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The struggles of women in their efforts to make it through law school will be the topic for the annual Women's Law Caucus luncheon program at noon Oct. 19 in Room 3-E.
Three alumni will share their interesting stories about their law school careers and how they managed to intertwine law school with their family and work obligations.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Nancy Drew Sheehan, Assistant Corporation Counsel Susann M. MacLachlan of the Municipal Prosecutor's Division, and Maureseta T. Hawkins of the firm Gomberg Sharfman Gold & Ostler will be the speakers.
For additional information, contact Ms. Criss in Room 212.
MLER
Consortium at JMLS All Minority Students take note that on October 20 in Room 1200 from 4:30 _ 6:00, Judge Ann C. Williams will conduct the MLER (Minority Legal Education Resources) Consortium. This program is presented once each semester at a Chicago area law school. It is known as "Secrets of Success for Law School and Beyond." The program for October 20 will include Federal Judges Ann C. Williams, Ruben Castillo, and William Hibbler, and State Court Judge Sharon Coleman. Also present will be Adrienne Davis from the MLER Bar Preparation Program.
Topics to be discussed include: developing legal writing ability, becoming active in the legal community, developing your career with externships, summer jobs, and clerkships, and preparing for the bar exam. A reception will follow.
John
Marshall Student Recognized for Bravery at Fire
Hayes was on patrol in the 4300 block of South Indiana Avenue on Labor Day, Sept. 6, 1999, when he learned of the fire and began alerting apartment residents. Officers Miguel Cabrales and Charles Artz joined Hayes in his efforts when someone notified police a child, Jonas Hall, was trapped in a third-story bedroom.
Officer Cabrales returned to the building to rescue the child.
"Officers Cabrales, Hayes and Artz demonstrated high valor in their swift response to the life-threatening situation in which little Jonas Hall found himself," Alderman Edmund Burke told fellow council members at the City Council meeting Sept. 29, 1999.
"Their willingness to take significant risk for this vulnerable child demonstrates the most remarkable sense of selflessness and love to which the human spirit is called. Their deeds tell all of us plainly and simply the value of human life and the highest strivings of the human soul."
Student ActivitiesThe Christian Legal Society will meet at 1:00 p.m. in room 217.
The Christian Legal Society will be collecting clothes for the needy in the student lounge until October 29th. Please donate.
Three distinguished JMLS alumnae will be the featured speakers at the Women's Law Caucus Annual Luncheon at 12:00 p.m. on 3 East. The Honorable Nancy Drew Sheehan, attorneys Maureseta Hawkins and Susan MacLachlan will discuss "Living a Well-Balanced Life as a Lawyer." They will talk about the struggles they encountered while attending law school plus trying to cope with the problems of family and jobs. Lunch will be served. Please R.S.V.P. to Monica in room 210.
The JMLS Student American Civil Liberties Union will meet at 1:00 p.m. in room 217.
The Information Law & Technology Society will meet at 5:00 p.m. in room 201.
The Student Advisory Committee chaired by Associate Dean Powers will meet at
12:00 p.m. in room 201. Please R.S.V.P. to Monica or Miss
Criss as to your attendance. Lunch will be served.
Asian Law Students Association Octoberfest
-Delta Theta Phi Blood Drive: October 26th
-Rolando Cruz and attorneys: November 4th. Please sign-up on 2nd floor if you plan to attend.
-Work-A-Day: November 6th
The Women's Law Caucus has instituted a Safe Walk program. If you would like to walk with someone to the stations please meet in the lobby at 8:05 or 9:15 p.m. at the appointed place.
As Law Students, we have the opportunity to utilize our professional talents to strive for solutions to community problems. The ABA Law Student Division (ABA/LSD) has created the Work-A-Day program in an effort to encourage law students to supplement their legal education with community involvement. The program requests that each law student organization at every law school participate in a community service event on Work-A-Day. Traditionally, each student organization sponsors a project. However, individually, you do not need to be a member of that organization to participate. I will post sign-up sheets by the end of October. Once the sign-up sheets are ready, anyone is welcome to participate in whichever project he/she chooses. This year, I challenge you to view Work-A-Day from a different perspective. Do not single out November 6 as the one day this year when you give back to the community. Make Work-A-Day into a new beginning. Choose an activity or a project that is personal and that you would like to continue past November.
Please contact me with any suggestions. Also, I need to know if your student organization is interested in sponsoring a project. After all, it is not an option, it is an obligation!
Elizabeth Ciaccia
ABA/LSD 7th Circuit Lt. Governor of OAI/PI
5ciaccia@stu.jmls.edu
(847) 333-4607
Faculty Activity and PublicationsHis article about the fundamental problems with U.S. Notarizations in the National Law Journal, October 9, 1995, at A24 has been cited and quoted in the casebook Real Estate Transactions (3d ed. 1997) by Professors Goldstein and Korngold at page 149.
On Saturday, October 9, 1999, he spoke to approximately 75 law students and new lawyers at the semi-annual Attorney's Title Guaranty Fund Seminar on "Navigating a Residential Real Estate Transaction". The all-day seminar was held at IIT-Kent Law School. Prof. Scheid distributed updated materials on the drafting of a "form" real estate contract, and spoke on various provisions that a prudent purchaser's attorney would craft into the contract. He was one of five presenters who covered topics ranging from setting up a real estate practice, through mortgage financing and title questions to tax ramifications of ownership of real estate.
On September 30, David Sorkin presented a talk at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The topic of the talk was Governing the Internet; it was part of an interdisciplinary seminar series on Science and Culture.
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