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John Marshall Welcomes Guest Faculty
Professor Colin Miller (left), program host for the November Faculty Scholarship Roundtable, and Professor Robert Nye (right), chair of the Faculty Senate, welcomed guest presenter Professor Aviva Orenstein of Indiana University School of Law. Her topic was "The O.J. of Its Day: The Drama, Pathos and Legal Sniping of the Then Infamous, Now Forgotten Case of Regina v. Bedingfield and its Lessons for Modern Evidence Law."
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Veterans Cash Lottery Ticket Benefits VLSC
Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth (seated) welcomed staff members from the Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic (VLSC) (standing, from left) Nicholas Henry, Professor Joseph Butler, Brian Morris and Michael Barnicle, to the Pritzger Military Museum for the launch of the 2008 Veterans Cash lottery ticket. Veterans Cash is the Illinois Lottery's first lottery ticket designating 100 percent of proceeds for support of Illinois veterans. The VLSC received a $100,000 grant from the proceeds in 2007 and a $100,000 grant from the proceeds this year.
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Chinese Lawyers Discuss Intellectual Property Law Strategy at Caterpillar
Chinese lawyers who are at The John Marshall Law School for intensive intellectual property law (IP) training, made a trip to the Caterpillar headquarters in Peoria, Ill., for discussions with Caterpillar executives on the company's IP strategy and IP protection in China. Here they pose before one of Caterpillar's distinctive pieces of heavy equipment. Caterpillar is the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. In partnership with our worldwide dealer network, Caterpillar is serving needs on every continent.
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Food for the Needy
Students Theresa Berkey (left) and Catherine Ho, members of the Graduate Tax Society, are excited by the donations students and staff made to the November food drive for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The Graduate Tax Society and the Student Bar Association sponsored the food drive.
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Feinberg Case Revisited
A lively discussion of the Illinois Appellate Court decision of In re Estate of Feinberg drew more than 50 students for the program hosted by the Decalogue Society at The John Marshall Law School. John Marshall representatives and panelists were (from left) Associate Dean Ralph Ruebner; David Lipschutz, president of the Decalogue Society; Associate Dean Rory Smith; Andrea M. Schleifer, president of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers; Professor Steven H. Resnicoff of DePaul University College of Law; Professor Clifford Scott-Rudnick of The John Marshall Law School; and Robert S. Held of Harrison & Held. Panelists discussed the court finding unenforceable as contrary to public policy a testamentary stipulation that "any of the testator's grandchildren who marry outside the Jewish faith, unless the spouse has converted or converts within one year of the marriage to the Jewish faith, will, for purposes of the testamentary instrument, be deemed to be deceased, along with all of his or her descendants."
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VLSC is Recipient of Morgan Lewis Award
John Marshall Professor Joseph Butler, director of the Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic at John Marshall (VLSC) (right), accepts a monetary award on behalf of the VLSC from attorney Julie A. Govreau (J.D. '04) of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. The firm selected the VLSC to receive the award in recognition of the services they provide the community.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Activities
On November 14, 2008, he spoke at the Biolaw Conference at the University of Kansas. The topic of his talk was "Patent Claim Construction and Biotechnology."
Activities
He was a featured speaker at a Nov. 13 conference in Davenport, Iowa, focusing on the predatory home lending crisis impacting communities across the country.
The program was sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission and the Davenport Civil Rights Commission. The program was attended by 160 attorneys, bankers, brokers and community and government representatives.
Seng described the current foreclosure crisis and its causes for the audience members, explaining the benefits of looking at the crisis from a civil rights perspective. He outlined a number of current cases in litigation that have been undertaken under fair housing/fair lending laws.
Stella Adams, former director of the North Carolina Fair Housing Center, joined Seng as a speaker. She described the historical background for the current financial crisis.
The conference ended with a lively question and answer session, and Seng was interviewed by several local TV networks for evening newscasts.
Activities
On November 14, 2008, he spoke to LLM students at the University of Bologna Faculty of Law in Bologna, Italy, about careers in international law and how to become involved in bar association activities.
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Student Activities
November 24
The Criminal Law Society/Justinian Society will be collecting food until December 3 in the Sargis-Miner Student Lounge. Please donate.
November 25
The Public Interest Law Council will meet at noon in room 530. Pizza will be served.
The Criminal Law Society will meet at noon in room 201.
November 26
The Diversity Committee will meet at 5 p.m. in room 216.
No Classes
Important Dates To Remember:
December 1 - Student Bar Association Annual Holiday Party - Noon on 3 East
March 6 - Barrister's Ball at The Knickerbocker Hotel
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Schedule of Events
November 24, 2008
- Multiple Guess Workshop, Room 409, noon
- CSO: Lunch with a Public Interest Litigation Lawyer, Room 1102, noon
- Faculty Tenure Committee, Room 1103, 12:15 p.m.
November 25, 2008
- Faculty Executive Committee Meeting, Room 1105, noon
- Public Interest Law Council meeting, Room 530, noon
- Faculty Tenure Committee, room 1102, 12:15 p.m.
November 26, 2008
- Diversity Committee meeting, Room 216, 5 p.m.
November 27, 2008
- Thanksgiving Recess Building Closed
November 28, 2008
November 29, 2008
- Multi-state Diagnostic Review, room 200, 10 a.m.
December 1, 2008
- SIPO Examiners, Room 403, 8:30 a.m.
- Student Bar Association Annual Holiday Party for all staff, faculty and students, Room 3East, 12 p.m.
- Faculty Assembly Meeting, Room 503, 12:15 p.m.
- Board/Faculty Liaison Committee Meeting, Room 605
- Final Exams
- Black Law Students Association study, Room 1103, 10 a.m.
- Selections & Appointments Committee Interview, Room 3East, 12:15 p.m.
December 2, 2008
- Make up Class Day
- SIPO Examiners, Room 403, 8:30 a.m.
- Selections & Appointments Committee Interview, Room 3East, 12:15 p.m.
December 3, 2008
- SIPO Examiners, Room 403, 8:30 a.m.
- Selections & Appointments Committee Interview, Room 3East, 12:15 p.m.
December 4, 2008
- Last Day of Regular Classes
- SIPO Examiners, room 403, 8:30 a.m.
- Selections & Appointments Committee Interview, Room 1200 A&B, 12:15 p.m.
- Alumni Assn Board Meeting, Room 3East, 12:30 p.m.
December 5, 2008
- Reading Period
- Basic Skills Course for New Attorneys, Room 1200, 8:30 a.m.
- SIPO Examiners, Room 403, 8:30 a.m.
- Board of Trustees, Courtroom, 9 a.m.
- Selections & Appointments Committee Interview, Room 3East, 12:15 p.m.
December 6, 2008
- Reading Period
- Basic Skills Course for New Attorneys, Room 1200, 8:30 a.m.
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