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March 18 - 24, 2007 |
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John E. Corkery Named Dean of The John Marshall Law School |
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John E. Corkery has been named Dean of The John Marshall Law School, the law school's Board of Trustees announced. Corkery, who has been serving as the school's acting dean since 2005, assumes his new position immediately.
"The Board of Trustees and the faculty are very grateful to John for his years of stewardship as acting dean. As we went through a national search, it became readily apparent that John embodied all the qualities we articulated: he is a natural leader, who inspires respect from students and colleagues alike, a gifted teacher, and a talented and community-driven lawyer. He has a unique vision for change, tempered with continuity for our school," said Alfred E. Gallo, president of The John Marshall Law School Board of Trustees.
"I am honored to be selected as the next Dean of The John Marshall Law School", said Corkery, 64. "It's a great school with a long and proud history in Chicago and I'm privileged to be a part of that history. I view the job of Dean as a trust that I hold for the benefit of others, in this case the law school and all its constituencies. I appreciate the confidence that the faculty and the Board of Trustees have shown in me and I look forward to continuing to drive the school's ongoing growth and vitality".
In his role as acting dean, Corkery focused on improving the school's student-faculty ratio. During his tenure, he has increased the size of the faculty by 20 percent. Among his recent hires are an intellectual property professor, a director of the law library, and eight other full-time faculty members - who will start in the fall.
Corkery has been with John Marshall Law School for 34 years, beginning his association as an assistant professor in 1973, then as a tenured professor, teaching evidence, family law and legal ethics. In 1998, he became associate dean for academic affairs and in 2004 he became the vice dean. In 2005, he was named the school's acting dean when Patricia Mell stepped down to pursue other academic interests.
Before joining The John Marshall Law School, Corkery was in private practice with Lord Bissell & Brook, where he worked in the litigation area, representing clients before the Illinois Supreme Court, appellate and trial courts and the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
He served as Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Professional Conduct from 1992-93 and on the Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee from 1996 to the present. He has written numerous articles and books on both civil and criminal law and lectures extensively on these same topics.
He received his J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in 1967, where he was a Russell Sage Fellow in Law and Social Science and served on the Editorial Board of the Northwestern University Law Review.
Founded in 1899, The John Marshall Law School has been a pioneer in legal education, guided by a tradition of diversity, innovation, access and opportunity. The school has strived to instill in its graduates the sense that an attorney must earn the public's trust by acquiring the learning skills and the values essential to fulfilling their responsibilities to the justice system and to those whom the process serves. Its 11,000 graduates have amassed an enviable record of public and civil service.
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Center for Real Estate Law and Lambda Alpha Students Offer Four Informational Programs |
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The Center for Real Estate Law at The John Marshall Law School has scheduled four informational programs for students.
On Wednesday, March 21, the center is hosting an information session on the joint J.D./LL.M. program in real estate law available to John Marshall students. The noon to 1 p.m. program will be in Room 529.
Students are welcome to join a group touring Library Tower under construction at 511 S. Plymouth Ct. by Lennar, a national homebuilder. The site visit from 4 to 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, will focus on the challenges of constructing a building on a small parcel in downtown Chicago immediately adjacent to both Congress Parkway and State Street. Students will learn about the building itself—a modern day "loft" building and the condominium units and amenities that are included in the project.
Students planning to attend need to notify the Center for Real Estate Law by March 21 by e-mail at 6estate@jmls.edu.
The Real Estate Law Student Chapter of Lambda Alpha International will present two programs in April.
The first program, "Real Estate Professionals & Attorneys—Working Together or at Cross Purposes," will be given at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 5. The guest presenter will be Jim Kaplan, managing principal of James Kaplan Companies.
Kaplan, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin's real estate program, is known for his active involvement in the International Council of Shopping Centers. He has worked with many attorneys and will share his insights on how attorneys can best work with real estate professionals to facilitate transactions.
"An In-House Attorney's View of the Office Equity Transaction" will be the second program hosted at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 10.
The guest speaker will be John Marshall alumnus Edward Chupack, regional counsel for Equity Office Properties Trust. He is responsible for the leasing and operations of more than 90 Class A office and retail properties in cities along the East Coast. He also is editor of The Lease Negotiation Handbook published by the American Bar Association/American Law Institute in cooperation with the International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate.
Articles by John Marshall Professor Celeste Hammond, director of the Center for Real Estate Law, are included in the handbook.
For additional information on any of these programs, please contact the Center for Real Estate Law at 6estate@jmls.edu.
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2007 Smith Scholar Named |
Associate Dean Rory Smith (right) congratulates second-year student Jefferson Cheatham as the 2007 recipient of the Lawrence E. Smith Jr. and Linda Smith Memorial Scholarship. Smith, along with his mother, Virgie, established the scholarship fund in memory of his sister who died of a cerebral aneurysm in 1998, and his father who died in 2000.
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Professor Addresses Cultural Heritage Issues Raised in Forfeiture Case |
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Visiting Professor Alicia M. Hilton will lead a discussion at 12:15 p.m. March 22 in Room 217 on the fate of the Persepolis Tablets now being heard in the case Jenny Rubin, et al., v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, et.al., v. The University of Chicago before Judge Blanche Manning in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
The Persian artifacts, on loan to the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, are to be sold to meet a $423.5 million damage award. The University of Chicago is arguing the tablets are protected from judgments due to Iran's sovereignty, and Iran has since hired attorneys to assert its rights. The court is now deliberating pending summary judgment and discovery motions.
Professor Hilton will consider whether cultural heritage should be exempt from forfeiture, and consider whether the legal battle will lead to the dismemberment of the most important surviving source of information about the organization of the 2,500-year-old Persian Empire of Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes.
This free program is part of the "Very Current Cases Discussion Series."
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Faculty Activities and Publications |
Professor Michael Polelle
Activities 
He filed an amicus curiae brief with the Illinois Supreme Court in Tuite v. Corbitt, No.101054, 2006 Ill.Lexis 1668 (Ill.S.Ct. Dec.21, 2006), on behalf of AIDA, a not-for-profit corporation. The amicus brief argued for the abandonment of the "innocent construction rule' in defamation cases. Illinois is one of only six states that have this rule. The rule requires that a judge must automatically dismiss a defamation case if the words have any reasonably innocent meaning. Justice Charles E. Freeman, an alumnus of The John Marshall Law School, also cited an article by Polelle in his concurring opinion: M. Polelle, "The Guilt of the Innocent Construction Rule in Illinois Defamation Law, 1 N.Ill.U.L. Rev. 191 (1981).
Polelle is also an attorney on appeal for Paul B. Episcope, prominent Illinois litigator, in Episcope v. law Offices of Campbell & DiVincenzo, No. 1-05-2329, 2007 Ill.App.Lexis 99 (Ill.App.Ct., Feb. 13, 2007). He prepared the brief and gave an oral argument before the First District appellate division. If necessary he will also file a petition for leave to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. The issue in the case involves an important issue of how fees should be split among lawyers under the Rule 1.5 (f) of the Illinois Code of Professional Responsibility.
He has also been retained as an expert consultant in the civil rights case of Donald Malec and Martin Zelisko v. The Village of Oak Park et al., 06CV5167, currently before Judge James B. Zagel of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. The case involves allegations that due process and first amendment rights of plaintiff police officers were violated.
Publications
Justice Louis B. Butler of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in State of Wisconsin v. Jensen, No.2004AP2481-CR (L.C. No.2002CF314), 2007 Wisc.Lexis 21 (Wis.S.Ct., Feb. 23, 2007) cited a recent article by Prof. Polelle in a separate judicial opinion. The article, "The Death of Dying Declarations in a Post-Crawford World," 71 Mo.L.Rev. 285 (Spring 2006), was cited for the proposition that a criminal defendant in a homicide case does not automatically lose his Sixth Amendment rights because of the forfeiture doctrine as applied to dying declarations of the victim.
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Student Activities |
March 19
The National Lawyers Guild will meet at 5 p.m. in room 217.
March 21
The Justinian Society is hosting a reception for the different chapters with a cooking competition at 6 p.m. in 3east.
The Entertainment, Media and Sports Law Society will feature speaker, Susan Patino, who will talk about her work in television at 5 p.m. in room 1202.
The Polish Society will meet at noon in room 522.
The Latino Law Student Association will have a panel discussion and viewing of the documentary "Juvies" at noon in room 1200.
March 22
The Middle Eastern Law Student Association will meet at 5:15 p.m. in room 522.
American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA) will meet at 1:15 p.m. in room 201. Refreshments will be served.
The National Lawyers Guild will present a panel discussion at 5 p.m. in room 201.
The Latino Law Student Association will meet at 5 p.m. in room 1102.
The Student Bar Association meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in room 216.
March 24
The Black Law Students Association will meet at 11 a.m. in room 1105.
March 25
Brehon Society Charity Run
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Schedule of Events |
March 20
- Career Advice from EB Alumni, Room 1200, noon
- Insights I Program, Room 503, noon
- Career Services Office - Legal Practice Area Series: Human Rights Careers, Room 1102, 12:30 p.m.
March 21
- Lunch and Learn: Nuts and Bolts of Hot Topics In Employee Benefits Law, Room 503, 11:30 a.m.
- Joint JD/LL.M. Real Estate Law Information Session, Room 529, noon
March 22
- Career Advice from Tax Alumni, Room 1200, noon
- Insights II, Room 530, noon
- Very Current Cases Discussion Series, Room 217, 12:15 p.m.
- Career Services Office - Judicial Clerkship Information Session. Part I: What is a Judicial Clerkship?, Room 216, 12:30 p.m.
- Alumni Association Reception, Room 3East, 4 p.m.
March 23
- Faculty Works-In-Progress by Professor Tim O'Neill, Room 1101, 12:15 p.m.
- 1L Mock Trial Competition, Room 1200, 5 p.m.
March 24
- PMBR, Rooms 1200 and 200, 9:30 a.m.
- Black Law Students Association Meeting, Room 1105, 11 a.m.
- Insights I Program, Room 503, 1 p.m.
- Insights II, Room 503, 2:30 p.m.
March 25
- PMBR, Rooms 1200 and 200, 9:30 a.m.
March 26
- Career Services Office - Legal Practice Area Series: Commercial Law, Room 1103, 12:30 p.m.
March 27
- "Do Taxpayers have a Right to Efficient Government?", Room 1200, 11 a.m.
- Insights I Program, Room 503, noon
March 28
- Career Services Office - Judicial Clerkship Info Session Part II: How to Apply for a Judicial Clerkship, Room 300, 12:30 p.m.
March 29
- National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, Room 3East and Courtroom, 8 a.m.
- Center for International Business and Trade Law Homeland Security Seminar, Room 200, noon
- Insights II, Room 530, noon
- Faculty Works-In-Progress by Professor Diane Kaplan, Room 110, 12:15 p.m.
March 30
- National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, Room 3East and Courtroom, 8 a.m.
- Admitted Students Reception, Room 200 and Student Lounge, 4 p.m.
March 31
- National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, Room 3East and Courtroom, 8 a.m.
- PMBR, Rooms 1200 and 200, 9:30 a.m.
- Black Law Students Association Meeting, Room 1105, 11 a.m.
- Insights I Program, Room 503, 1 p.m.
- Insights II, Room 503, 2:30 p.m.
April 1
- PMBR, Rooms 1200 and 200, 9:30 a.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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