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October 5 - 11, 2003 |
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Sparks Receives Marion Fellowship
The Center for Real Estate Law at The John Marshall Law School named LL.M. degree candidate Christine Sparks this year's recipient of the Stanley W. Marion Fellowship in Real Estate Law.
The fellowship offers Sparks a full tuition scholarship for the fall 2003 and spring 2004 semesters, as she completes the one-year LL.M. degree program in real estate law. She also will serve as a research assistant to Professor Celeste Hammond, director of the center.
The real estate fellowship was established in 2002 with a generous gift to the law school from Stanley W. Marion (Marynowski), a retired 1942 alumnus of The John Marshall Law School.
Sparks is 1999 graduate of Northern Illinois University and a May 2002 graduate of DePaul University School of Law. After earning her J.D. degree, Sparks worked at the insurance defense firm of Jump & Associates PC in Chicago. Her experience with the firm helped her realize that she did not want to work in litigation, and she decided to turn her focus to a more transactional practice.
Sparks and her husband Scott are residents of Naperville. She is the daughter of James and Susan Moran of Hoffman Estates.
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Monthly Gathering Offers Students a Chance to Speak Out
As the fall semester progresses, the students of John Marshall were offered an additional forum to meet with the deans and each other for open conversation at the monthly Tea Time with Dean Mell. The deans will meet with students for the afternoon gathering in the Sargis-Miner Lounge every fourth Tuesday of each month from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.
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Chicago Bar Association And Women's Bar Association Task Force On Issues Affecting Women As They Age To Hold Second Annual Symposium
The Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and the Women's Bar Association of Illinois' (WBAI) Joint Task Force on Issues Affecting Woman as They Age will hold its second annual symposium, "Today, Tomorrow and Beyond: Women and the Workforce," Thursday, October 9, 2003, from 1:00-7:00 p.m., at Loyola University Chicago's Rubloff Auditorium, 25 E. Pearson St. The cost is $25 per person ($10 for students) which includes a post-event networking reception. To register, contact CBA Ticketing at 312-554-2056.
The Symposium is designed to educate women, employers and the general public about the current state of employment opportunities and work conditions for women as they age, and to serve as a public policy forum for the development of more balanced and productive workplace environments.
The Symposium will feature a panel of older women from diverse backgrounds sharing their employment and job-seeking experiences, industry experts profiling the older woman as employee, entrepreneur and job seeker and providing an overview of employment laws affecting older workers, and conclude with a roundtable discussion and analysis of ways to shape the future of women in the workforce.
Panelists include: Julianne Bowman, deputy director, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Chicago regional office; Donald Davis, vice president, Workplace Development Division, The National Council on the Aging; Linda Frank, Operation ABLE, Inc., Temporary Employment Agency and Terri Worman, associate state director, AARP Illinois.
The Task Force on Issues Affecting Woman as They Age is chaired by Sharon L. Eiseman, Hodges Loizzi Eisenhammer Rodick & Kohn and Elizabeth M. Wells, Law Office of Elizabeth M. Wells. For more information, contact Beth McMeen at 312.554.2052 or bmcmeen@chicagobar.org.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Michael Polelle
Activities
He will participate in a panel discussion on October 18 regarding constitutional cases decided by the Supreme Court last term. The panel discussion with other faculty members is for alumni and will be organized by Bill Beach, Associate Dean for Institutional Development.
Publications
The National Italian-American Foundation (NIAF) noted his law review: "Racial and Ethnic Group Defamation: A Speech-Friendly Proposal," 23 Boston College Law Journal 213 (Spring 2003) in the "Thumbs Up" column of its newspaper.
Professor Mark E. Wojcik
Activities
He was accredited to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) as an observer from the American Bar Association for the first review conference on HIV and AIDS. The 2003 United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS was held in New York, at the United Nations Headquarters, on the eve of the opening of the 58th General Assembly. The Conference was called to measure progress among the various nations as to the progress they have made in fufilling the promises made in the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. One of the aspects under review was the fact that many nations still lack legislation to protect the rights of persons living with HIV, and even fewer have legislation that would protect vulnerable groups from discrimination. Professor Wojcik was one of the original co-authors of the first casebook on AIDS Law, a co-author of one of the first law review articles written about legal aspects of the disease, and a regular author on recent international health law developments concerning HIV and AIDS.
He spoke on September 25, 2003 on the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and its harmful effects on the current situation in Iraq at a panel co-sponsored by The John Marshall Gay and Lesbian Law Association (GALLA) and the JMLS Career Service Office, in cooperation with the DePaul Law School GLBT, the JMLS Chapter of the American Constitution Society, and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. Joining in the discussion was the Honorable Alexander White, Supervising Judge of the Law Division of the Cook County Circuit Court and a retired Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. Professor Wojcik had previously served with Judge White as Chair and Vice Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Committee on Military Law and Veterans Affairs.
Publications
His chapter on HIV-negative gay men appears in a new book by Michael Mancilla and Lisa Troshinsky, Love in the Time of HIV: The Gay Man's Guide to Sex, Dating, and Relationships. The book was just published by The Guilford Press of New York and London.
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Brehon Society Fundraiser Benefits Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Brehon Society's recent fundraiser for the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) involved a raffle of two tickets and a parking pass to the Notre Dame/Florida State University football game in South Bend on November 1, 2003. The raffle ended September 12, 2003 and raised $805. Approximately 150 students, faculty, and staff participated and student Brendan Cronin held the winning ticket. All of the money has been donated to LAF, whose goal is to improve the quality of life for people living with, through, and beyond cancer. More information about LAF can be found at www.laf.org.
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Moot Court Tryouts for Spring Competitions
Appellate Advocacy team tryouts for all Spring competitions will be held on: Tuesday, October 14th, Wednesday, October 15th, and Thursday October 23 in the Baim Courtroom on 3East. Applications and problem can be picked up in the Moot Court Office, Room 608. Submission deadline for the application and to sign up for a tryout time is Friday, October 10, 2003 at 12 p.m. To be eligible for tryouts, a student must have completed Lawyering Skills II or be a member of The John Marshall Law School Law Review or Journal of Computer and Information Law or any student who is currently writing his or her note or comment for either publication.
Also, please be advised that this is the last time Moot Court will be holding tryouts for any competitions that will take place this school year. Late in the Spring semester tryouts will be held for competitions that occur in the Fall 2004semester.
Tryouts will be held for teams in the following areas of law: Animal Law; Bankruptcy; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Entertainment Law; Environmental Law; Evidence; Family Law; Hispanic Bar; Labor Law; Products Liability; Tax; and Trademark.
If you have any questions please contact Linda McHugh at 312.987.1423 or 6mchugh@jmls.edu.
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Schedule of Events
October 6
- Training Session, Room 1200B, 12:00 p.m.
October 7
- Fall Assembly Meetings, Room 409, 12:00 p.m.
- Career Services - Opportunities for Legal Experience at JMLS, Room 1200B, 12:45 p.m.
- The John Marshall Distinguished Scholars Reception, Room 3East, 4:30 p.m.
October 8
- Training Session, Room 1200B, 12:00 p.m.
- Board of Trustees Meeting, CBA Building, 5th Floor Albert E. Hofeld Room, 4:00 p.m.
- Career Services - Public Interest Employees Reception, Loyola Law School, 4:30 p.m.
October 9
- Visiting High School Delegation, Room 3East, Courtroom, 9:00 a.m.
- American Constitutional Society Program, Room 1200B, 12:30 p.m.
- Retrospective Volunteer Briefing Room 1200B, 3:00 p.m.
- Professor Seng Meeting, Room 1200B, 6:00 p.m.
October 10
- Visiting Student Delegation, Room 1101, 11:30 a.m.
- Democracy V. Terrorism and the Implications for Rule of Law Lecture, with Visiting Professor Dr. Emanuel Gross from Israel, Room 1200A, 12:00 p.m.
- Tax Center Business Lunch, Room 402, 12:00 p.m.
- Phi Delta Phi Reception, Room 3East, 7:00 p.m.
October 11
- Bar Exam Workshop, Room 1200, 1:30 p.m.
October 14
- Career Services - Opportunities Beyond Fall OCI, Room 409, 12:45 and 5:00 p.m.
October 15
- Morning Bakery with the Deans, Student Lounge, 8:15 a.m.
- MIHRC's Fall Asylum Training, Room 1200B, 1:00 p.m.
- Judges Reception with Dean Mell, Room 3East, 5:00 p.m.
- Czech Study Trip Meeting, Room 1202, 6:00 p.m.
October 16
- Privacy Competition, Various Rooms, 9:00 a.m.
- Career Services, AM Coffee Talk, Room 405, 9:45 a.m.
October 17
- Privacy Competition, Various Rooms, 9:00 a.m.
- FAST Start Program, Room 1200, 12:00 p.m.
October 18
- Privacy Competition, Various Rooms, 9:00 a.m.
- PMBR Program, Rooms 200-01, 9:00 a.m.
- U.S. Supreme Court: Review and Preview, Room 300, 9:00 a.m.
- FAST Start Program, Room 300, 1:30 p.m.
- Privacy Competition Closing Awards Banquet, Room 1200, 5:00 p.m.
- Retrospective: The John Marshall Law School, Museum of Contemporary Art, 6:00 p.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/calendar.htm
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Student Activities
October 6
An open forum for all students to discuss the grading curve will be held at 5:00 p.m. in room 200.
October 7
The Environmental Law Society will meet at 5:00 p.m. in room 216. Pizza will be served.
GALLA is co-sponsoring a program with the Chicago Bar Association concerning the legal rights of lesbians and gays.
Please join us for our student lounge dedication at 4:00 p.m.
The Christian Legal Society will meet at 11:00 a.m. in room 531.
October 8
Phi Alpha Delta Judge's Night at Kent Law School.
October 9
The American Constitutional Society will present a panel discussion at 12:30 p.m. in room 1200B.
The Corporation Law Association/Career Services Office is featuring speakers to discuss careers in corporate law at 12:45 p.m. in room 200.
October 10
Delta Theta Phi Initiation - 5:00 p.m., Baim Court Room
The International Law Society/Corporation Law Association continues with the series "What In the World Is" at 12:45 p.m. in room 409. Professor William Mock will speak.