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April 25 -May 1, 2004 |
Joshi Receives Nordic Club Scholarship
Third-year student Ronak Joshi was John Marshall's 2004 recipient of the Nordic Law Club Scholarship, offered annually to deserving students interested in international law. One student from each Illinois law school is selected.
Joshi is heralded as the first minority student to win the scholarship from the organization, which has been a professional and social organization for lawyers for more than 70 years.
During summer 2003, Joshi was a summer associate with Tellabs, Inc., where he drafted North American customs and compliance policies. After graduation in June, Joshi hopes to continue to work in international business and trade law.
Since attending John Marshall, Joshi has been active in extra-curricular activities. During 2002-2003, Joshi served as vice president of the Student Bar Association, vice president of the International Law Society and lieutenant governor for the 7th Circuit of the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association. He is the 2003-2004 solicitation editor of the Journal of Computer and Information Law and was a member John Marshall's team at the 2004 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. He is also a student member of the Chicago Bar Association and American Bar Association. Joshi is also the only John Marshall student member of the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Inn of Court.
A native of Toronto, Canada, Joshi graduated high school from Martingrove Collegiate Institution in Toronto in 1997, and earned his bachelor's degree with honors in international relations in 2001 from the University of Toronto.
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Swift School, John Marshall Join Forces through Chicago's "Adopt a School" Program
Students from The John Marshall Law School will put Goldilocks on trial April 30 in a demonstration of lawyering skills for junior high students at Swift School, a north side Chicago public school that John Marshall is working with in the "Adopt A School" program.
The Goldilocks presentation, given by members of Phi Alpha Delta, will be one of several activities John Marshall will be conducting at the school. Professor Ralph Ruebner is spearheading the activities and is joined by Professors Maureen Kordesh and Sonia Green; Susann Maclachlan, associate director, and Cheryl Cesario, assistant director, of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution; and members of the Student Bar Association and the alumni association.
Other planned activities include helping prepare students for the Constitution test, which each eighth grader must pass to be admitted to high school. John Marshall staff is going to help the school establish mediation and juvenile law programs. John Marshall students would primarily be teachers for the training programs.
Representatives of the Fair Housing Legal Support Center and Immigration Clinic will offer legal information on landlord/tenant and immigration issues. The sessions, for parents of Swift School children, will be given in May and June.
Kevin Hull, director of Alumni Relations, will be organizing a "power lunch" with the Young Alumni Council. The program is meant to give one-on-one interaction with students in a learning activity, such as reading and writing, academic games and vocabulary games. The program will start in the fall.
If you are interested in assisting with any of these activities, call Professor Ruebner at extension 384.
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Student Organization Garners National Awards
Second-year students Wendy Durbin (left) and William Hansen (right) accepted awards from the American Bar Association on behalf of the Student Bar Association at The John Marshall Law School. The awards included a Bronze Key Award from the American Bar Association's Law Student Division (ABA/LSD) for having the highest percentage of law school members in the 7th Circuit. John Marshall also received a Bronze Key Award for the highest overall membership in the ABA/LSD in the 7th Circuit.
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Lawrence v. Texas Analyzed at John Marshall
The John Marshall Law School recently hosted "Teaching Lawrence v. Texas," featuring Paul M. Smith (third from left), the attorney from Jenner and Block who successfully argued the U.S. Supreme Court case that declared unconstitutional the Texas sodomy law. The program, co-sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, The John Marshall Gay and Lesbian Legal Alliance (GALLA) and The Chicago Bar Association Committee on the Legal Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men, focused on helping area law professors find ways to teach Lawrence v. Texas in constitutional law and other classes where discussions of privacy, due process, and sexual orientation might arise. Joining in on discussions were (from left) Professor Elvia Arriola of Northern Illinois University College of Law; Professor Mark E. Wojcik of The John Marshall Law School; and Mario Sullivan, president of GALLA.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Celeste Hammond
Activities
She has been invited to address the American Bar Association Section on Real Property Probate & Trust Law Symposia Meeting in Seattle in May 2004. First, she will make a presentation on "Impact of Recent Case Law, Uniform Real Property Electronic Recordation Act and Uniform Mortgage Satisfaction Act on Title Insurance Practice" as part of the program "Title Insurance- It's New All Over Again: Recent Developments."
Also, she has been asked to serve as a moderator by the section in a special half-day program for Minority Lawyers- "Sharpening Your Basic Real Estate Skills." Professor Hammond has participated twice before in New York City and Chicago in this initiative of the Real Property Section to assist minority lawyers coming into commercial real estate practice. She will offer program materials and skills suggestions regarding "Buying Land for a Real Estate Project."
Professor John D. Ingram
Publications
He has accepted an offer of publication from the Penn State International Law Review for his article, "The Geneva Convention is Woefully Outdated."
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Palestinian Delegation Visits John Marshall
The John Marshall Law School Center for International Business and Trade Law recently welcomed a delegation from Palestine to continue discussions on how the John Marshall Law School and other area law schools can assist in establishing a rule of law in the war-torn area. Joining the discussions were (seated, from left) Professor Maureen Kordesh; Virginia Russell, associate director of the center; and John Marshall Professor Ralph Ruebner; and (standing, from left) Bahaa Farouk Al Ahmed; Yousef Antoun Nasrallah; Kifah Abdul Rahim Sholi; Professor Leonard Cavise of DePaul University College of Law; Omar M.M. Abuelkomsan; Harriet Wilson Ellis; and Wael Lafi.
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John Marshall Advertising Wins Admissions Award
The John Marshall Law school advertising campaign launched in fall 2003 has won a Silver Award in the 19th Annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by the Admissions Marketing Report. The ads, used primarily on Chicago bus shelters and Metra train billboards, were conceived and designed by the law school's marketing agency, Richard Harrison Bailey|The Agency of South Bend, Ind. The agency submitted the contest entries.
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Fair Housing Center and Clinic
How does the Fair Housing Act affect senior housing? This was the question that was explored at the 40th Fair Housing Conference held at the Law School since The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center was founded in 1992. Leading experts from government, academia, fair housing and senior advocacy groups, and senior housing providers discussed this question in a groundbreaking Conference on April 15 and 16.
How does one weigh civil rights against the duty of caregivers to provide for the physical and health needs of seniors? When can a senior be required to move out of traditional housing into a care facility? How can faith-based housing providers come into collision with the First Amendment and the Fair Housing Act? How does one reconcile the seeming contradictions in federal law and federal regulations concerning senior housing and the rights of families with children, including seniors with children? What are the problems of litigating the rights of seniors? What can be done from a land use planning perspective to facilitate the construction of safe and affordable senior housing? These and more questions were asked and debated in a spirited conference that broke new ground and opened new perspectives.
HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Carolyn Peoples opened the conference. In addition to John Marshall Professors Michael P. Seng, F. Willis Caruso, Joseph Butler, and Damian Ortiz, the conference featured well-known fair housing experts and frequent participants at John Marshall conferences such as Professor Robert Schwemm, Sara Pratt, Paul Hancock, Scott Chang, Calvin Bradford, Joan Magagna, Gayle Bohling, and Maurice McGough. It also included: Michael Allen from the Bazelon Mental Health Law Center; Susan Silverstein from the AARP Foundation; Brian Clock, Jerome Finis, and James Keledjian from Pathway Senior Living; and Chicago attorney Lynne McNown, who presented the perspective of a family member confronted with a fair housing violation in a facility where her father lived.
The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center will hold its next fair housing conference on Sept. 10 and 11, 2004, when it will focus on new challenges to the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
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Schedule of Events
April 26
- Make-Up Classes
- Deans & Faculty EEO Training, Room 800 of the CBA, 9:00 a.m.
- Chicago Public Schools High School Program - Significance of the Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Room 1200, 8:30 a.m.
April 27
- Deans & Faculty EEO Training, Room 800 of the CBA, 9:00 a.m.
- Copyright Society Luncheon, Room 1200, 11:30 a.m.
- Phoenix Alumni Reception, Rita Carlton Hotel, 5:30 p.m.
- Domestic & Foreign Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret & Copyright Documentation, Room 402, 6:00 p.m.
April 28
- Faculty Retreat, Standard Club, 9:00 a.m.
- IRS Roundtable Discussion, Room 1200, 3:00 p.m.
April 29
- IPLAC Women in the Law Committee Program, Room 1200, 4:30 p.m.
April 30
- Fire Drill Day
- Law Day Program, Swift School, 12:30 p.m.
- Law Review Dinner, Room 3East, 5:30 p.m.
- BLSA Reception, Room 1200, 6:00 p.m.
May 1
- ISBA Women & Minority Attorney's Conference, Rooms 409, 413, 428, 1200, 8:00 a.m.
May 2
- Multistate Diagnostic Exam, Room 200, 9:00 a.m.
May 3
- Special Faculty Assembly, Union League Club, 10:00 a.m.
- Faculty Luncheon, Union League Club, 12:00 p.m.
May 4
- Swift School Meeting, Room 1101, 12:00 p.m.
- Judge Leighton Reception, Room 3East, 5:00 p.m.
- Domestic & Foreign Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret & Copyright Documentation, Room 402, 6:00 p.m.
May 5
- Board of Trustees Executive Committee Meeting, Albert Hofeld Room of the CBA, 2:00 p.m.
- Board of Trustees Meeting, Albert Hofeld Room of the CBA, 4:00 p.m.
May 6
- Exams
- Alumni Reunion Committee Meeting, Room 1200, 12:45 p.m.
May 7
- Exams
- Building Closed starting at 9:00 p.m.
May 8
- Exams