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Groh to Affect ABA Policy on National Level
Third-year student Caitlin Groh will spend the 2008-2009 academic year helping establish American Bar Association (ABA) policy on administration of the ABA and its positions on professional and public issues, as a newly-elected Law Student Division (LSD) delegate to the ABA House of Delegates.
"I am looking forward to representing John Marshall on the national level," Groh said of her new role. "I hope to strengthen the ABA's grassroots efforts so that I can best advocate for the issues that are affecting law school students across the country."
As a delegate, Groh will work with the other LSD delegates on adoption of resolutions before the House of Delegates that directly affect law students. She will also inform the national officers and circuit governors at the midyear and annual ABA meetings of actions taken by or pending before the House. Groh said she will communicate law student issues regularly with LSD officers, circuit governors, ABA representatives, Student Bar Association presidents and liaisons.
Groh has a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. Since starting at The John Marshall Law School in 2006, Groh has worked with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in the Special Prosecutions, Gangs Division. She also worked with the Office of the Chief Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security in Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Most recently, she worked as a judicial extern for Judge Thomas L. Hogan of the Circuit Court of Cook County Law Division.
At John Marshall, Groh is a member of the John Marshall faculty Selections and Appointments Committee as the student representative, a student ambassador for the Office of Admission and a member of the Student Bar Association.
Groh's election to the House of Delegates is not her only involvement with the ABA. She serves as 7th Circuit lieutenant governor for Advocacy and Legislative Affairs for 2008-2009.
Groh is proficient in written and spoken Spanish. During college, she studied in Seville, Spain. Before starting law school, Groh volunteered her time to the English as a Second Language program and Head Start.
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Integration Debate Conference Participants Represent 22 States
Speakers from some of the country's major universities and fair housing organizations discussed the changing demographics of metropolitan America at The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center's two-day program, "The Integration Debate: Competing Futures for American Cities" on Sept. 5 and 6, 2008.
"This was a very important and lively conference," said Professor Michael Seng, director of the center. "We had more than 120 attorneys, academics and fair housing professionals who came from 22 states to join in the discussion. We talked about demographics; the shifting legal mandates regarding integration; the economic consequences of segregation; politics and justice; the interrelationship of race; and housing policy initiatives."
"The conference explored many provocative issues and left everyone inspired to work to seek solutions for ending the two separate societies described in the Kerner Report in 1968," said Seng.
The conference co-sponsors were The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center were George Washington University's Department of Sociology, the Poverty and Race Research Action Council and the National Fair Housing Alliance. The conference was supported by a grant from the Field Foundation and private donations.
Conference keynote speaker Shanna Smith, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance in Washington, DC, addressed participants Sept. 5 on the topic, "Market Barriers to Integration: Discrimination in Housing, Mortgage Lending and Homeowners Insurance." Keynote speaker Roger Wilkins, the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History and American Culture at George Mason University, gave the Saturday closing address, "Segregation: The Murderous Legacy." Wilkins discussed his childhood in a segregated America, his experiences as an assistant attorney general in the Johnson Administration and his work over the past 40 years as a leading civil rights advocate and leader.
Wilkins also told the audience of being asked by President Lyndon Baines Johnson to talk to Chicago's Mayor Richard J. Daley in an attempt to avert violence at the 1968 Democratic Convention.
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Professor John McGinnis First Roundtable Speaker
Professor John McGinnis (center), Stanford Clinton Sr. Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, was welcomed to The John Marshall Law School by Professor Samuel Olken (left) and Associate Dean Ralph Ruebner (right). McGinnis was the first to speak in the Faculty Scholarship Roundtable Series for 2008-2009. His topic was "A New Theory of Originalism."
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Tax Lunch and Learn Focuses on Estate Planning and Patents
The Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits is presenting a Lunch and Learn program, "Patenting Estate-Planning Techniques: A Patently Difficult Issue," from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24, at the law school.
The subjects of the program will include a review of patent law basics for those who are not patent lawyers; how patents apply to tax strategies and estate planning; problems created by tax-strategy patents for tax advisors and their clients; ethical issues for patent and tax lawyers; policy considerations (pro and con); legislative (and other) efforts to deal with tax-strategy patents; and Practical advice for tax advisors dealing with tax strategy patents.
The program features William C. Weinsheimer, a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. Weinsheimer is a member of the firm's Tax & Individual Planning and Estates & Trusts practices. The former co-chair of the Estates & Trusts Practice, he focuses on estate, tax and succession planning for owners of closely held businesses, key executives and other wealthy individuals. Weinsheimer also advises clients regarding trust and estate administration, tax, valuation and fiduciary litigation and related areas of taxation. He is frequently invited to speak on these topics.
He is the former chair of the Probate Practice Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and a fellow and active member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), where he currently chairs the Task Force on Patenting Estate Planning Techniques. He is a past regent of ACTEC, a former Illinois state chair, a former editor of ACTEC Notes, a past chair of ACTEC's editorial board and practice committee, and a co-author of the ACTEC guide for clients, What it Means to Be a Trustee.
There is no cost to attend the luncheon, however advance reservations are necessary. To register online, visit www.jmls.edu/events/32608TX.asp. The deadline for registration is Friday, Sept. 19, and 1.5 CLE hours are available upon completion of the program.
For more information, contact Steven Szydelko, program coordinator, at 6szydelko@jmls.edu.
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2008-2009 Law Review Board
Members of the 2008-2008 John Marshall Law Review editorial board are (standing, from left) Maria Metropulos, candidacy editor; Scott N. Gilbert, lead articles editor; Daniel Lis, production editor; Emily E.Gleason, lead articles editor; Ghazal Sharifi, administrative editor; Karl H. Mundt, production editor; and Jonathan Rosaluk, student publications editor; and (seated, from left) David F. Hayes, lead articles editor; Lisa K. Johnson, student publications editor; William S. Weltman, editor-in-chief; Christopher L. Dore, executive lead articles editor; Sommer R. Luzynczyk, managing editor; and Benjamin H. Richman, executive student publications editor.
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Fair Housing Conference
Guest presenters for the Fair Housing Legal Support Center 2008 conference were (front row, from left) John Relman of Relman & Dane; Professor Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Columbia University; Professor Gregory D. Squires, George Washington University; Professor Roger Wilkins, George Mason University; Professor Stephen Steinberg, Queens College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York; and Maurice McGough U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and (back row, from left) Elizabeth K. Julian and Dementria McCain, Inclusive Communities Project of Dallas; Phillip Tegeler of Poverty and Race Research Action Council; Clinical Professor Allison Bethel, director of The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic; Professor Nancy Denton, SUNY-University of Albany; Professor Melvin Oliver, University of California-Santa Barbara; Professor Kris Marsh, University of Maryland; Chester Hartman, Poverty and Race Research Action Council; Professor Florence Wagman Roisman, Indiana University School of Law; Clinical Professor Damian Ortiz of The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic; George Lipsitz, University of California-Santa Barbara; and Professor Michael Seng, co-executive director of The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center.
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Fair Housing Attorneys, Staff Participate in Annual Retreat
The attorneys and staff of The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center and Clinic met at the Union League Club in August for the annual retreat. The staff reviewed the programs' mission and how to better serve students and the public. They also met with members of The John Marshall Law School Foundation to explore fundraising efforts for the programs. Participants were (seated, from left) Christopher Vogel, clinic student; Adjunct Professor Lewis Powell; James Whiteside, staff attorney; Nadia Whiteside, administrative director; Amin al-Hassan, clinic student; and (standing, from left) Sonja Parks, clinic receptionist; Elaine Morey, center secretary; RoseMarie Knight, part-time administrator; Professor F. Willis Caruso; Professor Michael Seng; Clinical Professor Allison Bethel, clinic director; Lillian Seymore, clinic testing coordinator; and Clinical Professor Damian Ortiz.
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Student Activities
September 15
The Gay and Lesbian Legal Alliance will meet at 5 p.m. in room 201.
The Native American and Indigenous Law Students Association will meet at noon in room 201. Pizza will be served.
The American Association for Justice will meet at 5 p.m. in room 216. Pizza will be served.
The Latino Law Students Association will meet at noon in room 216. Pizza will be served.
September 16
The Student Bar Association is meeting at 5 p.m. in room 216.
September 17
The Diversity Committee will meet at 5 p.m. in room 216.
The Corporate Law Society will meet at 5:10 p.m. in room 201.
September 21
The John Marshall Law School Catholic Law Student Association is planning on attending "Red Mass" at Holy Name Cathedral. If you are interested in joining them, please meet them in the Sargis-Miner Student Lounge at 8 a.m. Breakfast will be served.
Important Dates to Remember:
September 25 - Student/Alumni Exchange at The Union League Club
March 6 - Barrister's Ball at The Knickerbocker Hotel
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Schedule of Events
September 15, 2008
- Academic Affairs Committee, Room 1105, noon
- Center Director's Meeting, Room 1103, noon
- Legal Writing "Brown Bag" Lunch, Room 522, noon
- Insights I, Room 409, noon
September 16, 2008
September 17, 2008
- Herzog Lecture by Ken Waltzer or MSU Advanced Holocaust Studies Center, Room 1200, 12:30 p.m.
- Information Sessions for JD Students Interested the Joint JD/LLM Program in International Business and Trade Law, Room 528, 12:45 p.m.
- Diversity Committee meeting, Room 216, 5 p.m.
- Information Sessions for JD Students Interested in the Joint JD/LLM Program in International Business and Trade Law, Room 1102, 5 p.m.
September 18, 2008
- Faculty Works-in-Progress Presentation-Corey Young and Jason Kilborn, Room 3East, noon
September 20, 2008
- Bar BRI/JMLS Bar Exam Essay Program, Room 300, 10 a.m.
- Insights I, Room 409, 1:30 p.m.
September 22, 2008
- Insights I, Room 409, noon
September 23, 2008
- Center for International Law and Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits Joint Lunch and Learn - Transfer Pricing: Is It Possible to Harmonize US Customs and Tax Regulations? Room 1200,12:30 p.m.
September 24, 2008
- The Patenting of Estate Planning Techniques, Room 1200A, 11:30 a.m.
- Information Session on JMLS-University of Lucerne Study Exchange Program, Room 1105, noon
September 25, 2008
- Faculty Works-In-Progress Presentation _ Professor Allen Kamp, Room 1200, noon
- The Supreme Court Speaks on ERISA Litigation, Room 200, 2 p.m.
- Career Services Office - Government Agency Program, CBA Corboy Room, 4 p.m.
- International Trade Club of Chicago and Center for International Law Networking Event, Room 3East, 4 p.m.
- September 26, 2008
- Distinguished Employee Benefits-Value-Based Mandated Health Benefits, Room 1200, 11:30 a.m.
September 27, 2008
- BAR BRI/JMLS Bar Exam Essay Program, Room 300, 10 a.m.
- Insights I, Room 409, 1:30 p.m.
September 29, 2008
- Academic Affairs Committee, Room 1105, noon
- Academic Affairs Committee, Room 409, noon
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