For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, PLANNING, INTERNATIONAL, LEGAL, BUSINESS, CITY DESK AND FEATURES EDITORS
CHICAGO--July 6, 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, 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.
Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor have been scheduled to begin July 13. If confirmed, Judge Sotomayor, who currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, would replace retiring Justice David Souter. Judge Sotomayor, 54, was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush and was named to the federal appellate bench in 1997 by President Bill Clinton. Chicago-Kent has experts available for interviews.
- Professor Carolyn Shapiro, whose scholarly interests include the federal courts, clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer.
- Dean Harold J. Krent, the author of Presidential Powers (New York University Press 2005), can discuss the appointment process, separation of powers, and constitutional and judicial philosophies.
Attorneys for former Liberian president Charles Taylor will present opening arguments July 13 at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Taylor, who led the country from 1997 to 2003, was indicted on 11 counts of war crimes, including crimes against humanity in connection with atrocities committed as a result of his support of rebel groups during a bloody civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone. The prosecution, which rested its case in February, presented nearly 100 witnesses. Human rights expert Bartram S. Brown is co-director of Chicago-Kent's Program in International and Comparative Law. Professor Brown served on human rights delegations for the United Nations and Amnesty International. He participated in the 1998 Rome Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (ICC) as legal adviser to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Brown is available to discuss the Taylor trial, the formation of the ICC and an upcoming showing of the documentary film "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court" at Chicago-Kent. (See below.)
Intrusive government authority over philanthropic organizations cannot reasonably be justified on the basis of the "public-money" claim. That is the conclusion of "How Public Is Private Philanthropy?: Separating Reality from Myth," a new report co-authored by Chicago-Kent Professor Evelyn Brody and John Tyler of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Mo. The report, released last week by The Philanthrophy Roundtable, is a comprehensive legal analysis that refutes the claim that charitable funds are "public money" because they are exempt from federal taxes, receive state charters, and are subject to oversight by state attorneys general. Professor Brody, who teaches courses in tax and nonprofit law, is the immediate past chair of the Association of American Law Schools' Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law Section. She is the reporter of the American Law Institute's Project on Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. Professor Brody is available for interviews about the report, which can be found at http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org.
Downtown Campus Events
July 17: "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court," the acclaimed documentary screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, will be shown in honor of International Justice Day and in commemoration of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established and now governs the International Criminal Court (ICC). Directed by Pamela Yates, "The Reckoning" follows Argentinian lawyer and ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo for a three-year period as he and his associates build cases against alleged international criminals in Uganda, Columbia, Sudan and the Congo. After the film, there will be a panel discussion and question-and-answer period moderated by Chicago attorney Daniel W. Thomann. Participants include Chicago-Kent Professor Bartram S. Brown and Daniel Rothenberg, managing director of international projects at DePaul University's International Human Rights Law Institute. The program, which begins at 5:30 p.m., is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. To register or for more information, please contact Violeta Jimenez at vjimenez@kentlaw.edu.
July 22: "Moving the Midwest Forward: The Benefits of Building a Low-Carbon Economy" is the topic of an afternoon program at Chicago-Kent. Entrepreneurs, policymakers, environmentalists and scholars will examine "The Impact of the Economy on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plans," "New Paradigms for the Midwestern Economy" and "New Infrastructure and the Investment Landscape." Peter Fox-Penner, principal and chairman emeritus of The Brattle Group, will deliver the keynote address. A networking reception will follow the program, which is free and open to the public. Reservations are requested. The program is co-sponsored by the Chicago law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, IIT's Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center and WISER (IIT's Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research). For more information or to R.S.V.P., please contact Insa Blanke at iblanke@kentlaw.edu or (312) 906-5003.
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