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February 11 - 17, 2007 |
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Valedictorian Reminds Graduates of John Marshall's Gift to Them |
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The John Marshall Law School's legacy of opportunity hasn't withered over the past 108 years, but rather is strong in that tradition of opening its doors to students from all walks of life, Nicola Egorhoff Nelson reminded fellow graduates during her valedictory address at the January 2007 commencement exercise.
"The school's chartering members determined from the beginning that admission must not be based on `arbitrary and discriminatory factors.' So from its inception, John Marshall was willing to admit students whose backgrounds would bar their admission to the city's other law schools," Nelson explained.
"It was a revolutionary idea: open the doors to the men and women of Chicago, and let them prove through dedication to their studies whether they have what it takes to become attorneys.
"Could there be a more noble beginning?
"A more inspiring principle for a law school?" she asked.
The John Marshall Law School, from its inception in 1899, has welcomed students from all races, religions, political persuasions, the immigrants and the working poor in a tradition set by Edward T. Lee, one of the original founding members and long-serving dean.
"He also believed that the law school should give anyone with a desire to study law the chance to do so, leaving it to the bar examiners to test the fitness of candidates seeking admission to practice. It is, he said, the standing (of the graduates) in their respective communities, in legal learning, integrity and good citizenship that must always be the measure of the standing of the law school in the public's opinion," Nelson explained.
"It wasn't status and prestige that Dean Lee and the other founders envisioned for the school. Rather, their vision was to create a law school that would fill a vital, unmet need. They were determined to found a place of opportunity in the City of Chicago."
Nelson told guests she believes she fits the student mold envisioned by the founders. She was working as a paralegal after raising three children and completing her bachelor's degree. She took day and evening classes and commuted four hours a day to and from John Marshall.
"But I didn't mind those long days and nights because I was so eager, so thankful to have the opportunity to study law.
"I did it, and I kept at it, because I knew it was worth it. Because this was my opportunity: The John Marshall Law School was my shot_my chance_my hope. Just as it has been the hope of so many graduates before me; a place of hope for over 100 years for so many students who were otherwise locked out of the system," Nelson said.
"I stand here today…incredibly proud to be a graduate of an institution with that history—that mission—that is utterly unique among the law schools in this city. It has always held out the light of opportunity, defining itself by its mission, which took precedence over everything else. It has been, for more than a century, a school that put mission ahead of prestige," she added.
"I stand here today because The John Marshall Law School took a chance on me: a non-traditional student with a non-traditional undergraduate degree earned rather late in life.
My friends, you and I emerge today as graduates of a law school that extended the opportunity of a lifetime to every one of us.
"We go forward now as representatives of a truly noble institution—an institution whose value should be measured not by where it stands in the US News & World Report rankings, but rather as Dean Lee said so long ago: by the quality of its graduates.
"The fact is, it's a natural human tendency to think prestige is what matters, the thing truly worth striving for," she noted. "But I submit to you that the truth is: prestige is not what really matters. Rather, a sense of mission, a dedication to something larger than self-interest, is essential if we are to avoid sinking into the mire of vanity and self-absorption.
"It is my hope that in the coming years each of us will always take seriously our commitment to the integrity of our profession, and our responsibility as representatives of the John Marshall Law School tradition," she said.
"As for the law school, I pray that it will not become so enamored of its growing prestige that it loses its way and strays from its course, and that it will never turn its back on the mission that has for over one hundred years extended the chance of a lifetime to people otherwise shut out of the system—people of color, immigrants, working people, people who just need a chance to prove themselves. People…like me."
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Jeffrey Manderscheid Is January 2007 Winner of Kissane Public Service Award |
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The 22ndElmer Kissane Public Service Award was presented to Jeffrey V. Manderscheid during the Jan. 21, 2007, commencement ceremonies for The John Marshall Law School.
The $5,000 award was established by the family, friends and colleagues of Elmer C. Kissane, a 1945 graduate of John Marshall who devoted 43 years of his professional career to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. During his tenure, Kissane was served as chief of the Criminal and Appeals Divisions.
The Kissane Award is presented each semester to a graduating student who has accepted an offer to work for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. Manderscheid will receive the monetary award after one year of service with the office.
Manderscheid interned at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office as a law clerk in the Felony Misdemeanor Division during summer 2004. In summer 2006, he was selected for the Prosecutor's Academy, an honors program coordinated by the state's attorney's office. Manderscheid did routine law clerk duties, and also wrote an appellate brief that was filed on behalf of the state. He also participated in a bench trial using his 711 license.
From July through December 2005, Manderscheid was a research assistant for the general counsel to the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He conducted research for the Illinois Pilot Program on Sequential Double Blind Identification Procedures. He also wrote memos on police interrogations, Miranda warnings, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints and criminal law issues.
In the spring 2006 semester, Manderscheid was selected as one of two law students to intern at the office of the assistant chief counsel of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Manderscheid designed an instruction program explaining legal concepts to field agents and inspectors. He also produced memos on expert testimony evidentiary standards, search and seizure issues and other legal topics.
Manderscheid did sports broadcasting while a student at Millikin University from which he received a bachelor's degree in history in 2001. He was a staffer for various political campaigns before starting law school.
Jeffrey V. Manderscheid (left), winner of the Elmer C. Kissane Public Service Award, is congratulated by Paul Kissane (right), son of the late Elmer Kissane.
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Taiwan Judge is Intellectual Property Student |
Dorothy Li, co-director of the Asian Alliance Program at The John Marshall Law School, recently met with Sidney Wu, a judge at the Shi Lin District Court of Taiwan who is taking a leave from the bench to complete an LL.M. degree in Intellectual Property Law at John Marshall. Wu was introduced to John Marshall in 2006 when he enrolled in John Marshall-sponsored courses in legal research and writing and professional responsibility offered at Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. Judge Wu received a law degree and an LL.M. degree in Criminal Law from National Taiwan University.
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3L Dan Noonan Shared Ideas About New Japanese Business Law |
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John Marshall Law School third-year student Dan Noonan was the Feb. 8 guest speaker discussing new Japanese business law for the Chicago Bar Association's International and Foreign Law Committee.
Noonan outlined the significant revisions to Japanese company law put in place in May 2006. The law aims to revitalize the Japanese economy by stimulating entrepreneurial activity and lowering barriers to new business. Noonan considered the law's implications for American businesses and investors seeking to enter the Japanese market.
Noonan was a student in a Temple University's Beasley School of Law Tokyo program that included classes in Japanese law, International Tax, and East/West negotiations.
Noonan has worked on several U.S. multi-family property deals while interning at Lexington Corporation in Tokyo. Lexington represents and assists Japanese clients with property acquisitions in the United States. While at Lexington, he saw the formation of a joint venture between Lexington and a Japanese listed company.
The semester abroad law school program was Noonan's third visit to Japan. He hasn't yet decided if he'll pursue an overseas legal career though. "Living in Asia isn't as exotic as it was initially, but Japan is an interesting place to be," he said. "The differences between American and Japanese culture can be challenging at first, but then you get used to the differences and can appreciate them."
As a teacher of English in Takasaki, Japan, Noonan immersed himself into the culture and struggled to pick up the language. His interest in Japan stems from his uncle who served as the consul general in Nagoya for 20 years immediately following World War II. "He'd send `senbei' rice cakes to my grandmother in Chicago. I recall the strange seaweed taste and thinking that Grandma just liked weird crackers. When I tasted them in Japan 15 years later, I immediately recognized the same taste and realized she had been serving us Japanese senbei," Noonan said.
Noonan, was an anthropology major at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After graduation he decided to teach English in Japan because he was interested in teaching and traveling. For 15 months, he taught students who ranged from high school and college age to women known as "office ladies" and businessmen.
When his contract was up, Noonan traveled through Asia for several months, only to return to Japan as part of the Japanese government's JET program that placed English teachers in villages. He worked for a year in at a junior high school in the countryside of Okayama where he met former kamikaze pilots-in-training, the vice president of Laos, and other colorful locals at the village Board of Education. He returned to Chicago to attend The John Marshall Law School.
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BLSA Teams Advance to Nationals |
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Two teams representing The John Marshall Law School placed among the finalists in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition on Feb. 3. They are advancing to the national competition in Atlanta in March. The teams showed off their winning trophies at the Midwest Regional Black Law Students Association (BLSA) convention in Rosemont, Ill. The convention was hosted by John Marshall's Glenn T. Johnson BLSA Chapter. Pictured are (from left) second place team members Damon Stewart and Chiante Gibson; Associate Dean Rory D. Smith; Tope K. Odoffin, president of John Marshall's BLSA chapter; and third place team members Alfred K. Murray II and Marques L. Rice. The teams were coached by Joselynne Gardner McKoy (J.D. '06). The BLSA faculty advisor is Professor Cecil Hunt.
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Spring 2007 Moot Court Executive Board |
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Members of the Spring 2007 Moot Court Executive Board are (standing, from left) Chuck Little, Katherine Freytag, Matt Goodstein, Adrienne Detanico, Timothy Tommaso, Sarah Cruse, Catherine Kim and Becky Ptaszynski, and (seated, from left) Glenn Kanter, Elizabeth Bartels, Nick Ftikas, Taylor Nora and Elise Allen.
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John Marshall Wins Annual Admissions Advertising Awards |
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The John Marshall Law School won numerous prestigious awards in the 22nd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards competition sponsored by "Admissions Marketing Report" magazine.
Judges examined more than 2,100 entries covering newspaper and magazine advertising, internal and external publications, direct mail advertising, outdoor transit/billboard, newsletters, class schedules, annual reports, posters, brochures, student viewbooks, imprinted materials, Internet/websites, logos and letterhead, special publications, catalogs, search places, television ads, video/CD Rom viewbooks, radio advertising and total PR and total advertising campaigns. Entries were submitted by more than 1,200 colleges, universities and secondary schools in the U.S. and several foreign countries.
The awards the law school won in the "Graduate Schools" category included:
"Best of Show" and a Gold Award for the law school's Internet/website. Judging was based on the highest production standards, creativity and professionalism.
Other wins:
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Gold—Class Schedules for LL.M. in Real Estate Law
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Gold—Imprinted Materials for the Center for Tax Law
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Gold—Internet/Web Site www.jmls.edu
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Gold—Newspaper Ad/Single Placement, for Center for Real Estate Law
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Gold—Newspaper Ad/Series Placement, General Law School Information
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Gold—Magazine Ad/Single Placement, General Law School Information
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Silver—Publication/Internal, 25th Annual International Moot Court Program
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Silver—Newsletter category, "Briefcase" alumni newsletter
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Silver—Annual Report of the Dean
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Bronze—Other (Special) category "100 Years of Education Excellence" ad
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Bronze—Magazine Ad/Single "The Art of the Deal" theme of a Center for Intellectual Property Law program
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Merit—Poster category for a Center for Intellectual Property Law poster
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Merit—Magazine Ad/Single for an Intellectual Property Law ad geared to engineers
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Merit—Direct Mail for a program on judicial independence
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Merit—Brochure for the Braun Lecture Series
The annual Admissions Advertising Awards is the oldest and largest educational advertising awards competition in the country. A panel of national judges included admissions marketers, advertising creative directors, marketing and advertising professionals and the editorial board of "Admissions Marketing Report," the nation's leading marketing publication for higher education with an estimated readership of more than 4,000 higher education marketers each month.
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Government Officials Discuss Public Service |
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During a recent program sponsored by the Career Services Office at The John Marshall Law School, panelists ( second from right) Matt M. O'Shea (J.D. '00), deputy chief of staff and ethics officer for House Republican Leader Tom Cross; Ann Marie Williams, (from second from left), legislative director for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan; and Illinois Rep. Jim Durkin (left, R - Countryside, J.D. '88) discussed legislative careers with students. Panelists offered insights into the definition of politics, what jobs exist in the field, how students can get involved and how the actions of the legislature impact lawyers in practice. Kevin Hull (right, J.D. '00), former assistant counsel to Speaker Michael J. Madigan, moderated the program.
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Celebrating the Chicago Bears |
On Feb. 2, 2007, students and staff at The John Marshall Law School cheered on the Chicago Bears as the team prepared for the XLI Super Bowl in Miami, Fla. Revving up the audience with a rendition of the Chicago Bears Fight Song were Elinor Kannon (left) and RoseMarie Knight (right). 
Cheering on the Chicago Bears were (from left) Sonja Parks of the Fair Housing Legal Clinic staff, and library staff members Adelaide Williams and Catrina Williams. 
Diane Gordon (left), staff secretary who spearheaded a Bears celebration, is joined by (from second from left) Marilyn Thomas, director of Public Information; Rick Regan, assistant manager of Security; Kevin Farrell Events Management assistant; Susann "Sunny" MacLachlan, associate director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution; and Andrea Koklys, assistant director of Public Information. 
Dressed in their Bears gear are (seated left) Joan Bahaveolos and Judy Evans from the Business Office, and (standing from left) Tiffany Johnson of the Business Office; Vanessa Jackson of the Development Office; student Adam Fannin; and Phyllis Finney of the Library staff. 
Clinical Professor Joseph Butler, a loyal Bears fan, joined Elinor Kannon, director of the Office of Events Management, at the Bears celebration luncheon.
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Faculty Activity and Publications |
Professor John D. Ingram
Publications 
His article, "Damages For Loss of the Enjoyment of Life" was recently cited in 85 B.U.L. Rev. 1 and 55 DePaul L. Rev. 379.
Professors Walter J. Kendall III Mark E. Wojcik
Publications 
They are co-authors of a short piece recognizing the U.N. General Assembly's conclusion of the world's first human rights treaty on the rights of persons with disabilities. The International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities will enter into effect when 20 nations ratify or accede to it. "U.N. Adopts First Human Rights Treaty of the 21st Century," International Law News, Winter 2007, vol. 36, no. 1, at 30.
Professor Timothy O'Neill
Publications 
His Op-Ed article, "Senate Is No Steppingstone," appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, February 4. It discussed the difficulty that sitting senators have had getting elected President throughout American history. It marked the 8th time the Tribune has published an Op-Ed article written by O'Neill.
Professor Debra Stark
Publications 
Portions of her article, "Foreclosing on the American Dream: An Evaluation of State and Federal Foreclosure Laws," 51 Okl. L. Rev. 229 (1998) will appear in the 5th Edition of Berger, Johnstone & Trachts, textbook, Land Transfer and Finance, Cases and Materials, published by Aspen. An earlier version of their textbook has been used at many law schools for Land Transactions and similar courses. The new edition, containing portions of Professor Stark's article, will be published in spring 2008."
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Student Activities |
February 13
The Black Law Students Association will meet at 5 p.m. in room 201.
February 14
The Polish Law Society will meet at noon in room 1102. Pizza will be served.
The Entertainment Law Society will be selling flowers in the lobby for your valentine.
The Renaissance Society will meet at noon in room 201.
Habitat for Humanity will be selling baked goods in the student lounge. Stop for your dessert.
February 15
The first meeting of the Environmental Law Society will be held at noon in room 217. All are welcome.
February 16
The American Bar Association/Law Student Division of the 7th Circuit will be hosting a reception on 3east at 6:00 p.m.
February 17
The Black Law Students Association will meet at 11 a.m. in room 1105.
Barrister's Ball tickets are available for sale from Marilyn Criss's office or from the SBA in the student lounge. You will want to attend this annual formal event. This year it will be held at the Mid-America Club. Tickets are $65 in advance and $75 at the door.
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Schedule of Events |
February 12
- Writing Resource Center First Memo Workshop, IRAC, Room 528, noon
- Writing Resource Center Passive Voice Workshop, Room 527, noon
- Exam Taking Program, Room 200, noon
- Faculty Meeting, Room 1200, 12:15 p.m.
- Career Services Office - 3L Boot Camp Job Training, Room 1103, 12:30 p.m.
- BEEP (Bar Essay Exam Program), Room 800, 5 p.m.
February 13
- Insights I Program, Room 503, noon
- Faculty Meeting, Room 1200, 12:15 p.m.
- Writing Resource Center First Memo Workshop, IRAC, Room 1200B, 4 p.m.
- Writing Resource Center Passive Voice Workshop, Room 216, 4 p.m.
- Career Services Office Evening Student Orientation Part I, Room 1103, 5 p.m.
February 14
- Deans' Meeting, Room 1101, 10 a.m.
- Career Services Office Headhunter Kate Patterson speaks to IP Students, Room 1200A, 12:30 p.m.
- Board of Trustees Meeting, Courtroom, 3 p.m.
- Career Services Office Diversity Program, Room 529, 4:30 p.m.
- BEEP (Bar Essay Exam Program), Room 800, 5 p.m.
February 15
- IP Discussion Roundtable, Room 217, 12:15 p.m.
- Illinois Bar Changes, Room 1200, 5 p.m.
February 16
- The True Cost of Promises Made to Illinois Public Sector Employees: An Interactive Workshop to Develop Solutions to be Presented to the State Legislature, Room 1200, 9 a.m.
- BEST Program, Room 1103, 9:30 a.m.
February 17
- ABA Circuit Meeting, Room 300, All Day
- ABA Client Counseling Competition, Room 1200 and 3East, 8 a.m.
- BEEP (Bar Essay Exam Program), Room 409, 10 a.m.
- Insights I Program, Room 503, 1 p.m.
February 19
- MiniBar, Room 531, 9 a.m.
- Faculty Assembly, Room 503, 12:15 p.m.
- Staff Event, Room 3East, 12:30 p.m.
- Career Services Office Interviewing Strategies Workshop, Room 1103, 12:30 p.m.
- BEEP (Bar Essay Exam Program), Room 800, 5 p.m.
February 20
- Insights I Program, Room 503, noon
- International General Counsels Roundtable, Room 1102, 12:45 p.m.
- Bar Performance Test, Room 403, 1 p.m.
February 21
- MiniBar, Room 201, 9 a.m.
- Deans' Meeting, Courtroom, 10 a.m.
- Career Services Office Criminal Law Careers, Room 1200A, 12:30 p.m.
- BEEP (Bar Essay Exam Program), Room 800, 5 p.m.
- Career Services Office Evening Student Orientation Part II, Room 522, 5 p.m.
February 22
- Bar Performance Tests, Room 200, 6 p.m.
February 23
- 51st Annual Conference on Developments in Intellectual Property Law, Room 1200, 8 a.m.
- Bar Performance Tests, Room 529, 1 p.m.
February 24
- BEEP (Bar Essay Exam Program), Room 409, 10 a.m.
- Insights I Program, (Room 503), 1 p.m.
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Editor's Note
In the Loop is published by The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Copyright 2007
Editor: Assistant Dean John M. McNamara; Contributors: Marilyn Thomas, Director, Public Relations and Advertising; Andrea Koklys, Assistant Director, Public Relations and Advertising
All information to be included in In the Loop must be placed in the INTHELOOP folder on the H drive of the law school's computer network by 12 p.m. each Wednesday. When the volume of submissions exceeds the available space in the printed version of In the Loop, additonal material will appear only in the online version of the Newsletter, which can be found on the law school's website at www.jmls.edu. 
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