For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL, POLITICAL, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO–November 12, 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.
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.
- Professor Sarah K. Harding, who is available to discuss the repatriation of Native American artifacts by cultural institutions and others.
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.
Downtown Campus Events:
November 28: Appellate Litigation in the States. Chicago-Kent professor and Solicitor General of Illinois Michael Scodro; William Marshall, solicitor general of Ohio; and Chicago attorney Barry Sullivan, co-chair of Jenner & Block's Appellate and Supreme Court Practice, will address the topic. The program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 3 p.m. and will be held in Chicago-Kent’s 10th floor Event Room. For more information, please contact Professor Daniel Hamilton, (312) 906-5192.
December 5: 30th annual Chicago-Kent College of Law Alumni Award Luncheon. Maryann Jones ’82, dean and president of Western State University College of Law, and D. Jean Ortega-Piron ’81, guardian of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, will receive Professional Achievement Awards. Jonathan A. Carson ’97, co-founder and president of Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC, will receive the Young Alumni Award. John R. Schmidt, partner at Mayer Brown LLP, chairman of the Chicago-Kent Board of Overseers, and member of the Illinois Institute of Technology Board of Trustees, will receive the Distinguished Service Award. Lewis Collens, IIT president emeritus, Chicago-Kent professor and former dean, will receive special recognition. The event will be held at the Standard Club, 320 South Plymouth Court in Chicago. The reception will begin at 11:30 a.m.; the luncheon will begin at noon. To register or for more information, please call (312) 906-5245 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/alums/lunch/ on the Web.
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