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ContentsJudge Michel To Address Graduates At 171st CommencementSchedule of EventsFaculty Activity and PublicationsJohn Marshall Alumni Association Presents Freedom Award, Distinguished Service HonorsThe John Marshall Law School Hosts Palestinian DelegationEditor's NoteReturn to The John Marshall Law School Home Page |
Judge Michel To Address Graduates At 171st CommencementJudge Paul R. Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be the guest speaker for the 171st commencement of The John Marshall Law School on Sunday, June 17, 2001, at Chicago's McCormick Place. The law school will award 209 J.D. and 59 LL.M. degrees at the 3 p.m. ceremony. Michel will address the students and receive an honorary degree from John Marshall. He is a member of the John Marshall adjunct faculty who regularly comes from Washington, D.C. to teach the "Appellate Brief -writing" course. 
Michel was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1988. Since joining the bench, he has written more than 200 opinions in patent, contract, international trade and other areas of the court's jurisdiction. He also serves on the Committee on Intercircuit Assignments of the U.S. Judicial Conference. In 1999, he was presented the annual Jefferson Medal Award for "outstanding contributions…to promote the progress of science and useful arts." Michel has authored several articles that have appeared in the American University Law Review, the Federal Circuit Bar Journal, and in American Bar Association publications. "Modern Patent Litigation and Strategy," a casebook he co-authored, was published in 1999 by West Publishing Co. He also is a frequent guest speaker for law school conferences, and city and state bar groups. Michel's appointment to the bench came after a varied career that included service as a deputy district attorney in Philadelphia, as an assistant Watergate special prosecutor, and an assistant counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee. In 1976, he was appointed deputy chief of the new Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, and from 1978 to 1981, he was associate deputy attorney general, and briefly as acting deputy attorney general. Until 1988, he was counsel and administrative assistant to Sen. Arlen Specter. Michel is a member of the board of trustees of the National Inventor's Hall of Fame, Inc. and the advisory boards for intellectual property at George Washington University, the University of Washington and Boalt Hall (University of California at Berkeley) law schools. He recently was appointed a member of the board of directors of The Thomas More Society of America. Top Of PageFaculty Activity and PublicationsProfessor Michael L. ClosenPublications His article, "Beware of Notary Seal Sales Through Online Auctions" (co-authored with JMLS student and Illinois notary public Trevor Orsinger), has just appeared in the Notary Bulletin, June 2001, at 1. Top Of PageJohn Marshall Alumni Association Presents Freedom Award, Distinguished Service Honors
The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association honored outstanding alumni at its annual meeting, including Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Fitzgerald (center) who displays the 2001 Freedom Award. Other honorees were (from left) Professor Michael Polelle, a Distinguished Service Award (DSA) recipient; Philip Maher, president of the alumni association; DSA recipient Rudolf G. Schade Jr. of Cassiday, Schade & Gloor; DSA recipient Lewis Powell, a John Marshall adjunct professor and attorney in privacy practice; Fitzgerald; William Bates Jr., vice-president of the alumni association; DSA recipient Mary McDonald-Pascale, a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Ronald A. Guzman; DSA recipient Judge Frederic Carr from the 21st Judicial Circuit in Kankakee; and DSA recipient Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Murphy.Top Of PageThe John Marshall Law School Hosts Palestinian Delegation
A Palestinian delegation recently visited The John Marshall Law School and several other law schools in Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, DC, under a U.S. Agency for International Development "Rule of Law" project coordinated by DPK Consulting International from San Francisco. The visitors came to the U.S. to learn more about American law school curricula, teaching methodology and strategic planning. John Marshall faculty members who lectured to the visitors were (second row, fifth from left) Professor Ann M. Lousin; (back row, left) Professor Mark E. Wojcik; (second row, second from right) Professor Robert Jay Nye; and (far right) Professor Ralph Ruebner.Top Of PageSchedule of EventsJune 12AIDS Foundation Program, Room 1200, 9:00 a.m. June 13Board of Trustees Meting, Room 1200B, 4:00 p.m. June 17Commencement, McCormick Place-Lakeside Center, 3:00 p.m. June 20Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Room 1200, 9:00 a.m. June 21SPC Meting, Room 1200B, 11:00 a.m. A complete online listing of events scheduled at The John Marshall Law School can be found at the following URL: http://www.jmls.edu/calendar1/calendar1.htmTop Of PageEditor's NoteUp & Coming is the weekly newsletter of The John Marshall Law School. Editor: Assistant Dean John M. McNamara, room 1212, ext. 393, 6mcnamar@jmls.edu. All information to be published in Up & Coming must be placed in the UPCOMING directory on the H drive of The John Marshall Law School's computer network by 12 p.m. each Tuesday.Top Of Page |