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Chicago-Kent College of Law Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Chicago-Kent Magazine Law School Publications Summer 2016 Chicago-Kent Magazine - Summer 2016 IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/ckmagazine Recommended Citation IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, "Chicago-Kent Magazine - Summer 2016" (2016). Chicago-Kent Magazine. 7. http://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/ckmagazine/7 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Publications at Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chicago-Kent Magazine by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Summer 2016 Granddads and Grandsons, Fathers and Daughters, Siblings and Cousins GENERATIONS OF ALUMNI HOLD FAST TO THEIR CHICAGO-KENT ROOTS To fulfill your dream, the most important thing is that you need to care. Caring will bring passion to the forefront of anything you do, and it will make you a better lawyer for each and every one of your future clients. “ — Amy Campanelli '87, Cook County Public Defender Commencement address, May 15, 2016 ” CHICAGO-KENT MAGAZINE Summer 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE SECTIONS C-K CHRONICLE 2 FACULTY NOTES 18 SUPPORTING 9 CHICAGO-KENT 23 GENERATIONS OF C-K ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 28 ALUMNI HOLD FAST TO NEWS ALUMNI EVENTS CALENDAR 31 THEIR CHICAGO-KENT CLASS NOTES 32 ROOTS IN MEMORIAM 40 CHICAGO-KENT MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 Dean and Professor of Law HAROLD J. KRENT; Editor and Assistant Dean for Public Affairs SUSAN M. O’BRIEN; Assistant Dean for Institutional Advancement SUSAN M. LEWERS; Director of Alumni Engagement JOSEPH VOLIN; Managing Editor, Director of Print and Online Communications JOHN W. YOUNG JR.; Associate Editor JACQUELINE A. SEABERG Chicago-Kent Magazine is published by Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, for its alumni and friends. Address correspondence to Editor, Chicago-Kent Magazine, 565 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copyright 2016 Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. SUMMER 2016 CHICAGO-KENT MAGAZINE | 1 C-K CHRONICLE Chicago-Kent teams with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to launch Patent Hub From left: Patent Hub director Mary Anne Smith ’77, David Clough ’93, Congressman Danny Davis, Congressman Bobby Rush, IIT President Alan Cramb, Chicago-Kent Dean Harold J. Krent, and USPTO pro bono coordinator Jennifer McDowell—pictured here with Professor Edward Lee, director of Chicago-Kent’s intellectual property law program—spoke at the Chicago-Kent Patent Hub launch at the law school on October 14, 2015. The Chicago-Kent Patent Hub, a pro bono program that coordinates services in Illinois to inventors who meet helps Illinois low-income inventors and small businesses eligibility requirements. The Hub screens applicants obtain legal assistance, was established last fall by for eligibility and refers them to volunteer attorneys for Chicago-Kent and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office possible representation. (USPTO). Chicago-Kent and the USPTO launched the Patent Hub Part of the USPTO initiative to provide inventors at a public event last October at the law school. Speakers with pro bono assistance with patent application and included Congressmen Danny Davis and Bobby Rush prosecution in all 50 states, the Chicago-Kent Patent Hub and Patent Hub director Mary Anne Smith. Daniel Coyne and Chicago-Kent students assess torture claims Clinical Professor Daniel Coyne, along with six Chicago-Kent students, played a major part in the city’s effort to settle torture claims against former Chicago police commander Jon Burge and his subordinates, which led to a $5.5 million payout in January 2016 by the city of Chicago to 57 victims. In May of 2015, Professor Coyne, a member of the Chicago-Kent Law Offices faculty since 2005, was named the independent third party in the Burge reparations review process by the City Council. Chicago-Kent subsequently created a reparations clinic, where Coyne and the six students reviewed 65 torture claims and determined that 22 were eligible for reparations. In 2010, Professor Coyne was appointed to the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission. Before he joined the Chicago-Kent faculty, he maintained a private practice in criminal defense litigation. Professor Daniel Coyne led a team of six Chicago-Kent students in reviewing torture claims by alleged victims of former police commander Jon Burge and subordinates. 2 | CHICAGO-KENT MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 Richard Kling receives Lifetime Achievement Award from criminal defense lawyers association On November 20 at the University Benjamin Wittes and Gabriella Club in Chicago, the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Blum win Palmer Prize Lawyers gave their 2015 Lifetime The 2015 Chicago-Kent College of Law/ Achievement Award to Chicago-Kent Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize Clinical Professor Richard Kling. was awarded to Benjamin Wittes and A member of the Chicago-Kent Law Gabriella Blum for their book, The Offices faculty since 1981, Professor Future of Violence: Robots and Kling maintains a clinical practice Germs, Hackers and Drones— concentrating on criminal defense on Confronting a New Age of Threat the state and federal trial, appellate (Basic Books 2015). and post-conviction levels. He teaches This is the second Palmer Prize courses in evidence, forensic sciences, for Blum, who is the Rita E. Hauser professional responsibility, and Professor of Human Rights and clinical practice. Humanitarian Law at Harvard Law With the Cook County Public School. Wittes is a senior fellow in Defender’s Office, where he served as governance studies at the Brookings a member of the Special Homicide Institution and editor-in-chief of the Task Force, and in his active criminal THE FUTURE OF VIOLENCE, by Benjamin Lawfare blog. Wittes and Gabriella Blum, won the defense practice, he has tried In their book, Blum and Wittes, who 2015 Chicago-Kent/Palmer Civil hundreds of homicide cases, including Liberties Prize. will present their work at Chicago-Kent 28 capital cases. in September, explore how advances in “Richard Kling taught, by example, technology give ordinary citizens and terrorists alike the tools to carry that all citizens who are accused of out devastating attacks—such as spreading deadly biological agents with crimes should be represented with a drone intended for hobbyists or launching cyberattacks from a laptop— respect, compassion, and zeal,” and propose solutions for how governments can respond. The authors says Colorado District Court Judge contend that "security and liberty are mutually supportive, and that we Deborah J. Grohs ’85. “I carry all of his must embrace one to ensure the other." lessons with me each day while I am on the bench.” New certificate program focuses on financial market compliance Chicago-Kent is among the first law schools in the country to establish an online certificate program in Financial Markets Compliance (FMC). The seven-month program introduces prospective and entry-level compliance professionals to the increasingly complex compliance demands and requirements of the various financial market regulators. “Our FMC certificate program appeals to those in business and law contemplating career changes and to junior-level professionals working in the financial services industry,” said Professor Felice Batlan, director of the Institute for Compliance, the first of its kind located in a law school setting. “The Dodd-Frank Act and other government regulation of the Professor Richard Kling was honored by financial industry has created a need for professionals who understand the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in November with their Lifetime issues related to transparency, accountability and consumer protection.” Achievement Award. For more information about Chicago-Kent’s online certificate in Financial Markets Compliance, visit compliance.kentlaw.iit.edu. SUMMER 2016 CHICAGO-KENT MAGAZINE | 3 C-K CHRONICLE King forum focuses on civil rights, police misconduct Professor Daniel Martin Katz spoke about “Machine Learning as a Service/Future of Legal Analytics” at the Legal Horizons Conference and introduced The Law Lab at Chicago-Kent. Experts discuss emerging trends in global law practice at Legal Horizons Conference More than 20 thought leaders from Big Law, the corporate world, social justice Chicago-Kent grad Jeanette Samuels ’13 talks with a participant during the organizations, technology services Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Forum on Civil Rights and the Chicago Police Department, held in Ogilvie Auditorium on January 21. providers and academia spoke at the Janders Dean & Chicago-Kent College of At Chicago-Kent’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Forum on Civil Law Legal Horizons Conference in July Rights and the Chicago Police Department, experts discussed about how technology is transforming the civil rights violations caused by police misconduct and the global legal industry. potential impact of calls for reform at the city and state levels. Kate Johnson, change and transformation Moderated by clinical professor and criminal defense lead at Google, gave a keynote address on attorney Daniel Coyne, the January 21 event was held in “Productivity Transformation Through Chicago-Kent’s Ogilvie Auditorium. The panel included Martin Technology Lessons