For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, BUSINESS, POLITICAL, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO--November 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.
The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in Jones v. Harris, a case addressing the ability of investors to challenge mutual fund fees as excessive under the federal Investment Company Act. "This is a tremendously important case involving the way in which more than 50 million American households invest almost $10 trillion in investment funds," says Chicago-Kent Professor William A. Birdthistle, who has written two amicus briefs in the case. He is available for interviews about the case.
The Iraqi parliament has again failed to vote on the revised election-law compromise regarding the status of Kirkuk. The parliament also has missed the 90-day requirement to have revisions in Iraq's election laws in place in order to hold elections January 16, 2010. In a last-ditch effort to hold the January elections, parliament must approve revisions by tomorrow. The Kurdistan Regional Government has turned down all compromises, including the one that was supported by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is himself a Kurd. Chicago-Kent Professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., who returned from Iraq on Saturday, is available for interviews about the elections and the rule of law in Iraq.
Beginning today, audio recordings of all Illinois Appellate Court oral arguments and workers' compensation hearings will be available to the legal community and the general public on the court's Web site: http://www.state.il.us/court. The availability of oral arguments online underscores the need for attorneys to develop strong oral advocacy skills. Chicago-Kent's trial advocacy teams have won numerous individual student honors and regional and national competitions, including the 1988, 2007 and 2008 National Trial Competition championships. In 2008, Chicago-Kent became the first law school to win both the National Trial Competition and the National Moot Court Competition in the same year. In 2009, Chicago-Kent successfully defended its championship in the National Moot Court Competition. In addition, U.S. News & World Report this year ranked Chicago-Kent's trial advocacy program among the top five in the country. David A. Erickson, retired Illinois Appellate Court justice and associate director of the law school's Trial Advocacy Program, is available for interviews about the program. Professor Kent D. Streseman, director of Chicago-Kent's Ilana Diamond Rovner Program in Appellate Advocacy, is available for interviews.
November 11 is Veterans Day. Professor Michael I. Spak, an expert on military law and a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, is available for interviews about legal issues related to the military.
At Chicago-Kent:
Chicago-Kent's Immigration Law Clinic is available to those who need legal assistance with immigration, asylum and nationality matters. The clinic is supervised by Professor Natalie Brouwer Potts, whose practice includes advising business entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals in all areas of immigration law. Professor Potts specializes in business immigration, employer audits and protecting companies from employer sanctions. She is available for interviews about the Immigration Law Clinic. Professor Potts is also available to speak with organizations and community groups regarding immigration law and policy issues.
Downtown Campus Events:
November 4: "The Nazi Obsession with Legalizing the Holocaust" is the topic of a lecture by Professor Harry Reicher, a nationally known scholar on the Nazi Holocaust. Professor Reicher, scholar-in-residence at Touro Law School and an adjunct professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School, will examine the perversion of the country's legal system, in both its legislative and judicial aspects, and the conversion of both into savage instruments designed to discriminate against, ostracize, dehumanize, and ultimately eliminate certain classes of people, Jews first and foremost (but not exclusively). He says, "This is a little-known dimension of the Holocaust, one that added another weapon to the armory trained by the Nazis against their victims, and that prompted the court in the trial of the Nazi lawyers and judges at Nuremberg to summarize, very powerfully: 'The dagger of the assassin was concealed beneath the robe of the jurist.'" The program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 3 p.m. in the 10th floor event room. A reception will follow. This program is presented by Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Humanities and co-sponsored by the Chicago-Kent chapters of the American Constitution Society, the Kent Justice Foundation and the Jewish Law Students Association (Decalogue). For more information, please contact Professor Sheldon H. Nahmod, director of the Institute for Law and the Humanities, at snahmod@kentlaw.edu.
November 4: "Using FOIA in 2010: A First Amendment Forum." Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and members of her staff will discuss changes to the state's Freedom of Information and Open Meetings laws that take effect January 1, 2010. This program, which will begin at 3 p.m. in the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom, is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Center for Open Government, the Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Journalism Association, International Press Club of Chicago, Illinois Press Association, McCormick Foundation and the Freedom Museum. It is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. For more information or to R.S.V.P., please contact Susan Stevens, Chicago Headline Club, at susanstevens@aol.com or (312) 733-1936.
November 13: George H. Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, will deliver the keynote address at Chicago-Kent's 25th annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program. Martin H. Malin, Chicago-Kent professor and director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace, will serve as conference moderator. Other sessions include "Labor Relations in Hard Times: Organizing, RIFs, Furloughs & Benefit Restructuring," "The Role of Labor Relations in Chicago's Bid for the Olympics," and "Labor Relations and the Constitution." There will be a police and firefighter forum, and workshops on dealing with sexual harassment allegations and on state legislative issues. This continuing legal education conference 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 co-sponsored 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 and registration, call (312) 906-5090 or visit the Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle. EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: The media is welcome to cover the keynote address. However, to maintain the quality of the educational experience for our registrants, there will be no media access to concurrent workshops and breakout sessions. Interviews may be arranged with presenters by contacting Gwen Osborne in the Office of Public Affairs, gosborne@kentlaw.edu or (312) 906-5251.
November 20: 2009 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize Lecture. University of Utah professor Scott M. Matheson, Jr., will discuss his 2009 prize-winning book, Presidential Constitutionalism in Perilous Times. The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom. Professor Matheson will speak from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A reception will be held immediately following the lecture. For more information or to R.S.V.P. for the lecture, please contact Tasha Kincade at (312) 906-5006 or tkincade@kentlaw.edu by November 17.
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