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July 11 - 17, 2004 |
Shawn McCarthy Named 2004 Kissane Award Winner
Shawn D. McCarthy, a 2004 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, was named the June class recipient of the Elmer C. Kissane Public Service Award.
He has accepted a position with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and will receive the $5,000 award after completing a year's service.
The award is named for Elmer Kissane (J.D. '50) who worked for 43 years at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. He eventually served as head of the Appeals Division and chief of the Criminal Division. When he died, family and colleagues created the Kissane Public Service Award to be given to an outstanding John Marshall graduate who accepts employment at the state's attorney's office.
McCarthy learned about police work and the interaction of the police and the state's attorney from his father, Michael, a retired Hoffman Estates police officer. As a member of the Hoffman Estates Police Department's Junior Explorer Program McCarthy learned community relations and police procedures.
As a senior in college, he began volunteering with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office at the Criminal Courts Division. It was in the courtroom of Judge Ralph Reyna as he watched the interaction of the attorneys that McCarthy knew he wanted to be a state's attorney.
During his first year at John Marshall, McCarthy volunteered in Judge Edward Fiala Jr.'s courtroom. "With this opportunity, I was able to meet more assistant state's attorneys who I believe embody the mission of a prosecutor. I wanted to become a member of this office that has attorneys that are respectable, professional and dedicated to their work," he said.
McCarthy later volunteered in the Appeals Division at the Daley Center, but when he earned his 711 license as a senior law student, McCarthy returned to the Criminal Courts as a law clerk for Judge Colleen McSweeney-Moore.
McCarthy was president of the Criminal Law Society during the 2001-2002 academic year, and a member of the Wechsler National Moot Court team that competed in Buffalo, New York.
McCarthy is the son of Terri and Michael McCarthy of Crystal Lake. He is a graduate of Cary Grove High School and St. Mary's University in Winona, Minn. He resides in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
June 2004 graduate Shawn McCarthy (right), the June 2004 recipient of the $5,000 Elmer Kissane Public Service Award, is congratulated by Paul Kissane (left), son of Elmer Kissane. The award is given in memory of Elmer Kissane, a 1950 graduate who worked for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office for 43 years. McCarthy will receive the award after completing a year's service at the state's attorney's office.
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July 12
- Fair Housing Meeting, Room 1202, 12:00 p.m.
July 13
- AIDS Foundation of Chicago Seminar, Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
July 15
- AIDS Foundation of Chicago Conference 2004, Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
July 17
- MiniBar Exam, Room 200, 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
July 19
- Fair Housing Meeting, Room 1202, 12:00 p.m.
- Alumni Association Annual Golf Outing, Ridge Country Club, 1:00 p.m.
July 20
- MiniBar Exam, Room 200, 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
- U.S. Court of International Trade Training Session, Room 1100, 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
July 21
- U.S. Court of International Trade Training Session, Room 1100, 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
July 22
- ITCC Networking Event, Room 1200A, 5:00 p.m.
- Center for Real Estate Law Information Session, Room 1200B, 5:30 p.m.
July 23
- Summer Semester Classes End
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June 2004 Commencement
Dean Patricia Mell congratulates Jennifer Irmen, Student Bar Association president for the 2002-2003 year and co-chair of the class gift committee, after Irmen announced the successful gift drive at commencement.
Congratulations to graduates Ronak Joshi (left), Amanda F. Stein (center) and Mark Bangser (right) who each received the Ambassador of the Year Award for their service to the Admission Office and to the school. They conducted tours for applicants, assisted at open houses and served as first-year student advisors.
Showing off their diplomas after the ceremony at McCormick Place were (from left) Matthew Schreck, Nattachat Panekwong, James Page and Mary McClellen-Gil.
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Staff Notes
Thomas Keefe
Reference Librarian
His article, "Finding Legal Briefs Online," appears in the July, 2004 Illinois Bar Journal.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Timothy P. O'Neill
Publications
West's "Search and Seizure Law Report" features one law review article each month that is abridged for its subscribers. For its November issue, it has selected Prof. O'Neill's "Rethinking Miranda: Custodial Interrogation as a Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure, 37 U.C. Davis Law Review 1109 (2004).