For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, PLANNING, POLITICAL, INTERNATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, BUSINESS, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO–April 21, 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.
Abduwali Abukhadir Muse, who is reported to be the only survivor among four pirates who earlier this month seized the Maersk Alabama, has been brought to New York to stand trial. The U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned cargo ship had a crew of 21 Americans and was carrying emergency relief supplies bound for Africa when it was overtaken by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Muse is alleged to be one of the men who attacked the ship and held Captain Richard Phillips hostage for five days until Navy SEAL snipers killed three pirates and rescued Phillips. Muse, who is believed to be the first person charged in the U.S. with piracy in nearly a century, was charged in federal court with five criminal counts, including "piracy under the law of nations," which carries a mandatory life sentence. Professor Bartram S. Brown is co-director of Chicago-Kent's Program in International and Comparative Law. Professor Brown is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of directors of Amnesty International USA. He participated in the 1998 Rome Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court as legal adviser to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Brown is available for interviews about international piracy and the charge of "piracy under the law of nations."
This is Earth Week. Chicago-Kent College of Law and Stuart School of Business have experts available to discuss a variety of environmental issues. They are also available for interviews about academic programs offered in environmental law and environmental management.
Downtown Campus Events
April 22: The Chicago-Kent Environmental Law Society Auction will benefit the organization's Summer Fellowship Program. Items include gift certificates to organic grocery stores, "green" restaurants and "a great bike package." The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. in the 10th floor event room. For more information, contact Katy Lemanski at klemanski@kentlaw.edu.
April 22: Suzanne Malec-McKenna, commissioner of the City of Chicago's Department of Environment, will discuss "Chicago's Climate Action Plan" at an Earth Day presentation at Stuart School of Business. The city's plan outlines 26 actions to reduce greenhouse gases and nine actions to prepare for climate change. The proposal seeks to help the city, its residents, and its businesses reduce greenhouse gases by 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6 p.m. in room 590. For more information, call (312) 906-6543.
April 23 and 24: 27th annual Conference on Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation. This two-day seminar provides a comprehensive update, presented by leading practitioners and legal scholars, on liability arising out of Section 1983 and other civil rights statutes. Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean of the University of California-Irvine School of Law, will discuss recent and forthcoming cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Sheldon H. Nahmod, distinguished professor of law and a leading expert on Section 1983 law, will provide commentary following Dean Chemerinsky's remarks. For more information, call (312) 906-5090 or visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle.
April 24: Environmental Law Society Rainbow Beach Service Day. Society members will pick up litter at Rainbow Beach (Lake Michigan between 75th and 78th streets) in Chicago as part of its Earth Week observance. Students will leave at noon from Chicago-Kent's Lewis Collens Atrium. Environmental Law Society members are available for interviews. To reach them, contact Katy Lemanski at klemanski@kentlaw.edu or (269) 267-4442.
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