For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, BUSINESS, SPORTS, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO–November 19, 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.
Bolingbrook resident Stacy Peterson has been missing since October 28. Her husband, Drew, has been named a suspect in her disappearance. In a related development, the body of Drew Peterson’s third wife, Kathleen Savio, has been exhumed. Savio, who was divorced from Peterson, died in 2004 in what was believed to be an accident. An inquest is being held by Will County authorities who want to re-examine the circumstances surrounding her death. Professor Richard S. Kling is a criminal defense attorney who teaches forensic evidence courses.
Former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds has been indicted on federal charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. Bonds, who surpassed Hank Aaron’s home run record in August of this year to become professional baseball’s home run record holder, was accused of lying to a grand jury in the BALCO steroids case in 2003. During that time, Bonds and other athletes were granted partial immunity and protected from prosecution as long as they told the truth. Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham, the author of Larceny & Old Leather: The Mischievous Legacy Of Major League Baseball, is available for interviews. Professor David S. Rudstein, a die-hard baseball fan, teaches and writes in the fields of criminal law and criminal procedure.
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.
Downtown Campus Events:
November 28: Appellate Litigation in the States. The Chicago-Kent chapter of the American Constitution Society is sponsoring a panel discussion focusing on the increasingly important role of the office of state attorneys general in interpreting constitutional law and in pursuing social and economic justice. Panelists include 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. 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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