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–January 29, 2007–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 FBI reportedly has adopted an Internet surveillance technique that is "broader and more intrusive" than the system (formerly known as "Carnivore") the government abandoned in 2001. CNETnews.com reports that agents are compiling massive databases on Internet users that later can be searched by names, e-mail addresses or keywords. Provisions of the U.S.A. Patriot Act give the FBI permission to do warrantless Internet surveillance establishing probable cause that are limited to capturing e-mail or IP addresses, but not message content. The current "vacuum-cleaner approach" goes beyond those limits and may include Web browsing or all e-mail messages that travel through a network. Chicago-Kent dean Harold J. Krent, who served on the Illinois Institute of Technology team that examined Carnivore, is available for interviews. "12 Angry Men," Reginald Rose’s critically acclaimed drama about a jury deliberating the fate of an accused murderer, is being performed at the LaSalle Bank Theatre in Chicago. Professor Nancy S. Marder, who teaches a course on juries, judges and trials, has written extensively about the American jury system. Professor Marder is the author of a new book called Jury Process. Her recent law review articles include Juries, Justice and Multiculturalism and Juries and Technology: Equipping Jurors for the Twenty-First Century. Professor Marder is available for interviews about the American jury system and about "12 Angry Men."
Downtown Campus Events
February 20: U.S. Congressman and 1989 Chicago-Kent graduate Peter Roskam (R-Ill. 6th) will discuss the agenda for the 110th Congress, his experience as an Illinois legislator and his law school years at a program sponsored by the Chicago-Kent chapters of the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society. In 1993, Roskam was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives where he served six years. In 2000, he was appointed to the Illinois Senate and served in the leadership as the Republican Whip and Floor Leader. In November 2006, Roskam was elected to Congress where he currently serves on the House Financial Services committee and sits on the subcommittees for Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises; Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology; and Oversight and Investigations. This program is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the congressman’s remarks. For more information, please contact: Professor Daniel W. Hamilton, (312) 906-5192, or dhamilto@kentlaw.edu.
March 7: "Muslim-Jewish Dialogue and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" is the topic of a lecture by Judea Pearl, computer science professor at the University of California at Los Angeles and the father of the late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. The younger Pearl was abducted and murdered in early 2002. Following his death, Daniel Pearl’s family and friends established the Daniel Pearl Foundation, which seeks to "promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music, and innovative communications." Professor Pearl, who serves as president of the foundation, travels and lectures extensively throughout the world to promote dialogue about conflict in the Middle East. This program, which will be held at 3 p.m. in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium, is free and open to the public. A reception will follow Professor Pearl’s remarks. For more information, call (312) 906-5006.
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