For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, BUSINESS, POLITICAL, INTERNATIONAL, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO–November 6, 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.
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) has received the majority of votes cast in the 2008 presidential election. As president-elect, he is expected to be sworn in as the nation’s 44th president on January 20, 2009. Although Senator Obama has won the popular vote, the U.S. Constitution mandates that members of the Electoral College formally cast their votes for president and vice-president. The vote will be held December 15 and at least 270 of a possible 538 Electoral College votes are necessary to "win" the election. Congress will hold a joint session on January 6 to count the Electoral College votes. Chicago-Kent experts are available for interviews about the constitutional requirements of the Electoral College in selecting the president and vice-president of the United States.
President Bush has vowed to "keep the president-elect fully informed of important decisions" until the transfer of power on January 20, 2009. Chicago-Kent Dean Harold J. Krent is a constitutional scholar and the author of Presidential Powers (New York University Press 2005). Dean Krent is available for interviews about the use of presidential powers by lame duck presidents. He can also discuss Article II of the U.S. Constitution which gives the president power to appoint his Cabinet with the "advice and consent of the Senate."
Downtown Campus Events:
November 11: Professor Ronald H. Filler, director of New York Law School’s Center on Financial Services Law, will address the topic "Lehman Brothers’ Bankruptcy: Impact on the International Future Derivatives Market." Professor Filler, who has more than 30 years experience in the futures and derivatives legal fields, served as managing director in the Capital Markets Prime Services Division at Lehman Brothers. A member of the Chicago-Kent Board of Overseers, he taught at the law school as an adjunct professor and founded Chicago-Kent’s Commodities Law Institute. Professor Filler has served on numerous industry boards and advisory committees during his career and, most recently, as a member of the CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee, the CME Clearing House Risk Operating Committee, the Clearing Corporation Board of Directors, the FIA Board of Directors, and the FIA Law and Compliance Division Executive Committee. The program, which is free and open to the public, will begin in room 305 at 10 a.m. For more information, call (312) 906-5240.
November 11: "What Happened on November 4 and What Does It Mean for the United States and the World?" Chicago-Kent professor Nicole A. Martinez will join IIT political science professor Paul DeForest and UIC political science professor and former Chicago alderman Dick Simpson in a post-election forum to analyze the national and international impact of the 2008 fall elections. The program is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are requested. The forum will begin at 12:50 p.m. in Room 705 of IIT’s McCormick Tribune Campus Center, 3201 S. State Street. To RSVP or for more information, please call (312) 567-3132 or e-mail cronin@iit.edu.
November 14: "The 2008 Elections: What the Results Mean for Labor Relations" is the topic of a keynote address by former Chicago Tribune editor James C. Warren at Chicago-Kent’s 24th annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program. Workshop panelists, including Chicago attorney James Baird of Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Jim Reed, director of government relations, Illinois Education Association; and Chicago attorney James A. Spizzo of Vedder Price, will analyze how the election results will impact public sector labor relations in Illinois. Chicago-Kent's 24th annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program is designed for lawyers whose practice involves labor law, local government law or school law. It is also for state and local government officials, public education officials, administrators and labor relations officers, union officials, business agents, uniserv directors, arbitrators and mediators. The one-day program is cosponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace, the Illinois Labor Relations Board and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. For more information or to register, call (312) 906-5090 or visit the Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle/.
November 19: "Wet with Blood." Chicago-Kent distinguished professor and author Lori B. Andrews and Russell Lewis, vice president and chief historian at the Chicago History Museum, will discuss the historical, scientific, ethical and legal issues involved in using President Abraham Lincoln’s DNA to authenticate the museum’s Lincoln artifacts. The museum’s collection includes a cloak, allegedly worn by Mary Todd Lincoln on the night the president was assassinated, that may contain Abraham Lincoln’s blood. Questions to be addressed include whether it is appropriate to perform genetic tests on Abraham Lincoln’s DNA that might reveal the presence of diseases or disorders and whether such tests would violate the privacy of existing descendants. This program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 3 p.m. in the law school’s 10th floor event room. A reception will follow. "Wet with Blood" is the second in a series of programs sponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Humanities under the theme "Connecting to Chicago’s Cultural Institutions."
December 11: 2008 Chicago-Kent Alumni Awards and Recognition Luncheon. Sportscaster and alumnus Bruce Wolf ’81 will serve as master of ceremonies as Chicago-Kent College of Law honors six law school alumni for their professional service and achievement. Dozens of volunteers who have given their time to support law school endeavors during the past two years will also be recognized at the event. Dina Merrell ’95, associate director of the Chicago Bar Foundation, and Mary Anne Smith ’77, vice president and general counsel of Illinois Institute of Technology, will receive Distinguished Service Awards. Bruce Kohen ’79, managing partner at Anesi Ozmon Rodin Novak & Kohen Ltd., and Michael Marick ’82, partner at Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP, will receive Professional Achievement Awards. Mark Cumba ’98, associate at Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP, and Margaret Firnstein ’99, associate at SmithAmundsen LLC, will receive Young Alumni Awards. The law firm of Franczek, Radelet & Rose PC will receive the first Chicago-Kent College of Law Institutional Partner Award for its significant impact on the law school and the lives of alumni and students by furthering the growth and development of Chicago-Kent. 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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