel to former Vice President Al Gore in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Bush v. Palm Beach Canvassing Board, which helped determine the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. The program, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Humanities and will be held in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie auditorium beginning at 3 p.m. For more information, call (312) 906-5392.
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