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= Academic Success <= span dir=3Dltr>1Ls: Bar registration tip— this would be a g= ood time to download the character and fitness form from Illinois or Missou= ri or any state requiring early registration. Take it home with you o= ver winter break and return with it almost ready to submit.
= Federalist Society to host screening of “33 Minutes” The Federalist Society will ho= st a screening of the film “33 Minutes” on = Thursday, Nov.12, in the Law Scho= ol = Auditorium at = 6:30 p.m. Assistant Professor Lucian Dervan will give an intr= oduction to the film. “33 Minutes” is a high-budget documentary rip= ped from the headlines regarding the need for a comprehensive ballistic mis= sile shield for the United States and its allies. Please visit www.33minutes.org for more informa= tion about the film. Also visit the Heritage Foundation at www.heritage.org to learn more ab= out this incredible think tank. This event is open to the entire S= IU community, law and otherwise. All are welcome.
= News from the Veterans’ Legal Assistance Program Illinois Atto= rney General Lisa Madigan and Veterans Righ= ts Bureau Chief John Costello will visit the School of Law on Tuesday, Nov = 10, to discuss the VLAP program and tour the offices at Kaplan Hall. The pu= rpose of the visit is to brief her on the program, case resolution and bene= fits attained for veteran-clients, and to view our electronic file system.&= nbsp; Student participants in the VLAP program have been invited to attend = and discuss the program with Madigan.
Assistant Dean and VLAP Direct= or John Lynn has been appointed to the Governor’s Task Force on Milit= ary and Veterans’ Courts, under the chair of Judge Annette Eckert, to= represent SIU School of Law, in a discussion and recommendation to the Gov= ernor regarding the establishment of Veterans Courts as diversionary courts= in Illinois.
= Holiday Collection Drive Phi Delta Phi= is sponsoring a = holiday collection drive for people in need in Jackson County. Over the nex= t four weeks they will be collecting adult and children's coats and winter = clothing as well as children's toys. New and used items are welcome! If any= one has any twin mattresses or box springs they no longer want, we will als= o take them as there is a need for them in Jackson county.
Collection boxes will be in th= e Informal Lounge for the next few weeks. For more information contact Kath= ryn Ross at meleross@siu.edu or Patrick Sulli= van at prsullivan1s@hotmail.com<= /span> |
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Professors Ma= rk Lee and Leonard Gross co-authored the 2= 009 supplement to “Organizing Corporate and Other Business Enterprise= s, which was just released by LEXIS.
Professor Gro= ss’ article, “W= hat Duties Does Corporate Counsel Owe to Minority Shareholders in a Closely= Held Corporation” was published in 35 Ohio Northern University Law R= eview 987 (2009).
Professor Gro= ss also made two pre= sentations for a CLE program for the U.S. District Court, Southern District= of IL, on “Ethics Issues While Representing Prisoners in Civil Right= s Litigation.”
Associate Pro= fessor Sue Liemer was the first spe= aker in a new brown bag lunch discussion series for the faculty and st= udents of the SIUC School of Art and Design. Over the noon hour = on Oct. 28, she explained the Visual Artists Rights Act and answered q= uestions about the legal rights of visual artists.
Assistant Pro= fessor Hokulei Lindsey’s article, entitled= “Native Hawaiians and the Ceded Lands Trust: Applying Self-Determina= tion as an Alternative to the Equal Protection Analysis” has been acc= epted for publication by the American Indian Law Review. The AILR is = a peer reviewed journal published by the University of Oklahoma College of = Law.
On Monday, Nov. 2, the School = of Law and the Southern Illinois chapter of the ACLU co-hosted a forum on <= /span>= “Personal Security and Gun Ownership.” The speake= rs were Clinical Associate Professor Sheila Simon, Professor Bill Schroeder= , Representative John Bradley and Professor Emeritus Cyril Robinson. = Professor Lenny Gross was the moderator.
Assistant Dea= n and VLAP Director John Lynn presented at the = John Marshall Law School conference, “Checkpoints and Roadblocks: The= Intersection of Veterans and the Law,” on Nov 6 and 7, in Chicago.&n= bsp; The focus of the conference was the concept of military and veterans c= ourts as diversionary courts within Illinois. This was a national con= ference of veterans’ advocates and attorneys involved in state vetera= n court issues and programs throughout the U.S. Students Trevor Burrg= raff, Sara Davis, Justin Lines and Dan Swift also attended the conference a= s representatives of the Veterans’ Legal Assistance Program. |
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