Frances Pierson Hadfield has been selected for a two-year clerkship with Judge Evan J. Wallach at the United States Court of International Trade in New York City.

Hadfield, who will graduate in June from The John Marshall Law School, will begin her clerkship in Fall 2002. She is the fourth John Marshall graduate to accept a position with the court, which provides judicial review of civil actions affecting international trade. The nine justices on the court can grant any relief, including money judgments, writs of mandamus, and preliminary or permanent injunctions.

Hadfield said her first interest in international trade came during an internship with the U.S. Customs Service while she was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

"Some of the first cases that I had the opportunity to observe involved the importation of fake Coach purses into the United States from Asia, and non-FDA approved drugs," she recalls. "Although I had a marvelous time during my internship with Customs, I realized that I was more interested in importing and exporting goods than surveillance and stakeouts."

Hadfield moved briefly to Alabama and worked for a textiles company that made hospital scrubs, children's sleepwear and other goods. Again, her work piqued her interest in the affects of imports when the company began shipping much of its manufacturing work to Mexico.

"The children's sleepwear had undergone a change in regulations and the company had to revise its marking program. I had the opportunity to work with the company's corporate counsel in revising the labels being sent to Mexico and it was then that I finally decided that I wanted to go to law school," Hadfield explained.

During her three years at The John Marshall Law School, Hadfield has had the opportunity to write for The John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law and serve as a staff editor; represent the law school in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition where she was named a semi-finalist in regional competition and won second place Memorial Award; and clerk at the Chicago law firm of Barnes, Richardson & Colburn preparing memoranda and doing research on trade and customs issues.

"I truly enjoy international law," Hadfield said, "and I think the opportunity to clerk will help me better prepare for private practice as an international trade lawyer." As a federal law clerk, Hadfield will be assigned extensive amounts of research and writing and have the opportunity to prepare bench memoranda, draft opinions and assist the judge in various matters.

"I hope I will have the opportunity to read the briefs of experienced practitioners and to observe them in the courtroom," she adds. "Clerking may very well afford me a broader range of experiences and opportunities than many new associates have."

The court had a 200-year history as the United States Customs Court until its reorganization and renaming in 1980.

The first John Marshall appointment to a clerkship at the court from 1987 to 1989 was alumnus Mark Wojcik. Today, Wojcik is a faculty member at The John Marshall Law School teaching international human rights law, international business transactions, and lawyering skills for international lawyers. During his clerkship, Wojcik completed an LL.M. degree in trade regulation at New York University Law School.

Lawrence Friedman of Barnes, Richardson & Colburn clerked from 1989 to 1991, and Cole Kale of Clausen Miller clerked for the court from 1990 to 1992.

Hadfield said the encouragement of Professors Wojcik, Julie Spanbauer and William Mock got her through the trying period of applying for the clerkship, the interview process and the wait for an invitation by Judge Wallach.

"I have had a wonderful experience here at John Marshall. Law school has provided so many diverse and challenging opportunities. The past three years have been everything I could have hoped for," she said. "Prior to accepting a Dean's Scholarship to attend John Marshall, I had interviewed with school administration and Professor Mock. After visiting the school, I knew John Marshall was a perfect fit and the past three years have confirmed that I made the correct choice in accepting here."

The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association will be honoring Professor Michael Polelle and six other alumni for their contributions to the legal profession, their communities and the law school at the May 18 annual Freedom Award luncheon at the Palmer House-Hilton Hotel in Chicago.

The Freedom Award will be presented to Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Fitzgerald, a 1968 alumnus of The John Marshall Law School.

Professor Polelle, who received two graduate degrees from John Marshall _ a master of laws degree in 1969 and an LL.M. degree in intellectual property law in 2000—will join Judge Frederic S. Carr Jr., J.D. '87; Mary McDonald-Pascale, J.D. '88; Judge Michael J. Murphy, J.D. '71; Adjunct Professor Lewis W. Powell III, J.D. '89; and Rudolf G. Schade Jr., J.D. '68, as Distinguished Service Award recipients.

After graduating from Harvard Law School, Polelle worked as a tort litigator for a Chicago firm. He later was a special assistant state's attorney in criminal appeals, and a professor at DePaul College of Law. He joined the John Marshall faculty in 1975.

Polelle has consistently served since the 1970s as a professor-reporter in tort law and civil practice for the Illinois Judicial Conference, and since the 1980s as a special commissioner for the Federal District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. He is the co-author of the Illinois Tort Law treatise now in its third edition, and he has written extensively in the areas of tort law and constitutional law.

In 1987, Polelle organized the first Media Law Symposium at John Marshall. It has become an annual event and has included such guests as author Scott Turow, National Public Radio's Supreme Court correspondent Nina Totenberg, and CNN's legal commentators Roger Cossack and Greta Van Susteren.

Three years ago, Polelle created and founded a summer law program in conjunction with the University of Parma in Italy. The Near West Side resident serves as vice-president of the Sicilian-American Cultural Association and as president of the American Italian Defense Association.

Judge Frederic Carr, a 1987 alumnus, turned to a legal career after a 21-year career with the U.S. Marine Corps, and management positions in business. He and his daughter, Sherri, enrolled at John Marshall. He and his daughter, Sherri, attended John Marshall together and in 1988, they went into private practice in Kankakee.

In 1993, Carr was appointed a judge for the 21^st Judicial Circuit in Kankakee. He won a six-year term to the bench in 1994 and was retained in 2000. Since 1995, he has been the presiding judge of the Civil Jury Call. During 1996-1997, the judge was a member of the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board, and now serves as a member of the Illinois Courts Commission.

Mary McDonald-Pascale, a 1988 alumna, turned to law after teaching at Hillcrest School in Elgin. She worked for D.A. Marsh & Associates as a law clerk during her third year at John Marshall, and upon graduation in 1988 accepted an associate attorney position with the firm. Since 1990, McDonald-Pascale has been a law clerk in the chambers of U.S. District Court Judge Ronald A. Guzman.

McDonald-Pascale has given dedicated service to the law school as a member of the alumni association's board of directors, including a term as its president in 2000. She also is an adjunct faculty member teaching in the Clinical Externship Program. McDonald-Pascale is vice president of the Medical Center Activities Committee of the Woman's Board at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center.

Judge Michael J. Murphy, a 1971 alumnus, was a criminal investigator for the IRS when he entered law school. He graduated first in his class. During his legal career, Murphy has served as chief of the Civil Rights Division at the Illinois Attorney General's Office and chief legal counsel and then executive director for the South East Chicago Commission, a nonprofit organization in the Hyde Park/Kenwood neighborhood.

In 1985, Murphy was appointed a Cook County associate judge, and in 1992 was elected to the Circuit Court. In 1999 he was appointed presiding judge of the County Division. He has been an adjunct professor at Chicago-area law schools and a guest speaker for numerous bar and judicial programs. Murphy has served on the board of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center since 1976, and works on behalf of Grateful House and Genesis House, women's treatment facilities.

Lewis Powell III, a 1989 alumnus, is an attorney in private practice and an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic where he supervises the students in handling fair housing complaints. His areas of concentration include real estate, property management and small corporations, and he represents a number of fair housing clients. He is also an expert in representing persons in eviction cases. He has worked for the Village of Robbins, City of Chicago, Village of Streamwood and the Chicago Housing Authority, which he currently represents. He is also a licensed real estate broker.

Powell was head purchase contract administrator for the City of Chicago Purchasing Department, and director of airport concessions for the Department of Aviation. He was formally associated with the law firms of Smith and Lyle and Jones, Ware and Grenard. The Chicago resident is a former president of the Cook County Bar Association, and has been nominated for the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association.

Rudolf G. Schade, a 1968 alumnus, is a noted trial lawyer and a founding partner of Cassiday, Schade & Gloor who has made his reputation as a civil litigator, especially in health care matters. He has written chapters for Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education publications about hospital directors' duties and liabilities, medical malpractice defense, personal injury settlements and representing healthcare institutions.

Schade has served as a board member and chairman for EHS Health Care/Advocate Health Care; as director and president of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Trial Lawyers Club of Chicago; as a director of the Society of Trial Lawyers; and is a trustee at Elmhurst College.

He is an Advocate for the American Board of Trial Advocates and past president of its Illinois chapter, a Fellow at the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. Schade has served on the faculty of the IADC Trial Academy, and participated in a number of masters in trial programs for the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a member of The John Marshall Law School's adjunct faculty.

Adjunct Professor F. Willis Caruso

Activities

He was the Director of two workshops at the Indiana Fair Housing Task Force Summit 2001. The Summit meeting was held at the Washington Township Education Center in Indianapolis on April 26, 2001. The first workshop was A Fair Housing Law Update and Prognosis of Trends in Fair Housing. The second workshop covered Predatory Lending and Case Developments in Predatory Lending.

He participated in a Fair Housing Month Seminar sponsored by the Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (CAFHA) on April 11, 2001. The seminar particularly focused on the Rights of Immigrants and of Under-Served Populations in the Chicago Metropolitan area.

He was the keynote speaker at the Waterloo Commission on Human Rights Fair housing Conference on April 27, 2001. The Conference was held at the Schindler Educational Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. The title of his remarks was "An Overview of Fair Housing Law." He also conducted two breakout sessions on proving a fair housing case based on various kinds of evidence; Direct Evidence, Disparate Treatment, and Disparate Impact; and a session on Remedies in Fair Housing Cases.

Professor Michael P. Seng

Activities

He participated in a panel to discuss the death penalty at an interfaith forum held at Trinity High School in River Forest on Sunday, April 29, 2001. The forum was sponsored by a number of churches and human rights groups in the west suburban area. Professor Seng spoke about international opposition to the death penalty and how no legitimate, much less compelling, governmental end can justify the death penalty. Charles Hoffman from the State Appellate Defender's Office spoke on arbitrariness in the administration of the death penalty, and Flint Taylor of the People's Law Office spoke about police and prosecutorial misconduct in the administration of the death penalty. Aviva Futorian addressed the cost of administering the death penalty. Adjunct Professor Paul Faherty introduced the panel. Professor Faherty and his wife, Clare, assisted in organizing the forum. The keynote speaker for the forum was Jennifer Bishop, whose sister and her family were murdered in Winnetka several years ago and who helped organize Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation.

May 8

IP Paralegal Program, Room 201, 6:00 p.m.

May 9

Lorman Educational Seminar, Room 200, 9:00 a.m.

The International Trade Club of Chicago `s Export Training Series 2001, Room 1200, 2:00 p.m.

May 10

AIDS Foundation Program, Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.

CIBTL Adjunct Faculty Meeting, Room 1101, 12:00 p.m.

Friends of Battered Women and Their Children Meeting, Room 311, 4:00 p.m.

May 15

Freedom Award Committee Meeting, Room 1203, 12:00 p.m.

IP Paralegal Program, Room 201, 6:00 p.m.

May 16

Alumni Annual Meeting Committee, Room 1200B, 12:00 p.m.

Graduate Program in R.E. Law Information Session, Room 1203, 5:30 p.m.

May 18

Alumni Association Freedom Award Luncheon, Palmer House, Red Lacquer Room, 11:30 a.m.