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 13, 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.
The Arizona Cardinals paid a special Veterans Day tribute to their former teammate Pat Tillman. Before Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys, the team dedicated an area outside the team’s new University of Phoenix stadium called “Pat Tillman Freedom Plaza,” which includes an 8-foot bronze statue of the former defensive player. During the halftime ceremony, Tillman’s name was added to the Cardinals’ “Ring of Honor.” In a personal response to the September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks, Tillman left a lucrative professional football career in 2002 to join the Army’s Special Forces. Two years later, he was killed by friendly fire while on duty in Afghanistan. To date, seven soldiers have been disciplined. Tillman’s death has been the subject of several investigations, with findings of the most recent expected to be released next month. Neither Tillman’s family nor several congressmen are satisfied with the Pentagon’s response thus far and are calling for congressional hearings. Professor Michael I. Spak, an expert on military law, is available for interviews. Professor 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, Charlottesville, Virginia.
“The international community has been consistently indifferent to corruption in Kosovo and reluctant to look into it because it has been afraid of where a serious investigation of wrongdoing might lead,” says Chicago-Kent professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., co-author of a new report on how an independent Kosovo could control public corruption. The report is particularly timely in light of ongoing negotiations related to Kosovar independence. Professor Perritt, who has been to Kosovo multiple times during the past eight years and has completed a forthcoming book on the Kosovo Liberation Army, worked with a team of Chicago-Kent students in a research and policy analysis project during the summer of 2006 to produce “Combating Corruption in Kosovo,” an 85-page report which may be downloaded at http://operationkosovo.kentlaw.edu. Professor Perritt and the students are available for interviews.
November is Native American Heritage Month. Chicago-Kent has experts available to discuss a number of legal issues related to the Native American experience. They include:
• Professor Mark D. Rosen, who is available to discuss tribal courts and the Indian Civil Rights Act; and
• Professor Sarah K. Harding, who is available to discuss the repatriation of Native American artifacts by cultural institutions and others.
The Dolores K. Hanna Trademark Prize has been established at Chicago-Kent College of Law by the law firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC to honor Dolores K. Hanna, a 1952 Chicago-Kent graduate who served as the firm’s special trademarks counsel until her retirement from active practice in June 2006. The monetary prize will be awarded at the end of the 2007, 2008 and 2009 school years to a Chicago-Kent student in an intellectual property or legal writing course who writes the best paper on the subject of trademarks or trademark law. Prior to joining Bell, Boyd & Lloyd in 2000, Hanna practiced at the law firm of Hill & Simpson and also served as trademark counsel for Kraft Inc. From 1985 to 1987, Hanna chaired the Trademark Review Commission, which studied the U.S. trademark system law and recommended changes that were enacted into the first comprehensive update of trademark law since passage of the Lanham Act in 1946. The establishment of the Hanna prize will be formally announced at Chicago-Kent’s All-Alumni Award Luncheon on Thursday, November 16. (See below.)
Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic is seeking those who need legal assistance with immigration, asylum and nationality matters. The clinic is supervised by Professor Matthew I. Bernstein, whose practice includes advising corporations, nonprofit organizations and individuals in all areas of immigration law, including professionals; aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts and business; individuals seeking immigration benefits for family members; and individuals threatened with removal from the United States by the government. Professor Bernstein is available for interviews about the Immigration Law Clinic. He is also available to speak with organizations about immigration issues.
Chicago-Kent's Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is seeking taxpayers who have disputes with the IRS. Those who meet certain income criteria may qualify for free assistance with their tax disputes. Students work under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Decatorsmith. More information about the program is available on the Web site http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/tax/. Professor Decatorsmith is available for interviews about the program, but is unable to answer media queries for other tax-related stories.
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; immigration 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.
Dolores K. Hanna ’52, who served as special trademarks counsel with Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC will receive special recognition. Burton S. Odelson ’72 of Odelson & Sterk Ltd. will receive the Distinguished Service Award. Pablo J. Almaguer ’97 and Shaena M. Fazal ’00 will receive Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Public Interest Law Awards. Almaguer is an attorney and manager of the Edinburgh, Texas branch of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Fazal is director of the John Howard Association’s Long-Term Prisoner Policy Project. The award, named for the late U.S. District Court Senior Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz ’25, honors exemplary work that “most closely reflects his character, life and work.” Cynthia Y. Cobbs ’88, director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts; Barry S. Maram ’71, director of Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services; and Raymond J. Werner ’71, managing partner, Arnstein & Lehr LLP, will receive Professional Achievement Awards. Alyssa C. Mogul ’98, managing partner, Grund & Leavitt, and Cathy L. Rath ’01 of the Teamsters Central States Pension and Health & Welfare Funds will receive Young Alumna Awards.
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.
December 1: “The Status and Future of Public Employee Retiree Benefits” is the topic of the keynote address by the Laurence Msall, president of The Civic Federation, at Chicago-Kent's 22nd annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program. The program is sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Workplace and co-sponsored by the Illinois Labor Relations Board and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. For more information, call (312) 906-5090.
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