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Next Week's Schedule of EventsAward Recognized Wojcik's EffortsCareer Services OfficeFaculty Activity and PublicationsFair Housing Center/ClinicLaw School Holiday Schedule SetStudent Bar AssociationStudent ActivitiesMoot Court ProgramBrehon SocietyConference Services CenterMedia Services CenterOffice of Admission/Financial Aid
Next
Week's Schedule of EventsAccess Living Meeting, Room 1202, 10:00 a.m.
"Conversations with Derrick A. Bell", Room 1200, 3:00 p.m.
Derrick A. Bell - Reception and Book Signing, Room 3-East, 5:00 p.m.
Privacy Council Meeting, Room 1202, 5:30 p.m.
CBA Seminar - Introduction to Psychopathology, Room 1200, 2:00 p.m.
State's Attorney Office Film-Domestic Violence, Room 200, 6:00 p.m.
Conditional Program Lunch, Room 3East, 12:00 p.m.
Halloween
Moot Court Luncheon, Room 3East, 12:15 p.m.
Advanced Patent Cooperation Treaty Course, Room 1200, 8:00 a.m.
Advanced Patent Cooperation Treaty Course, Room 1200, 8:00 a.m.
Award Recognizes Wojcik's EffortsThe 1996 winner of the Chicago Bar Foundation's Maurice Weigle Award, Professor Mark Wojcik (left), is congratulated by (from left) Mrs. Helen Weigle, who established the scholarship; John Marshall Professor Len Schrager, who nominated Wojcik for the honor; and Thomas H. Morsch, president of the Chicago Bar Foundation. The award is given in recognition of Wojcik's abilities in the classroom, and his efforts on behalf of human rights and international relations.
Career
Services OfficeYou have been busy with school, with the Journal, with Law Review, with Moot Court and whatever else that has prevented you from looking for a job for next summer or for after you graduate. Perhaps, for whatever reason, Fall Interviewing just did not work for you. What are you going to do now to find a job?
Fall interviewing is a very difficult way to find a job, especially for students in the other 90% of their class. Large law firms, who make up the largest portion of Fall Interviewing, tend to be selective about the people they interview and eventually hire. There are plenty of other opportunities for students and graduates; so how and where do people find them? On Wednesday, October 30th at 12:15 in Room 1200 we will discuss these issues and many more in "Beyond Fall Interviewing". This program will be videotaped for students that cannot attend.
The first-year, first-semester students may begin using the Career Services Office on November 1st. Our office already has a few things planned for the first year students. In the next few weeks Christine Snyder will be visiting your Lawyering Skills I class. Additionally, we have a program planned for Wednesday, November 6th at 12:15 in Room 1200 called "Finding a Summer Job for 1st Year Students". We will have a panel of students talk about their experiences during their first summer and how it has helped them in making career decisions. This program will be videotaped for students that cannot attend.
The U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals has several Judicial Clerkships available to begin in September of 1997. For more information about these positions and the application procedure, please see the Career Services Office.
The Summer Legal Employment Guide for 1997 is now in! This guide, from the editors of the National and Federal legal Employment Reports lists hundreds of summer job opportunities with the U.S. government, international organizations and nonprofit organizations. We have copies in the CSO.
Faculty
Activity and Publications
Professor Michael L. ClosenHis article, "The Supreme Court Refuses To Confront HIV/AIDS," appears in the November 1996 issue of USA Today Magazine (pp. 30-32). The article represents an expanded rendition of his editorial "The High Court's Fear of AIDS," New York Times, October 9, 1995, (p. A23).
He spoke at an October 19 meeting of Chicago Gay Couples Together about legal ways to protect relationships in the absence of marriage.
Fair
Housing Legal Support Center/ClinicJoseph Butler, F. Willis Caruso, and Brenda Shavers attended the 11th annual Midwest Clinical Teacher's Conference, October 18-19, at the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic, Case Western Reserve University, School of Law, in Cleveland, Ohio. The theme of this conference was Experiential Learning Theory, Clinical Legal Education. A summary of what transpired at the conference will take place on Friday, November 1, 1996.
Law School
Holiday Schedule Set
The following will be the building hours during the winter holiday season:
December 24, 25 - building closed
December 26, 27 - building open; library hours - 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
December 28, 29 - building closed
December 30 - building open; library hours 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
December 31, Jan 1 - building closed
January 2 - Jan 12 building open; library hours - 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
January 13 - building open; resume regular library hours
Student
Bar AssociationThe SBA would like to congratulate and welcome Matt Jacober, JU98D1, the new ISBA representative at JMLS.
Tia Glass, the ABA representative at JMLS, is looking for a student to assist with the 7th Circuit Newsletter for the LSD/ABA (Law School Division of the American Bar Association.) Any interested candidates should contact Tia at 5glass.
The faculty auction is scheduled for November 7th at noon on 2East. Proceeds go to a Fair Housing Scholarship for a JMLS student and to the Family Law Division in Juvenile Court of Cook County to aid children on "how the court system works." Questions, please see Erin Grunzke, CBA Rep. in the SBA Office, room 215 (5grunzke).
Work-A-Day, the ABA sponsored community project, is scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 1997. Robin Spadoni, Outreach Chair, will be organizing this event. JMLS students volunteer their time on this day for community projects. This is a national event and all participating law schools (including the other law schools in Chicago) take time to volunteer. Watch this space and the bulletin boards for project listings and more information.
The SBA general meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is November 13th and all students are welcome to attend. Pizza is served.
If you have issues that the SBA needs to be aware of, please stop by the office (Room 215) or call (312/427-2737 x579) and let us know. We are here to represent your needs.
Student
ActivitiesThe John Marshall Vocal Ensemble is looking for new members. The Ensemble practice every Wednesday on 3 East from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you do not want to sing, instrumentalists are also welcome. A holiday concert is planned for December 4. See Miss Criss in room 212 for more information.
The Hispanic Law Students Association is sponsoring a clothing drive until November 15. Clothing will be collected in the student lounge on the second floor. Please donate.
A reminder to all students that essay contest are posted on the board outside Miss Criss's office. There are several opportunities available so you may want to check the board.
Monday, November 7 - Faculty Auction - Student Lounge - 12 to 2 p.m. - Refreshments. Items that will be auctioned include lunch for two at the Union League Club, an afternoon of horseback riding, major sports events tickets, and free coffee at the Canteen. Watch for further postings that will list all the items to be auctioned.
The Children's Law Society is sponsoring a holiday gift drive. Chip in your pennies and spare change (2nd floor) so underprivileged kids can have a great holiday too. Gifts from the proceeds will be sent to those who have written letters to Santa (selected from the Chicago Post Office).
Moot
Court ProgramThe Fred F. Herzog problem for this semester is out. If you haven't picked it up yet, please stop by the Moot Court office. Remember, the brief is due November 4, 1996 at the Moot Court Office by 6:00:00 p.m.! Don't be late - will cost your valuable points.
Moot Court is also looking for volunteers to bailiff for the Herzog competition on November 18, 19, 21, 25 and 26. If you are interested, please sign up.
Brehon
SocietyThe Brehon Society will hold a charity fund-raiser/happy hour for the women's crisis shelter on October 28. The event will be at IRISH EYES, 2519 North Lincoln Avenue during the Bears-Vikings Monday Night Football Game. Cost is $15 at the door, of which $5 will go to the charity. From 7:30 p.m. until the end of the games, unlimited Budweiser, Bud Light and well drinks. $2.25 pints of Guinness, Harp, and Sam Adams. $1 shots of Jegermiester. Pizza will be delivered at 8 p.m. and half-time. The Brehon is a social organization of students of Irish decent, yet all are welcome. Questions may be refereed to Henry Dixon at: 312-472-9050; or e-mail at 5dixonh or Colleen O'Sullivan at 5Osulliv.
Conference
Services CenterNovember 15, 1996
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Fee: no charge
Do Cameras Belong in the Courtroom? has been a key question since the bulb-popping trial in the Lindbergh kidnaping case. After that sensationalist trial, the American Bar Association adopted Canon 35, which recommended the prohibition of all photographic and broadcast coverage of courtroom proceedings. The televising of the O.J. case has raised anew the question whether cameras in the courtroom advance or hinder the cause of justice. The 9th Annual Symposium on Media Law will discuss the issue, "Do Cameras Belong in the Courtroom?", with a panel consisting of Joel Daly, ABC News, Judge William J. Bauer, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and Judge John H. Whitfield, Circuit Court Judge for Harrison, Hancock, and Stone Counties in Mississippi.
November 15 - 16, 1996
9:00 - 5:00 pm
Fee: $640.00
CLE credits: 12 hrs apx.
This Master Class provides a unique opportunity for practicing attorneys to learn about effective and ineffective appellate briefing techniques from a sitting Federal Circuit Judge. The class, with its focus on briefing, is intended to complement the Oral Argument Master Class typically offered in the spring. The course is taught by The Honorable Paul R. Michel, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. During the class, Judge Michel will discuss effective appellate advocacy techniques in the entire briefing process. The participants also will listen to audio tapes of the actual oral argument before the Federal Circuit for the appeal studied in the class. Enrollment is limited to twenty participants.
November 9, 1996
8:30 - 4:30 pm
Fee: 40.00
The use of the Internet as an educational tool in schools and libraries is coming into its own. More and more children are using computers at home for entertainment and education. Equipped with a modem they are able to enter the `Net and participate in the exchange of information across the nation and around the globe. The purpose of The Forum is to explore the benefits of this new technology and to learn about risks as well, so that informed parents and educators can cooperate with service providers, so as to enjoy the advantages of the Internet while avoiding the negatives.
November 8, 1996
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Guest Speaker; Piercamillo Davigo
Judge / Assistant Prosecutor, Prosecutor's Office of Milan
In his lecture, Piercamillo Davigo will discuss his role and that of his colleagues in prosecuting Mafia and political corruption cases in Italy. A judge / prosecutor in the Milan prosecutor's office, he participated in the creation of the Mani Puliti ("Clean Hands") investigations during May 1992.
The Mani Puliti prosecutions have led to the investigation of some 3,000 persons, including 120 parliamentarians (Deputies and Senators), 12 current or former ministers, and 4 ex-prime ministers.
Media
Services Department
The October 29 & 30, 1996 Student
Lounge video presentations will be "Ireland North and South: Future
Relations." A Dean Fred F. Herzog Distinguised Speaker Series Lecture
featuring the Honorable William Binchy, Regius Professor of Laws, Trinity
College, Dublin, Ireland.
Office
of Admission and Financial AidAll current students who successfully completed the Conditional program (this year or in past years) are invited to a luncheon on Wednesday, October 30 at 12:30 p.m. on 3 East. We are pleased to recognize the effort you have put forth at John Marshall.