For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, BUSINESS, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO–May 29, 2008–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.
Former Illinois governor George Ryan will continue to serve his 6 1/2-year prison sentence unless he receives executive clemency from the president. Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to review Ryan’s appeal of his 2006 conviction on federal corruption charges, his lawyer, former governor Jim Thompson, announced his decision to take "the next appropriate step" and approach the White House. Chicago-Kent Dean Harold J. Krent is the author of Presidential Powers (New York University Press 2005). Dean Krent is available for interviews about executive privilege and the differences between pardons, clemency and commutation.
The trial of R. Kelly continues. The singer was arrested in 2002 after a videotape he allegedly made of himself in 1997 having sex with an underage girl was turned over to authorities by a Chicago Sun-Times reporter and made public. Although Kelly always has denied that he is the man in the video, witnesses this week testified that it is Kelly on the tape. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison. Chicago-Kent professors Douglas Wm. Godfrey, and Richard S. Kling, are available for interviews. Professor Godfrey is a former prosecutor in the Kings County (New York) District Attorney's Office, where he served in the sex crimes and homicide bureaus. Professor Kling is a criminal defense attorney who teaches evidence and forensic sciences courses.
The jury in the trial of political fundraiser Tony Rezko has agreed to deliberate extra hours this week to make up for time missed due to the Memorial Day holiday and other reasons. The case went to the jury two weeks ago after Rezko’s attorneys declared that the government failed to prove its case and rested without calling any witnesses for the defense. Clinical professor and attorney Richard S. Kling, and former prosecutor Douglas Wm. Godfrey, are available for interviews.
Downtown Campus Events
May 30: Identifying Professional Responsibility Issues in Business Transactions. This program is designed for corporate and other transactional attorneys, attorneys with small business clients, and attorneys interested in developing alternative fee-generating models. Attorneys representing new ventures and other organizational clients face several unique professional responsibility challenges. This program offers guidance to attorneys who must continually navigate gray areas of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Speakers include Professor Vivien C. Gross, who teaches professional responsibility courses at Chicago-Kent, and Jeff Thomas, former director of Chicago-Kent’s small business program. Registration is required. To register or for more information, please call (312) 906-5090 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle.
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