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Chicago-Kent College of Law Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law The Record Publications 1-13-1997 The Record - Vol. 31, Issue 1 IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/the_record Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, "The Record - Vol. 31, Issue 1 " (1997). The Record. 340. https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/the_record/340 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Publications at Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago- Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Record by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. THE RECORD Vol. No. XXXI, No.1 January 13, 1997 NOTE: Ifyou would like to have a notice posted in The Record, please submit your information by attachin2 (F6l a WordPerfect document to an e-mail message sent to Linda Valentino (LVALENTI), or drop a diskette by her office, room 530. All notices must include your name, your e-mail address and/or a telephone number where you can be reached during the day. Ifapplicable, please include the name of your student organization. Student organizations: Please limit your advertisements to 1/3 ofa single page; this way we can accommodate every group that needs to advertise. All information MUST BE SUBMITTED BY WEDNESDAYS AT 5:00 pm. FROM DEAN DEUTSCH Welcome back! I hope all of you had a terrific holiday break, and are rested and ready to plunge into the spring semester. We have many exciting, informative activities planned, including a special screening of Eyes On The Prize for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day on January 2 i , Professionalism Day 197 on February 5, the National Association of Environmental Law Societies Annual Conference on March 7 and 8, the Kenneth M. Piper Memorial Lecture in Labor Law on April 15, and others. As usual, there is a lot going on at the law school. Many of our faculty have been busy since classes ended, grading, giving speeches, etc. For example: Professor Lori Andrews and her book, Black Power, White Blood: The Life and Times of Johnny Spain, were the subject of a lengthy feature article in the Chicago Tribune's "Tempo" section, and Professor Andrews made a brief'appearance with Spain and his half-brother on liThe Oprah Winfrey Show." Professors Pam Kentra and Gary Laser were quoted in a Chicago Sun- Times article about eviction court and our new Advice Desk pilot proqrarn.that began in October at the Daley Center to assist those being evicted. Professors Pat Cotter' and Richard Kling were interviewed extensively on TV and radio and by newspapers about the indictments of prosecutors and police officers in the Rolando Cruz case. Professor Marc Kadish was on TV to discuss the recent indictment of several Austin District police officers. Professor Philip Hablutzel made a presentation at the mid-year meeting of the ISBA on the progress in adopting the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act and the Revised Uniform Partnership Act. Professor Ralph Brill appeared on a panel or, Teaching With Technology at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in Washington, D.C. last week, and he was honored by both the Clinical Legal Education Section of the AALS and by the Association of Legal Writing Directors/Legal Writing Institute for his work on improvement of the Standards on Legal Education. 1 The Record January 13, 1997 Pro-fessor Molly Lien was elected to the Board of Directors of the Legal Writing Institute and was invited to present her paper, "Technocentrisrn and the Soul of the Common Law Lawyer" at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Librarians. Professor Richard Wright was elected chair of the AALS Section on Torts and Compensation Systems and made a presentation as part of a Workshop on Teaching with Technology at the AALS Annual Meeting, as did Professors Richard Warner and Stephen Sowle. Professors Anita Bernstein and Mickie Voges also participated in panel discussions, and I was co-chair of a planning committee for an Environmental Law panel. And Professors Howard Eglit, Martin Malin, Sheldon Nahmod, Jeffrey Sherman, Stephen Sowle, Mickie Voges, and I all were interviewed and quoted in various media on a varietv of law and legal education topics Many faculty members have been busy writing articles for publication durinq the past several months, as well. I have just about completed the manuscript for the second edition of my Illinois Environmental Law Statutes Annotated. Professor Andrews' article "Gen-Etiquette: Are There Moral and Legal Responsibilities to Share Genetic Information Within Families?" is being published in the forthcoming edition of Genetic Secrets: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era (Mark Rothstein, ed., Yale University Press). JJHow to Make a New Tort: Three Paradoxes," a new article by Professor Bernstein, will be published in 75 TEXAS LAW REVIEW this year. Professor Hablutzel completed the first annual supplement for his two-volume treatise on International Banking Law, published by Clark Boardman Callaghan. Professor Rick Hasen has an article entitled "Hiqh Courts Wrongly Elected: A Public Choice Model of Judging and Its Implications for the Voting Rights Act," coming out in 75 N.C. L. REV. this year, as well as an article on theft, co authored with Professor Richard McAdams, in the International Review of Law and Economics. Professor Hal Krent has written the foreword to 71 CHI-KENT L. REV., entitled liThe Fee Shifting Remedy: Panacea or Placebo?" Professor Malin's article, "On the Scope of Legitimate Authority," co-authored with liT Professor Robert Ladenson, will be published in a forthcoming edition of the Journal of Social Philosophy. Professor Jeffrey Malkan has a forthcoming article for the Texes Law Review entitled, "Stolen Photoqraphs: Personality, Publicity, and Privacv." Professor Deb Quentel wrote IJJBad Artists Copy. Good Artists Steal.': The Ugly Conflict Between Copyright Law and Appropriation," for an upcoming volume of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review. And Professor Tarlock completed work on the 1996 release of his Law of Water Rights and Resources, and IJThe Futile Search for Environmental Laws Based on JGood Science,'" 1 INT'L J. Bioscr. & L. 9. Finally, we're delighted to welcome Professor Steven Harris, who joined the faculty this year and will be teaching his first courses for Chicago-Kent, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law II, this semester, and Professor Jacob Corre, who returns to full-time teaching this semester. * '* *** During my first semester as Interim Dean, I discovered that it's very easy to be so busy with faculty, student problems, alumnae/i, etc., that I don't have time for simply interacting with you, the students who make the law school what it is. I'm always available to meet with people, and some of you have been in touch via e-mail or otherwise, but it's hard to have those casual chats I am used to having as a faculty member. So, in an effort to keep in better touch with students and what's going on, I'm scheduling some times at lunch and in the early evening at snack time to meet informally with groups of you in the Spaketeria. There'll be no agenda or set topic for discussion--I'm just interested in hearing what you have to say about the law school, the legal profession, the world, or life in general. The only limitation I'm going to impose is on the number of students participating--nine per session--so that we can have a group discussion that's meaningful for everyone. 2 The Record January 13, 1997 The dates and times, so far,are: Thursdav. January 23, at 12 noon and 5:00pm Wednesday, February 26, at 12 noon and 5:00pm ar"ri Monday, March 17, at 12 noon and 5:00pm Please call or stop by my office (room 330) and speak to Ms. Ada Jenkins, Assistant to the Dean, to sign up. Or, you can send an e-mail to Ms. Jenkins at [email protected]. If you want to sign up individually, that's fine, but feel free to form a group to sign up for one of the times. You're welcome to continue communicating with me via DearDean e-mails, or by making appointments to see me in my dffice--or by buttonholing me in the halls--but I hope that a number of you will take this opportunity to spend some time talking with me about your thoughts and feelings about being at Chicago-Kent and where you're headed. I really look forward to the meetings. Now, on with the real proceedings... Have a great start to the semester! FROM ASSOCIATE DEAN HOWARD CHAPMAN Welcome back! I hope you had a relaxing break and will have an enjoyable and successful semester. There are several important announcements in the Registrar's section of this Record, including procedures and deadlines for adding courses, rnaking the pass/fail election and waiving insurance coverage. Please review these announcements carefully. Spring Semester Schedule Changes Prof. Jeffrey Sherman will teach the Estates and Trusts course which meets on Thursday and Friday at 9:35am, not Prof. Heisinger. Students who enroll in this section after December 18, 1996 may not elect to take it pass/fail. A new Legal Drafting section specializing in Intellectual Property was added to the schedule on Wednesday from 4:00 to 5:50pm. The time of Legal Drafting section 424-053-02 specializing in General Practice has been changed to Monday from ~ 5:35 to 7:25pm.