For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL, POLITICAL, HIGHER EDUCATION, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO–October 22, 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.
During the summer and fall of 1692, 19 men and women accused of witchcraft were hanged in Salem, Mass. Another man accused was pressed to death when he refused to enter a plea. Approximately 200 people were imprisoned. Most of the accused were denied legal counsel and/or trials. Judges could overturn jury verdicts. Experts are available to discuss legal issues related to the Salem witchcraft trials.
"The Crucible," Arthur Miller’s 1952 play about the Salem witchcraft trials, has been chosen as the fall 2007 book in the city's "One Book, One Chicago" program. There has been a variety of activities examining the play’s themes of political persecution, mass hysteria, and what it means to be an "American" -- and, conversely, "un-American." Miller’s Tony Award-winning drama was written when McCarthyism was widespread in America. In selecting "The Crucible," Mayor Daley said its themes resonate in post-9/11 America when immigrants, Muslims and Arabs "are being looked at in a much different way." Chicago-Kent students and faculty have formed on- and off-campus discussion groups that will meet within the next two weeks to look at the play from a variety of perspectives. Experts are available to discuss issues related to "The Crucible," the "War on Terror," McCarthyism and civil liberties. Administrators are also available to discuss Chicago-Kent’s discussion groups.
Free trade agreements. Results of a recent Wall Street Journal and NBC News poll find that six in 10 Republican voters believe that free trade has been bad for the U.S. economy. Speaking in support of the administration’s pending trade agreements with Peru, Panama, Colombia and South Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she is "concerned about maintaining a bipartisan consensus for free trade." Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton says current U.S. free trade agreements should be re-evaluated every three to five years. Chicago-Kent professor Sungjoon Cho teaches courses in international law, international trade law, international business transactions and comparative law. Professor Cho represented South Korea in negotiations with the World Trade Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. He is available for interviews about the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) and about a November 8 program at Chicago-Kent that examines the agreement. (See below.)
Downtown Campus Events:
October 29: Chicago-Kent Alumni Policymakers Forum. Chicago-Kent alumni serving in the Illinois General Assembly, Chicago City Council and the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs will participate in a discussion of policymaking in Illinois moderated by adjunct professor William Kling ’87 and Lindsay Hansen ’05, assistant vice president for state governmental relations, Illinois, for McGuireWoods LLP. Participants include Sens. A.J. Wilhelmi ’93, Kwame Raoul ’93 and Randall M. Hultgren ’93; Reps. Carolyn Krause ’66 and Kurt M. Granberg ’80; Chicago aldermen Thomas R. Allen ’77 and Scott Waguespack ’00; and Judy Martinez ’98, deputy director of the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. The forum, which is free and open to the public will begin at 3 p.m. in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium. At a reception immediately following the discussion, the state legislators will present IIT President Emeritus and former Chicago-Kent Dean Lewis Collens with a resolution recently passed by the General Assembly in honor of his 35 years of stewardship. For more information, please call (312) 906-5222.
October 30: Joseph T. Hansen, international president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, will deliver the 2007 Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture. Hansen has been active in efforts to confront the challenges of transnational corporations with global unionism. The lecture, which will begin at 1 p.m., is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium on IIT’s Downtown Campus. The Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture series is presented as a public service by Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace and the Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. For more information, please contact (312) 906-5090 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle.
October 31: Georgetown University Law Center professor Peter Edelman will address the topic "From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half." A member of the Georgetown faculty since 1982, Professor Edelman has served in all three branches of government. He has served in the Clinton administration in the Department of Health and Human Services, as a legislative assistant to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg and to Judge Henry J. Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Professor Edelman is chair of the District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission and currently is board president of the New Israel Fund. The program, which begins at 3 p.m., will be held in the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom. It is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Humanities and the student chapter of the American Constitution Society. For more information, call (312) 906-5192.
November 8: "KORUS FTA, Who Is It For? Prosperity Through Trade with Korea " is a one-day conference that will explore key strategies for American businesses seeking to take advantage of opportunities in the burgeoning South Korean market under the proposed Korea-U.S. (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement. Chicago-Kent professor Sungjoon Cho will provide an analytical overview of the agreement. Wendy Cutler, assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Affairs and chief U.S. negotiator for KORUS FTA, will deliver the luncheon address. Business leaders from Hyundai, Eli Lilly and others will share their success stories. This program is co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Korea, U.S. Korea Business Council, World Trade Center in Illinois, and KOTRA Trade-Investment Promotion Agency. The conference will held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, or for more information, please contact Lois Ahn by phone at (312) 822-9485, ext. 131; by fax at (312) 822-9389; or via e-mail at oliver0324@msn.com.
November 14: "Dogfighting in Chicago." Sgt. Eldon Urbikas and Officer Thomas Barker of the Chicago Police Department’s Animal Crimes Unit will address Chicago-Kent’s Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. They will talk about their unit and the issue of dogfighting in Chicago. So far this year, the Animal Crimes Unit has logged more than 40 arrests related to alleged dogfighting operations and animal abuse. During the same period, the unit also recovered more than 120 dogs that were allegedly abused. The department’s proactive stance against animal cruelty has made it a leader among other law enforcement agencies and earned it a 2007 Humane Law Enforcement Award from the Humane Society of the United States and the National District Attorneys Association. The program is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. For more information, please contact Heather Owen, (773) 203-9364, or Juli Gilliam, (248) 210-7915.
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