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June 17 - 23, 2001


Contents

Ten John Marshall Students Selected for PILI Legal Work

Schedule of Events

Faculty Activity and Publications

Costa Receives Kissane Award

Editor's Note

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Ten John Marshall Students Selected for PILI Legal Work

The Public Interest Law Initiative selected 10 John Marshall students to participate in summer and spring semester internships and fellowships.

David Hall, a first-year student, is interning with the Better Government Association.

Carrie Linden, a first-year student, is interning at the Center for Disability and Elder Law.

Tony Goodman, a second-year student, has a school-year internship at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

James R. Carty, who has accepted a position at Mayer, Brown & Platt, and Teresa Faherty, who has accepted a position at Jenner & Block, are fellows at the John Marshall Fair Housing Clinic.

Timothy Quirin, a second-year student, is a school-year intern at the Laywers' Committee for Better Housing.

Robert D. Snow Jr., who has accepted a position at Kirkland & Ellis, is a fellow at Legal Aid Bureau.

Ann J. Maron, who has accepted a position at Katten Muchin & Zavis, is a school-year fellow at Lawyers for the Creative Arts.

Eric Pruitt, who has accepted a position at Sidley & Austin, is a fellow at Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Monica Torres, a second-year student, is an intern at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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Faculty Activity and Publications

Professor Maureen Kordesh

Publications

She has been named an Assistant Editor for the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, a professionally edited journal that focuses on scholarly and practical issues relevant to the discipline of legal writing.

Professor David E. Sorkin

Activities

He spoke about Internet auctions and privacy at a meeting of the federal bankruptcy judges for the Northern District of Illinois on June 11, 2001.

The Supreme Court of Washington upheld that state's antispam statute on June 7, 2001, reversing a lower court decision. The Supreme Court cited to Professor Sorkin's Spam Laws web site in its decision.

On May 10, 2001, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that courts may review decisions of ICANN domain name dispute resolution panels, notwithstanding the Federal Arbitration Act's limitations on judicial review of arbitration awards. The court was considering a challenge to an October 2000 panel decision in which Professor Sorkin authored the dissenting opinion.

Professor Mark E. Wojcik

Publications

"Diversity May Provide Jurisdiction Even Where the Alien Tort Claims Act Does Not," 30 International Law News 21 (Spring 2001).

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Costa Receives Kissane Award

Robert Costa (center), an assistant Cook County State's Attorney at the Bridgeview Courthouse, accepts the $5,000 Kissane Award from John Marshall Law School Associate Dean John Corkery (left). Congratulating Costa is Paul Kissane (right), who with his family, established the Elmer Kissane Award in memory of his father. The John Marshall alumnus worked for the state's attorneys office for 43 years. The award is given to a John Marshall graduated who has had a distinguished law school career, and is committed to a career with the state's attorneys office.

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Schedule of Events

June 19

Computer Systems Security and Privacy Advisory Board Meeting, Room 1200A, 9:00 a.m.

June 20

Computer Systems Security and Privacy Advisory Board Meeting, Room 1200A, 9:00 a.m.

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

Palestinian Consortium Meeting, Room 3East, 12:00 p.m.

June 21

Computer Systems Security and Privacy Advisory Board Meeting, Room 1200A, 9:00 a.m.

SPC Meting, Room 1200B, 11:00 a.m.

Golf Open Committee Meeting, Room 1203, 12:00 p.m.

June 26

Lorman Education Services Seminar, Room 1200, 9:00 am.

June 27

USEPA Program, Room 1200, 8:00 a.m.

June 28

Cook County State's Attorney's Office Deposition Training, Room 1200, 8:00 a.m.

June 29

Cook County State's Attorney's Office Deposition Training, Room 1200, 8:00 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.htm

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Editor's Note

Up & 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.

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