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Samuel P. Nedeau and Kimberly Malone will be representing The John Marshall
Law School in the American Bar Association's National Negotiation Competition
after winning second place honors in Midwest regional competition.
The team will next compete in Los Angeles in February following their
victory at the Nov. 15 and 16 competition at Loyola University School of Law.
Three teams represented John Marshall in the competition. Marshall's team s
were Amy P. Grace and Robert J. Sokolnicki, Lenita Y. Sims-Spears and Peter S.
Blasi and Nedeau and Malone. Each team participated in the first two rounds of
competition.
"The two competing teams sit at a bargaining table across from each
other 50 minutes discussing the merits of the case as they attempt to reach a
settlement," Prof. Randall Peterson explained. During the first two
rounds, all teams are assessed by a three-judge panel on their teamwork,
rapport with the opposing team, sensitivity to ethical issues and abilities to
further their client's goals.
Sims-Spears and Blasi and Nedeau and Malone advanced to the final round of
the competition to square off against two teams from the University of
Missouri-Kansas City. John Marshall represented defendants in the personal
injury settlement negotiation.
In the final round, four judges assessed the teams of Nedeau/Malone and
Sims-Spears/Blasi. Nedeau/Malone took second place and Sims-Spears/Blasi took
fourth place in the 20-team competition.
"It is quite remarkable to have four teams from two schools competing
against each other in the finals," Prof. Peterson added. "We are
proud of all three John Marshall teams who are to be commended for their
outstanding efforts."
Prof. Peterson and Prof. Allen Kamp coached the teams with assistance from
Prof. Robert Nye, Prof. Ken Kandaras, Prof. Art Sabin and Prof. John Ingram.
Past team members Chris Young and Don Gardiner from the 1997 team, and Tony
McMahon of the 1996 team also worked with the students in their preparation.
Kratovil Seminar Recap
Virginia Harding of Gould & Ratner, who is a member of the Center's
Advisory Board and the adjunct faculty, served as moderator of the Centennial
Kratovil Seminar on Real Estate Law, "Real Estate Law in the 21st Century:
Restatements, REITs and Uniform Laws," on October 10, 1998.
Professor Ann Lousin, Thomas Homburger of Bell Boyd & Lloyd and Raymond
Werner of Arnstein & Lehr, both of whom serve on the Advisory Board and
adjunct faculty, were commenters on the keynote address of Professor Patrick
Randolph on the issue of the Unification of American Real Estate Law.
Professor Debra Stark and Christopher Abbinante of Chicago Title Insurance
Company and an alumnus of JMLS, served as commenters on the address of
Professor Dale Whitman on the impact of technology, par ticularly digital
recording of real estate conveyances. Professor Evan McKenzie of the University
of Illinois at Chicago and a member of the adjunct faculty, commented on
Professor Celeste Hammond's keynote address. Professor McKenzie discussed the
impact of community associations on American real estate law and practice. More
than 150 people attended this day-long conference, including 30 John Marshall
Students.
Practicing Law Institutes Program
The Practicing Law Institutes Program, "Title Insurance- Mastering
Critical Issues Facing the Buyer, Seller and Lender," on November 13, 1998
featured several of the Center for Real Estate Law's practitioners. Thomas
Homburger of Bell Boyd & Lloyd and Raymond Werner of Arnstein & Lehr,
are both members of the faculty and the Advisory Board. John Murray of First
American Title Insurance Company serves on the Advisory Board.
Donna Pugh of Katten Muchin & Zavis, and an adjunct who will teach Land
Use Control and Zoning in the spring semester, was a panelist at the New
Urbanism and The City conference sponsored by Lambda Alpha International Land
Economics Honor Society. She addressed Impediments and Incentives to
Implementing New Urban planning.
Janet Johnson of Schiff Hardin & Waite, a member of the Center for Real
Estate Law Advisory Board and an adjunct in the program, spoke at the
International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estates
(AECRE) Fall Forum on November 13-14, 1998. The conference topic was Real
Estate Education and Networking in the City that Works. Johnson addressed the
topic of "Legal and Business Aspects of Synthetic
Leases/Conduits/Institutional Financing."
 Keynote Speakers for the Centennial
Kratovil Seminar
Professor Michael Schill, New York University Law School; Professor Patrick
Randolph, Jr., University of Missouri-Kansas City; Professor Celeste Hammond;
and Professor Dale Whitman, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young
University.
 William K. Beach has been named assistant dean for
institutional development and director of the Centennial Campaign at The John
Marshall Law School.
Beach will be responsible for development programs, including major and
planned giving, the annual fund and corporate and foundation relations. He also
is responsible for coordinating alumni relations at the law school. Beach is
working to strengthen ties with business, government and legal networks, and is
working closely with the school's Alumni Association in its endeavors for the
100th anniversary celebration.
Before his appointment, Beach was associated with John Marshall as a
consultant for the $11.5 million Centennial Campaign. Beach brings to John
Marshall a wealth of experience, having worked as a management and resource
development consultant to Fortune 500 corporations, privately-held companies
and non-profit institutions.
"During Bill's time at John Marshall, we have come to recognize his
many talents and are delighted to have him as a full-time employee," Dean
Robert Gilbert Johnston said. "We want to thank him for the many bonds he
has already built between John Marshall and its constituents. We're certain to
see many new friends at the law school through Bill's efforts."
Beach graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.
Several John Marshall law students and professors attended the National
Conference on Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty, held last week at the
Northwestern University School of Law. The John Marshall Law School was one of
the sponsors of this unique conference. Twenty-nine of 74 death row prisoners
who were convicted and sentenced to die for murders they did not commit spoke
at the conference.
Renowned human-rights activists, including Rubin "Hurricane"
Carter from Canada, Piers Bannister from England, and Sergio D'Elia from Italy,
discussed the United States' continued use of the death penalty. From all
appearances at this conference, the rest of the world is astonished that the
world's oldest democracy has chosen to recom mence the legal killing of human
beings. Nearly all other industrial nations have banned the death penalty.
Nine innocent people have been released from Illinois' death row in the last
four years. Eleven people have been executed on Illinois' death row.
These facts—that for about every person executed since the
reinstatement of the death penalty in Illinois, one person has been sentenced
to die and later declared innocent—have led prominent U.S. attorneys at
the conference to suggest that Illinois has probably executed an innocent
person. Conference participants included Stephen Bright, Barry Scheck, Tony
Amsterdam, and Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
 Tahirah Johnson (JMLS 1/99); David Keaton
(sentenced to die in the electric chair); Christine Taylor (JMLS graduate,
6/98); Tara Duffy (JMLS 5/00)
 (from left) Tara Duffy (JMLS 5/00); Joseph
"Shabaka" Green Brown (sentenced to die in Florida); Carl Lawson
(sentenced to die in Illinois); Randall Dale Adams (sentenced to die in Texas)
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