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Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
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CHICAGO–April 11, 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.
On April 15, Major League Baseball (MLB) will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The entire Los Angeles Dodgers team will wear Robinson’s number 42 on that date to honor the modern era’s first African-American major league player. Commissioner Bud Selig has extended the invitation to wear the number 42 to all MLB players who want to participate in the tribute. Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham says Jackie Robinson didn’t change baseball, he changed America. Professor Ham, the author of Larceny & Old Leather, is available for interviews.
April 22 is Earth Day. Begun in 1970 as a teach-in to call attention to environmental issues, Earth Day is now observed by more than 500 million people in 175 countries. Approximately 30,000 people are expected to attend the Green Festival April 21 and 22 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Professor George P. Nassos, director of Stuart School of Business’ Center for Sustainable Enterprise and director of the school’s graduate environmental management programs, is available for interviews. Professor Nassos can discuss green business programs. Chicago-Kent distinguished professor Dan Tarlock, director of the law school’s program in Environmental and Energy Law, is available for interviews. Professor Tarlock, currently one of three United States special legal advisors to the NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation, teaches courses in land use, property, energy and natural resource law, environmental policy, and international environmental law.
The Bush administration has renewed its efforts to reform the nation’s immigration policy. While details of the president’s proposal have not yet been released, it has been speculated that it includes a plan for immigrants to return to their home countries and pay $10,000 for a three-year work visa to legally reenter the United States. Meanwhile, Illinois congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill. 4) has co-sponsored Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act (Strive Act), which would require undocumented workers to leave the country to regularize their status -- but not necessarily require that they go to their countries of origin. Immigrants would pay a $500 fine for permission to continue to working in the U.S. under a guest worker program, and $1,500 to begin the citizenship process. Professor Matthew I. Bernstein, who supervises Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic, is available for interviews about immigration reform.
Downtown Campus Events:
April 11: "Advancing Women’s Rights: An Agenda for the 110th Congress" is the topic of a lecture by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill. 9). Elected in 1998, Congressman Schakowsky is serving her fifth term in office. She currently serves on the House Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Energy and Commerce Committee. Congressman Schakowsky serves the House Democratic Leadership as chief deputy whip and as a member of the Steering and Policy Committee. This program, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by the Chicago-Kent chapter of the American Constitution Society and the Chicago-Kent Lambdas. It will begin at 2 p.m. For more information, call (312) 906-5192.
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