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Courtesy of US News & World Report Entertainment 8 By: Cause of Action Editorial Board dismissed out of court. That law suit was in full When the graduating 3Ls started classes at DePaul swing at the time that DePaul College of Law College of Law in the fall of 2010, the school was reported its 2011 employment placement statistics. ranked 84 by U.S. News and World Report. DePaul's The College of Law has sprung to action this 2013-2014 Executive latest ranking was a dismal 109. That‘s a 23 percent spring with the announcement of the 2014 ranking 12 decrease, but what does this actually mean about the of 109. Dean Gregory Mark held two town hall and Editorial Boards value of a DePaul Law degree? meetings to discuss the rankings drop and The drop in rankings, at least in some part, is due to professors and deans formed committees to DePaul's post-graduation employment rate. This was explore possible reactions to the news. Students are the first year that U.S. News and World Report invited to participate in the following committees: considered employment rates at the date of Student Life (examining the student handbook - Special points of graduation rather than 9 months out. The 16 percent what works and what doesn't), Curriculum interest: employment statistic reflects the number of graduates (particularly examining 1L curriculum), Legal Skills in 2011 who had accepted a legal-preferred job at Programs (clinics and externships), and Academic graduation. This statistic is quite accurate as just and Professional Development (rankings).  Interview with Dean earlier this year, a class action lawsuit alleging that Cause of Action wanted to continue that debate in Bill Chamberlain of DePaul had misreported its employment numbers was this month‘s Demon‘s Advocate. LCS Continued on Page 4  A Letter to my 1L Party in the City Where the Heat is On (Not Yet) Self By: Goli Rahimi ‘14 Fest is one of Chicago‘s most hope you can help me by attending the Someone told me that finals are exciting (free) public concerts. Did I following:  2012-13 Service less than two weeks away, so I‘m mention it‘s free? 1. Fat Pig at Steppenwolf (May 28 – Award Winners just going to ignore that and talk 3. Rib Fest (July 5-7) Uptown – I June 16) – this is one of the most about summertime. don‘t need to explain this one. inappropriate, shallow, painfully  Demon‘s Advocate: Summer in Chicago is one of the 4. Taste of Chicago (July 10-14) Grant hilarious plays you will ever see. It‘s USNWR Rankings most exhilarating experiences. You Park – lol jk, don‘t go to this unless like Book of Mormon without song (also can spend an entire weekend going you like overpriced corn on the cob go see that).  Boston Bombings to free concerts, seeing new plays, and sweating. 2. Big Lake, Big City at Lookingglass laughing at improv, sampling new 5. Lollapalooza (Aug 2-4) Grant Park Theatre Company (begins June 19) –  Breed-Specific foods, and still not put a dent in – Only here because I knew I‘d get from the writer of House of Cards and your Chicago Summer To-Do List. yelled at if I omitted it, but I guess Mad Men and directed by David Legislation If you‘re at a loss as to where to it‘ll be pretty cool. Especially if you Schwimmer, this Chicago-centered start, check out some of my got overexcited and spent $200 on a play is filled with shady characters and  Developing Chicago favorites: one-day pass from Stubhub. ridiculous plot lines. Food Truck Laws 1. Millennium Park Saturday Morning Concerts, food, workouts, what 3. 100 Proof Comedy at ComedySportz Workouts (June 8-August 31) – for else? I‘ve saved my favorites for last. (Monday nights, tickets $10) – laughing  April Movie Reviews all you exercise lovers, head over I owned my own theatre company is fun; I like it. to Millennium Park every Saturday prior to law school and if I had a If these don‘t tickle your fancy, make  Making a Deal with morning for free Pilates, Zumba, Tai dime for every time I heard ―theatre sure you check out Metromix, Red- the Devil Chi, and Yoga classes. is a dying art‖ I probably wouldn‘t Eye, Chicago Reader, Facebook, or 2. Chicago Blues Fest (June 6-9) need to go to law school. I would just Google ―stuff to do in Chicago Grant Park – the 30th Annual Blues like to eliminate this rumor, and I because that article in Cause of Action didn‘t really tickle anything of mine.‖ Page 2 DePaul News & Events Dean Bill Chamberlain on What LCS can do for You By: Joseph Homsy, ’14 over to the City of Chicago Law Department are the ones that will get the available jobs. Law Career Ser- for about seven years. Then, I turned my atten- People can come to the programs, see the vices is there to help tion to career services, and worked at John steps they have to take, meet with us, and us get jobs and send Marshall, the University of North Carolina, and follow those steps to get those jobs. us on our merry way. Northwestern before coming to DePaul this JH: What about the recently released US At least, that‘s what past June. World and News Report law school rankings? we think. After JH: What did you like about practicing law? BC: I think it will only affect prospective spending some time BC: I liked interacting with the people, which I students. There are a few big firms that will with Dean Bill Cham- did a lot of when I did the estate planning. Even look at the rankings, but apart from them, the berlain, I found myself though I liked that, I found that I wasn‘t that rankings won‘t affect the job search. Obvious- thinking about it an- interested in estate planning, because a lot of it ly, people in law schools, other academics, other way. LCS is was tax. So I decided that, long term, the best and prospective students will care, but for the there to provide a Professor Emily Cauble thing for me was not practicing law, but actually current students who are here, it‘s the same service to us, to help Dean Bill Chamberlain helping law students. That‘s when I got into as it has always been. The people who are us find jobs, but it‘s career services and never looked back. proactive and going out to find a job will find our responsibility to work to get that job. JH: What does Law Career Services envision their job. People won‘t get jobs based on the Read on for more of Dean Chamberlain‘s as its goal, or mission, for the students? rankings, but they will get them based on thoughts on the matter. BC: Our goal is to connect to the students, their experiences and contacts. The more Joseph Homsy: What is your background? because we want them to come to the events experience you have, the more likely you are Bill Chamberlain: I‘m from upstate New and the programs for their benefit. If they to be employed. Our job is to generate any York, but I‘ve been in Chicago about thirty don‘t take advantage of all these meetings with opportunities we can for the students. Once years. I went to Cornell University for under- alumni they could miss out on an opportunity we get students the information about those grad, got a Masters Degree at Purdue, worked to get their foot in the door. Our first goal is jobs, they have to take the initiative, apply and on a PhD. at UT-Austin, and got a law degree to get people to come to our events and then, hopefully get accepted. from Northwestern. Between my PhD. and my set up one-on-one meetings, so we can set up a JH: Finally, what sets DePaul students apart J.D., I was a professional singer for a few years, strategy from day one of their law school ca- from students at other law schools?? singing at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago. reer. And, second, we want to make sure that BC: DePaul students are a really tight knit After law school, I worked at Schiff Harden for people know about the opportunities available group and they don‘t feel entitled to anything. a few years doing some estate planning real to them. What it comes down to is which They work hard and that really pays off in the estate, and environmental law and then went students are the most assertive, because they end.

Things I’d Love to See at Diversity Week Next Year

By: Rachael Dickson ‘15 feels able to contribute. not ordinarily see at a Catholic school, such as I'm an idealist - even where things seem to be I'd also love to see students more actively Law Students for Reproductive Justice. excellent, I'd always like to see them get better. involved in an exchange of thoughts and One issue in discussing diversity in an aca- SBA's Diversity Week this year was great, but I ideas as well. They don't need to be solely demic setting is the huge amount of topics think it can improve next year. I have often focused on the law. I remember a potluck at available but the limited time to cover them. heard peers express a disconnect with the my undergrad encouraged students to bring The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which I wan- whole idea of diversity. How can a white heter- dishes from their childhood or heritage - dered across a few times when I was living in osexual cisgendered law student from a privi- with results ranging from mac and cheese to Washington, D.C. area, focuses on three main leged background relate to diversity? soup made from pumpkin seeds. topics a year. This upcoming year, they're look- What is diversity? Why is diversity something DePaul itself has a rich history of diversity ing at Hungarian Heritage, endangered lan- we should work to achieve? I would love to see waiting to be mined. I remember hearing on guages and cultures, and African American identi- a panel discussing this. Let's pull in professors my school tour that DePaul was one of the ty. I think this concept of taking an in depth look at with expertise in cases that address diversity in first law schools to allow Jewish students. specific issues could be transferred to our Diversity higher education. Let's invite attorneys from law I‘ve met an attorney whose mother graduat- Week as well. These topics could run the gamut firms with diversity initiatives to discuss why ed from DePaul Law in the 1930s. I am so from Chicago's Polish culture to diversity policies in they value it so much. Maybe we can even pull curious to know more. I'd love to learn big law firms. in a sociologist to talk about diversity from a more about that history and the Vincentian Again, from my experience with this year's scientific viewpoint. An unflinching academic philosophy that led to such diverse policies. Diversity Week, it was really fantastic. But with look at what we're discussing would set the This philosophy is what lies behind the ap- such an important topic, I really hope that our tone for a diversity week to which everyone proval of student organizations you might efforts to cover it only improve in the future. Volume I, Issue IV Page 3

Gold Stars and High Fives: A Letter to 1Ls

By: Leah Farmer ‘13 Dance‖ here, but I am pretty sure I‘d lose worked with and the opportunities I had, but Who am I? I am a graduating 3L. I laugh at inap- some friends over that choice). Figure out I also love naps and free time. I should have propriate times. I turn on a Southern drawl if I how to make the time you have left in school given myself more room to breath in my 2L think it will help in a situation. I am an untested fun. Travel. Try a strange class. Do a study year. pacifist. I am both the same person I was in 2010 abroad. Just don‘t get to the end and realize Give back. It does not matter how you do it, as an entering 1L and a completely new person. the only thing you did was sit in the law li- but don‘t go through law school without giv- What would I say if I could talk to 1L Leah? brary. ing back some way. Whether you volunteer I think I might just give her a high five, a ―go Hold onto your friends in 2L and 3L years. The or just dedicate yourself to being the best team‖ slap on the ass (come on, who wouldn‘t nice thing about 1L year is that you and all of darn mentor to the new 1Ls next year, you‘ll want to slap herself on the ass?), or at the very your friends have the same classes. That will feel better about your day when you brighten least, a gold star. Why? Law school is difficult, change in the later years. It will be hard to someone else‘s! stressful, competitive and filled with unknowns. I track down the people in person that always Celebrate the victories. Sometimes in law school have learned that you have to be nice to your- know just what to say to make that bad day (or in other competitive environments) your self. I also think you have to remember that law better. Do it anyway. It‘s worth it. successes can make things weird for other school is not just about learning the law—it's also Learn when to say yes and when to say no. Is people. Get rid of those people. Or, you can about learning who you want to be. So, what is there a networking event coming up where feel too busy or too stressed to celebrate an my advice to you as you finish your first year? you won‘t know anyone? Say yes and go any- important accomplishment. Celebrate anyway. Cultivate new experiences. You have the opportuni- way. Push your boundaries. There will never Now, I am not saying you should do your ty to take these three years in school and do so be another time in your legal career where very own discount double-check end-zone many things with them. The relationships and you have the free awkward pass that is hand- dance in everyone‘s faces, but don‘t be afraid experiences that you have will define your memo- ed out to all law students. Attorneys know to toot your own horn. Just learn how to do ries for a lifetime. So yes, definitely study and be we don‘t know what we are doing and they so graciously. If you need pointers, let me diligent, but also make some choices that keep don‘t care. Just give it a try. However, when know. I am sure I have a Miss Manners book you sane and build you up as a person (I thought that seventh executive board asks you to join? somewhere. At the very least, give yourself a about just inserting the lyrics to ―I Hope You Say no. I loved all the organizations that I pat on the ass or a gold star—it‘s well earned.

Congratulations to 2012 -2013 Service Award Winners

2013 Benjamin Hooks Distinguished 2013 President’s Award Winners Dean’s Certificate of Pro Bono Service Public Service Award Winners (Non-graduates with 200+ hours of service (For completing 50+ hours of legal service) (Graduates who have earned 200+ hours of service) Rasheda Armstrong Colleen Hurley Emily Cannata Bethany Nystrom Kyle Brennan Caroline O‘Connell Azeema Akram Lance Johnson Sabrina Elliott Maria De Fatima Parente Javier Castro Bianca Pucci Cailee Alderman Courtney Kelledes Katherine Gilliard Marie Silver Erin Calandriello Catherine Ryan Robert Alexander Julie Kim Daniel Korso Cami Taylor Cathleen Doolan Forrest Sumlar Ryan Leal Deanna Yaeger Nour Bahrani Stephanie Kuhlmann Stephanie Fuller Daniel Watkins Courtney Morso Rebecca Birger Kevin Lall Roberto Hernandez Jeffrey Boucher Erin Lavery Dean’s Certificate of Service Katherine Calhoun Catherine Leonard 2013 Chancellor’s Award Winners (For completing 50+ of non-legal service) Robert Casey Allyson Martin (for completing 100+ hours of Service) Adenike Adubifa Lindsay Jurgensen Peter Chambers Rachel Milos Jason Agrimonti Mathew Kerbis Geraldine Arruela Kinza Khan Kelly Craig Jordan Mobley Rachel Brown Stephanie Mulcahy Cynthia Bedrosian Christina Kurow Michelle Cass Douglas Persoon Ryan DeGroot Jason Newton Meghan Bonham Talen Mack Brandon Clark Evan Powell Sean Dutton Flavia Pocari Gabriel Borges Marina Merjan Megan Davis Cortney Redman Kelli Fennell Victor Price Marcela Castillo Jodi Myskiw Matthew Dostal Lee Robbins Ashley DeVeaux Monica Racia Sarah Gorham Sean Price Britt Florin Elliott Robinson Nerissa Diaz Jessica Robinson Kathleen Groark Michael Puthoff Katherine Galbraith Michael Santomauro Katie Filous Andrew Sanchez Anita Gupta Cristian Rich Samuel Gieryn Erin Sostock Angelica Griffin Hannah Scruton Kalyn Hill Susan Ritacca Margarita Gokhberg Martha Soto Erin Grotheer Stefani Silberstein Laura Horner Joseph Scott Sarah Hunter Samantha Staroba Lesley Gwam John Slagle Darron Hubbard Elizabeth Stubbins Samuel Jackson Danielle Stevens Brian Jant Ashley Steinhoff Michael Ibrahim Samuel Keen Robin Wagner Justin Joseph Ana Valenzuela Guy Keller Sarah Wilson

Page 4 Editorials The Demon’s Advocate The Demon‘s Advocate is an ―opposing viewpoints‖ column which seeks to explore the varying opinions in a balanced pro/con debate. The column encourages critical thinking and issue awareness by providing opposing views on a contentious legal issue.

This Month’s Topic: U.S. News & World Report Rankings drop—Should I be worried about my DePaul College of Law degree?

By: Steven O’Connor ‘15 By: Pasquale Neri ‘14 The city of Chicago is home to one For the past two years, we have of the most crowded legal markets in studied the law. We know how to the nation. Between the University of strictly scrutinize a statute in order to Chicago, Northwestern, Kent, Loyola, see if it passes constitutional muster. DePaul, and John Marshall, roughly Copyright students like myself know 1,000 new attorneys hit the bricks what is and what is not eligible for every November looking for jobs. Each protection. Administrative process and every advantage a newly minted students know how to figure out just J.D. can get counts, which is why many how much ―process‖ one is ―due‖ of us were so disappointed by the Col- before he or she can be deprived of lege of Law‘s freefall in the rankings. Admittedly, DePaul was never life, liberty, or property. DePaul has taught us (and taught us to playing in the same league as any school except Loyola and John Mar- teach ourselves) the very same law that students learn at schools like shall; even prior to the new rankings, DePaul was holding a steady fifth Yale. I‘ll say this: I know we can apply the parole evidence rule just as well as those Ivy Leaguers. of six schools in the city. But this hardly makes a drop inconsequen- Over the past two years, we have learned a lot about ourselves, tial...our national profile, as well as our reputation among prospective both personally and professionally. We have tried our hands at a students, has certainly been tarnished. wide variety of new challenges. We have been able to sharpen our It is difficult to find exact figures on how the rankings affect poten- interests. We have been forced to reevaluate the way we approach tial hires. But there is one constant: the further from number one, certain situations, projects, or problems. DePaul has given us a new number ten, or past one hundred, the worse the employment figures lens through which, at times, to view the world. I‘ll say this: that lens become. would be exactly the same coming from any other school. To be sure, the rankings are more reactive than proactive. No During the past two years, I have met people who I am proud to school that reports excellent employment numbers then takes a tum- call friends, colleagues, and mentors. I have watched as fellow stu- ble in the rankings. The chicken in this case, very clearly comes before dents have accomplished great feats—for themselves, for the school, the egg. However, to the extent that rankings can control the future and for humanity. I have listened as my classmates answered ques- of a law school and its graduates, USNWR does a fine job. When tions in class, adding to my understanding of the subject and helping rankings drop, the quality of the applicant pool is diminished. While me develop my own arguments. I have struggled as my professors Dean Burns and the rest of his colleagues in the Admissions Depart- pushed me to close the circle. DePaul has made this possible. I‘ll say ment are undoubtedly scrambling to hold on to the highest quality this: I can't imagine building stronger or more enjoyable relation- admitted students they can, some are sent running for the hills (or, ships at any other school. more accurately, Loyola). Elise [Last name withheld], an incoming 1L, But now a group of fellow lawyers—prestigious people all—have was admitted to both DePaul and Loyola. After seeing the new rank- compiled an ordered list, and that list tries to tell us that a legal ings, she chose Loyola, saying, ―I just looked at the numbers. Loyola education from DePaul isn‘t as valuable as it used to be. I‘d like to actually makes the most sense.‖ thank that group for its concern, but I really don‘t care what they That conversation is undoubtedly happening many times over as have to say. students begin to submit tuition deposits. If a law school can only I‘ve drank with my professors in foreign countries, talking politics attract lower-tier applicants, employers are going to take notice, and and sports and life and law until four in the morning. I‘ve discussed begin to look elsewhere to fill their vacancies. LSAT averages drop, my career with the Dean of the school, multiple times. I probably GPA averages drop, employment rates fall, and DePaul becomes the could have transferred to a higher ranked school, but I didn‘t, and I ―backup school‖ of the Chicago area. Each of those, by the way, are was rewarded with the ability to challenge myself by writing an arti- measures used by U.S. News when they compile the rankings. By not cle about the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering—getting attracting higher quality applicants, the rankings, and the numbers they feedback from an eminently qualified professor in the process. I are based upon, become a self-fulfilling prophecy. While it‘s probable spotted a gap in the student organizations here on campus and am in that this downward spiral won‘t affect any student currently reading the process of filling it, allowing me to leave my mark on the school this paper, the legacy of this institution is in jeopardy. and open the door for a breadth of opportunities Continued on Page 10 Continued on Page 10 Volume I, Issue IV Page 5 Boston Marathon Bombing: One Suspect Dead, One in Custody, Many Legal Questions

By Mike Hornback ‘15 eyewitnesses who were able to identify the charged him with the use of a weapon of On Monday April 15, our nation experi- bothers as the bombers. mass destruction. This formal charge also enced the horrific results of what few deter- Upon the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, it answers the question of whether or not he mined individuals are capable of executing. was quickly reported that he was not read his would be tried by a military court as an The Boston Marathon attack was the worst Miranda rights. The government said that this enemy combatant, but still leaves open the bombing on U.S. soil since the nation wen on had not violated Tsarnaev‘s rights and defended questions of whether or not Massachusetts high alert following the events of September this omission by using the public safety excep- will try Tsarnaev on other charges, and if the 11, 2001. The resulting images distributed on tion. As Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer said, death penalty, which is available in the feder- television and social media of the Boston Mar- ―[However] should this case proceed to trial, al charges, will be sought.. athon Bombing share much in common with and the government wish to use the pre- With our astute legal minds, we know that the images that are ingrained into our collec- Miranda statement, we can expect litigation Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is entitled to a fair trial tive memory of an airliner crashing into The around the applicability of the public safety before his peers. As with previous instances World Trade Centers. From the time of the exception to a wider range of circumstances of mass killings, the Federal Courts have the first explosions that left three dead and over than those originally contemplated by the Su- ability to change the venue as they did with 170 injured, to the death of one brother and preme Court.‖ the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy the capture of the other brother suspected to As the investigation surrounding the bombing McVeigh. Whether or not changing venues be responsible for the bombing, a mere 101 continues, it is certain that many more legal will be enough to assure a fair trial is a ques- hours had passed. The proliferation of camer- issues will rise. A few of the legal issues were tion that will only be answered with the as in our modern society played an integral settled on April 22,, when a federal magistrate passage of time. part in the capture of the suspects, as did stood before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and formally

Sorry I Can’t Help You, I’m Only a Law Student

By Dana O’Leary ‘15 them about their legal problems, but you back to you,‖ can be enough to give that per- Most of the time, being a law student is pretty have to do it, for the sake of your future- son a reasonable expectation that you‘re acting cool. You get to brag to other people about lawyer-self. Don‘t make your refusal more as their lawyer. If that person waits around for how interesting law school is, and feel superior awkward by being rude or mean to the per- you to get back to them until the statute of to lay people who know far less about the law son to whom you‘re speaking. As Professor limitations runs out and his or her claim is than you do. However, when your friends and Michael Jacobs puts it, ―You don‘t have to be barred, there‘s a good chance that you‘ll be family start asking you how to solve their legal cold.‖ He suggests that students should tell defending a malpractice lawsuit in the future. problems, and your doorman asks you to repre- family and friends that you sympathize with All of this is not to say that you should com- sent him in a totally frivolous lawsuit, law stu- them, but you are still a student, and it is pletely disown the idea of helping friends and dent life becomes more annoying and awkward ethically wrong for students to give legal family with their legal problems – this will be than cool. At times, it can be tempting to give advice. If these people care about you, they okay once you are an actual lawyer. Professor these people legal advice. However, unless you should understand. Mark Weber says that students should, ―make want to be sued for malpractice and possibly Professor Mark Moller delves even deeper sure to develop [their] network of friends and never being able to sit for the bar, it is probably into the ethical side of giving out legal advice family.‖ He explains that family and friend con- best to keep your newfound legal expertise to as a law student. As Professor Moller states, tacts are often very important, and once you yourself. ―Beginning lawyers fail to realize that you can are a lawyer many cases can come your way I spoke with three DePaul Law professors to be deemed to be in a lawyer/client relation- through these people. But take care to never get advice from them on how to handle these ship with someone if there is ambiguity about give these people legal advice until you are a types of questions. All three had one sentiment the nature of the relationship.‖ That means, licensed attorney. Until then, do not give any- in common: be honest. Yes, it can be awkward when someone asks you if they have a case, one casual legal advice, ever. to tell a family member that you can‘t advise an answer as simple as, ―I don‘t know, I‘ll get Page 6

The Bitcoin Conspiracy: Tulip Bubble of the 21st Century

By: Mike Hornback ’15 preferred this digital mathematically based cur- of them, 21 million to be exact. Once all 21 If you are not famil- rency because it retains the anonymity of cash million Bitcoins are mined, no more Bitcoins iar with what a Bitcoin while being able to be spent online. can be introduced into the economy. Having is, you are not alone. All the hoopla surrounding Bitcoins in recent a finite amount of a currency gives specula- Simply put, Bitcoins weeks has been due to the astonishing rise in tors one more value to plug into their finan- are a digital, mathe- value. The first commercial transaction involving cial calculations. This simplifies speculation, as matical currency. Bitcoins happened in May 2010, when one long as there is a demand for the Bitcoins the Bitcoins are not mint- Bitcoin user paid 10,000 Bitcoins for a pizza value will more than likely not go down be- ed, but rather they are delivery. Back then, each Bitcoin was worth a cause more Bitcoins cannot just be made. ―mined.‖ This means that they are not fraction of $.01. The price for that pizza would This allows for a relatively small amount of backed by any precious metals, national cen- equal to $1.7million according to exchange rates large traders to manipulate the market. This tral banks, or governments. Mining Bitcoins on April 10, 2013. The value of this currency is most likely what caused a 61% fall from its requires computers to solve ever more diffi- has increased by over 1000% since the beginning peak value of $266 as holders of Bitcoins cult mathematical proofs. The mining process of this year and in its totality is worth over $1.8 started to cash in on April 10th, 2013. This is requires energy consumption meant to be billion. where it gets scary. Bitcoins are in demand greater than the value of the Bitcoin. This is The sudden rise in Bitcoin value caused by because, other than investment opportunities, to ensure the finite amount of Bitcoins will Cypriot citizens withdrawing money from sav- of the anonymity it offers. No other currency not be discovered until the year 2140. As of ings accounts to avoid E.U. imposed taxes and in the world allows for secure online transac- April 14, 2013, the estimated power con- buying Bitcoins. This makes sense, as with a tions the way Bitcoins do. sumption for mining surpassed $150,000 per commodity that has a finite amount, when the Just about anything can be purchased with day while Bitcoin miners were making an commodity becomes scarce, the value increases. Bitcoins, for example an individual in the U.S. estimated $467,000 per day. The value of a The value of a Bitcoin is published by Bitcoin bought a 2007 Porsche Cayman S valued at Bitcoin is determined completely its demand. exchanges such as Mt.Gox. These exchanges $39,000 for 300 Bitcoins. Due to the ano- Bitcoin‘s first taste of mainstream coverage are necessary for the Bitcoin economy, but are nymity, not only can Bitcoins make money came during the 2012 Presidential Elections. self-regulated and not accountable. At a certain laundering extremely easy but any transaction TechnologyA group of computer and Social hackers Media:tried to extort Rape Culturepoint, the Friend increase or in valueFoe? was noticed by spec- can become nearly untraceable. Bitcoins may $2million in Bitcoin from presidential candi- ulators and that‘s when large investors came in. soon become the perfect avenue for circum- date Mitt Romney. That was the price the Bitcoin is merging the world of anonymity venting restrictions on drugs, guns, and coun- hackers demanded to not release Mitt Rom- with financial speculation. Bitcoins differ from terfeit products, and even more heinous ney‘s tax returns. Computer hackers have other currency because there is a finite amount crimes.

Technology and Social Media: Rape Culture, Friend or Foe? By: Marina Merjan, ‘15 prosecution‘s evidence. The prosecution used By now, the gruesome events that tran- the digital and social media record to recon- spired on the night of August 11, 2012 in struct the events of the night, a strategy that Steubenville, Ohio are so familiar to us that proved successful— the judge convicted both the stomach-churning details hardly need boys on all charges. DePaul Law Professor recounting. That night 16-year-old Jane Doe, Deborah Tuerkheimer aptly summed up the unconscious after a night of partying and outcome: ―Despite untoward attacks on the drinking with her peers, was dragged from girl‘s character, there was some measure of party to party while Trent Mays, 17, and justice in the end.‖ Ma‘lik Richmond, 16, took turns sexually According to FORCE, an activist effort pro- assaulting and raping her. Not a single wit- moted to defeating the culture of rape by ness to the events came to Doe‘s aid; on the promoting a culture of consent, rape culture contrary some of them photographed and exists when people are ―surrounded with videotaped the rapes, tweeted, and texted images, language, laws, and other everyday about them. ―Yeah dude, she was like a dead phenomena that validate and perpetuate body. I just wanted some sexual attention.‖ rape.‖ In the aftermath of the Steubenville This was a text that Mays sent to one of his verdict, a distinct rhetoric emerged relating to Used under an Attribution Non-Commercial Creative Com- friends on the night he raped Steubenville‘s the role of social media and technology as mons License, Photo by Flickr User IntelFreePress Jane Doe. evidence in criminal cases: namely, that one This text is just one example of the dual should be cautious about which images are ―No pictures should have been sent out, let and diametrically opposed roles that social captured and how they are shared. alone be taken.‖ This statement comprised the media and technology played in the Steuben- While this lesson is, in itself, increasingly heart of Trent Mays‘ apology to the court, the ville tragedy. In one sense they were instru- valid in an era of ubiquitous social media use, victim, and her family. So while some measure of ments used to perpetuate the rape culture it trivializes and detracts from the larger issue justice is better than no justice at all, we would do that plagues society; on the other hand, and lesson to be garnered from Steubenville: well as a society to start recognizing the idiosyn- because the victim had no recollection of that rape is a serious crime with many person- crasies of rape culture and rejecting the flawed the events that transpired on the night the al and social repercussions, and, if ever tempt- logic that perpetuates it. boys raped her, they became the crux of the ed, one would be better off simply not raping. Volume I, Issue IV Page 7 Punish Deeds, Not Breeds: Chicago’s Breed Specific Legislation

By: Mollie Peskind ‘14 legislation by using the ―Home Rule‖ power. Breed Specific Legislation is a trend that This is how Denver instituted a BSL over threatens our canine families. Breed Specific Colorado‘s prohibition of BSL. City officials Legislation, also referred to as ―BSL‖ are laws speak of hearing ―nothing but bad‖ results that regulate or ban certain breeds complete- from pitbull ownership. However, numerous ly, in hopes of reducing dog attacks. Regulat- veterinarians and trainers agree that a dog is ed breeds include: American Pit Bull Terrier, only as bad as its owner, and that aggression Staffordshire Terrier, Rottweiler, German comes from the socialization of the dog. Shepherd, and a variety of other breeds. Any Nothing makes pitbulls or other large breeds dog that contains a mix of a banned breed, or genetically more dangerous or aggressive. simply resembles these breeds, will be regu- As a result of strong opposition to Breed lated under BSL. Specific Legislation, the city of Chicago has There is no evidence, however, that BSL now said it will take measures that are not makes communities safer. While conducting a breed specific. The city will focus on cam- study of human fatalities resulting from dog paigning for dog registration, in order to hold bites, the Center for Disease Control finds negligent owners liable for dog attacks, re- that BSL is ineffective. The Center cites some gardless of breed. The city will begin cracking problems with BSL, including inaccurate dog down on unregistered dogs, and enforcing bite data, and difficulty identifying dog breeds leash laws. In the city of Chicago there is an (especially mixed breeds). Not only is the estimated dog population of nearly 500,000 An American Pit Bull Terrier. Used under a Attribution data inaccurate because of the difficulty in dogs, but only 30,000 are registered. After Non-Commercial Creative Commons License, identifying dog breeds, BSL also gives owners incidents such as the 2012 jogger attack, the Photo by Flickr User Eileen McFall, username Outlier* incentive to put their dogs into hiding rather city will start holding negligent owners ac- ate solution. than give up their canine family member; it countable, punishing the owners, rather than For now, it seems the discriminatory practice punishes good owners and dogs and gives the the dogs. of Breed Specific Legislation is not in the cards public a false sense of security. The truth about dog attacks is that roughly for Chicago. However, as long as there are care- This legislation can also add to the problem 97 percent of dogs involved in fatal dog at- less dog owners in Chicago, banning specific of encouraging ownership by irresponsible tacks were unneutered; unneutered dogs are breeds will always be an unfortunate possibility. people. For a certain segment of society own- 2.6 times more likely to bite than a neutered These negligent owners make it impossible for ing a banned breed of dog will bolster their dog. Furthermore, 78 percent of the dogs in the city to place liability on the owners, and self-image of living as an ―out-law.‖ dog bite cases were maintained not as pets, eventually the city will be pressured to place the While Illinois has banned the use of BSL, but for guarding, image enhancement, fighting, blame on the breeds. It is imperative that re- some Chicagoans have once again started or breeding. It should also be noted that 84 sponsible dog owners in Chicago support the city talking about lifting the state ban. As a result percent of ―dangerous dogs‖ were maintained in its mission to remain breed neutral in its dog of the 2012 New Year‘s Day attack of a jog- by reckless owners who abused or neglected regulation laws; let‘s punish the deed, not the ger by two dogs identified as pitbulls, serious them. Clearly breed discriminatory laws are breed. conversation has been ignited over whether not the answer to our dog bite issues, instead there should be a ban on the breed. Chicago punishing the people who are responsible for would be able to pass a BSL over the state creating aggressive dogs is a more appropri- Page 8 Arts & Entertainment Chicago Rolls Out New Food Truck Laws By: Pete Chambers ‘13 The Illinois Restaurant Association had long tion on the trucks themselves. Yet with any Did you hear the one about the guy who spearheaded the anti-food truck movement legislative compromise come inevitable losses. started a food truck in Chicago? . . . Yeah, because it were concerned about the liveli- The ordinances increased food truck licensing me neither. Until recently, the food truck hood of local restaurants. Speaking on their and penalty fees, limited a truck‘s hours of scene in this city was absolutely abysmal. behalf was Alderman Tom Tunney, owner of operation, mandated that all trucks be Several gourmet trucks were struggling to the Ann Sather chain of restaurants. After the equipped with a GPS tracking device, and, last get by under the city‘s health and sanitation Waguespack ordinances stalled in committee, but not least, kept in place the 200-foot buffer standards by serving food prepared and Tunney worked with Mayor Emanuel‘s office rule. The buffer rule states that trucks are not wrapped in an off-site kitchen. The food on new ordinances which, after great debate, allowed to park within 200 feet of a brick and truck ―lobby‖ first arose when Chef Matt passed 44-1 with one alderman abstaining from mortar restaurant with the exception of desig- Maroni of the GaztroTruck partnered with the vote. While several food truck owners nated food truck stands. On the day the ordi- Alderman Scott Waguespack to propose the called for Tunney‘s recusal from committee nance passed, Flirty Cupcakes famously tweet- first set of amendments to existing ordinanc- and a final vote on the issue, he remained ac- ed at Emanuel‘s office claiming that the ordi- es. Once they were able to prove that sever- tive in negotiations, even acknowledging his nance would ―kill the industry.‖ al food trucks met the city‘s strict cleanliness potential conflict of interest when he stated, While existing food truck operators saw the standards (some even to a higher extent than ―My long-term experience as a restaurateur 2012 ordinances as a potential death sentence their restaurant counterparts) their next provides valuable insight into the effect that for the industry, a new wave of local entrepre- challenge came from a powerful restaurant this legislation will have on our industry.‖ neurs saw the silver lining- cooking onboard lobby and a mostly-uncooperative city The most notable accomplishment coming meant that chefs could serve fresh, hot food. council. from the ordinances allowed for food prepara- Continued on Page 11 April Movie Reviews By: Crystal Montanez ‘15 E v i l D e a d Remakes have littered the current entertainment scene for a while now, and many have not lived up to the standard set by the original films that they try to emulate. As a result, moviegoers have been subjected to movies that make a mockery of the original films and take away from the magic that many of these franchises once had. While remakes and film adaptations are often synonymous with a bad movie experience, Evil Dead is one of the first in a long time that does not leave a bad taste in your mouth. However, if you planned on eating during the film you are better off waiting until after it‘s over. Evil Dead begins like most horror films do, in a setting that starts out peaceful and fun, but is one mistake away from unleashing a great evil. The film brings together several fresh-face actors that evoke the traditional quality from horror franchises past, and is only one of the few reasons why Evil Dead is a great modern remake. The actors successfully allow viewers to feel as though what is occurring to them could easily happen to anyone, no matter how far-fetched. The film is not for those with a weak stomach as blood and gore permeate the film,. Evil Dead is especially refreshing because even if you have seen the original, the movie does not come off as predictable, but amounts to a very entertaining experience. Courtesy of Ghost House G.I. Joe Retaliation

Movie adaptations continue to dominate the current movie entertainment experience, and unfortunately many of these movies contain more in terms of action than a well-developed story. Directors and writers would rather fill the screen with explosions and beautiful women than actually give viewers movies worth seeing. G.I. Joe is the par- adigm of a unimaginative, horribly written film that lacks any authenticity and disgraces the franchise name. To make matters worse, the movie added a last-minute application of 3D technology that exemplifies the many reasons why I hope the 3D craze soon becomes extinct. The 3D in the film creates a blurring effect in many of the scenes that takes away from the experience and will surely give many viewers a headache. While the film definitely delivers with explosions, strong heroines, and a big name star, the plot fails in many areas and changes several storylines to great- ly depart from the original G.I. Joe franchise. It is painfully apparent that Dwayne Johnson, the lead, has been involved in too many films recently because his acting is lackluster and emotionless. As long as you walk in the thea- ter with the understanding that all you are going to get is a little plot with a lot of action, then this movie is perfect for you. However, save yourself the three dollars and headache, and watch the film without the 3D. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Volume I, Issue IV Page 9 Call on Chrissie – Everyone’s Freaking in the Final Stretch

By: Chrissie White ‘14 find yourselves getting off-track frequently? Sur- The anxiety comes over us, and suddenly we Dear Chrissie, round yourself with people who will encourage can‘t even think straight enough to decide Things are starting to get real. The stress of you to dig deeper and get things done. If you‘re which book to crack open. Sometimes you finals has set in, and it seems like my class- just hanging out with your besties, save it for just need a break, and you are the only one mates are even more stressed out this semes- after the last final. who knows when and how often you need ter than they were last semester. Any advice 2. Make a to-do list every day, but cut out the one. Do what you need to do to calm down, for this final push? I‘m freaking. Everyone‘s frills. Put items on the list that actually worked and then get back to it. freaking! for you last semester. Maybe add a few things 5. Think about the big picture. For some, Sincerely, that you should have done as well, and make the goal is Law Review. For others, it‘s a law Too busy to come up with a catchy sign-off actual efforts to do them. Just don‘t let the list degree. Either way, when you look back on get so long that it‘s impossible to finish. That will your first year, you should be proud of how Dear Too Busy, add stress where it shouldn‘t have been in the far you‘ve come. Things can get stressful this time of year, but first place. Well, Too Busy, I don‘t want to minimize I can tell you this: in just a few weeks it will be 3. Step away from the student lounge. If the importance of final exams, but I realize over. Leave it all on the field. Use these last you‘re ever caught in a situation where every- that time is precious, so I will keep this one couple weeks to prepare yourself as well as one around you is complaining about how many short. Like Usher said on one of the most possible so you can walk away knowing you hours they‘ve spent outlining and how they recent episodes of The Voice, which I enjoyed did all you could to get the best grades you haven‘t slept in days, and you‘re feeling like a watching during a much-needed break from can. Here are a few tips to help you make the slacker because yaou aren‘t so hardcore, just schoolwork, ―Luck favors the prepared.‖ most of the time you have left to prepare: politely make up an excuse and get the heck out You‘ve got this. 1. Carefully consider your clique. Has your of there. All the best, study group been making progress, or do you 4. Take care of yourself. We‘ve all been there. Chrissie No Summary Judgment for the Devil

By: Magdalena Serafin ‘15 Ultimately, in the movie, Elliot folds under the are satisfied here. With special thanks to Professor Wayne Lewis for devil‘s pressure and makes his final wish, which The devil may try to undermine the doc- his input and analysis. turns out to satisfy a clause voiding the contract trine by arguing for preclusion of evidence Let‘s say you sold your soul in exchange for because the wish is selfless. However, if Elliot of Elliot‘s oral statement of purpose under your heart‘s desire. You then get exactly what had stuck to his guns and refused to make the parol evidence. However, as the contract is you wish for, but in a way that leaves the point wish, would the devil succeed in a breach-of- signed in California, its extremely lenient of your wish unsatisfied- or even completely shot contract action against him? Under the frustra- rule of admissibility would likely apply, and to hell. Under the common law of contracts, do tion-of-purpose doctrine, likely not. the evidence would at the very least make it you get to keep your ticket to the pearly gates, Per the Restatement of Contracts Section 265, before a judge, if not all the way to the jury. or do you have to give the devil his due? ―Where, after a contract is made, a party‘s prin- Elliot‘s odds of a successful affirmative The best example of ―be careful what you wish cipal purpose is substantially frustrated without defense are good. In the seminal frustration for‖ arises in the movie Bedazzled, a modern-day his fault by the occurrence of an event the non- case Krell v. Henry (1903) 2KB 740, a land- retelling of the legend of Faust. In Bedazzled, the occurrence of which was a basic assumption on lord sued a tenant for non-payment for an devil goes down to Oakland, CA, looking for a which the contract was made, his remaining apartment. Tenant had specifically rented soul to steal. She finds her opportunity with duties to render performance are discharged...‖ the room to watch the coronation proces- Elliot, a hapless support technician, who says he Elliot‘s stated purpose is to be with Alison, and sion of Edward VII, who subsequently fell ill. would give anything for his love interest, Alison, his basic assumption in dealing with the devil is As the coronation was indefinitely post- to be with him. that during the course of performance, she will poned and defendant‘s purpose for the The devil tells Elliot she can help him out, and not make him undesirable to his love interest room frustrated, the court ruled in defend- he signs a contract for performance: seven grant- (or about to die). ant‘s favor- and the landlord had nothing to ed wishes for his soul. The devil then technically Under the doctrine, to excuse performance, do with making the king sick. Here, rather grants each wish Elliot makes (to be rich and both parties need to be aware of the purpose than an act of nature or by a third party, it powerful, to be President of the United States, for which the contract is made and without that is the devil herself that is causing the frus- to be intelligent and witty) but ruins each in turn purpose, the contract is essentially valueless to tration of Elliot‘s purpose. Under contract by adding something Elliot did not specifically the party seeking relief. Here, the devil is well common law, and for public policy and fair- want (respectively, makes Alison hate him, aware of Elliot‘s purpose; he states it aloud, and ness considerations, the court is unlikely to makes him Lincoln on the night of the assassina- it is the reason she even approaches him with have sympathy for the devil. tion, makes Elliot gay). This angers Elliot, who her offer. The traditional elements precluding refuses to make his final wish. enforcement of a contract under the doctrine Page 10

Demon’s Advocate (O’Connor) Demon’s Advocate (Neri) Continued from Page 4 Continued from Page 4 I‘d be hesitant to estimate how much lower our employment figures for future DePaul Law Students. can go, but as Dean Mark noted in both of the town halls he hosted, Surely, the rankings have room to consider these types of experi- the numbers being submitted in the following two years are not ences, right? likely to be any better. Our ranking, at this point, depends entirely Obviously, much of what is described in the above paragraph is per- on how poorly every other school in the nation has performed since sonal—but therein lies exactly what I‘m trying to say. Law school is 2011. Should we fall again in 2014 and 2015, the prospects of every what you make of it. We all pay a lot of money to be here, work hard future graduate of the DePaul College of Law are severely impacted. to get good grades, and scour the globe to find jobs after graduation. We should take pride in being DePaul students. Dean Mark was In doing so, we have all earned the administration‘s most diligent ef- correct when he told the student body that this institution is an forts to make DePaul Law the best school it can be. But, if paying and integral part of the Chicago legal community. But we should never studying is the extent of your efforts, then after your third year you‘ll put that card in our back pocket, and wander through this process have a J.D. and a place on a list. This editorial contains the reasons the ignorant of how the rest of the world views us. I have had rankings don‘t matter to me. Do you have any similar reasons of your exceptional professors at DePaul, and been surrounded by some own? truly remarkable, and intelligent students in my short time here. But I‘m not trying to disparage anyone who is legitimately concerned employers don‘t get to come to our classes, or study in our about the rankings, nor am I trying to marginalize anyone who only has libraries. They get to interview us, and they get to see how our time to go to class. I‘ll say this, though: Yale can keep the list, because school performs relative to every over ABA accredited law school in DePaul will always be more than a number to me. the nation. That is why we should be worried about the rankings, and why we should continue to push the administration to be To view the rankings and the methodology used to calculate proactive in our mission to move DePaul closer to the top of the them, visit http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/ list. best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings

Volume I, Issue IV Page 11 Food Trucks in Chicago Overheard in Class Continued from Page 8 Several food trucks hit the streets in the 10 months since the ordi-

nances were passed but it took until January 31, 2013 for one to Submit your quotes to [email protected] finally meet the stringent inspection standards in order to obtain a

mobile food preparer license. When asked what enabled him to pass ―They were driving home drunk and stole a T-roof. Stay classy, New the test, Dan Salls, owner of The Salsa Truck stated, ―Tenacity, pa- Jersey.‖ tience, courage [and a] willingness to meet the City in the middle.

While Chicago‘s streets are littered with 2013 James Beard Award ―What‘s McCarthyism? Throw the Commies in the ocean!‖ finalists, the food truck industry has a long way to go before it gets

the national attention that our restaurant scene holds. One group ―I can‘t be in Scalia‘s brain. If I could, I‘d be manipulating it!‖ hoping to effectuate that change is the Institute for Justice. Their

Clinic on Entrepreneurship, located at the University of Chicago Law ―Maybe this is just rich people wasting their money, and what could School, is directed by practicing attorneys Beth Kregor and Erika be better than that?!‖ Pfleger and is staffed by second and third year U of C Law students.

Along with amending the ordinances, Kregor calls for the city offi- ―Judge Hand stayed his hand, so to speak. . . . That was lame. He cials to figure out a way to lay out a licensing process that can pro- stayed his hand. It gets better if you say it twice!‖ ceed smoothly and transparently for new trucks, a sentiment that

Salls echoed in discussing some of the hardships that he faced in ―English isn't my first language <15 second pause> I don't know what getting his truck up to snuff. is...but it ain't English.‖ Currently, food truck advocates have taken their case to the

courts as the IJ has brought a lawsuit challenging the GPS require- Professor: So what's the defendant's name? ment and 200 foot rule as unconstitutional. ―The litigation is still in Student: Harry Rodd its initial stages, but we are determined to fight hard and long for all Professor: One more time…? food trucks in Chicago to be free from unreasonable protectionist, invasive laws!‖ Kregor states. The Chicago food truck debate is far from over, but at least now we can ignore our manners and have that debate with freshly cooked food in our mouths. 2013-2014 Organization Executive Boards and Journal Editorial Boards

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