For Chicago-Kent, Stuart Graduate School
of Business,
and the Center for Law and Finacial Markets
2002
July August September October November
December
July 2002
Dean Harold Krent was quoted in a Los Angeles
Times story about the arrest of Adelphia founder John
Rigas and the significance of the public manner in which
he was taken into custody. The story was reprinted in
newspapers throughout the country.
Adjunct Professor Eldon Ham was quoted in a
Christian Science Monitor story about the troubles
facing Major League Baseball. Professor Ham was also
quoted in an ABCNEWS.com story about pending
legislation in California and New York that would
bar professional sports organizations from operation
in those states if they did not test for steroids.
Dean Krent was a guest on Minnesota Public
Radio's "Marketplace" to discuss
whether the recent crackdown on corporate executives
is a sincere attempt by the White House at reform
or a calculated attempt to revive the economy.
Professor A. Dan Tarlock was quoted in Chicago
Tribune and Chicago Daily Herald stories
about a suit filed by the City of Chicago against
Elk Grove Village challenging a new property tax ordinance
passed by the village. The city sees the ordinance
as an attempt by the village to block the intended
expansion of O'Hare International Airport. Professor
Tarlock was also quoted in a Daily Herald story about
an earlier decision in which a judge ruled that the
city needed a permit from the state before buying
land in DuPage County for the O'Hare Expansion.
Professor Richard Kling was quoted in a Chicago
Sun-Times story about a federal court decision
to reverse a ruling that spared a shoplifter from
jail on the basis that she was a "shopaholic."
Professor David Thomas was interviewed by Medill
News Service's "Forum" about
a public meeting to brief the legal community about
civil liberties issues involving the U.S. Patriot's
Act of 2001.
Professor Jack Wing, chairman of the Center
for Law and Financial Markets, appeared on WebFN
to discuss what corporate America can do to restore
public trust in the markets.
Professor Thomas was quoted in Daily Southtown
and The Star (Alsip, IL) stories concerning
Nabil al Marabh, who was arrested in September 2001
in Burbank, CA, as a suspect with ties to the September
11 attacks, but who was recently deported without
any charges brought against him
Professor Bartram Brown was quoted in a Daily
Southtown story about how the war on terrorism
is encroaching on American civil liberties.
Professor Thomas was quoted in a Lansing
Times story about reaction to President Bush's
proposed National Strategy for Homeland Security.
Professor Michael Spak was quoted in Daily
Times (Peking, IL) and Times Standard (Eureka,
CA) stories about the Bush administration considering
whether to ask Congress to ease restrictions on the
military for law enforcement work inside the United
States.
Professor Jerold Lavin was featured in a Glencoe
News article about his decision – following
a trend among other professionals – to become
a high school teacher.
Professor Douglas Godfrey and Dean Krent
were quoted in a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
story about a group of Chinese law students taking
part in a three-week study program at Chicago-Kent.
Professor Ronald Staudt was quoted in a Chicago
Daily Law Bulletin story about the Chicago Bar
Foundation's fourth-annual Pro Bono and Public Service
Luncheon, where he was awarded the inaugural Leonard
Jay Schrager Award of Excellence. He was also mentioned
in a separate Law Bulletin story about the luncheon.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin ran a photo a
Professor Philip Hablutzel with participants
in Chicago-Kent's 21st annual Conference on Not-For-Profit
Organizations.
Dean Krent and Professor Bartram Brown
were pictured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
with visiting lecturer Dominic Ayine, a professor
at the University of Ghana, and Robert Bennett, honorary
counsel general of Ghana, at a reception held for
Professor Ayine. The Chicago Defender ran a
photo of Mr. Bennett and Professor Ayine from the
same event.
Dean Krent was mentioned in a Chicago Daily
Law Bulletin story about Illinois law schools
currently led by interim deans.
Chicago-Kent students Tanya Romersa and Stephanie
Engelsman, co-presidents of the Animal Rights
Law Society, were quoted in a Chicago Tribune
story about lawyers coming to the aid of abused animals.
August 2002
Professor Richard Kling was quoted in a Chicago
Tribune story about the U.S. government's intention
to seize $10 million in assets from former Cicero town
president Betty Loren-Maltese and five others who were
convicted of defrauding the town's insurance funds of
$12 million. Professor Kling was also interviewed by CLTV
and WMAQ-TV about the case.
Professor Sheldon Nahmod was quoted in a Chicago
Tribune story about incidents in Pennsylvania
in which people have been arrested for using foul
language.
The South China Morning Post ran a story about
the book Professional Electronic
Trading by David James Norman, director
of electronic market development at the Center for
Law and Financial Markets. Norman's book addresses
the possibility of a global system of electronic trading.
Laurie Rosenow, senior fellow at the Institute
for Science, Law and Technology, was quoted in a USA
Today story about the lack of federal guidelines
for stem-cell research.
Lisa Colpoys, executive director of the Illinois
Technology Center for Law and the Public Interest,
was quoted in a Cincinnati Inquirer story about
the trend of U.S. citizens to waive their right of
attorney and to defend themselves in court.
Professor Robert Laurent was a guest on WebFN
to discuss what control Alan Greenspan has over Federal
Reserve policy.
Professor Christopher Barlow was interviewed
about ethics, business and law on the "The
Law Show," a weekly program broadcast on
public and community radio stations throughout the
country.
Professor Kling was quoted in a Source
article about statutory rape laws in the United States
in regard to the R. Kelley trial.
Professor Ronald Staudt was quoted in a Recorder
editorial about faults with the ABA's policy of counting
hours to determine how much pro bono work a law firm
does.
Professor Howard Simons was quoted in a Chicago
Tribune story about a Security and Exchange Commission
vote that will allow for the trading of single-stock
futures by individual investors.
Professor Ira Feldman was featured in a Chicago
Daily Law Bulletin story about himself and another
Chicago lawyer who left their law firm positions to
pursue legal teaching careers.
Professor Bartram Brown was pictured with visiting
lecturer Dominic Ayine, a faculty member at the University
of Ghana, on the front-page of the Chicago Daily
Law Bulletin.
Professor Eldon Ham was a guest on WGN-Radio
with Milt Rosenberg following a Cubs game to discuss
the state of baseball and a possible strike by the
players.
Professor Douglas Godfrey was quoted in an Exito
story about the verdict in the trial of former Cicero
town president Betty Loren-Maltese.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin ran a story about
Chicago-Kent's two new award programs named in honor
of the late Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz ‘25:
The Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Public Interest Law Award
and a new gift matching initiative for the Abraham
Lincoln Marovitz Scholarship.
September 2002
Professor Sheldon Nahmod was interviewed by BBC
World Service about the Vietnamese government's condemnation
of a Vietnamese actor who appeared in American films they
feel portrayed Vietnam in a false light.
Professor Lori Andrews was quoted in a Chicago
Tribune story about the moral and legal debate
over the donations by couples of spare embryos from
in vitro fertilization attempts to other couples seeking
children.
Dean Henry H. Perritt, Jr., wrote an op-ed piece
for the Washington Post about the lack of action
by the Democratic party in challenging President Bush's
call for war against Iraq.
Dean Harold J. Krent was quoted in a Chicago
Sun-Times story about whether pay raises given
by lame-duck governor George Ryan, on the recommendation
of gubernatorial candidate and then-state's attorney
Jim Ryan, violated the state constitution.
Professor Bartram Brown was a guest on WVON's
"The Cliff Kelley Show" to discuss
the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington, D.C.
FOW published a book review of Professional
Electronic Trading by David Norman,
director of market technology at the Center for Law
and Financial Markets.
Professor Nancy Marder was quoted in a National
Law Journal article about how jurors have been
effected by the September 11 attacks.
Professor Robert Laurent was a guest on WebFN
and WCIU-TV's "First Business Show"
to discuss the Federal Reserve's decision to leave
interest rates unchanged.
Professor Steven Harris was quoted in a Chicago
Daily Herald story about the city of Rosemont's
plan to argue that the Emerald Casino is bankrupt
in order to protect a new casino that the Emerald
is now building.
Michael S. Burns, assistant dean for admissions
at Chicago-Kent, was quoted in a Chicago Daily
Law Bulletin story about a surge in law school
enrollment in Illinois.
Professor Laurent was interviewed by WBBR's
(Bloomberg Radio) "No Nonsense"
about whether the U.S. economy was in danger of replicating
the recent performance of the Japanese economy.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin ran a story about
combined efforts of public-interest law firms, corporate
law firms, government-funded public defenders' offices,
and law school legal clinics – including Chicago-Kent's
– in defending 12 men on death row who claim
to have been tortured by members of the Area 2 police
headquarters.
A BNA Government Employment Relations Report
story highlighted Chicago-Kent's 19th annual Federal
Sector Labor Relations and Labor Law Program.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin ran an announcement
about Chicago-Kent's 20th annual Federal Sector Labor
Relations and Labor Law Program.
New legal writing professors Kari Aamot, Michael
Cahill and Alexander Tsesis were mentioned
in a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin story about
Chicago-Kent's legal writing program.
Dean Krent and Chicago-Kent alums Peter J. Birnbaum
and Thomas A. Demetrio were pictured on the front
page of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin at a
Senior Council dinner at which Dean Krent announced
the establishment of an Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Fellowship
Endowment.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin ran an announcement
about a symposium sponsored by Chicago-Kent's Institute
for Law and the Humanities. The symposium focused
on conflicts in American politics over social and
cultural issues.
October 2002
Dean Harold J. Krent appeared on WGN-TV's
"News at Nine" to talk about the Illinois
state clemency hearings on 142 death penalty cases.
Professor Nancy Marder was interviewed on NPR's
"Weekend Edition Sunday" about a
referendum in North Dakota that would allow defendants
to challenge the merits, validity and applicability
of the laws they were charged with breaking.
Professor Lori Andrews appeared on WBBM-TV's
10 p.m. news telecast to comment on embryo adoption.
Professor Howard Eglit was interviewed on NPR's
"Justice Talking" about age discrimination
in the work place.
George Kalidonis, Colman Clinical Professor
of Entrepreneurship at Stuart Graduate School of Business,
was quoted in a Chicago Tribune story about
entrepreneurship programs at Chicago-area business
schools, including the Stuart School.
John Tarini, director of the Stuart School's
marketing communication program, was quoted in a Modern
Healthcare story about the FTC's new Internet-safety
mascot, Dewie the Turtle.
Professor Marder was quoted in a Miami Daily
Business Review story about whether terror attacks
have made jurors friendlier toward plaintiffs or defendants.
Professor Richard Kling was quoted in a Chicago
Sun-Times story about the clemency trial of Edgar
Hope, one of 142 Death Row inmates who have asked
that Governor Ryan commute their Death Row sentences
to life sentences.
Adjunct Professor Eldon Ham was quoted in a
Baltimore Sun story about parental violence
at youth sporting events.
Chicago-Kent's plan to offer an animal rights law course
was mentioned in a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
story about the Chicago Bar Association's new Animal
Law Committee.
Judgelink, a legal-access Web site run by the National
Center for State Courts and Chicago-Kent, was mentioned
in a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin story about
electronic access to legal information.
November 2002
Professor Lori Andrews appeared on WBBM-TV's
nightly news to discuss an Italian doctor's claim that
a cloned human baby would be born in January.
Jack Wing, chairman of the Center of Law &
Financial Markets, was quoted in a Chicago Tribune
story about the possibility of former New York City
mayor Rudolph Guiliani replacing recently departed
Harvey Pitt as head of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Dean Henry H. Perritt, Jr., was quoted in a
Chicago Tribune story about a Chicago attorney
who has patented a software program that will allow
immigration attorneys to offer green card, H-1B visa
and other immigration applications online.
Professor Richard Wright was quoted in a National
Law Journal story about a Supreme Court case in
which the court will be interpreting the Federal Employers
Liability Act of 1908 with respect to employer liability
in exposing employees to asbestos.
Professor Lori Andrews was quoted in a Chicago
Sun-Times story about a claim by a California
fertility clinic that post-menopausal woman can safely
give birth to babies by using fertilized eggs donated
by younger women.
Chicago-Kent College of Law was mentioned in a Boston
Globe story about law schools that are allowing
military recruiters on campus after years of barring
them due to the military's policy of not permitting
openly gay people to serve. Chicago-Kent allowed JAG
recruiters to interview on campus, but displayed posters
highlighting JAG's policy on homosexuals and past
discrimination against black citizens.
Dean Harold Krent was quoted in a Chicago
Sun-Times story about the case of a 26-year-old
Chicago woman who had her photo lifted from her online
personal ad and used in advertisements for pornographic
Web sites.
David Norman, director of technology at the
Center for Law & Financial Markets, was quoted
in a Futures & Options Week story about
software the center is developing that would measure
a trader's natural aptitude for electronic trading.
Professor Robert Laurent appeared on WebFn's
"Newsmakers" to discuss Federal Reserve
Policy.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin ran a story about
Harold Krent's appointment as permanent dean
of Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Dean Krent was quoted in a Chicago Daily
Law Bulletin story about a national survey indicating
that recently graduated law students choose higher
paying jobs with private firms over public interest
law or government agency positions because of the
amount of debt they accumulate while earning their
degrees.
Lisa Colpoys, executive director of the Illinois
Technology Center for Law and the Public Interest,
was quoted in a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
story about the launch of the center's legal aid site,
www.IllinoisLawHelp.org.
Dean Krent, Professor Steven Heyman,
Professor Sheldon Nahmod and Professor Mark
Rosen appeared in a front-page photo in the Chicago
Daily Law Bulletin with University of California
at Berkeley professor Robert Post, the keynote speaker
at Chicago-Kent's Symposium on Law and Cultural Conflict.
Professor Martin Malin appeared in a front page
photograph in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
with participants in Chicago-Kent's 20th annual Federal
Sector Relations and Labor Law Program.
December 2002
Professor Margaret Stewart was quoted in a Financial
Times story about material published on the Internet
-- thus accessible worldwide -- being challenged under
the laws of individual countries.
Professor Howard Eglit was a guest on NPR's
"Justice Talking" to discuss age
discrimination in the workplace.
Dean Harold J. Krent was interviewed on WTTW's
"Chicago Tonight" about allegations
that Governor Ryan knew his aides were destroying
campaign documents in order to obstruct a federal
corruption investigation into the "licenses for
bribes" allegations. Professor Douglas Godfrey
appeared on WMAQ-TV's evening news about the
federal investigation.
Professor Keith Black was quoted in a Business
Finance Magazine article about recent revelations
of unethical transactions between CFOs and business
analysts and how these revelations are changing the
way the two parties work with each other.
Professor Philip Hablutzel was interviewed on
WFLD-TV's "Fox News", WBEZ's
"848", CLTV, and the WLS-TV
evening news about the bankruptcy of United Airlines.
Professor Richard Kling was interviewed on WLS-TV
and quoted in a Chicago Sun-Times story about
the possibility of gubernatorial clemency of inmates
on Illinois' Death Row.
Professor Joel Goldhar was quoted in a Chicago
Tribune story about the current phenomenon of
"overcapacity" in the U.S. economy, which
occurs when a period of high growth and expansion
of production is followed by a period of slow growth
and a drop in demand. The story also ran in the Orlando
Sentinel and other Tribune-owned papers.
Professor Hablutzel was quoted in a Chicago
Tribune story about the financing and bankruptcy
of Nick Celossi's mega-car dealership in Gurnee, IL.
Professor Black was quoted in an Economist
article about trends in information technology in
healthcare.
David Norman, director of market technology
at the Center for Law and Financial Markets, was quoted
in a Business Week story about the center's
research into software that will help measure a trader's
"DNA", or natural trading habits.
Dean Krent was interviewed on WBBM-AM
about the new Department of Homeland Security's Total
Awareness Information Program, which provides the
government unprecedented access to information about
individuals' personal habits, physical characteristics,
credit information, travel history, and e-mail and
telephone correspondence.
Professor Goldhar was quoted in a Chicago
Tribune story about the United Airline mechanics'
vote on a wage-concession plan that would help the
struggling airline avoid a Chapter 11 claim.
Professor Hablutzel was quoted in a UPI
story about criticism that United Airlines management's
mishandling of its employee stock ownership plan led
to the company's Chapter 11 claim.
Professor Goldhar was quoted in a UPI
story about the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection claim
filed by United Airlines.
Professor Nancy Marder was quoted in a story
that ran in the Portland Oregonian and on OregonLive.com
about the effect that the CBS television show "CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation" has had on some jurors'
expectations of criminal trials.
Professor Black's article, Stock Buybacks:
Pros and Cons, was published in Chartered Financial
Analyst, a CFA magazine for charterholders in
India.
Dean Krent was interviewed by the Chicago
Daily Herald on Governor Ryan's pardon of Rolando
Cruz.
Professor Eliezer Geisler and Lydia Lazar, assistant
dean for international law and policy development,
were quoted in a American Medical News story
about how the cost of healthcare is affected by physician
practices investing in specialty facilities and big-ticket
technologies. Professor Kling and Susan
Ortiz, an attorney with the Chicago-Kent legal
clinic, were mentioned in the story.
Professor Eglit was quoted in a Chicago Daily
Law Bulletin story about Chicago-Kent's efforts
to promote interest in Mexican/U.S. legal matters.
Professor Christopher Leslie was quoted in a
Chicago Daily Herald column about the U.S.
Supreme Court's decision to consider the constitutionality
of a Texas sodomy law that carries a criminal conviction
and jail time as punishment.
Professor Keith Black appeared twice on WebFN.com
and WCIU-TV's WebFN broadcast: the first time
to talk about hedge funds and the second to discuss
ethical lapses by U.S. corporations and regulatory
efforts to stem the abuses.
Professor Ronald Staudt was pictured in the
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin at the CBA/CBF fourth
annual Pro Bono and Public Service Awards Luncheon,
where he received the Leonard Jay Schrager Award of
Excellence for his work in using the Internet to assist
self-represented litigants and pro bono attorneys
who support them.
Dean Krent was quoted in a Chicago Daily
Law Bulletin story about law suits brought against
Chicago law schools by their own students or employees.
The story was prompted by a recent suit brought by
a student from another Chicago-area law school who
claims the school had failed to honor a scholarship.
Dean Krent and Professor Graeme Dinwoodie
were quoted in a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
story about recent faculty approval to offer a new
master's degree in international intellectual property
law at Chicago-Kent. Professor Timothy Holbrook
was also mentioned in the story.
Professor Sanford Greenberg appeared in a front-page
photo in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin with
the winners and judges of Chicago-Kent's 11th annual
Ilana Diamond Rovner Appellate Advocacy Competition.
The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
and Crain's Business Journal ran stories on
the appointment of Harold Krent as dean of
Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Lisa Colpoys, executive director of the Illinois
Technology Center, was pictured in the Chicago
Daily Law Bulletin demonstrating the center's
multiples Web sites that aim to increase access to
justice for Illinois residents.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin ran a story on
an upcoming seminar, "A Constitution for Europe:
The Next Step in European Integration?" sponsored
by Chicago-Kent's Global Law and Policy Initiative.
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