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Alumni Association Honors Six
The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association presented the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) to six alumni at its annual Freedom Award and Distinguished Service Awards Luncheon on May 2. DSA honorees are (seated, from left) Joseph Marconi of Johnson & Bell Ltd.; Judge Dennis Burke of the Circuit Court of Cook County; Bruce Meckler of Meckler Bulger & Tilson; Judge Stanley Sacks of the Circuit Court of Cook County; and (standing second, from left) Anita DeCarlo of Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti PC; and Susann "Sunny" MacLachlan, associate director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution at The John Marshall Law School. Congratulating them are (standing, left) Katherine Amari, second vice president; Russell Hartigan, president; and Cheryl Cesario, vice president and program chair.
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Deans' Activities
Dean John Corkery
Activities
He was a speaker for the Litigation Skills II Trial Conference on May 16. The program was hosted by Law Bulletin Publishing.
Associate Dean Rory Smith
Activities
He is serving as event vice-chair of the First Annual Donald Hubert Scholars Mock Trial Competition. The competition is co-sponsored by The John Marshall Law School and the Chicago Bar Association (CBA). The competition will bring together 150 African-American male high school students from the Carver Military Academy, Hales Franciscan High School, John Marshall Harlan High School, Seton Academy, Thornton Township High School, and Urban Prep Academy as participants. The program is designed to introduce the students to the legal profession through a three-round mock trial competition, speaker presentations and an awards reception. The program honors the memory of late CBA president, Donald Hubert, and aims to encourage black male high school students to consider the law as a career.
Smith authored the case for the competition and is responsible for competition coordination. Several of the early rounds of the competition will be at the law school. The final round will be held in the United States District Court Ceremonial Courtroom.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Doris Long
Activities
On May 2, she presented her paper on "Cash `n Carry Creativity" at the Conference on New Media, New Markets, New Rights at Georgia State University. The conference was part of the Digital Arts Entertainment Lab (DAEL) Initiative. The paper gave eight critical policy questions that must be answered before copyright law can be revised to meet the needs of the global digital age. The paper was extremely well received and Long is considering writing a law review article and book using her arguments.
On April 25th, she presented the paper "The Tyranny of Land and Culture" at the Branding the Land: Trademarks, Geographic Indicators and the Advancement of Third World Development Conference at The John Marshall Law School. Long was the organizer of the day-long program. The paper builds on her earlier scholarship in the areas of geographic indications and traditional knowledge and will form the basis for an extended article on the topic.
Publications
Long's article, "Trademarks and the Beijing Olympics: Gold Medal Challenges," will be published in the China Symposium Issue of The John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law. She is the issue's guest editor.
Two articles Long prepared for the recent Fordham Conference will be published in the proceedings. They are "Ambush in Beijing: New Effort to Curb Ambush Marketing at the Beijing Olympics" and "Gold Medal Opportunities at the Beijing Olympics."
Professor Mark E. Wojcik
Activities
He spoke at the Consulate General of Mexico on April 30, 2008, on the topic of "Recent Developments in Consular Notification under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations." The program considered rights to consular notification in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that the VCCR was not a self-executing treaty. Professor Wojcik was joined in the presentation by Professor Cindy Buys of the Southern Illinois University School of Law. The program was organized by the Illinois State Bar Association Section on International and Immigration Law and included representatives from the consulates of Mexico, Canada, Poland, Turkey, and Korea.
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Godoy Honored With Ingram Scholarship
First-year student Mario Godoy has been named the 2008 Dwight and John Ingram Scholarship recipient.
Godoy is a 2004 graduate of Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Ill. Before starting law school in the fall of 2007, Godoy was a SMB Corporate Account representative at ASAP Software in Buffalo Grove, Ill. From 2005 to 2006, he was a senior loan officer for Residential Loan Centers of America, and from 2004 to 2005, he worked with Careerbuilder.com.
The scholarship fund was established in 2002 by Professor John D. Ingram in his name and that of his late father, Dwight Ingram, who was a long-time member of The John Marshall Law School Board of Trustees. The endowed fund enables a partial scholarship to be presented annually, with preference given to students admitted through the summer SCALES Program.
John Marshall Dean John E. Corkery (left), Professor John D. Ingram (third from left) and Associate Dean William B. Powers (right) congratulate first-year student Mario Godoy (second from left), the 2008 recipient of the Dwight and John Ingram Scholarship.
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Johnson Honored With Hampton Scholarship
First-year John Marshall student Kwame Johnson was recently honored with the Fred Hampton Memorial Legal Assistance Scholarship.
Johnson graduated from DePaul University in 2005. His work experience since receiving his bachelor's degree includes serving as co-editor/urban correspondent of The Seminal, Chicago's urban culture periodical; clerking for The Law Offices of Power & Dixon, P.C.; substitute teaching in the Chicago Public Schools; and working as a loan processor for Lighthouse Financial Group in Oak Lawn, Ill.
The scholarship was established in honor of Fred Hampton, and initiated by the Rev. Jesse Jackson of Operation PUSH and the late Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, to assist black students in the field of law. Each year, William Hampton, Fred Hampton's brother and president of the fund, presents the scholarship award to a deserving student in the Chicago area.
John Marshall Associate Dean William B. Powers (left) congratulates first-year student Kwame Johnson (center) on receiving the Fred Hampton Memorial Legal Assistance Scholarship. Presenting the award to Johnson is William Hampton (right), Fred Hampton's brother and president of the scholarship fund.
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Darfur Crisis Discussed
The John Marshall Law School, in conjunction with the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and the Decalogue Society of Lawyers presented a discussion focused on "The International and United States Response to the Crisis in Darfur" to mark May 1 as Law Day. Members of the dais were (from left) Scott Gertz of the Decalogue Society; John O'Brien of the ISBA; speaker Professor Samuel Jones of John Marshall; speaker Professor Sean O'Brien of the University of Notre Dame Law School; speaker Professor Cindy Galway Buys of Southern Illinois University School of Law; and John Marshall Associate Dean and Professor Ralph Ruebner.
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Three Students Receive Grants to Work in Public Interest
Students working public interest jobs during the summer often must find outside funding sources as most positions are unpaid. Three John Marshall students were recently selected to receive grants to work in the public interest sector this summer. The grants are presented by the Student Bar Association, and funded through the Faculty Auction. This year students raised nearly $14,000.
Jenna Ball will be working in the Consumer Protection Division at the Illinois Attorney General's Office; Karl Mundt will be working at the Office of the State Appellate Defender; and Ron Wright will be working at the Citizen Advocacy Center.
This year's selection committee was comprised of students Megan Harrington, Paul Prezioso, Kelly Heaney, Holly Grosshans and Committee Chair Corey Leatherman, and Professors Joanne Hodge and Steven Schwinn.
Corey Leatherman (right) presents a grant award to Jenna Ball.
Corey Leatherman (left) presents a grant award to Karl Mundt.
Ron Wright (left) accepts a grant award from Corey Leatherman.
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John Marshall Welcomes Chinese Deans
Deans of law schools throughout China made a trip to Chicago to visit The John Marshall Law School. The 22 deans met with members of the John Marshall faculty to discuss legal education in the United States. They were photographed in the Baim Courtroom at John Marshall with (seated, center) Dean John E. Corkery; Dorothy Li (eighth from left), co-director of the Asian Alliance Program; Professor Kevin Hopkins (right), co-director of the Asian Alliance Program; Professor Julie Spanbauer (second row, second from right); Professor Diane Kaplan (standing, right); and Professor Robert Gilbert Johnston (top row, left) and Professor Art Acevedo (top row, right).
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Schedule of Activities
May 19, 2008
- Open Faculty Meeting of the Selections & Appointments Committee, Room 1102, 12:15 p.m.
- SCALES Orientation, Room 3East, 4 p.m.
May 21, 2008
- Kaplan PMBR 6-Day course Make-Up Session, Room 529, 4:30 p.m.
May 22, 2008
- IBT Lunch and Learn, Room 1200, noon
- Donald Hubert Scholars Mock Trial Competition Reception, Room 3East, 5:30 p.m.
- Foundation Advisory Board Meeting, Room 1102, 5 p.m.
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