Illinois Supreme Court Justice Kilbride to Receive Freedom Award on May 2
The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association will honor Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride with its Freedom Award and present Distinguished Service Awards to six outstanding alumni at its 2008 Freedom Award and Distinguished Service Awards Luncheon Friday, May 2, at the Palmer House Hilton.
The noon luncheon will feature a keynote address by Kilbride and presentation of the Distinguished Service Awards to Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Dennis Burke (JD '75); Anita DeCarlo (JD '98) of Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti P.C.; Susann "Sunny" MacLachlan (JD '94), associate director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution and adjunct professor at John Marshall; Joseph Marconi (JD '75) of Johnson & Bell Ltd.; Bruce Meckler (JD '81) of Meckler Bulger & Tilson LLP; and Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks (JD '70).
The alumni association will also present its Spirit of John Marshall Award to Hon. George and Mrs. Lee Sprague who in 1998 established the Lucy Sprague Public Service Scholarship to honor the memory of their daughter. Lucy Sprague was a student at John Marshall preparing for a career in public service when she died in December 1996.
The past 10 years, the Sprague family has annually presented the $25,000 scholarship to a graduating student pursuing a career in public interest law. Recipients include Kimberly Anderson (JD '98), Marcel Benavides (JD '99), Paul Serkland (JD '00), Katherine Pawlik (JD '01), Sherri Tushnet (JD '02), Jacqueline Herrera Giron (JD '03), Alexis Widlak (JD '04), Erin Gallagher (JD '05), Joseph Cook (JD '06), Nicholas Ftikas (JD '07) and Karl Tetzlaff (JD '07).
Justice Thomas L. Kilbride was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in November 2000 from the Third Judicial District covering the 21 counties straddling I-80 from Indiana to Iowa. 
Kilbride was in private practice before being elected to the court operating out of a small law office in the Rock Island area, where he was frequently involved in volunteer service to his community. He handled employment matters and general civil and criminal matters. He worked on environmental law issues, appeals, and was the attorney for the City of Silvis, Ill., and 17 townships and other government jurisdictions.
A Kankakee, Ill. native, Kilbride received his law degree from Antioch School of Law in Washington D.C. As a law student, he interned at the Administrative Office of the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
After graduation, Kilbride helped organize migrant farm workers in California behind Cesar Chavez; he joined the Laborers' and Machinists Unions in Illinois; and he spent seven years as a lawyer serving Illinois' less fortunate as an attorney with Prairie State Legal Services.
Justice Kilbride serves as the court's liaison to several important Supreme Court committees and the Lawyers Trust Fund. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association; past president of the Illinois Township Attorneys Association; and a past board member of the Illinois Pro Bono Center. For nearly two decades, he was a volunteer legal advisor to the Community Caring Conference. He also assisted the Quad-City Harvest, Inc.; the Children's Disability Project; and helped organize an interfaith coalition of church and community organizations in the Quad Cities area.
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Illinois Veterans Discussed at John Marshall
Adjunct Professor Brian Clauss (left) and Professor Joseph Butler (right) welcome Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn to the law school as a guest lecturer in the Veterans Advocacy class. Quinn discussed current issues facing veterans in Illinois and the ways the state is looking to remedy those issues.
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John Marshall Team Takes Top Honors for Second Straight Year
The John Marshall Law School team of Anselmo Duran and Abraham Sandoval won first place at the 13th annual Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Moot Court Competition March 14 in New York City. They bested 20 other teams from law schools across the country.
This is the second year the two have won honors. In 2007, Duran and Sandoval took second place in the competition.
As national champions, they received $3,000 from the Hispanic National Bar Foundation, the sister organization of HNBA. They also received a $1,000 prize for the Best Respondent's Brief award, and Sandoval was given the Fifth Place Oral Advocacy award.
Team members Marcos Esparza and Justin Garcia were quarterfinalists. Garcia received the Second Best Oralist award.
The teams were coached by Clinical Professor Damian Ortiz who traveled with them to New York for the competition.
This year's issue dealt with securities fraud. The case argued Valley Stream Investors LLC v. Key Business Edge Inc., a fictitious case modeled after Stoneridge Investment v. Scientific-Atlanta Partners LLC, Inc., and Motorola Inc. which was recently decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The final round was heard by Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Judge Victor Marrero of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; and Justice Ariel E. Belen, New York Supreme Court-Appellate Division.
The John Marshall Law School team of (from second from left) Anselmo Duran and Abraham Sandoval won First Place and were awarded Best Respondent's Brief during the Hispanic National Bar Foundation's 13th Annual National Moot Court Competition this month. Sandoval also was named Fifth Best Oralist. The team was coached by John Marshall Professor Damian Ortiz (fourth from left). The John Marshall team of Justin Garcia (left) and Marcos Esparza (right) also were named Quarterfinalists in the competition, and Garcia was named Second Best Oralist.
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John Marshall Celebrates Diversity
The Student Bar Association Diversity Affairs Committee welcomed Dr. Arin Reeves (center) as the keynote speaker for its Diversity Reception on March 27. Dr. Reeves works in the areas of racial/ethnic and gender diversity, equity, discrimination and harassment in organizations. She is a principal consultant, with The Athens Group. Welcoming her to John Marshall are (from left) Vaishali Rao, president of the committee; Lauren Leonard, secretary; Paul Johnson, John Marshall's American Bar Association Student Law Division representative; and Aminah Bhatti, events coordinator. The theme for the Diversity Week 2008 celebration was "Celebrating Culture and Exploring Diversity in Law & Politics."
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Team from India Competes in Annual Trial Competition
John Marshall Professor Ronald Smith (second from left) welcomed India's Luknow University School of Law students (from second from left) Shambhavi Singh and Pratyush Singh to The John Marshall Law School for the 18th Annual National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition co-sponsored by the law school and the American Bar Association. The team members were coached by John Marshall alumnus Nishay Sanan (JD '96) (fifth from left) and John Marshall students Philip Groban (left) and Ryan Williams (right). Not pictured are additional coaches Brendan Shiller (JD '03) and Mary Barry (JD '04).
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April 9 Discussion Focuses on Blogs
Raizel Liebler, reference librarian in the Louis L. Biro Law Library at The John Marshall Law School, will lead the April 9 "brown bag" presentation on blogs. She will discuss how blogs have become an essential form of professional communication and offer tips on how to take advantage of them to improve a law practice.
Liebler's program will be at noon in Room 1102 of the law school. The program is free. Beverages will be served.
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Schedule of Events
April 7
- Center Directors' Meeting, Room 800 CBA, 10 a.m.
- Insights I, Room 216, noon
- CSO: Judicial Clerkship Info Session Part II: How to Apply for a Judicial Clerkship, Room 529, noon
- Faculty Assembly, Room 1200A, 12:15 p.m.
- Exit session- NSLP, Room 503, 12:15 p.m.
- Library & Computer Policy Committee, Room 1102, 2 p.m.
- Distinguished Scholars Reception, Room 3East, 4:30 p.m.
- Exit-NSLP, Room 503, 5 p.m.
April 8
- Academic Achievement Program for JA '09 grads, Room 200, noon
- Exit counseling- EdAmerica, Room 503, noon
- Meet the Deans - Open Office Hours, Student Lounge - North End, 5 p.m.
- Academic Achievement Program for JA '09 Grads, Room 528, 5 p.m.
- Exit Counseling- EdAmerica, Room 503, 5 p.m.
- Law Review 1L Informational Meeting, Room 428, 5 p.m.
April 9
- Board of Trustees, Courtroom, noon
- Center for IBT Moy Lecture - Doing Business in the Asian Marketplace, Room 200, noon
- Brown Bag: Using Blogs for Research and Practice, Room 1102, noon
- Center for Real Estate Law Information Session, Room 216, noon
- Exit-Access Group, Room 403, 12:15 p.m.
- Alumni Assn Executive Board Meeting, Room 527, 3:30 p.m.
- Alumni Assn Meeting and Reception, Room 3East, 4 p.m.
- CSO: Meet the Small and Mid-size Legal Employers Reception, Student Lounge, 4:30 p.m.
- Exit- Access Group, Room 403, 5 p.m.
April 10
- Information Session for Joint Degrees in Tax or EB, Room 200, noon
- Insights II, Room 503, noon
- In-House Faculty Works-In-Progress Scholarship Roundtable, Room 3East, 12:15 p.m.
- Information Session for Joint Degrees in Tax and EB, Room 201, 5 p.m.
April 12
- Bar Bri Essay Exam Writing Lecture, Room 200, 10 a.m.
- Kaplan PMBR, Room 1200 and 1102, 9:30 a.m.
- Insights I, Room 216, 1:30 p.m.
- Insights II, Room 532, 3:30 p.m.
April 13
- Kaplan PMBR, Room 1200 and 1102, 9:30 a.m.
April 14
- Law review Student Colloquium, Room 200, 11:30 a.m.
- Distinguished Professor Presentation with Professor Dan L. Burk, Room 1200, noon
- Insights I, Room 216, noon
- Multiple Guess Workshop, Room 1102, noon
- CSO: Prepare for Fall Recruiting, Room 503, noon
April 15
- CSO: Prepare for Fall Recruiting, Room 503, 5 p.m.
April 16
- Real Estate Tax Assessment Process, Room 1200, 8:30 a.m.
- Brown Bag: Legislative History Info Online, Room 1102, noon
April 17
- Insights II, Room 503, noon
April 18
- IL Criminal Law Reform Symposium, Room 200, 8:30 a.m.
- Howard T. Markey Distinguished Lecture in IP Law, Room 1200, 2 p.m.
April 19
- Multi-State Diagnostic Exams, Room 1200, 9 a.m.
- Multiple Guess Workshop, Room 1103, 12:30 p.m.
- Insights I, Room 216, 1:30 p.m.
- Insights II, Room 532, 3:30 p.m.
April 20
- Multi-State Diagnostic Exams, Room 1200, 9 a.m.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Ann Lousin
Activities
She was interviewed on March 28, 2008, by Mike Scott of WIND-AM for "Weekend Magazine." Lousin offered insights on the constitutional convention referendum scheduled for November 2008.
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Student Activities
April 7
Every spring semester the Women's Law Caucus asks for items for high school students to use for their prom evening. This is called the "Glass Slipper Project." Donations of dresses, jewelry, shoes, make-up or handbags are being collected in the Sargis-Miner Student Lounge on April 8.
The Latino Law Association, in preparation for its April 11th Fiesta, is conducting dance lessons at 6 p.m. in room 528. All are welcome.
April 9
The Law Enforcement Students Organization will meet at 5 p.m. in room 1101.
Latino Law Association dance lessons will be held in room 800 at 6 p.m.
April 10
The annual 1L charity event is a casino night, which will be held in the Sargis-Miner Student Lounge from 6 to 9 p.m. All monies will be donated to a charity.
The last in a series of investigation, trial and appeal panels will be held at noon in room 1103. Refreshments will be served.
April 11
The Annual Latino Fiesta will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in room 200. This is a very popular event with lots of good food, entertainment and dancing.
April 12
Public Interest Law Council "Run or Walk" will take place at Grant Park at Balbo and Columbus.
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