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November 17 - 23, 2002 |
Condeluci Receives Employee Benefits Scholarship
Joint J.D./LL.M. degree student Christopher Condeluci (third from left) is the third recipient of the Dale Wesley Phillips Scholarship in Tax Law and Employee Benefits. Congratulating Condeluci are (from left) Dean Robert Gilbert Johnston; Dale Wesley Phillips; Barry Kozak, director of academic development for the Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits; Kathryn J. Kennedy, director of the center; and William K. Beach, assistant dean for Institutional Development.
Joint J.D./LL.M. degree student Christopher Condeluci is the third recipient of the Dale Wesley Phillips Scholarship in Tax Law and Employee Benefits.
Condeluci worked for a member of Congress, and as a Washington lobbyist, focusing primarily on Social Security and pension matters, before deciding to attend law school. Condeluci, the student liaison to the American Bar Association's Tax Section, Employee Benefits Committee, spoke at the August 2001 ABA annual meeting on privacy rules put forth by the Federal Trade Commission. His involvement with the ABA also landed him 2001 and 2002 summer associate positions with Silverstein and Mullens in Washington.
The endowed scholarship fund was established in 1997 by Dale Wesley Phillips (J.D. '85) to show his appreciation to the law school, and to honor Paul Faherty (J.D. '76), an adjunct professor and former director of the Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits. The scholarship is intended for a student based on high academic achievements within the tax law or employee benefits law program, and for continued contributions in enhancing the reputation of the law school and of the center.
Phillips, a private investor, previously served as chief financial officer and director of taxes for the Illinois Central Corp.; was director of tax strategies at United Airlines; and served as a tax accountant with Service Master Industries, Amoco Corp. and Navistar. He is a certified public accountant and received his master's degree in taxation from DePaul University, his master's degree in economics from Western Illinois University and a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Wheaton College.
"I'd like to express my appreciation to The John Marshall Law School. I had a variety of academic experiences, but John Marshall helped me to think analytically and improve my thought processes, which helped me greatly in my career," Phillips said.
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Schedule of Events
November 18
- Tenure Meeting, Room 409, 12:15 p.m.
- Seattle Chapter Alumni Dinner, Seattle, WA, 5:30 p.m.
November 19
- Lunch & Learn Seminar -"Problems Relating to IP Trials", Room 1200, 11:30 a.m.
- February Bar Exam Preparation Program, Room 1200, 5:00 p.m.
November 20
- Career Services Springfield Trip, 8:00 a.m.
- February Bar Exam Preparation Program, Room 200, 12:45 p.m.
- Career Services/International Law Society Program - "Find out about Summer Abroad Opportunities", Room 503, 12:45 p.m.
- Career Services/Justinian Society Program - "Bar Passage Strategies", Room 1200A, 4:00 p.m.
November 21
- SBA Holiday Party, Room 3East, 12:00 p.m.
- CIBTL Adjunct Faculty Meeting, Room 1200B, 12:00 p.m.
- Career Services Program - "How to Get a Summer Clerkship with the City of Chicago", Room 503, 12:45 p.m.
- February Bar Exam Preparation Program, Room 1200, 5:00 p.m.
November 22
- Ceridian Year End Seminar, Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
November 26
- Native American Bar Association Meeting, Room 1203, 6:00 p.m.
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A complete online listing of events scheduled at The John Marshall Law School can be found at the following URL: http://www.jmls.edu/calendar.htm
John Marshall Blood Drive
Student Aleida Barrera, a first-year student, took a break from her busy routine to donate a pint of blood during the annual fall blood drive.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Michael L. Closen
Publications
A number of Professor Michael Closen's AIDS publications have been cited by the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in its July 2002 report "Criminal Law, Public Health, and HIV Transmission" (page 43). Those articles by Professor Closen include: (1) his article on the criminalization of AIDS co-authored with four other professors in 46 Arkansas Law Review at 921 (1994); (2) his article on HIV and abortion co-authored with JMLS alum Scott Isaacman in 76 American Bar Association Journal at 76 (November 1990); (3) his article about the Illinois HIV criminal statute co-authored with Deutschmann in the Illinois Bar Journal (November 1990) at 592; and (4) his article on criminalization of HIV transmission co-authored with Professor Wojcik and Dr. Isaacman appearing in the abstracts of articles for the International AIDS Conference in Berlin, Germany, in June of 1993.
Professors Michael P. Seng and F. Willis Caruso
Activities
They attended the third annual Fannie Mae Fair Lending Conference on November 7th and 8th in Washington, DC. The program, by invitation only, brought to the conference the experts in fair housing and fair lending throughout the country. The theme of this year's conference was, Underserved and Emerging Markets: Closing the Minority Homeownership Gap Through 2010. Fannie Mae has announced new programs that will have a positive impact on minority access to home mortgages. The programs of Fannie Mae will include efforts in selected cities, including Chicago.
On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, Professor Michael P. Seng spoke to approximately 75 employees of Hines Veterans Hospital about the fair housing and fair lending laws. Most of these employees were arranging to purchase their first home. The program was part of a public awareness program regularly conducted for the employees of Hines Veterans Hospital. The hospital employees expressed an interest in having John Marshall professors and students speak on other legal topics that were relevant to them.
Professor Debra Stark
Activities
On November 7, 2002, she and her student volunteers from her spring 2002 Property II class were honored by the Lawyer's Committee for Better Housing, Inc. for their participation in an eviction court-monitoring project. Student volunteers from her class monitored the eviction court call and provided valuable information to the Lawyer's Committee. Their presence alone in the courtroom had a positive impact according to Kathleen Clark, the Executive Director of the Lawyer's Committee for Better Housing (and former John Marshall graduate).
She was recently appointed the Vice Chairperson of the American Bar Association, Real Property Section's Pro Bono Committee. One of the planned projects of the Committee that Professor Stark will spearhead is to develop training materials for attorneys (and law students working under the guidance of an attorney) to combat the problem of predatory loans through representing borrowers proactively (through counseling prospective borrowers before they close their loans) and by defending them after they become in default and face a foreclosure action.
Professor Mark E. Wojcik
Publications
With Cris Revaz and Benjamin L. Apt, "International Human Rights," 36 International Lawyer 683 (2002). In this annual review of recent development in human rights law, the authors find that the field of international human rights law continues to present tremendous challenges and victories in the substantive development of human rights norms, punishment of those who violate those norms, and providing redress, where possible, for victims of human rights abuses. While they find slow and steady progress on many fronts, they also lament that there is no shortage of cases where human rights continue to be violated. They also lament the shortage of lawyers and human rights advocates who are willing and able to undertake the representation of the victims of human rights abuses.
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John Marshall Completes 10th Anniversary Study Tour to the Czech Republic
A group of professors, staff, alumni, and friends of The John Marshall Law School have completed the 10th Anniversary Study Tour to the Czech Republic. It was one of the busiest and best tours ever.
During the tour the following events transpired:
The Deans of The John Marshall Law School and the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University in Brno renewed their sister school agreement.
Dean Robert Johnston, Professor Michael Seng, and Attorney Joseph Vosicky selected two young women as part of John Marshall's Czech student exchange program to come to Chicago for the fall 2003 semester to study law. Both students will be beginning their final year of law studies at Masaryk University when they come to Chicago next fall.
Trip participants gave lectures to over-flow audiences at the Law Faculty in Brno and at the Czech Bar Association in Prague. Attorneys Joseph Martan, Donna Hansberry, and Joseph Vosicky spoke on setting up a small business enterprise. Cook County Circuit Judges Charles Winkler, Arthur Janura, and Barbara Disko, and Dean Robert Johnston and Attorney Janice Johnston spoke on dispute resolution. The three judges also made a presentation on judicial ethics. Lester Munson, legal writer for Sports Illustrated, spoke on Celebrity Justice. Judith Munson, attorney with the Center for Disease Control, spoke on Medical Research Restrictions resulting from the Tuskegee Study, and Dr. Thomas Gionis spoke on the relationship between law and medicine. Adjunct Professor George Drost spoke on his work as Czech Honorary Consul in Chicago. Professor Michael Seng spoke on the War on Terrorism and how attorneys are admitted to practice in the United States.
After the main group departed, some of the members of the group elected to attend the annual Czech Bar Association meeting. Professor Michael Seng and Attorneys Joseph Vosicky, Donna Hansberry, and Joseph Martan were special guests of the Czech Bar Association at its assembly held every two years. They were also special guests of the President of the Czech Senate, Petr Pithart, to celebrate Czech Independence Day. Chicago's Honorary Consul George Drost facilitated these arrangements.
Professor Michael Seng and Attorney Joseph Vosicky taught a course at the Economics University in Prague on American law. Professor Seng will return to Prague in December to complete the course.
Professor Michael Seng lectured at the Faculty of Law at Charles University on why the United States has not joined the International Criminal Court.
In addition to these activities the group visited the Czech Constitutional Court, the Regional Court in Brno, and the Office of the Czech Prosecutor. They also did sightseeing in Znojmo, Brno, and Prague, and were able to visit many friends that they had made during past trips to the Czech Republic.
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Kristen Clayton Receives Women's Bar Scholarship
Kristen Clayton met with Dean Robert Gilbert Johnston before they attended the Women's Bar Foundation luncheon where Clayton was awarded a $5,000 scholarship.
The Women's Bar Foundation has awarded third-year student Kristen Clayton one of its $5,000 scholarships in recognition of her academic standing and extracurricular activities.
Clayton is serving as editor-in-chief of the John Marshall Law Review, and will be a team member for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition and on the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Clayton was a member of the Jessup team in 2001 as well.
A native of North Carolina, Clayton was awarded a bachelor's degree in French education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her bachelor's degree studies, Clayton was an exchange student at the Sorbonne in Paris.
She taught French at a low-income high school in Topsail, N.C., and then worked for a software development company before deciding to pursue a law degree.
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Employee Benefits Law Focus of Symposium at John Marshall
The John Marshall Law School Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits and the John Marshall Law Review recently co-hosted a program, "The Future of Employee Benefits Law: A John Marshall Law Review Symposium." The Summer 2002 issue of the Law Review contains solely employee benefits law articles. Welcoming panelists to the law school were John Marshall Dean Robert Gilbert Johnston (far right), to whom the issue of the Law Review is dedicated, and Barry Kozak (back row, left), director of Academic Development for the center. Panelists whose articles contributed to the issue included (front row, from left) Professor Kathryn Kennedy, director of the center; Professor Susan J. Stabile of St. Johns University School of Law; Professor Lorraine A. Schmall of Northern Illinois University College of Law; and (back row, from left) Pamela Perun, consultant for Urban Institute and editor of the Employee Benefits, Compensation and Pension Law Journal; Professor David Pratt, of Albany Law School; and joint J.D./LL.M. John Marshall student Chris Condeluci. Joining them is (front row, right) Kristen Clayton, editor-in-chief of the John Marshall Law Review.
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Holiday Hours
The school's administrative offices and library will be closed from December 21, 2002 through January 1, 2003. Except for a security guard, a skeleton maintenance crew, and an individual that will sort faculty mail beginning at noon on December 27 and 30, the staff will not be working. Any faculty member who wishes to come into the building on December 26, 27, and 30 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. should email Marty D'Ambrose by Thursday, December 19th. If you have advised Marty D'Ambrose in advance, you will be asked to sign in and out at the security desk. The guard may ask for identification, so be sure to have your identification card available. There are times when the guard may briefly be away from the service desk. If that occurs, please wait for him to return. Since we are operating with a skeleton staff it is expedient to know who is in the building and where they will be working.
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Student Activities
November 18
The Justinian Society is collecting men and women's shoes that will be donated to the homeless shelters. The shoes will be collected in the student lounge.
The Moot Court and the Student Bar Association is sponsoring a food drive until the 27th. Please donate. Second floor lounge.
November 19
The Black Law Student Association will meet at 4:30 p.m. in room 216.
November 20
The International Law Society will discuss study aboard programs at its meeting at 12:30 p.m. in room 201. If you are interested in a program aboard or discussing the programs with someone who has attended those programs, please join us.
The Justinian Society/CSO will host a meeting at 4:00 p.m. to discuss the bar passage. Present will be those that have recently took and passed the Bar. Room TBA.
November 21
The Christian Legal Society will meet at 11:45 a.m. in room 402.
Holiday party time!! Our annual party will feature a delicious lunch, faculty awards, student organization awards and some surprises. See you there!!! 12:00 p.m., 3 east