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Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS, AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, BUSINESS, FOOD, LIFESTYLE, POLITICAL, PLANNING, CITY DESK, FEATURES AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO--November 16, 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.
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who allegedly killed 13 people and wounded nearly 30 others at Fort Hood, Tex., has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. Maj. Hasan will be court-martialed in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Professor Michael I. Spak, an expert on military law and a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, is available for interviews. Professor Spak is the author of Cases and Material on Military Justice and Cases and Material on Military Law.
"Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go..." Thanksgiving meal traditions abound with family recipes. Can grandma's pumpkin pie recipe be copyrighted? Professor Christopher J. Buccafusco is the author of the law review article On the Legal Consequences of Sauces: Should Thomas Keller's Recipes Be Per Se Copyrightable? Professor Buccafusco is available for interviews.
November is Native American Heritage Month. Chicago-Kent has experts available for interviews about a number of legal issues related to the Native American experience. Professor Mark D. Rosen can discuss tribal courts and the Indian Civil Rights Act. Professor Sarah K. Harding can talk about the repatriation of Native American artifacts by cultural institutions and others. Professor A. Dan Tarlock can discuss the implications of Winters v. U.S., a U.S. Supreme Court case involving federal and tribal reserved water rights.
"Older adults are staying in the labor force longer, and younger adults are staying out of it longer," according to the findings of a recent survey by Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends. While this trend has been exacerbated by the current recession, researchers expect it to continue after the economy recovers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 93 percent of the growth in the U.S. labor force from 2006 to 2016 will be among workers ages 55 and older. Chicago-Kent Professor Howard C. Eglit, a nationally known expert on issues related to law and aging, is available for interviews about issues older employees face in the workplace. Professor Eglit is the author of a three-volume treatise titled Age Discrimination; a sociological/anthropological examination of age and law issues titled Elders on Trial: Age and Ageism in the American Legal System; and a law review article Age Bias in the American Workplace – An Overview.
At Chicago-Kent:
Chicago-Kent's Health & Disability Legal Clinic, part of IIT's multi-disciplinary Center for Diabetes Research and Policy, fights discrimination and protects the rights of people with diabetes throughout the state of Illinois. Attorneys and law students provide free legal advice and representation in matters that involve children with diabetes who face discrimination in schools, discrimination in employment, unfair treatment by social institutions and the criminal justice system, denials of public and private disability benefits, and other issues involving the violation of the rights of people with diabetes. The clinic, which is headed by Professor Edward Kraus, works closely with the legal advocacy arm of the American Diabetes Association and other disability rights groups in its efforts to promote the legal rights of people with diabetes.
Downtown Campus Events:
November 16: "Is Illinois Ready for Ethics Reform?" A panel of experts will discuss the causes and possible solutions to political corruption in Illinois. Panelists include Patrick M. Collins, a partner in the Chicago law firm of Perkins Coie LLP, chair of the Illinois Reform Commission, and former U.S. Attorney whose investigation of "Operation Safe Road" culminated in the trial and conviction of former governor George Ryan. Other participants are election lawyer, lobbyist and voting reform activist Dan Johnson-Weinberger, and Chicago alderman Scott Waguespack '00 (D-32). The panel discussion will be moderated by Mary Anderson, senior adviser to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Anderson is former deputy inspector general of the office of Illinois Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Governor. This program, which is free and open to the public, begins at 3 p.m. and is sponsored by the Chicago-Kent Chapter of the American Constitution Society. For more information, contact asc@kentlaw.edu.
November 18: "The Struggle Over Health Care Reform." Dr. Quentin Young and Michael D. Tanner will debate issues related to "The Struggle Over Health Care Reform." Dr. Quentin Young currently is CEO and national coordinator of Physicians for National Health Program. In April of 2009, Gov. Pat Quinn appointed him to chair the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. Dr. Young served as chairman of medicine at Cook County Hospital from 1972 to 1981. He served as president of the American Public Health Association in 1988.
Michael D. Tanner is a senior fellow with the Cato Institute, where he heads research into a variety of domestic policies with a particular emphasis on health care reform, social welfare policy, and Social Security. Before joining the Cato Institute in 1993, Tanner served as director of research of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and as legislative director for the American Legislative Exchange Council. He is the author of Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It (2007). This program, which begins at noon, is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Federalist Society and Health Law Society.
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.
December 5: "Risk, Science and Law in International Governance," a daylong research forum. The International Economic Law Group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) will host a special one-day research forum at Chicago-Kent to discuss the emerging complexities and interconnectedness of risk, science and law as they relate to international governance. Presenters include: Professor Gregory Shaffer, University of Minnesota Law School; Attorney Warren Maruyama of the Washington, D.C., law firm Hogan & Hartson; Professor Alberto Alemanno, École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Paris; Chicago-Kent professors A. Dan Tarlock and Sungjoon Cho; and Professor Tracey Epps, University of Otago, New Zealand. Admission is free to program speakers, law students and academics. There is a $45 registration fee for other participants. Please contact Professor Sungjoon Cho, scho1@kentlaw.edu or (312)906-5169.
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