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July 15 - 21 , 2007 |
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Real Estate LL.M. Student Receives Brooker Collegiate Scholarship |
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Melli Holley, an LL.M. student at The John Marshall Law School, has been awarded a scholarship by The Institute of Real Estate Management.
The George M. Brooker Collegiate Scholarship for Minorities will help Holley with tuition expenses. One $2,500 scholarship is presented yearly to a graduate minority student with an outstanding academic record who plans to enter real estate management.
The scholarship is named for George M. Brooker, a co-founder of WB Real Estate in New York City in 1968. The firm developed signature properties under management for several of New York's leading financial institutions. He was respected within the real estate community and helped further the cause of minorities in the real estate profession.
Holley will receive an LL.M. degree in real estate law in May 2008 from John Marshall's Center for Real Estate Law. She is a policy compliance analyst for the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) working on building new mixed-income communities for the CHA under its Plan for Transformation, which will serve as a blueprint for affordable housing in the future.
Holley received a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn. She clerked for Judge David C. Higgs in Minnesota's 2nd Judicial District Court before coming to Chicago.
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Faculty Activity and Publications |
Professor Ronald Z. Domsky
Activities 
He was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants. The association was formed 44 years ago to preserve the right of professionals who are both attorneys and Certified Public Accountants to use both designations on their letterhead and practice both professions. Currently there are more than 1,200 members of the association. In addition to the 44th Annual Meeting and Education Conference, which Domsky recently attended in Lake Tahoe, Calif., the association offers continuing education seminars throughout the year.
Adjunct Professor Barry Kozak
Associate Director of the Graduate Employee Benefits Program
Publications 
He has been appointed as the rewrite author for a BNA Tax Management portfolio, and Kozak, 353-4th T.M., Employee Benefits for Small- and Mid-Sized Employers should be published in early 2008. BNA is one of the most respected publishers of print and electronic news, analysis, and reference products regarding income tax issues. Barry will have the assistance of Brian Benko and Chad DeGroot, both joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits students at John Marshall.
Professor Doris Estelle Long
Publications 
Her article, "Strategies for Securing the Cyber Safety Net Against Terrorists: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach," has been accepted for publication in the hard copy format of the Oxford Forum on Public Policy. This was the paper that Long had presented at the Oxford Roundtable at Lincoln College (UK) in April.
She has also been notified that her article, "Traditional Knowledge and the Fight for the Public Domain" has been listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for both "Indigenous Nations and People's Laws," and for "Property, Citizenship and Social Entrepreneurism." SSRN is one of the key global scholarship networks.
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Schedule of Events |
July 16
- New Faculty Academic Orientation, Room 1200, 8:30 a.m.
- Alumni Relations Cubs Outing, Ivy Brixen, 7 p.m.
July 17
- Domestic & Foreign Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret & Copyright Documentation, Room 413, 6 p.m.
July 18
- Deans' Meeting, Courtroom, 10 a.m.
July 19
- New York BAR/BRI Mini Review, Room 200, 9 a.m.
- Illinois Mini-Bar, Room 1102, 9 a.m.
July 20
- Quarterly Meeting of the Great Lakes Area TEGE Council, Room 1200, 8 a.m.
- New York BAR/BRI Mini Review, Room 200, 9 a.m.
July 23
- IL Attorney General's Office Trial Advocacy Program, Room 1200, 8 a.m.
July 24
- IL Attorney General's Office Trial Advocacy Program, Room 1200, 8 a.m.
- Domestic & Foreign Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret & Copyright Documentation, Room 413, 6 p.m.
July 25
- IL Attorney General's Office Trial Advocacy Program, Room 1200, 8 a.m.
- Deans' Meeting, Courtroom, 10 a.m.
- After- the-Bar Party, Room 3East, 5:30 p.m.
July 26
- IL Attorney General's Office Trial Advocacy Program, Room 1200, 8 a.m.
- NY Area Alumni Reception, The Lotos Club, 6 p.m.
July 27
- Hinshaw & Culbertson Trial Advocacy Program, Courtroom, 8 a.m.
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Legal Experts from Around the World Visit John Marshall for Global Legal Skills Conference |
Professors Mark E. Wojcik (left), who co-chaired the Global Legal Skills Conference hosted by The John Marshall Law School in May; and Molly Lien (right), who also co-chaired the conference, as well as presented her paper on comparative plagiarism, welcome guest panelists (from second from left), Leigh Hunt Greenshaw, of Washington University School of Law; Mary Bernard Ray, of the University of Wisconsin Law School; John Haberstroh, of Northwestern University School of Law; Dr. Robin Nilon, writing specialist for international programs at Temple University Beasley School of Law; and Jessica Rubin, assistant clinical professor of law at the University of Connecticut School of Law, to The John Marshall Law School Global Legal Skills Conference in May 2007. 
Professor Molly Lien (right) welcomes (from second from left) Helena Whalen-Bridge, assistant professor and deputy director of the Legal Skills Programme at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law; and Alexandra Otis, a former legal writing instructor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, to the law school as panelists for the Global Legal Skills Conference. In 2001-2002, Lien was a consultant to and spent several months-in-residence helping establish the Legal Writing Program at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. As consultant, Lien surveyed the Singapore bar as to the quality of the lawyering skills, and made recommendations for course offerings, texts, staffing and budget management for the program, as well as the hiring and training of the program's faculty. 
John Marshall Dean John E. Corkery (standing, third from left) and John Marshall Associate Dean William B.T. Mock (standing, fourth from left) welcome panelists, moderators and presenters (seated, from left) John Marshall Professor Molly Lien, director of the Lawyering Skills Program and a member of the conference's International Planning Committee; Diane Penneys Edelman, assistant dean of the Legal Writing Program and director of the Villanova Montréal Program at Villanova University School of Law in Villanova, Penn.; Helena Whalen-Bridge, assistant professor and deputy director of the Legal Skills Programme at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law; and Alexandra Otis, a former legal writing instructor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law; and (standing, from left) John Marshall Professor Mark E. Wojcik, director of the Global Legal Skills Program; Dr. Nina Hovarova, of European Humanities University - International in Minsk, Belarus; José Roble Flores Fernandez, dean of the Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Julie Campagna, an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School and an adjunct professor of Legal English at the Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Fernando Villarreal Gonda, academic vice dean of the Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico; and John Marshall Professor Kevin Hopkins, co-director of Asian Alliances.
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New Alumni Board Members Selected |
The newly selected members of The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association Board are (standing, from left) Natosha Cuyler-Sherman (J.D. '05); Kari J. Valentino (J.D. '96); Ann L. Melichar (J.D. '03); Jennifer C. Smetters (J.D. '98); and Charles M. Baum (J.D. '95); and (seated, from left) Dennis J. DeCaro (J.D. '92); Ernie Burden (J.D. '00); Joseph M. Cataldo (J.D. '92); and Michelle M. Wiedman (J.D. '96)
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2007 Alumni Association Scholarship Recipients Announced |
The 2007 Alumni Association Scholarship recipients are (from third from left) third-year student Kelley C. Heaney, May 2007 graduate Jessica M. Smith and third-year student Michael R. Pieczonka. The scholarship is offered to students or recent graduates with exemplary academic and extracurricular achievements, with preference given to children and family members of alumni. Congratulating the recipients were (from left) Patrice M. Ball-Reed (J.D. '84), outgoing president of The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association, and Russell W. Hartigan (J.D. '75), incoming president.
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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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