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 28, 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.
Potential charitable donors should be wary of online sites, unsolicited e-mails and Internet auctions set up during the holidays to forward assistance to groups or individuals. "They may be phishing schemes or other sites designed to steal important financial information," says Dean Harold J. Krent. He is available to discuss issues related to online auction fraud and identity theft.
Will State Street still be a great street for retailers this holiday season? Carson Pirie Scott has been absent from State Street since March of 2007, when it vacated the landmark building it occupied for more than a century. Chicagoans’ memories of holidays spent at Marshall Field’s have morphed into a somewhat different Macy’s experience. There are several new stores and lots of construction along State Street. Professor Joel Goldhar of Stuart School of Business is available for interviews about the impact of the many changes found on State Street this holiday season.
Giving green. "A gift package of ‘fair trade’ coffee or other ‘fair trade’ edibles allows us to share both the product and the ideals behind its very being," says John Paul Kusz, associate director of Stuart School of Business’ Center for Sustainable Enterprise. "I also like to give a card with a gift certificate, eliminating boxes and wrapping, and it's easy on the planet and easy to send." Professor Kusz has more gift suggestions and contact information for businesses and organizations whose products strive to achieve "sustainable" goals.
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. 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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