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The Record Publications Chicago-Kent College of Law Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law The Record Publications 4-23-1990 The Record - Vol. 17, Issue 30 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. 17, Issue 30" (1990). The Record. 162. https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/the_record/162 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]. ..- CHIC,\GO III KENT THE LAw SCHOOL RECORD COLLEGE OF L.-\\'\' Vol. No. XVII, No. 30 April 23, 1990 NOTE: If you would like to have a notice posted in The Law School Record, you must submit your information to Barbara Washington in Room 626. -All entries should include your name, and if possible, a number where you can be reached during the day or a locker number. If applicable, please leave the name of the student organization. All .information must be submitted by Wednesday, at 5:00 p.m, if you wish to have it posted in the following Monday's Record. FALL 1990 ADD-DROP COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS , From' 5 - 6 p.m. on Monday, April 23, evening Current Semester ,students may make program changes for the Fall 1990 Semester in priority number order as stu­ Warren Lavey, a partner in the Chicago law firm dents appear, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, will speak on "Competitive Analysis and Business From 11:45 a.m. - 1:50 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, Strategy" in Professor Joel Goldhar's MBA class day students may make program changes for the at 6 p.m. on Monday,April 23, in Room 203. Law Fall Semester in priority number as students ( students interested in attending should contact \ appear. Professor Goldhar in the MBA Office; classroom space in limited. Add-Drop will be held in the hallway outside, the Second Floor Cafeteria. Legal Drafting - All Sections Except 08 Gener­ al Practices (Krebs) FINAL EXAM SCHEDULES This week, Drafting classes will meet together on To: Students In Following Courses the following schedule for the first portion of From: Jerry Brandes, Registrar, class. Flexpractice, a computerizedlegal drafting Subject: Exam Schedule. Changes program, will be demonstrated. Sections 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 - Tues.! April 24 ~ Protessional Responsibility-Callens 4:05 - 5:35 p.rn., Room 203. , Scheduled for Tuesday, May 15, at 9 a.m. Room 102 (non-smoking), Room 101 Sections 51, 52 - Thurs.! April 26 (smoking). 7:35 - 8:05 p.rn., Room 642. Immigration Law-Kempster Afterthe demonstration, studentswill meet in their Scheduled for Thursday, May 17, at 6 p.m. regular classroomsfor the rest of that day's Legal (incorrectly schedued for Wed., May 16) Drafting class. Room 325 (non-smoking), Room 324 (smok­ ing), Attendance is mandatory. Criminal Law-Rudstein Scheduled for Tuesday, May 22 at 9 a.m (incorrectly scheduled for Mon., Ma Rooms 203, 204 (non-smoking), Room 223 (smoking). The Law School Record April 23, 1990 Summer 1990 Catherine Marie was born at 1:59 p.m. on April 17. She weighed nine pounds, 12 ounces and Copies of the syllabus for Professor Hylton's was 20 inches long. Parents and child are all fine. summer semester class, Main Themes in Ameri­ can History, are available from Ms. VLonda Jones on the Fifth Floor. STAFF NEWS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Fall 1990 ADMISSIONS/FINANCIAL AID Course Description Lesley Ann Oshiek, the new Assistant Director of Admissions/Financial Aid, will be available for appointments and consultation about financial aid LAW607, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL matters starting Monday. April 23. If you would HISTORY: RACE AND AMERICAN LAW like to schedule an appointment with her, please stop by the Admissions Office, Room 307, or call SEMINAR - FALL SEMESTER 312-567-5012. Lesley Ann's office will be located MONDAYS, 4 - 6 P.M. in the Downtown Center. PROFESSOR GORDON HYLTON The seminar will address the historical role of CONFERENCE ON PC STRATEGIES racial distinctions in America law. Topics dis­ FOR LAWYERS cussed will include the law of slavery; the place of slavery in the Constitution of 1787; the original liT Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Ameri­ understanding of the post-Civil War constitutional can Bar Association will present a seminar titled amendments; the law of racial segregation; the Computers as Your Expert Partner on Friday, NAACP campaign to abolish legal segregation; May 4, at the First Chicago Center, Madison and the civil rights movement; and affirmative action. Dearborn streets. This program, the Fifth Annual Although some attention will be paid to Chinese­ PC Strategies for Lawyers conference, is held in and Japanese-Americans, the primary focus of the conjunction with the First National Bank of Chica­ seminar will be the African-American experience. go and the ABA Section of Law Practice Manage­ A research paper is required in lieu of an exam. ment. At the conference, the leading developers of FACULTY NEWS computer programs that automate substantive law systems will examine, describe, demonstrate and On April 13, Professor Jeffrey Sherman was dissect their software. ' interviewed on the 4 p.m. news broadcast on WLS-TV (Channel 7) lnconnection with a recent A limited number of Chicago-Kent students can Illinois probate case. .be accommodated at the conference without charge. (The standard registration fee is $350.) Professor Ronald W. Staudt has been selected Please note, however, that this complimentary as a National Reviewer for the Fourth Annual registration does not include a copy of the confer­ EDUCOM/NCRIPTAL Higher Education Software ence materials, Which are printed by the ABA. Award Competition. Professor Staudt will review educational software submitted to the awards Students who would like to attend the conference competition by law professors. The national must contact Theda Mickey by May 1 at ext. panel will meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on June 6800. 23-26 to select award winners, write citations for distinguished and best entries and plan the 1991 awards competition. Professor Martin Malin and his wife, Joyce u Willenborg, have a new addition to their family. 2 The Law School Record April 23, 1990 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CONSTRUC­ Second-year evening students may also partici­ TION KICK-OFF CELEBRATION pate in the write-on Program. The Law Review will explain the write-on program at two informa­ On Saturday, May 12, the liT Chicago-Kent Alum­ tional meetings: ni Association will sponsor a Construction Kick-Off Celebration to commemorate the groundbreaking Tuesday, April 24, at 11:45 a.m. in Room 642; for the new liT Downtown Center. All students and are invited to attend at a reduced price of $20 per Wednesday, April 25, at 5 p.m. in Room 642. person. The party will be held under a tent at the new building site at Jefferson and Adams streets. Each meeting will last no longer than one hour. The evening will begin with a reception (open bar) Those who cannot attend should stop by the Law at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. Review Office, Room 331, with any questions. Construction hard hats, with the law school's logo, will be given to all guests. Paul Price, '71, president of the Alumni Association, will present RESEARCH ASSISTANTS SOUGHT the Professional Achievement Award to Thomas Demetrio, '73, and the Distinguished Service From: Professor Hylton Award to Judith Munson, '76. Interim Dean Joan Summer Research Assistant Steinman and President-Elect Lewis Callens will also make remarks. Dancing to the Grady John­ Professor Gordon Hylton is looking for a research son Band will cap off the evening. If you would assistant for the summer. Some background in like to attend, contact Sandy in the Alumni Rela­ American History would be helpful. Interested tions office, Room 319, or call 567-5766. students should submit a resume (hand-written okay) by May 1 to Professor Hylton in Room 510. LEGAL PHILOSOPHY SYMPOSIUM From: Professor Hablutzel Students are Invited to attend the Symposium on Summer Research Assistant Classical Philosophy and the American Con­ stitutional Order that will be held on Tuesday, Professor Philip Hablutzel is seeking either one May 22, at the law school. The program will bring student for 40 hours per week or two students for together several of North America's. leading 20 hours per week each for the summer to re­ scholars in political and legal philosophy to search the law of limited partnerships, corpora­ explore the meaning of classical philosophy and tions and the taxation of such entities. The its relevance to contemporary government and research will lead to the drafting of a statute law. The symposium is being sponsored by the creating limited liability companies for Illinois. law school in conjunction with the Chicago-Kent Please submit a resume to Barbara Washington, Law Review. Room 626, and state whether you are available for full-time or half-time work. The $50 registration fee ($75 after May 11) will be waived for students who choose not to attend the buffet luncheon and reception being held in From: Professor Rudstein conjunction with the. symposium. For more information, contact Bill Morse on the Third Floor, Summer Research Assistant ext. 5961. Professor David Rudstein is seeking one or two first- or second-year students to work approxi­ LAW REVIEW mately 20 hours per week each during the sum­ mer as research assistants.
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