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The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center in Chicago is initiating a 12-month study of housing discrimination patterns against senior citizens, especially those in independent living, as well as in assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities.
This work is funded with a $93,385 grant from the Retirement Research Foundation in Chicago, the nation's largest private foundation devoted solely to serving the needs of older Americans and enhancing their quality of life.
The research will be the most comprehensive effort the Fair Housing Legal Support Center has undertaken at examining senior housing issues, including the range of discriminatory housing practices against seniors and why many seniors do not seek legal help when discrimination occurs.
The John Marshall Fair Housing Legal Clinic has been handling cases for Chicago-area residents for 14 years. As the population ages, the clinic has been receiving more inquiries from the elderly or their care-givers on what can be done to improve their housing needs.
For example, the clinic has worked with senior condominium owners to help them get guaranteed parking spaces for the disabled, stair lifts installed and approval for live-in aides.
This year-long study will go a step further to determine how senior citizens are treated in facilities that are specially designed for them. It will include:
• On-site testing by seniors of various ethnic backgrounds and disabilities to determine what discrimination they face in their housing options;
• Examining marketing materials to determine how the assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities are marketed to the public;
• Conducting interviews with seniors and housing providers and advocates to determine what the senior communities' housing needs are;
• Reviewing relevant laws to determine their consistency with federal fair housing laws.
After the work is complete, the Fair Housing Legal Support Center will organize and facilitate a discussion of the findings of the project and suggestions for change where necessary.
"Inherently, we know that housing discrimination occurs against seniors on the basis of race, national origin and disability. Yet historically, seniors file few cases," said Professor Michael Seng, co-director of the John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center, who will direct the research project.
He pointed to one case the clinic accepted in 2002 against an Arlington Heights retirement facility that was discriminating on the basis of disability. The clinic case was settled in 2004.
In 2005, the Fair Housing Legal Clinic's staff partnered with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in conducting preliminary testing to determine whether further investigation into racially discriminatory practices in senior facilities was warranted. The clinic's research found evidence of discrimination.
Today's specially-designed senior housing focuses on "active seniors, with little attention paid to physical and mental disabilities seniors face as they age," according to Seng. "The problem is further compounded by the different varieties of senior housing and the different needs addressed by this housing. We believe our research will give indications of what can be done to best provide for all seniors."
Two recent graduates of John Marshall, Frank W. Young and Joe Frankus, will assist with the research. 
Professor Michael P. Seng (center) of The John Marshall Law School meets with May 2006 graduates Frank W. Young (left) and Joe A. Frankus, who will be assisting with research on senior housing discrimination conducted by the John Marshall Fair Housing Legal Support Center.
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Assistant Deputy Superintendent Debra Kirby (J.D. '93) of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) will be a guest lecturer from 2 to 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, in room 529.
Kirby, the head of Internal Affairs for the CPD, will discuss career opportunities with the CPD, provide advice for students interested in careers with a states attorney's office, discuss the CPD's undercover programs and discuss the CPD's officer drug testing policies. A question and answer session will follow her lecture.
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On Thursday, Oct. 19, the Student Bar Association hosted the Third Annual Student/Alumni Exchange, drawing nearly 200 alumni and more than 200 students to the Union League Club for a networking event.
The event was the 2004-2005 recipient of the American Bar Association Certificate of Appreciation for Programming, and was co-hosted by the American Bar Association and The John Marshall Law School chapters of Phi Alpha Delta, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association; Black Law Students Association; Latino Law Students Association; Public Interest Law Council.
Women's Law Caucus; Animal Law Society; Corporate Law Association; Christian Legal Society; Children/Family Law Society; International Law Society.
Decalogue Society; Law Enforcement Student Organization; Lambda Alpha International; Hellenic Law Student Association; and The John Marshall Law School Career Services Office.
The event also was sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, the Illinois State Bar Association, The John Marshall Law School Office of Alumni Relations, Beck's Book Store, PassYourBar.com and PMBR Multistate Specialist. 
Some of the students who helped organize the event included (front row, from left) Corey Leatherman, Lauren Trubow, Kelly Heaney, Holly Grosshans and Farnaz Hakimian, and (back row, from left) Michael Abramson, Christina Demacopoulos, James Hausler, Dan Padernacht and Karl Tetzlaff. 
Associate Dean William B. Powers (left) and Assistant Dean Laurel Hajek (right) welcomed alumni Carolina Sales (J.D. '05) and Ronak Joshi (J.D. '04) and second-year student Alka Ramchandani to the exchange. 
Student Bar Association President Michael Abramson welcomed Patrice Ball-Reed, alumni association president, and Russell Hartigan, alumni association first vice president to the event. 
Acting Dean John Corkery (center) and Marilyn Criss (right), Student Affairs assistant, welcome alumna Kimberly Jo Anderson (right) to the networking event. 
Adjunct Professor Susann MacLachlan (J.D. `94) (right) enjoyed the evening with second-year students (from left) Anna Rehder and Christine Niemczyk.
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Lauren Tobiason, vice president of the John Marshall Law School chapter of Habitat for Humanity, came out to work on the grounds of a Habitat house nearing completion. 
Kim Isemann (left) and Mary Kerkorian (right) work on a retaining wall in the yard of the Pilsen home. 
The John Marshall Law School chapter of Habitat for Humanity presented a check for nearly $2,500 to representatives of Habitat for Humanity's Windy City chapter while working at a site in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. The money was raised over the 2005-2006 academic year. John Marshall has the only law school Habitat chapter in the Midwest. Students who volunteered their time are (kneeling from left) Jeff Davis presenting the check to a Habitat representative, Lauren Tobiason, Mary Kerkorian and Coleen Kinsler; and (back row from right) three John Marshall volunteers Stephanie Linares, Debjana Dasgupta and Kim Isemann are joined by workers for Habitat.
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Thomas R. Dee and Lawrence M. Friedman will be guest speakers at The John Marshall Law School for a Lunch & Learn Program, "The Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act," presented by the Center for Intellectual Property Law from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006.
The topic of the informal discussion will be the intersection between intellectual property and international trade and how the new Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act affects that delicate balance.
Dee (J.D. '93) is a shareholder at Vedder Price and head of the Technology and Intellectual Property Litigation Group of the firm. He has substantial experience in complex commercial matters, trademark, copyright and patent infringement, trade secret violations, temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions.
Friedman (J.D. '89, LL.M. '01) is a partner with Barnes Richardson & Colburn and concentrates his practice on the representation of the importers facing numerous issues of compliance with U.S. Customs Law, including assisting importers resisting attempts to bar the importation of merchandise for alleged copyright and trademark infringement.
For more information or to register for the program, contact the Department of Event Management at 312.987.1420 or email events@jmls.edu.
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Professor Kathryn J. Kennedy
Activities 
She was a guest presenter at the Society of Actuaries 2006 Annual Meeting. She was a special guest being both an actuary and an attorney. Professor Kennedy spoke about the recent pension funding limitations enacted by Congress with the Pension Protection Act of 2006 which impacts both actuarial and legal limitations for sponsors of defined benefit plans. In light of the controversy surrounding the funding status of defined benefit plans.
Publications
Professor Kennedy has published two articles in Tax Notes: "Pension Funding Reform: It's Time to Get the Rules Right (Part 1)," 108 Tax Notes 907, Aug. 22, 2005 and "Pension Funding Reform (Part 2)," 108 Tax Notes 1039, Aug. 29, 2005. The first article traced the evolution of the minimum funding rules for defined benefit plans pre- and post-ERISA and the second article critiqued the various proposals to accelerate the minimum funding rules. Professor Kennedy is presently preparing a third article for Tax Notes that will summarize the enacted minimum funding contribution changes for single employer plan sponsors.
Professor Doris Estelle Long
Activities 
On October 27, 2006, she presented her paper on Dissonant Harmonization: Limitations on Cash `N Carry Creativity at the Interdisciplinary Conference on the Impact of Technological Change on the Creation, Dissemination and Protection of Intellectual Property. The conference was sponsored by Albany Law School and held at The Cornell Club in New York City.
In her paper, she challenges the treatment of authorial rights as solely an economic right while end user access is treated as s a simple question of the type of compensation, if any, to which an author is entitled. Long contends that such cash `n carry attitudes threaten to devalue the creative act and to establish new international harmonization standards that continue the inequality of earlier protection regimes. Instead she asserts that dissonances between the roles of culture industries in economic development and perceived boundaries of the public domain must be respected. In certain instances the rights to patrimony, integration and control must be strengthened. In fact, new international standards for the protection of "author's rights" should actually be broadened to allow protection for those voices whose creative works have been excluded or ignored in previous regimes, including protection for indigenous works of folklore and other traditional cultural expressions, and for works whose intellectual creativity has been previously under appreciated, including traditional "women's arts."
Long also served as commentator on the panel focusing on moral rights, right of publicity and performance rights.
Professor Debra Stark
Publications 
Her article, "Navigating Residential Attorney Approvals: Finding A Better Judicial North Star" 39 John Marshall L. Rev. 171 (winter 2006), was featured and discussed in 94 Illinois Bar Journal 523 (October 2006).
Professor Mark E. Wojcik
Activities 
On October 27, 2006 he spoke on international law responses to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur as part of a panel discussion on "The Emerging `Responsibility to Protect': Challenges to Implementation." The panel was part of the 2006 International Law Weekend, organized by the American Branch of the International Law Association and held at the House of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The other panelist was David Aronofsky, University Legal Counsel and member of the Adjunct Faculty at the Schools of Law and Education of the University of Montana. The panel chair was Professor Ved P. Nanda, Vice Provost and Evans University Professor at the University of Denver, and Honorary Vice President of the American Branch of the International Law Association. Professor Wojcik's remarks considered feasible and appropriate international actions that might be taken before, during, and after times of crisis.
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November 6
Phi Alpha Delta will meet at 5:30 p.m. in room 217.
This is "Founder's Week" for Phi Alpha Delta so watch for fun activity and food. Today, enjoy munchkins in the student lounge.
November 7
The Russian Speaking Organization will feature speakers, Sergei Biberman and Viktoria Freidman. This is an opportunity to meet some prominent Russian speaking attorneys and to discuss the focus of their practice. Refreshments will be served. Noon, room 3 East.
Phi Alpha Delta will be making pancakes in the student lounge from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
November 8
Phi Alpha Delta is sponsoring an art supply drive to benefit the charity "Kids Fight Cancer." Please donate.
Happy Birthday time for Phi Alpha Delta! Join them for cake in the student lounge at 1 p.m.
The semester student meeting with the Board of Trustees will be held in room 216 at 5 p.m. This is a very special opportunity for all students to meet and talk with members of the Board of Trustees, the governing body of our school. Dinner will be served.
November 9
The Corporate Law Association is having a guest bartending fundraiser at Barneystone's.
Pizza lunch in the lounge, compliments of Phi Alpha Delta.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America will feature judges Diane Larson and Jeffrey Lawrence at its meeting at 12:30 in room 428. Pre-Trial motion practice and discovery issues will be the topic of discussion.
The Hellenic Association will meet at 5. Pizza will be served. Room TBA.
November 10
The Annual Asian Novemberfest will be held at 6 in room 200. This is a wonderful evening for all with music, great food and special guests. Buy a ticket and join us.
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November 6
- Advanced PCT Seminar, Corboy Room of the CBA, 8 a.m.
- Dean's Meeting, Courtroom, 10 a.m.
- Multiple Guess Workshop, Room 300, noon
- Review of Intellectual Property Law Open House, Room 3East, noon and 5 p.m.
- Faculty Assembly, Room 503, 12:15 p.m.
- Insights II Program, Room 1103, 4:15 p.m.
- Trial Advocacy Honors Board Meeting, Room 413, 5 p.m.
- Phi Alpha Delta Meeting, Room 217, 5:30 p.m.
November 7
- Advanced PCT Seminar, Corboy Room of the CBA, 8 a.m.
- Insights I Program, Room 503, noon
- Insights II Program, Room 403, noon
- Multiple Guess Workshop, Room 409, noon
- Russian Law Society Meeting, Room 3East, noon
- Law Review Colloquium, Room 1102, 2 p.m.
November 8
- "Time & Stress Management for the February Bar" Meeting, Room 1200, noon
- Board of Trustees Meeting, Courtroom, 2 p.m.
- Careers in ERISA Litigation Reception, Room 3East, 5 p.m.
- Student Bar Association Meeting, Room 216, 5 p.m.
- PMBR Make-Up, Room 413, 6 p.m.
November 9
- Selections & Appointments Candidate Lunch/Presentation, Room 3East, noon
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America Meeting, Room 428, 12:30 p.m.
November 10
- PMBR Make-Up, Room 532, 9 a.m.
- Selections & Appointments Candidate Lunch/Presentation, Room 3East, noon
- SBA/Christian Legal Society and Entertainment Law Society Meeting, Room 3East, 4 p.m.
- Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Party, Room 200, 6 p.m.
November 11
- Multistate Diagnostic Exam, Room 200, 9 a.m.
- Civil Procedure I & II - BAR/BRI Final Exam Review, Room 428, 10 a.m.
- Evidence - BAR/BRI Final Exam Review, Room 1102, 10 a.m.
- Contracts I & II - BAR/BRI Final Exam Review, Room 1200, 10 a.m.
- BLSA Meeting, Room 1101, 11 a.m.
- Insights I Program, Room 409, 1 p.m.
- Insights II Program, Room 403, 1 p.m.
- Multiple Guess Workshop, Room 300, 1 p.m.
November 12
- 11th & 12th Floors of 304 S. State Street Building Closed, All Day
- Multistate Diagnostic Exam, Room 200, 9 a.m.
- Corporations - BAR/BRI Final Exam Review, Room 503, 10 a.m.
- Criminal Law - BAR/BRI Final Exam Review, Room 300, 10 a.m.
- Future Interests - BAR/BRI Final Exam Review, Room 1200, 10 a.m.
November 13
- Dean's Meeting, Courtroom, 10 a.m.
- Essay Bar Exam Writing _ Techniques, Procedures and Critique, Room 200, noon
- Diversity in the Profession: Careers in Tax Law or Employee Benefits, Room 1200, noon
- Trial Advocacy Honors Board Meeting, Room 413, 5 p.m.
November 14
- Insights II Program, Room 409, noon
- Financial Aid Exit Interviews, Room 1202, 12:15 p.m.
- IBT Joint J.D./LL.M. Info Session, Room 403, 12:45 p.m.
- Trial Advocacy Council Meeting, Courtroom, 1 p.m.
- Financial Aid Exit Interviews, Room 1202, 4:30 p.m.
- Animal Law Society Reception, Room 3East, 5 p.m.
- IBT Joint J.D./LL.M. Info Session, Room 403, 5 p.m.
- Latino Law Student Association Meeting, Room 1102, 5:20 p.m.
November 15
- First Aid, CPR and AED Training, Room 3East, 8 a.m.
- International Visitors Center of Chicago Meeting, Room 1102, 9 a.m.
- ACS Same Sex Marriage Strategy Forum, Room 1200, noon
- Luncheon for Tax Alums, Room 217, noon
- American Constitution Society Meeting, Room 216, noon
- Center Director's Meeting, Room 800 of the CBA, 12:15 p.m.
- Financial Aid Exit Interviews, Room 1202, 12:15 p.m.
- RIPL - "The Candidacy Process Spring Semester - What is the next step?" Room 428, 12:30 p.m.
- Financial Aid Exit Interviews, Room 1202, 4:30 p.m.
- Phi Alpha Delta Chicago Alumni Initiation, Room 3East, 6 p.m.
- PMBR Make-Up, Room 413, 6 p.m.
November 16
- Real Estate Center LL.M. Information Session, Room 428, noon
- Student Bar Association Faculty Auction, Room 216, 5 p.m.
- Barrister's Board Judges Night, Room 3East, 5 p.m.
- RIPL - "The Candidacy Process Spring Semester - What is the next step?" Room 428, 5 p.m.
November 17
- PMBR Make-Up, Room 532, 9 a.m.
November 18
- Admissions Open House, Room 200, 8:30 a.m.
- Multistate Diagnostic Exam Review, Room 428, 9 a.m.
- Real Property - BAR/BRI Final Exam Review, Room 1200, 10 a.m.
- Criminal Procedure - BAR/BRI Final Exam Review, Room 503, 10 a.m.
- BLSA Meeting, Room 1101, 11 a.m.
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Editor: Assistant Dean John M. McNamara; Contributors: Marilyn Thomas, Director, Public Relations and Advertising; Andrea Koklys, Assistant Director, Public Relations and Advertising
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