For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, BUSINESS, FOOD, BOOK, SPORTS, POLITICAL, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO–March 2, 2009–Chicago-Kent College of Law and Stuart School of Business have experts available to discuss current issues. To reach experts on IIT's Downtown Campus, please call Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251. Press releases and earlier advisories are available on our Web site: www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory.
March is Women's History Month. The Honorable Ilana Diamond Rovner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Honorable Anne M. Burke of the Illinois Supreme Court's First District, the Honorable Sybil C. Thomas of the Cook County Circuit Court, and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez are among notable Chicago-Kent alumnae.
Chicago-Kent has legal scholars available to discuss landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to women's issues, including:
- Loving v. Virginia -- In 1967, the court ruled that state laws prohibiting interracial marriages are unconstitutional.
- Roe v. Wade -- In 1973, the court held that a woman's right to abortion is part of the constitutional right to privacy.
- Cleveland Bd. of Ed. v. LaFleur -- In 1974, the justices found that mandatory maternity leave rules established by the Ohio Public Schools for pregnant teachers violated constitutional guarantees of due process.
- Johnson v. Transportation Agency -- In 1987, the justices said a California county transportation agency appropriately took into account an employee's sex as one factor in determining whether she should be promoted and that by doing so did not prevent the promotion of men by creating a quota system.
- Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Serv. Inc. -- In 1987, the court held that those who make sex discrimination claims do not have to be members of the opposite sex and that same-sex sexual harassment may form the basis for a valid claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools -- In 1992, the justices ruled that monetary damages were permissible in a case brought under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and involving continual sexual harassment and abuse by a Georgia teacher.
- Burlington Industries Inc. v. Ellerth -- In 1998, the court decided that an employee who refused unwelcome and threatening sexual advances of a supervisor, but suffered no real job consequences, may recover against the employer without showing that the employer was at fault for the supervisor's actions.
- Faragher v. City of Boca Raton -- In 1998, the justices said an employer may be liable for sexual discrimination caused by a supervisor, but liability depends on the reasonableness of the employer's conduct, as well as the reasonableness of the claimant's conduct.
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 was enacted to create a level playing field in funding, recruitment and equipment of women's high school and college sports. Sports attorney and adjunct professor Eldon L. Ham is the author of The Playmasters: An Unauthorized History of the NBA from Sellouts to Lockouts. Professor Ham can discuss Title IX and its impact on high school and college sports. He can also discuss the role Title IX played in the formation of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Downtown Campus Events:
March 4: 2009 Chicago-Kent College of Law Centennial Lecture. William N. Eskridge, Jr., the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School, will address the topic "Administrative Constitutionalism." Professor Eskridge is the author of Dynamic Statutory Interpretation and a co-author of Legislation and Statutory Interpretation. He is the co-author of two casebooks: Cases and Materials on Legislation: Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy and Cases and Materials on Constitutional Law: Themes for the Constitution's Third Century. The lecture, which begins at 3 p.m. in the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom, is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. For more information, or to R.S.V.P., please contact Insa Blanke at (312) 906-5003 or iblanke@kentlaw.edu.
March 6: Forum on Same-Sex Marriages featuring William N. Eskridge, Jr., the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School. From 1990-95, Professor Eskridge represented a gay couple suing for recognition of their same-sex marriage. Since then, he has published a field-establishing casebook, three monographs and dozens of law review articles on this subject. The historical materials in Professor Eskridge's book Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet formed the basis for an amicus brief he drafted for the Cato Institute and for much of the U.S. Supreme Court's (and the dissenting opinion's) analysis in Lawrence v. Texas (2003), which invalidated consensual sodomy laws. His most recent book is Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse (co-authored with Darren Spedale). The forum, which begins at 2 p.m. in the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom, is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. For more information, or to R.S.V.P., please contact Insa Blanke at (312) 906-5003 or iblanke@kentlaw.edu.
March 24: Internationally renowned labor economist Richard B. Freeman will deliver the 31st annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture addressing the topic "Return of the Public: Why Market Fundamentalism Failed and What Labor Can Do About It to Save the World." Professor Freeman's lecture will analyze the impact of the current economic downturn on the U.S. labor market and discuss how organized labor can effect positive change by being a collective voice of workers. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Chicago-Kent's Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium. The annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture is sponsored by Chicago-Kent College of Law's Institute for Law and the Workplace. It is presented by the Kenneth M. Piper Endowment, which was established by a gift from Mrs. Kenneth M. Piper in memory of her husband. Mr. Piper was a distinguished executive with Motorola Inc. and Bausch & Lomb Inc., who made important contributions in human resources and labor relations for more than two decades. No reservations are required. Attorneys who attend are eligible for 1.25 hours of Illinois Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit. For more information, visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle on the Web or call (312) 906-5090.
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