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–November 7 , 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.
November 7 is election day. Experts are available to discuss immigration reform, the War on Terror, embryonic stem-cell research, same-sex marriage, financial markets, federal judges, the war in Iraq and other election-year
issues.
The impact of the Internet on political campaigns. Voters and supporters are visiting candidates' Web sites for news and information. Chicago-Kent professor Richard Warner is president of Standards Association for Elections Online (SAFE Online), a nonprofit organization that develops standards and practices for online campaign activity and endorses third-party monitors who certify campaign Web sites that abide by SAFE Online standards. Professor Warner is available for interviews about SAFE and campaign Web sites. His phone number is (312) 906-5340. Also available is Ravi Singh, CEO of Electionmall.com Technologies Inc., who has worked with state elected officials to develop e-tools for effective campaign management. Singh has co-taught Chicago-Kent’s Legal Aspects of E-Commerce seminar and has worked with students in developing Internet concepts for election campaigns.
What have we learned about butterflies, chads and dimples since the 2000 elections? In 2000, Chicago-Kent professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., oversaw a team of IIT engineering, law, design, public administration, business and psychology students who explored possible uses for new voting technologies that could reduce the risks of voter confusion and mistakes, protect ballot security while preserving voter privacy, and make election-night tabulations and recounts more efficient. Professor Perritt is available for interviews about the problems identified and solutions developed.
November 11 is Veterans Day. Professor Michael I. Spak, an expert on military law and a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, is available for interviews about legal issues related to the military.
Downtown Campus Events:
November 15: Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Humanities will present "An Attorneys’ Panel on Citizenship and Immigration: History, Law and Policy." Experts will discuss historical, legal and public policy issues related to U.S. citizenship and immigration. Panelists include clinical professor Matthew I. Bernstein, who supervises Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic; attorney Royal F. Berg; and adjunct professor Carlina Tapia-Ruano of Tapia-Ruano & Gunn. Tapia-Ruano is first Hispanic president of the American Immigration Law Association. The program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 3 p.m. and is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Hispanic-Latino Law Students Association and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. A reception will follow. For more information, please call (312) 906-5192.
November 16: Chicago-Kent College of Law’s 29th Annual Alumni Awards Luncheon will begin at noon at the University Club of Chicago, 76 East Monroe Street. Journalist and author Bill Kurtis will be the special guest speaker as Chicago-Kent honors nine of its alumni for their professional service and achievement. Tickets are $50 per person, $40 per person for 2001-2005 Chicago-Kent graduates, and $20 for 2006 Chicago-Kent graduates. For tickets or more information, please visit www.kentlaw.edu/allalumlunch on the Web or call (312) 906-5245.
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