ContentsNext Week's Schedule of EventsLabor Day
Lawyers for the Creative Arts Meeting, Room 1101, 5:30 p.m.
Law Review Reception, Room 3East, 5:00 p.m.
Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting, Room 3East, 12:00 p.m.
Graduate Programs New Student Reception, Room 3East, 5:00 p.m.
Fall Interviewing/Job Search Workshop, Room 1200, 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
CBA Seminar, Young Lawyers Section-Commercial Real Estate, Room 12:00, 3:00 p.m.
Illinois Privacy Council Meeting, Room 1203, 5:00 p.m.
Fair Housing Seminar-Preparing for the Millennium: New Developments in Fair Housing, Room 1200, 8:00 a.m.
Fair Housing Seminar-Preparing for the Millennium: New Developments in Fair Housing, Room 1200, 8:00 a.m.
Faculty Affairs Meeting, Room 409, 12:15 p.m.
Braun Committee Meeting, Room 1102, 12:00 p.m.
Career Services OfficeMonday, Tuesday, Thursday: 8:30 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Wednesday: 8:30 A.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Friday: 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
It is once again time for the Fall Interviewing Season. Traditionally, large legal employers conduct their recruiting for Summer Associates and Graduates during the Fall Interviewing Season. The season begins at The John Marshall Law School, on Tuesday, September 3rd, the first day of the first week for submitting applications for interviews. Pick up the lists of On-Campus, Off-Campus, and Apply Directly firms in the Career Services Office (CSO), Room 405. Additionally, we have handbooks on the Fall Interviewing process and a guide sheet about the policies and procedures.
To learn more about the Fall Interviewing process, the CSO will hold a workshop on the Fall Interviewing/Job Search process on Wednesday, September 4th at 12:15 p.m and again at 5:15 p.m. Both workshops will take place in Room 1200.
Skadden Fellowships provide support for 1997 graduates & outgoing judicial law clerks who want to work in the Public Interest area for organizations that provide civil legal services for the poor. Applicants must secure a potential position with a sponsoring Public Interest organization before applying for a Fellowship. Applications are available in the CSO. Applications must be received by October 7, 1996. Fellows will be notified by December 13, 1996. See "Fellowships" book for application procedure.
The Career Services Office has the updated 1996 Chicago Area Four or More Attorney list. This is a list of Chicago law firms with four or more attorneys and their area of practice. Please stop in and pick up a copy.
The Career Services Office has applications for the Honor Program and Summer Law Intern Program for the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Legal Activities booklet which provides specific information about the legal work done by the Department and profiles of Honor Program Attorneys & Summer Law Interns. Please read the application form carefully. It gives specific procedures for applying to the DOJ. Deadline for both programs is October 1, 1996. All applications with requested attachments must be in Washington, D.C. by that date.
Several job fairs will occur this semester. For information about the employers attending the job fairs and registration forms, see the job fair drawer in the Career Services Office.
The Midwest Alliance for Placement, which is a consortium of Midwestern law schools, will hold a job fair in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 19, 1996. Student preference sheets and resumes are due in Career Services by Wednesday, September 11.
The 13th Annual Cook County Bar Association's Minority Student Job Fair will be held on Saturday, October 5, 1996 at DePaul University's Law Center. Student preference sheets and resumes are due in Career Services by Wednesday, September 4, 1996.
From the DeansI would like to welcome all of the students to a new academic year at John Marshall. Most of you know that I am new to John Marshall, having joined the administration in May. I am from Indianapolis, where I worked for the American Bar Association's Office of the Consultant on Legal Education. I received my bachelor degree from Purdue University and my J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.
I will be overseeing the Admissions Office, the Career Services Office, and the Student Affairs Office. Right now my office is located in the Admission Office on the first floor. Soon I will be spending half of my time on the second floor in Room 210, just around the corner from the bookstore. I want to spend as much time with students as possible, so I encourage you to stop by anytime.
Faculty Activity
and PublicationsHis editorial on same-sex marriages appears in the National Law Journal, dated September 2, 1996.
This summer she gave a speech before the
Practicing Law Institute on the Use of Innovation Market Analysis to Determine
Competitive Impact of Exclusive Licenses Under the 1995 Antitrust Guidelines
for the Licensing and Acquisition of Intellectual Property. This was a
follow-up speech to the one she gave last year criticizing the new Antitrust
Guidelines issued jointly by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade
Commission. This year the Practicising Law Institute asked her to return and
expand her thoughts on the problems posed by use of an innovation market
analysis under the Guidelines. Under the Guidelines, the DOJ and the FTC have
created a relatively new theory for analyzing the competitive impact of
exclusive intellectual property licenses based on the perceived impact of the
license on an "innovation market." An innovation market is defined
under the Guidelines as consisting of "the research and development
directed to particular new or improved goods or processes, and the close
substitutes for that research and development." As the definition
demonstrates, the concept is extremely fluid. Professor Long has criticised
this concept as being speculative, not capable of ready (or predictable)
ascertainment, and based on a seriously flawed concept of "market impact"
under U.S. anti-trust laws. Although this concept has not been applied by
either the FTC or the DOJ in the IP licensing context, it is being used
increasingly by the FTC in its merger analysis where some or all of the assets
acquired involve intellectual property rights.
Professors Seng and Caruso spoke at an Annual Fair Housing Training Conference in New London, Connecticut on August 26. The title of their presentation "What Every Fair Housing Professional Should Know" was presented to an audience of over 200 persons from the Mid-Atlantic, New York and New England regions, which included lawyers, fair housing professionals, investigators and national and local agency people. They prepared the following papers for the conference; Fair Housing in Perspective, F. Willis Caruso; Fair Housing and the Constitution, Michael P. Seng; and Hate Speech and Enforcement of the Fair Housing Laws, Michael P. Seng. They were also requested to make a presentation about the ten most significant fair housing cases.
At the August American Bar Association meeting in Orlando, he was elected Vice-Chair (Publications) of the ABA Criminal Justice Section, placing him on the Executive Board of the Section's Council and giving him responsibilities for ABA books and publications relating to the criminal justice system....He will be a featured speaker in Berlin, Germany, on October 23, when he will address members of the International Bar Association on the topic of the granting of immunity to witnesses in criminal cases in the United States. He has previously spoken at International Bar Association meetings in Dublin, Edinburgh, and New Orleans, on such topics as plea bargaining practices in U.S. criminal cases and the status of juvenile offenders in U.S. courts.
He was just appointed by the U.S
Department of Justice to a Working Group charged to develop a policy model for
the states to use in further inmplementation of the "Brady Act," the
law theat requires personal background inquiries on anyone applying to purchase
certain firearms. Among it various provisions, the Brady Act prohibits the
disclosure of non-public information received as a result of a background check
and places limitations on other aspects of information management in connection
with the law's operation. The Working Group will recommend standards to
promote uniformity in administration of the legislation by the various states.
The Working Group has begun study of the issues involved and will convene in
December 1996.
Moot Court ProgramCouncil hours will begin on Tuesday, September 3, 1996.
Any student with an interest or experi-ence in international law Moot Court Competitions can contact the Moot Court Office to judge practice rounds or to attend oral argument practices for the Stetson International Environmental Law Competition. Tryouts for some early fall Moot Court teams will be held on Monday, September 9th and Tuesday, September, 10, 1996. The tryout problem and applications will be available in the Moot Court Office (6th Floor). The application deadline is Thursday, September 5, 1996 at Noon.
Center for Tax Law and Employee
BenefitsThe Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits is proud to announce a new concentration in employee benefits law within the LL.M. Program in Tax Law, beginning with the fall semester 1996. This concentration will be the most comprehensive course of study in employee benefits law in the nation.
Due to the complexity and expansion of this area of tax law, the Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits will be offering up to nine courses, for a total of 20 semester hours of credit. An independent study project for up to 3 additional credit hours may also be taken. Completion of 13 credit hours in these employee benefits courses will entitle a student to a concentration in this tax area.
This new employee benefits law concentration is available to practitioners enrolled in the LL.M. Taxation program, as well as to undergraduates interested in pursuing an employee benefits speciality.
Graduates of the concentration will have attained the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully practice in this high demand area. In attention to having Professor Kathryn Kennedy teaching this concentration, we are proud to have the following adjunct instructors, Nancy DeBruin who is in private practice, Steven Lifson, a partner of McBride Baker & Coles, and Joan Brophy, a partner of Mayer Brown & Platt.
Office of Admissions and
Financial AidPlease join our department in welcoming Heather Shinpaugh, a new Financial Aid Officer. Heather will be assisting students whose last names begin with L to Z and may be reached at ext. 454. Many of you already know Susan Sweeney, who will be assisting students whose last names begin A to K and may be reached at ext. 510. Both Susan and Heather are happy to answer any of your financial aid questions.
We need the following for your permanent file.
Immunization Form
Employment Form
Official Degree Transcripts
Debt Management Form
Two Photos
In order to concentrate the rest of the semester on your legal studies, please take care of this immediately.
Welcome and enjoy your first semester of law school!
Office of Alumni RelationsNew Officers for the 1996-97 Alumni Association Board of Directors have been selected. They are:
Hon. Thomas E. Hoffman '71 (President)
Jesse G. Reyes '82 (1st Vice President)
Carol M. Green '84 '94 (2nd Vice President)
Mary McDonald-Pascale '88 (3rd Vice President)
Timothy J. Hammersmith, Jr. '93 (Secretary)
William Bates, Jr. '89 (Treasurer)
The next meeting of the 1996-96 Alumni Association Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, September 4, 1996 at 12:00 p.m. in room 3E.
Will County Alumni Reception
Wednesday, September 18, 1996 - 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Mia Filia Restaurant
158 North Chicago Avenue, Joliet, IL 60431
(815) 722-6400
Local Coordinator: Paula A. Gomora '87 - (815) 726-2520
Kane County Alumni Reception
Thursday, September 18, 1996 - 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Riverwalk Restaurant
35 North River Lane, Geneva, IL 60134
(708) 232-1330
Chapter President: Frederick Steffen '62 - (847) 741-0503
Alumni Association's Oktoberfest & Judges' Reception
Friday, October 4, 1996 - 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm - 3E
The John Marshall Law School, 315 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604
Please join us at the start of The John Marshall Law School Reunion weekend to honor our alumni judges. There will also be an opportunity to meet judicial candidates. Oktoberfest food and beverages will be provided.
$20.00 per ticket
Discount student tickets will be available
For tickets/information, contact Don Weiland '80 at (312) 424-2750 or Lynne Taylor (Alumni Office) at (312) 987-1411.
1996 Class Reunion
Honoring the Classes of '36, '41, '46, '51, '56, '61, '66, '71, '76, '81, '86, `91
Saturday, October 5, 1996
6:30 - 7:30 pm - Tours of the Law School
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Dinner
8:30 - 11:30 pm - Dancing
The John Marshall Law School, 315 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604
$60.00 per person
For reservations: contact the Office of Alumni Relations, (312) 987-1411.
Media Services DepartmentThe featured service of the Media Services Department is Computer and/or video projection. With the data projector, images can be projected from the department's desktop computer and/or a lap top computer. The department's portable computer has Microsoft Office software (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and a CD-ROM drive ready to use. The computer can connect to the network in rooms where the appropriate connectors are available. The projectors can play video clips from a computer or VCR. For more information and a demonstration contact Media Services at extension 498 or e-mail 6schwarz@jmls.edu.
The September 3 & 4, 1996 Student
Lounge video presentations will be the Mortgage Lending Discrimination and
Insurance Redlining: Disparate Impact as a Means of Proving Discrimination in
Lending and Insurance Cases and Mortgage Lending Discrimination and
Insurance Redlining: Importance of Community Reinvestment Act to Traditionally
Underserved Communities . The John Marshall Fair Housing Legal Support
Center was host to fair housing attorneys, investigators, and other persons's
for this annual national conference. They were given crucial information for
recognizing and prosecuting housing discrimination in mortgage lending
practices.
Student ActivitiesSeptember 4 - The Intellectual Property Society will meet at 5:00 p.m. in room 201.
September 5 - The Vocal Ensemble and the Entertainment and Media Law Society will meet at 5:00 p.m. in room 201. If you are unable to attend, please call Laura Brinkman. Pizza will be served.
Floor 2M: Juice, Pepsi products (20 oz. bottles), Video Games
Floor 2: Pepsi products (12 oz. cans), Candy/Chips/Gum, Fountain Soda (Pepsi products), Coffee/Tea/Hot Chocolate/Hot Cider, Cold food (fruit, yogurt, LaCroix, sandwiches, milk, cereal, soup, baked goods), Bill changer (accepts $1 & $5 bills)
Floor 5: Candy/Chips/Gum, Coke products (12 oz. cans)
Fall and winter semesters: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Frozen yogurt, ice cream, sandwiches, soup, coffee, baked goods, bagels, and salads are some of the selections you may choose from at the Canteen.
International StudentsInternational Students Together with American Students is a program in the making at John Marshall. This program will involve caring, enthusiastic, interested John Marshall students and pair them up with international students. Responsibilities of John Marshall students are to spend quality time getting to know, helping out, and befriending international students.
Both parties involved can benefit from this unique opportunity by learning first hand information about another culture. If you have traveled, have ever had the desire to travel, or enjoy meeting culturally different people, and are willing to make time to spend with this person, you are perfect for ISTAS.
Anyone who is interested in learning more about this new and developing program, please contact me as soon as possible. Come see me in my office on the 1st floor to the right as you enter the school, or call 312/360-2658 from outside the school, ext. 658 from inside the school, or e-mail me at 6obrien@jmls.edu.
Center for Intellectual Property
LawThe Center has began the Fall '96 semester with a total of 27 new enrolled candidates, including several foreign students. This semester we have representatives from Taiwan, Germany, Thailand, Yugoslavia, Argentina and Canada. We also have received the five trainees from the Patent Office of China. You will come across these men in the halls or in the library, or you may feel like getting to know them better and invite them for lunch or dinner.
Conference Services CenterTransnational Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Dublin, Ireland
October 31 - November 4, 1996
CLE credits: 22 hrs. apx.
A five-day CLE program with topics focusing on, Ethics of Trial Advocacy, Product Liability Disputes, Transnational Commercial Arbitration, and an Overview of the Criminal Prosecution Process in Ireland.
The program is sponsored in cooperation with Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
The Robert Kratovil Memorial Seminar in Real Estate Law: "Takings" Impact on Real Estate Development
September 19, 1996
CLE credits: 2 hrs
Academicians, planners, and practitioners representing governments, land owners and developers will consider the past, present and future impact of takings cases and legislation on the development of American Real Estate.
Furman, Felker and Beyond: The Death Penalty in the United States
October 17 & 18, 1996
CLE credits: 12 hrs apx.
The 7th Belle R. & Joseph H. Braun Memorial Symposium will explore the status of the death penalty nearly 25 years after Furman. This two-day symposium and workshop will bring together those who work within the death penalty system, including professors, prosecutors, and defense lawyers, and commentators from outside, including philosophers, theologians, and concerned citizens.
Preparing for the Millennium: Current Developments in Fair Housing Law
September 6 & 7, 1996
CLE credits: 10.5 hours
The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center will sponsor a day-and-a-half program of nationally recognized speakers and litigators, that will discuss current developments in fair housing law and practice. Some of the topics presented will be: An Overview of Fair Housing Laws, National Developments in Fair Housing, Occupancy Standards , Recent Innovations at HUD, and New Developments in Trial Practice.
Intellectual Property Protection: An International Conference
Hangzhou, China
October 13 - 18, 1996
CLE credits: TBD
The conference is a timely and important opportunity to discuss issues with key Chinese and United States officials responsible for patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret information. The conference will take place in Hangzhou, China. The conference is cosponsored by: Zheda-Marshall Center for International Economic and Trade Laws, The Patent Office of the People's Republic of China, Zhejiang University Law Faculty, and The John Marshall Law School.
The John Marshall Law School Distinguished Speaker Series
Religion Under the Irish Constitution: A Comparison with the U.S. Experience
Guest Speaker: Gerard Whyte, Faculty of Law
Trinity College Dublin
Wednesday, September 11, 1996, 12:15 p.m.
Room 1200
In his lecture, Professor Whyte discusses the constitutional protection of religion in Ireland. He also attempts to dispel some myths about Ireland through a comparison of religious freedom under the Irish Constitution with the religious freedoms afforded under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Gerard Whyte, M.A., B.L., LL.M., B.C.I., is a full-time lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Trinity College Dublin. He has authored, co-authored, and edited books on the Irish Constitution, trade union law, social welfare law, and religious morality and public policy. He has acted in an advisory capacity to various national groups including the Department of Social Welfare, the Combact Poverty Agency, and the National Council for the Aged. He is also an active member of the Free Legal Advice Centres Ltd., the Coolock Community Law Centre, and the Social Policy Section of the Institute of European Affairs.
The World of Corporate Counsel:
Practice and Professionalism the World of Corporate Counsel
October 14, 1996
The conference will focus on maintaining a professional law department and managing the law department / law firm relationship.
Experienced corporate counsel will discuss such topics as:
LibraryThe Library's Reference Department will offer a one-hour introduction to Windows word processing and e-mail. This course is designed to familiarize students with the basics of Windows 3.1-based programs. Attendance is limited to 20 students and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in attending, please contact Jason Levine, Computer Reference Librarian, at extension 551.