For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, SPORTS, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO–June 9, 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.
The R. Kelly trial 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. Although Kelly always has denied that he is the man in the video, a number of witnesses for the prosecution have 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 science courses.
Chicago Sun-Times music critic Jim DeRogatis, the journalist who first broke the R. Kelly story, was called as a witness for the defense in the singer’s child pornography trial. DeRogatis’ testimony was interrupted 15 times when the reporter said, "I respectfully decline to answer the question on the advice of counsel, on the grounds that to do so would contravene the reporter's privilege, the special witness doctrine, my rights under the Illinois Constitution, and the First and Fifth Amendments of the United States Constitution." However, DeRogatis was ordered by the judge to surrender notes taken during an interview conducted in 2002 with a relative of the alleged victim in the videotape. Chicago-Kent experts are available for interviews about reporters’ constitutional rights and responsibilities.
Downtown Campus Events
June 19: Hot Topics in Contemporary Labor Relations Law: Rats, Banners, Cards, E-Mail and More! This one-day conference focuses on major issues under the National Labor Relations Act and is for attorneys, labor relations and human resources managers, union business representatives and other labor relations professionals. The conference will present a variety of workshops--some focused on emerging complex issues under the National Labor Relations Act and others on the basics of practice before the National Labor Relations Board. A unique feature of this conference will be the opportunity to discuss particular issues during "table talks" led by facilitators over lunch. This program is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace and the National Labor Relations Board, Region 13. Registration is required. To register or for more information, please call (312) 906-5090 or visit http://www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/.
June 28: The Last Chance CLE: A Survey of Professional Conduct and Commercial Law. Chicago-Kent professor Michael I. Spak will lead a one-day program that includes a review of the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct and a survey of commercial law that will cover contracts, commercial paper, secured transactions and pertinent articles of the Uniform Commercial Code. Professor Spak has been professor-reporter on the Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Illinois Judicial Conference, and is also the professor-reporter in the Living Legends of the Law Series for Contracts, Sales (Art. 2, UCC), Secured Transactions (Art. 9, UCC), and Commercial Paper (Art. 3, UCC). He teaches courses in the commercial law area at the law school. Professor Spak is the author of Electronic Cases and Materials on Sales and Secured Transactions, Electronic Cases and Materials on Commercial Paper, Electronic Cases and Materials on a Survey of Commercial Law, and Faulkner and Gray's Comprehensive Guide to Electronic Health Records. Registration is required. To register or for more information, please call (312) 906-5090 or visit http://www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/.
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