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January 23 - 27, 2005 |
HUD Gives Major Grant to The John Marshall Law School
Joseph Galvan, Midwest regional director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), presented a $219, 668 Fair Housing Initiatives Program grant to The John Marshall Law School for its Fair Housing Legal Clinic.
At the presentation ceremony Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, Galvan applauded Professor Michael Seng, the clinic's executive director, and Professor F. Willis Caruso, clinical director, for their continued work on behalf of persons discriminated against in their housing choices. The clinic accepts cases from throughout the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana.
The grant will be used to continue the work of the clinic that has an average of 50 ongoing cases. Two recently settled cases were an age discrimination case brought by a 90-year-old co-op owner threatened with eviction, and a racial discrimination case in which an African-American man was offered different housing options than a white woman.
The Fair Housing Legal Clinic offers John Marshall students clinical internships. Students participate in federal and state court litigation and administrative proceedings; learn how cases are investigated and prepared; draft pleadings and prepare motions; participate fully in settlement matters; conduct discovery; and assist in trials and hearings.
Professors F. Willis Caruso (left) and Michael Seng (center) accept a check for $219,668 from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Midwest Regional Director Joseph Galvan (right) during a press conference at which HUD announced the awarding of six major grants to organizations in Illinois. The grant money will be used by The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic.
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Writing Resource Center Schedules Open House and Workshops
The Writing Resource Center will hold its spring semester Open House on Friday 1/28/05 from 1:00 _ 4:00, in Room 403. All students are welcome to stop by and meet the Writing Resource Center staff, learn about Writing Resource Center services, and take home valuable supplemental writing materials. Light refreshments will be available.
In addition, the Center has scheduled a continuing series of Writing Resource Center workshops this semester. Topics include: LSI Workshops, "IRAC Revisited: A Review of Small Scale Organization," LSII Workshops: "Writing Persuasive Memos," "Grammar Review Workshops,"
"The Writing Process and Pre-Writing Strategies," "Writing Anxiety," "Editing and Revision Techniques," and "Transitions and Coherence-How Lawyers Make Their Writing Flow." Information on specific dates and times will be forthcoming throughout the semester to both students and faculty.
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Faculty Activity and Publications
Professor Mark E. Wojcik
Activities
Professor Wojcik served as the moderator of two panels at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The first panel, which discussed Dispute Resolution Under NAFTA and the WTO, was sponsored by the AALS Section on North American Cooperation and co-sponsored by the AALS Sections on International Law and International Legal Exchange. The speakers included a mixture of academic, practitioner, and diplomatic views, including comments from Professor Natasha Affolder of the University of British Colombia Faculty of Law, Professor Dale Beck Furnish from Arizona State University College of Law, Professor David A. Gantz from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law, Professor Kevin Craig Kennedy from the Michigan State University College of Law, Professor Debra P. Steger of the University of Ottawa School of Law, Professor Cherie O. Taylor from the South Texas College of Law, Mr. Todd Weiler, a NAFTA practitioner in Windsor, Ontario (who has also previously lectured at The John Marshall Law School), and Mr. Bernardo Mendez of the Mexican Consulate General in San Francisco.
The second panel that Professor Wojcik moderated was "Do They Shepardize in Canada? An Essential Introduction to Canadian Legal Research for U.S. Law Professors and Law Libraries." This panel was sponsored by the AALS Section on North American Cooperation and Co-Sponsored by the AALS Section on International Legal Exchange, the AALS Section on Law Libraries, and the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research. The speakers included John Davis, the Law Librarian at the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, Professor Margaret Hall of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, and Danielle Istl of the University of Windsor in Ontario.
Publications
In his essay From Individual Rights to Human Rights published in the December 2004 issue of Human Rights, Professor Wojcik argues that the new name of the Illinois State Bar Association Section (previously known as the Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities) also requires a new policy agenda that not only focuses on a broader vision of human rights, but that also welcomes and encourages the participation of its members (and particularly its law student members) who have an interest in working in the field of human rights.
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Professor Hunt Honored with Professor of the Year Award
Professor Cecil J. Hunt (right) accepted the Professor of the Year Award from Anna Gonis, president of the SBA. The award is offered annually to the professor receiving the most votes from the student body.
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Schedule of Events
January 24
- Academic Affairs Committee Meeting, Room TBD, 12:15 p.m.
- SBA Section Representatives Meeting, Room 201, 5:15 p.m.
January 25
- IP Lunch & Learn - Debate on Trademark Dilution, Room 1200A, 11:30 a.m.
- Tea Time with the Deans, Student Lounge, 4:30 p.m.
January 26
- Delta Theta Phi Meetings, Room 526, 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
- Student Organization Day, Student Lounge, 4:00 p.m.
- Career Services - Meet IP Headhunter, Kate Patterson, and Learn Tips for the Job Search, Room 201, 5:00 p.m.
January 27
- AIDS Foundation Seminar - Health & Housing Study, Room 1200A, 1:00 p.m.
January 31
- Welcome Receptions for New and Returning Tax Law Students, Room 402, 12:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
- Career Services - Interviewing Tips with Kimberly Copp, Room 201, 5:00 p.m.
February 1
- Insights I Program, Room 1200, 12:30 p.m.
February 2
- Christian Legal Society Meeting, Room 1102, 12:00 p.m.
- Welcome Receptions for New and Returning Employee Benefit Students, 16th Floor of the CBA Bldg., 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
- Career Services - Etiquette Strategies with Ms. Criss, Room 3East, 12:30 p.m.
- BLSA Meeting - Brown, Economics and the Future of Higher Education, Room 1200, 4:00 p.m.
- Fair Housing Visiting Administrative Judges Reception, Room 3East, 4:30 p.m.
February 3
- Fair Housing 13th Annual Litigation Skills Training, Room 1200, 9:00a.m.
February 4
- Fair Housing 13th Annual Litigation Skills Training, Room 1200, 9:00a.m.
- ABA Seventh Circuit Law Student Division Meeting, Room 3East, 5:30 p.m.
February 5
- Fair Housing 13th Annual Litigation Skills Training, Room 1200, 9:00a.m.
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Student Activities
January 24
If you are a January student and interested in being an elected representative, you are eligible to attend the Student Bar Association general meeting at 5:15 p.m. in room 201.
January 25
Dean Patricia Mell is hosting Tea Time with the Deans at 4:30 p.m. in the student lounge. All are welcome.
The Black Law Students Association will meet at 4:00 p.m. in room 201.
January 26
Every semester the Student Bar Association hosts "Student Organization Day". Approximately 30 student organizations will be present to inform you about their planned activities for the semester. Dinner will be served from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Sargis-Miner student lounge
Delta Theta Phi will meet at 12:00 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. in room 526.
January 27
Dean Powers' student advisory committee meeting will be held at 12:15 p.m. in room 216.
January 28
The Student Bar Association "Back to School Party" will be held at "John Barleycorns" in Wrigleyville from 9 to 12:00 p.m.
Barrister's Ball tickets are on sale now from Marilyn Criss or Monica Miller. Buy your tickets early so that you do not miss this special event. The Ball will be held this year at The Drake Hotel.
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