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May 16 - 22, 2004 |
Molly Lien Directs Lawyering Skills Program
Molly Warner Lien has been named the director of the Lawyering Skills Program and associate professor of law at The John Marshall Law School. Lien brings extensive experience to the position and has worked in the field since 1985.
After several years of practice, she first started teaching legal writing as a Bigelow Fellow and lecturer in law at the University of Chicago Law School for the 1985-86 academic year. She then was a visiting assistant professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and was named director of the Chicago-Kent Legal Research, Writing and Analysis Program from 1993-2001.
After leaving Kent, she was a consultant to the law faculty of the National University of Singapore in 2001-2002, where she established the framework for Singapore's legal writing curriculum. She has also consulted with several major law firms on associate development, as well as with the faculties of 10 other law schools.
Lien came to John Marshall in 2003-2004 as a visiting professor and will take over as lawyering skills director this summer. She was attracted to John Marshall because of the school's longstanding commitment to lawyering skills. As Lien observed, "Effective training in research, writing and analysis is essential to the practice of law. Lawyers need to think critically and to communicate clearly. They often must do so under tremendous time pressure.
"John Marshall understands this, and has long invested substantial resources to ensure excellence in skills training. The core of our program is our faculty. We have full-time, long-term professors, most of whom are tenured. This allows John Marshall to set a high standard. Our curriculum is very rigorous, and the program is one of the best known in the nation."
All students enroll in three semesters of Lawyering Skills and additionally participate in the Herzog Moot Court Competition, named for former John Marshall dean, Fred Herzog. In addition, all students at John Marshall must enroll in Trial Advocacy.
Lien is very well known in national legal writing circles. She is one of six persons to be voted a "person of stature" by the Association of Legal Writing Directors, and has given many presentations on lawyering skills at the Legal Writing Institute, the Association of Writing Directors and the American Association of Law Librarians.
In addition to directing the Lawyering Skills Program, Lien will teach Civil Procedure, Evidence, and a range of international, comparative law, and national security law courses. She has long had a special interest in the Russian legal system, and has traveled and taught extensively in Russia and Ukraine. She will leave this month for Moscow, where she will teach East-West Trade in the University of San Diego's Summer Abroad Program.
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Brown v. Board of Education Re-enacted at John Marshall
John Marshall student Michelle Weathers (left) assists Maria Gomez (right), a junior at Hancock High School, organize her argument for the plaintiffs in the Brown v. Board of Education presentation April 26. Honors students from Chicago public high schools re-enacted the famous 1954 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court. John Marshall students helped coach the "acting" attorneys.
Alumni and students came together to participate in a re-enactment of Brown v. Board of Education presented by honors students from Chicago public high schools. Participants were (seated from left) Maria Gomez of Hancock High; Christopher Campbell of John Marshall High; Kathy Dryja of Hancock High; Kristen Wekony of Ridgewood High and Vianka Calderon of Hancock High; John Marshall student Erin Graham; and (standing from left) John Marshall students Hardee Siong and Michelle Weathers; Cook County Circuit Court Judges Gerald Bender (J.D. '68), Jesse Reyes (J.D. '82), Cheryl Ingram (J.D. '78), and Arnette Hubbard (J.D. '69), and John Marshall student Mario Sullivan.
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BLSA Welcomes Guests
Robyn Donaldson (third from right), incoming president of the Black Law Students Association, welcomed honored guests (from left) retired Cook County Judge Everett Braden (J.D. '61), Dean Patricia Mell, retired Cook County Judge Glenn Johnson (J.D. '49), retired Cook County Judge Willie Whiting (J.D. '50), Adjunct Professor Lewis Powell (J.D. '89), and Cook County Associate Judge Walter Williams (J.D. '70), at the spring reception.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Ann Lousin
Activities
She attended the American Bar Association Business Law Section annual spring meeting, April 1-3, 2004, in Seattle, Wash., participated in many U.C.C. discussions, and conversed with practitioners and other professors in the field. She attended the annual meeting of The Armenian Bar Association on April 30-May 2, 2004, in Boston, Mass. and was reappointed chair of the Genocide Research Project Committee. On March 26, 2004 she chaired the faculty panel at the John Marshall Accepted Students Reception. On April 7, 2004 she presented at the John Marshall panel on Brown v. Board of Education at the request of the Women's Law Caucus about "The Effect of Brown on Women." On April 7, 2004 she judged the semi-final round of the Fred F. Herzog Intramural Moot Court Competition. In May 2004, she will end a term as President of the "201 East Chestnut Condominium Association." In May 2004, she will end a term as vice-president of The Blind Service Association of Chicago and she is slated to become parliamentary officer of the B.S.A. On March 11, 2004 she helped host a delegation to John Marshall from the West Bank and Gaza examining legal issues. On May 6, 2004, at the request of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, she testified on the constitutionality of a bill affecting the State Board of Education at a two and a half hour committee meeting in Springfield as expert on the Illinois Constitution.
Professor Arthur J. Sabin
Activities
Professor Sabin has been asked to make a presentation at the Organization of American Historians national yearly meeting on the impact of the U.S. Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations.
Professor Sabin continues his work on the archive left by the late Professor Melvin Lewis regarding the Dennis case.
Publications
He has been asked to join other legal historians in writing a book on the impact of the Supreme Court decision upon the public and on the other branches of the federal government. It will be published by the publication arm of the Congressional Record.
Professors Michael P. Seng and Joseph R. Butler
Activities
He was the keynote speaker at the Federal Reserve Board's annual Community Affairs Officers Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago on Thursday, May 6. The conference included the Community Affairs management and staff from all 12 Federal Reserve Banks. Professor Seng was asked to address the topic, "The 40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act: Laying the Groundwork for Economic Justice." Professor Seng outlined the events leading to the passage of this landmark law and its present impact. He observed that the unique confluence of forces that produced this legislation is not likely to be repeated in the near future. He discussed some of the problems facing civil rights and community development today and noted that, at the present time, more leadership in addressing these problems is coming from the state and local level than from the national government. He suggested some areas where the Federal Reserve might be helpful in the struggle for economic justice today.
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Students and Faculty Honored for Achievements at Annual Spring Fling Luncheon
Associate Dean William B. Powers (left) congratulates the Corporate Law Association on the award formost active organization in a specific are of law. Association officers accepting the award were (from second from left) Ryan Long, president; James Voight, treasurer; and Laura Fashoda, secretary.
Marilyn Criss (left), in the Student Affairs Office, honors second-year student Mario Sullivan, president of the Gay and Lesbian Legal Alliance and vice president of Amnesty International, with a special award acknowledging his work and dedication to several student organizations.
William Hansen (right), outgoing president of the Student Bar Association, congratulates Professor Timothy P. O'Neill on receiving one of two Professor of the Year awards offered for 2003-2004 academic year. The winning professors are selected by a vote of the graduating class each year.
Hansen (left) congratulates Professor Samuel R. Olken on the Professor of the Year Award he shared with O'Neill.
Associate Dean Powers (left) congratulates Angela Lockett, outgoing president of the Black Law Students Association, on the award the organization received for most active minority organization.
Toya Horn Howard (right) accepts an award from Powers for Delta Theta Phi, honored as the most active legal fraternity.
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Schedule of Events
May 17 - May 19
- Exams
- Proctoring, Room 402
May 17
- Career Services Survey Project Meeting, Room 1202, 1:00 p.m.
May 18
- Domestic & Foreign Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret & Copyright Documentation, Room 402, 6:00 p.m.
May 19
- Freedom Award Meeting, Room 1200B, 12:00 p.m.
- Board of Trustees Meeting, Albert Hofeld Room of the CBA, 4:00 p.m.
May 20
- IP Farewell Lunch for Chinese Students, Room 3East, 12:00 p.m.
May 21
- 2004 Kratovil Conference in Real Estate Law, Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
- Multistate Diagnostic Exam, Room 200, 9:00 a.m.
- Freedom Award Lunch, Red Lacquer Room of the Palmer House, 12:00 p.m.
May 22
- Bar Exam Workshop, Room 300, 1:00 p.m.
May 24
- Classes convene for early summer session
May 26
- American Constitution Society Program, Room 1200, 12:30 p.m.