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The John Marshall Law School has
extended its relationships in the Czech Republic by signing three new "sister
school" agreements.
Dean Mell signed agreements with
Professor Martin Bohacek who teaches at the University of Economics in Prague,
a public university, and the University of Public Administration and
International Relations in Prague, a new private university designed primarily
to train public employees in law and administration.
"These agreements will have both John
Marshall and the universities enter a cooperative for exchanges of students and
faculty, materials and conferences," explained Professor Michael Seng. The law
school partnered with the University of Economics on a long-distance conference
in 2004 and Professor Seng has taught several courses at the University under
grants from the Fulbright program.
The John Marshall Law School has had a
"sister school" agreement with Masaryk University in Brno for several years.
In addition to the "sister school"
agreements with the Prague schools, Dean Mell and Chief Justice Iva Brozova of
the Czech Supreme Court in Brno signed an agreement for the two institutions to
cooperate in training Czech judges in American law and judicial administration.
This is the first cooperative agreement between the Czech Supreme Court and an
American law school. John Marshall and the Court will present a program for
Czech judges in Brno in October.
These latest agreements were initiated
by Seng who has been lecturing and teaching in the Czech Republic the past 12
years. It was in March 1993, that a dean of the Law Faculty at Masaryk first
visited John Marshall. That visit blossomed into the Czech/Slovak Law Program
that consists of the annual Czech Study Tour to the Czech Republic for alumni,
lawyers and friends of the law school to study new developments in Czech law
and politics. John Marshall has worked with the Czech Bar Association in Prague
since 1996 on an annual conference on American Law.
John Marshall also established the
Czech Student Exchange that has brought 10 students from Masaryk University to
John Marshall for a semester of study in Chicago. One Czech student, Radim
Charvat, returned to John Marshall to earn his LL.M. degree in intellectual
property law.
This summer Seng organized the first
study abroad program to the Czech Republic for John Marshall students. From May
30 through June 10, 10 J.D. students took courses on European law and the
European Union in Prague and in Brno. One of the guest lecturers was
Charvat. 
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Katherine Linehan, a May 2005 graduate
of The John Marshall Law School, was awarded the $5,000 Kissane Award at
commencement ceremonies.
Linehan accepted the award from Paul
Kissane, son of John Marshall alumnus Elmer Kissane for whom the award is
named. Upon his death, friends and family created the award to honor Kissane in
recognition of his 43 years with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. The
award is open to graduates who have an outstanding academic record and agree to
accept employment with the office.
Linehan, of Palos Heights, Ill., will
receive the monetary award after completing a year as a Cook County assistant
state's attorney.
Linehan's interest in the legal
profession dates back to her undergraduate years at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. She clerked at the U.S. Attorney's Office during her
summer breaks. Her work included doing research for attorneys working on the
cases against former Illinois Governor George Ryan and his assistant, Scott
Fawell.
After enrolling at The John Marshall
Law School, Linehan volunteered at the Cook County Public Guardian's Office.
She spent time with the disabled adult division staff drafting motions and
petitions, and attending court proceedings.
During summer 2004, Linehan clerked
with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and she was one of two students
who were research assistants for John Marshall Professor Ralph Ruebner who was
updating his book, "Illinois Criminal Procedure."
"The correlation between the book and
what I was doing on a daily basis at the state's attorney's office was
amazing," she said. "It really helped me understand criminal law and
procedure."
Since February, Linehan has been
clerking for U.S. District Court Judge John Darrah.
At John Marshall, Linehan was a student
ambassador, a member of the Moot Court Council and a staff editor for the
"Review of Intellectual Property Law," the on-line legal journal covering
topics of copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets. She was a member
of the Criminal Law Society and the Phi Delta Phi honors fraternity. 
Katherine Linehan, the 2005 Kissane Award winner,
is congratulated by Paul Kissane (left), son of Elmer Kissane for whom the
award is named, and Cook County State's Attorney Richard Devine (right).
Linehan has accepted a position on Devine's staff.
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During a recent program sponsored by the Center for
Intellectual Property Law, Adjunct Professor Eldon Ham, a Chicago sports lawyer
and author of Larceny and Old Leather: The Mischievous Legacy of Major League
Baseball, organized the debate his book addresses about the great oxymoron of
baseball: When is baseball deception a romantic throw-back to the game's
anti-Victorian heritage and roguish personality, and when does it cross the
line into the dark side of malevolent corruption? William McGrath (left),
director of the center, welcomed panelists (from second from left) Professor
Gerald Berendt, associate dean for advanced studies and research; John Corkery,
vice dean; Joel Daly, director of external affairs; and Lester Munson, writer
for Sports Illustrated.
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Professor Michael Polelle
Activities 
He was an invited speaker for the
Mainzer Forum Medienrecht in Mainz, Germany. The program brought together media
law experts from the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. Polelle
addressed "The Black Hole of Group Defamation in American Law: A Proposed
Remedy." He outlined the paradox of American law: a remedy is provided for
individual defamation but no effective one for group defamation. Civil law does
not allow damages for defamation of large groups, which courts normally define
as consisting of 25 or more members. Injunctive relief is not allowed for any
defamation because of first amendment considerations. And criminal defamation
is virtually nonexistent because of constitutional and public policy
considerations. The proposed solution is a statutory action for a declaration
of defamation that would use community speech through the court system to
counter defamatory speech without violating first amendment freedoms.
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July 4
July 6
- IL Coalition of Immigration Services Training,
Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
July 7
- IL Coalition of Immigration Services Training,
Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
- Alumni & Development Staff Meeting, Room 403,
2:00 p.m.
July 8
- IL Coalition of Immigration Services Training,
Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
July 11
- IL Coalition of Immigration Services Training,
Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
- Alumni Annual Golf Outing, Arboretum Golf Club,
Buffalo Grove, 1:00 p.m. Shotgun start
July 12
- IL Coalition of Immigration Services Training,
Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
- Board of Trustees Executive and Budget Committee
Meeting, Courtroom, 9:30 a.m.
- Commencement Committee Meeting, Room 1101, 11:00
a.m.
July 13
- IL Coalition of Immigration Services Training,
Room 1200, 9:00 a.m.
- Christian Legal Society Program, Room 1102, 12:00
p.m.
July 14
- JMLS Sluggers 4th Softball Game, Grant Park -
Field 7, 5:00 p.m.
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In the
Loop is published by The John Marshall Law School, Chicago,
Copyright 2005
Editor: Assistant Dean John M. McNamara; Contributors:
Marilyn Thomas, Director, Public Relations and Advertising; Andrea Koklys,
Assistant Director, Public Relations and Advertising
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