Publications Department Wins National Awards
Website Also Honored
John Marshall's Publications Department made an impressive showing in the 2007 Admission Advertising Awards, winning two Gold awards, one Silver award, and four Merit awards. The law school's website also received a Bronze award in the competition. Awards were given to entrants whose programs and materials displayed exceptional quality, creativity, and message effectiveness.
The staff members who created the award-winning pieces, under the direction of Assistant Dean John M. McNamara, were designers Bruce Swart and Cathy Morris and editors Peter Beck and Antonia McBride. Award-winning Web Site Designer Lori McDaniel also reports to McNamara.
In the category Direct Mail Advertising, John Marshall took the Gold award with "Defining Opportunity," a piece created for the law school's Foundation, and received Merit awards for a postcard created for the Office of Alumni Relations, announcing the creation of an online alumni community, and for another piece done for the Foundation.
In the Class Schedules category, the Gold award was won with a piece designed for the Center for Real Estate Law, "Exercise Your Best Option for an LLM."
In the Newsletter category, John Marshall earned a Silver award for its alumni publication, Briefcase. Also contributing to Briefcase were Director of Public Relations Marilyn Thomas and Assistant Director Andrea Koklys.
In the category Internet/Website, the law school's site, www.jmls.edu, received a Bronze award.
Merit awards were received in the Brochure category, for a piece promoting a European Patent Practice Seminar designed for the Center for Intellectual Property Law, and in the Imprinted Materials category, for a piece designed for the Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits.
The Admissions Advertising Awards is the largest educational advertising awards competition in the country. This year, 2000 entries were received from more than 1000 colleges, universities, and secondary schools from all 50 states and several foreign countries. Entries were judged by a national panel of admissions marketers, advertising creative directors, marketing and advertising professionals, and the editorial board of Admissions Marketing Report. Admissions Marketing Report is the nation's leading marketing publication for higher education. The monthly publication is in its twenty-third year and is read each month by thousands of admissions marketers at colleges and universities throughout the country.
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Seven from John Marshall Lead Writing Sessions at Conference
John Marshall Law School Professors Mary Jean Dolan, Allen Kamp, Molly Lien, William Mock, Julie Spanbauer and Mark Wojcik were joined by Lurene Contento, director of John Marshall's Writing Resource Center, as presenters at the Global Legal Skills Conference in Mexico Feb. 28 and 29, and March 1, 2008.
This year's program was at the Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey and had more than 135 presenters and participants from around the world. The 2006 and 2007 programs were at The John Marshall Law School.
The three-day conference focused on best practices for the teaching of legal skills and the educational needs of law students, especially students who speak English as a second language.
Lien gave the opening remarks and was a moderator for a panel on global legal skills in international education. Kamp addressed jurisprudence for entering law students, and Mock moderated a panel on Latin American law students and international legal exchange.
Spanbauer and Professor Katerina Lewinbuk (J.D. `00), professor at South Texas College of Law, spoke on graduate opportunities for international students. Wojcik was a speaker for the plenary session, and Dolan addressed best practices in teaching legal research.
Contento spoke on the use of visual images to help students grasp small-scale analysis.
Joining them was Juli Campagna, a John Marshall adjunct professor who spoke on "An Interactive Approach to Teaching the U.S. Federal Court System."
Also addressing the conference was Antonio Guerra Gomez, a John Marshall adjunct professor and a practicing attorney in Mexico.
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Guest Presenters
Virginia Harding (second from left), an attorney at Gould & Ratner LLP and a consultant to John Marshall's Center for Real Estate Law, and Barry Kozak (third from left), associate director of the law school's graduate employee benefits programs, welcomed tax attorneys Michael Tuchman (left) of Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC and Steve Gustafson (right) of Gould & Ratner LLP. Together they presented the CLE program "A Look at 1031 Like-Kind Exchange Transactions." The program was co-hosted by John Marshall's Center for Real Estate Law and Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Richard Gruner
Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law
Activities
At the Drake University Law School Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable Feb. 23, 2008, he addressed the topic "Revisiting Spillovers: Scaling Patent Rewards for Foreseeable Uses of Patented Innovations."
Professor John Ingram
Publications
His article, "Vicarious Liability for Negligence of a Vehicle's Driver" has been published in 43 Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Journal 71.
Professor Doris Estelle Long
Activities
She spoke at the Second Annual International Law Society Symposium on China and Its Effect on the Global Economy at The Thomas M. Cooley Law School on Feb. 16, 2008. In her presentation she discussed the problems and possibilities posed by the Beijing Olympics, focusing in particular on the impact of the Beijing Olympics on the present and future protection of intellectual property rights in China.
On Feb. 23, 2008, she presented her new scholarship on "The Tyranny of Land and Culture" at the Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable at the Drake University Law School. Long discussed the interconnectedness between culture rights, including GIs and land, and the cultural and developmental limitations such reliance may have on the practitioners of traditional cultural practices.
On March 1, 2008, Long debated the scope of protection for traditional knowledge under international law at the Temple Law Review Symposium at Temple University. Her topic was "Traditional Knowledge and the Diaspora: Protecting Nostalgia at the Cost of Innovation?"
Publications
Long's article "Innovating New Connections in Intellectual Property Analysis: A Review of William van Caenegem's `Intellectual Property Law and Innovation'" has been accepted for publication in the Melbourne Media Arts and Law Review. William van Caenegem is a professor at Bond University, Queensland, Australia.
Professor William Mock
Activities
As a presenter at the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of International Law, he gave a program to students at Southwestern University School of Law on Feb. 6, 2008. His topic was "Pathways to Employment in International Law.
At Pepperdine University School of Law, he spoke to students on international legal careers. The Feb. 7 program was part of an ABA-sponsored presentation.
Professor David Schwartz
Activities
He presented at the Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable at Drake University Law School on Feb. 23, 2008. His topic was "Rethinking Patent Reasonable Royalty Damages."
Professor Mark Wojcik
Activities
On Feb. 6, 2008, he spoke at Southwestern University School of Law on "Pathways to Employment in International Law," as part of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of International Law outreach to law student members.
He addressed law students on international legal careers on Feb. 7 at an ABA panel held at Pepperdine University School of Law.
He was one of the presenters at a John Marshall-sponsored CLE ethics seminar Feb. 22, 2008. He focused on the ethical issues and responsibilities of partners and associates who supervise non-lawyers working in a law firm.
He was a judge in the final oral argument rounds of the first Super Regional of the Philip C. Jessup Competition Feb. 21 and 22, 2008, at The John Marshall Law School.
He was named to a three-year term on the Association of American Law Schools Committee on Sections and Annual Meetings.
He participated in an ABA Law Student Networking Event presented by the Illinois ABA Delegation on Feb. 20, 2008, and facilitated the roundtable discussions on International Law.
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Student Activities
March 3
The Gay and Lesbian Legal Alliance will meet at 5:00 p.m. in room 217.
March 4
The Animal Law Society will meet at noon in room 503.
March 6
The Student Bar Association meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m. in room 216.
March 7
Barrister's Ball
Tickets are on sale for the Annual Barrister's Ball. There is considerable savings if you purchase them early. The Ball will be held at the beautiful grand ballroom at the Inter-Continental Hotel on Michigan Avenue. You will not want to miss this opportunity to join your friends, faculty and staff of an evening with open bar and lots of good food.
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John Marshall Hosts First Round of International Competition
The John Marshall Law School was one of three locations for the first round of this year's Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Feb 21 and 22, 2008.
Professor Ardath Hamann and the John Marshall Moot Court Board worked with faculty, students and alumni on this regional competition.
Serving as judges for the final round were John Marshall Professor Mark Wojcik; Professor Cherif Bassiouni of DePaul University College of Law, one of the drafters of the international agreement that established the International Criminal Court; and Barry Sullivan, a partner at Jenner & Block and former dean of the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
The guest speaker during the competition was Ambassador David Scheffer, the former U.S. Ambassador for War Crimes Issues. He signed the instrument establishing the International Criminal Court and was involved in setting up other international criminal tribunals, including the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
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Schedule of Events
March 3
- Basic PCT Seminar, Room 1200, 8:30 a.m.
- Center Directors' Meeting, CBA 800, 10 a.m.
- Faculty Assembly, Room 503, 12 p.m.
- CSO: 1L Orientation, Room 300, 12 p.m.
- Joint Information Session for Tax and EB, Room 200, 12 p.m.
- Information Session for LLM in Tax and EB, Room 201, 5 p.m.
March 4
- Basic PCT Seminar, Room 1200, 8:30 a.m.
March 5
- Alumni Board Executive Committee Meeting, Conference Room, 11th Floor East, 11:30 a.m.
- Alumni Association Board Meeting, CBA 800, 12 p.m.
- Careers in Customs and Trade Law, Room 1200, 12:30 p.m.
- Library & Computer Policy Committee, Room 1102, 2 p.m.
- CSO Evening Student Reception, Room 3East, 5 p.m.
March 6
- Insights I, Room 503, 12 p.m.
- CSO: Worrying About Your Summer Job? Here's what You Need to be doing, Room 201, 12 p.m.
March 7
- Vet Clinic CLE Program, Room 1200, 9 a.m.
March 8
- Insights I, Room 216, 1:30 p.m.
March 10
- EB Alums - Career Advice, Room 3East, 12 p.m.
- Insights I, Room 216, 12 p.m.
- Intellectual Property Distinguished Professor Presentation, Room 1200, 12 p.m.
- Herzog Competition, Room 3East, 4:30 p.m.
March 11
- Board of Trustees Budget Committee Meeting, Room 1102, 9 a.m.
- Meet the Deans - Open Office Hours, Student Lounge - North end, 5 p.m.
- Public Policy Seminar, CBA 800, 6 p.m.
March 12
- Tax Alums- Career Advice, Room 3East, 12 p.m.
- CSO: Legal Practice Area Lunch Series: Transactional Attorney vs. Litigator - What's the Difference?, Room 216, 12 p.m.
- Board of Trustees, Courtroom, 4 p.m.
March 13
- Employee Benefits Lunch & Learn, Room 200, 12 p.m.
- In-House Faculty Works-In-Progress Scholarship Roundtable - Professor Stark, Room 3East, 12:15 p.m.
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