Chicago Police Officer Advises John Marshall Community on Safety

The most important thing to do to ensure your personal safety is to "stay smart," said Chicago Police Officer Sandra M. Mendiola-Kunis, who recently presented personal safety tips to John Marshall students and staff in a program co-sponsored by the Women's Law Caucus and the Student Bar Association.

The program was organized in light of the recent assaults on young women that have occurred in the Loop area.

According to Kunis, "anything can happen anywhere," and people need to be aware of their environment, even if that means avoiding certain places. She recommends traveling in places that are well lit, and to avoid short cuts and alleys. And "definitely don't go places alone," she added. Should you need to travel alone, she recommends having a detailed plan and letting people know what it is.

It is also important, she said, to maintain a strong, confident posture, suggesting that criminals are less likely to attempt to take advantage of someone who appears able to defend herself. "Constantly look around," she added. "Let people know that you know they are there."

Even more importantly, she said is to "trust your instincts. We all get that sinking feeling once in a while. Trust it." She suggests, "A criminal isn't always dirty, ugly and sneaky. We really have to be careful these days."

The John Marshall Law School is now offering a "Safe Walk Program," which offers any member of John Marshall to walk with someone else to area train stations or bus stops. Volunteers to escort participants are always welcome. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Marilyn Criss, Student Affairs assistant, at extension 576 or at her office, Room 212.

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Student Activities

October 28

A candidate for the Deanship of the School will be present in the student lounge at 5:00 p.m. Please stop and feel free to ask questions. Pizza will be served.

October 29

The Black Law Student Association will meet at 4:30 p.m. in room 216.

October 30

Phi Alpha Delta and the Student Bar Association are sponsoring a blood drive in the student lounge. Please donate.

October 31

The Decalogue Society will be selling bakery goods in the student lounge.

Chief officers meeting with Dean Powers

The Christian Legal Society will meet at 11:45 a.m. in room 402.

November 1

Join your fellow students at a Halloween Party sponsored by the Student Bar Association and Phi Alpha Delta. See SBA office for tickets.

Have you noticed small paper houses placed around the school? The Women's Law Caucus is trying to collect aluminum can tabs to send to The Ronald McDonald House to help fund its annual operating expenses. Please consider dropping them in the little house. It is for a good cause.

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Faculty Activity and Publications

Professor Gerald Berendt

Publications

His article with David A. Youngerman, The Continuing Controversy Over Labor Board Deferral to Arbitration—An Alternative Approach, 24 Stetson L. Rev. 175, 192 (1994), was quoted and cited in 54 Stan. L. Rev. 1321, 1353, ft. 164 (2002).

Professor Michael L. Closen

Publications

A number of his publications have recently been cited. His law review essay on HIV-AIDS in the 1990s [27 John Marshall Law Review 239 (1994)] and his article on the Supreme Court's refusal for a decade to hear an HIV-AIDS case [61 Albany Law Review 897 (1998)] have been cited in 76 St. John's Law Review at 115 (2002). Closen's casebook on Notary Law And Practice (1997), co-authored with professors from four other law schools, has been cited in two locations in American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts, under "Acknowledgments" and "The Effects of Alterations To Documents" [see 29 Am Jur Pof 3d 549 (2002 database) and 12 Am Jur Pof 281 (2002 database)]. Professor Closen's article, co-authored with JMLS alums Robert Gamrath and Dem Hopkins, about mandatory pre-marital HIV testing [69 Tulane Law Review 71 (1994)] has been cited in Volume 1 of Baldwin's Ohio Practice, Domestic Relations, on "Marriage," 2002 Pocket Part. Closen's article on the confidentiality of notarial records [Wisconsin Lawyer April, 2002, at 26], co-authored with JMLS senior and notary Trevor Orsinger] has been cited in Wisconsin Lawyer, June 2002, at 25.

Professor John D. Ingram

Publications

His article, "Surrogate Gestator: A New and Honorable Profession", 76 Marq. L. Rev. 675 (1993) was cited recently in Decker v. Decker 2001 Ohio App. Lexis 4389 and 70 Fordham L. Rev. 93.

Professor Walter J. Kendall

Activities

On October 11, 2002, he gave a lecture and led a discussion with the adult discussion group cosponsored by the Congregational Unitarian Church and Congregation Tikkun Olam in Woodstock, Illinois. Professor Kendall's topic was "The Tension Between Homeland Security and Civil Liberties."

On October 18, 2002, he gave another lecture cosponsored by the Congregational Unitarian Church and Congregation Tikkun Olam at Borders Book Store in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Professor Kendall's topic was "The Bush Administration's Preemptive Nuclear Policy and Iraq."

Professor Doris Long

Activities

This summer she taught a class on international intellectual property law at the Institute on World Legal Problems, Innsbruck, Austria. In August, she spoke in Chicago on the Basic Principles of Trademark Law and Unfair Competition Law ," at PLI's annual seminar on Understanding Basic Trademark Law 2002. She also provided a videotaped presentation on curriculum development of international intellectual property law, and a basic introduction to the subject of international standards for international intellectual property protection for the Law Consortium for Palestinian Legal Education. The videotape is expected to be used in helping various schools develop curriculum on the area of intellectual property law. Most recently, Professor Long was an invited speaker at the WIPO Academy on Intellectual Property, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization and conducted in cooperation with ROSPATENT (the Russian Patent and Trademark Office). The Academy was held in Moscow, Russia as was attended by invited representatives from both academia and State Intellectual Property Offices of the 12 countries of the CIS and the Russian Federation. While participating in the four day seminar, Professor Long spoke on such diverse topics as "The Interface Between International Trade and Intellectual Property," "Training the IP Practitioner: A Comparative Approach," and "International Intellectual Property: Developing the Educational Resources in Curricula, Library, and Teaching Materials."

Professor Long has continued to serve as a consultant on the development of Ukrainian intellectual property laws, and recently completed a review of the most recent proposed amendments to current law. She has also continued to work on developing training materials for use by Russian enforcement personnel in combating intellectual property violations in Russian.

Publications

This summer Professor Long completed work on a new Documents Supplement for her course book on International Property Law. The Documents Supplement has been updated to contain the most recent developments in international protection, including expanded coverage of such diverse areas of international protection as European Union Directives and international patent and design protection issues, as well as new developments in the protection of traditional knowledge, domain names and related internet enforcement issues, and softlaw developments in the protection of famous marks, trademark licenses and the like. Professor Long also completed a new Supplement to the her course book. The 2002 Supplement contains expanded coverage of such diverse topics as compulsory licensing and the pharmaceutical drug controversy, domain name protection, international dilution, internet control, including ISP liability and the use of encryption and anti-circumvention devices to protect copyrighted works, geographic indications and appellations of origin, database protection, industrial designs, territoriality, choice of law, jurisdiction, and the protection of traditional knowledge. It also contains a new chapter on recent WTO developments, including the Doha Ministerial.

Professor Long's article on Recent Activities Before the WTO Raise New Questions about International Protection for Intellectual Property Rights appeared in the fall edition of the Illinois State Bar Association Newsletter. Her review on Gregory Letterman's "Basics of International Intellectual Property Law" is scheduled to be published in The American Journal of International Law. In addition, her article on "Democratizing" Globalization: Practicing the Policies of Cultural Inclusion, is scheduled to be published shortly in the Cardozo Journal of International & Comparative Law. The article explores the impact of globalization on the harmonization of intellectual property protection and suggests changes to current international processes to combat the anti-democratic practices that undermine present efforts to achieve international consensus.

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