April 2007

Dean Heidi M. Hurd
David C. Baum Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy
Co-Director of the Program in Law and Philosophy
Telephone (217) 333-9857
hhurd@law.uiuc.edu

Dear Faculty, Students, Staff, Alumni, Campus Leaders, and Friends:

• The College Hires One of the Academy's Most Celebrated "Power Couples"
• The Class of 1939 Joins Together for Delightful Teleconference Reunion!
• College of Law Students Make a Spring Break Journey to Washington, DC and New York City
• Illinois Law Students Resurrect a Tradition for Which the College is Nationally-Known–"Service Day"
• 1L S. Asra Husain elected Treasurer of National Law School Democrats
• Federal Trade Commission Chief William Kovacic Will Present the Epstein Lecture
• Former Detroit Mayor, Michigan Supreme Court Justice, and ABA President Dennis Archer to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Graduation of Amos P. Scruggs
• Professor Colombo Invested in the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professorship
• The College Mourns the Passing of Ms. Marguerite Proctor, the Patron Saint of the College's Rickert Awards
• The College Hosts a Conference on "Why Lawyers Matter: Building and Rebuilding Justice Systems after Katrina" with Judge Arthur Hunter
• Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier '64 Headlines the 2007 Gala
• What Do Pat Robertson's Diet Shakes, Ameren's Rate Hikes, and the Bankruptcy of the San Diego Diocese Have in Common?
• The College Hosts a "Women in Law Alumni Reception" at Jenner & Block in Chicago
• College of Law Moves up Two Places in U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools" Rankings
  

The College Hires One of the Academy's Most Celebrated "Power Couples"

The College of Law is delighted that Professors Victor Fleischer and Miranda Perry have accepted offers to join the faculty next Fall. Described by many as one of the legal academy's most admired "power couples," Professors Fleischer and Perry join the University of Illinois after serving on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Law, both as scholars of tax law.

Professor Fleischer joined the Colorado law faculty only a year ago after enjoying a successful junior career as a tenure-track Acting Professor of Law at UCLA, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Georgetown University, and a Research Fellow in Transactional Studies at Columbia Law School. He specializes in tax, venture capital, and the structuring of corporate transactions. Before entering academia, Professor Fleischer was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. He clerked for the Honorable M. Blane Michael, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the Honorable Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned his B.A. from Columbia College in 1993 and his J.D. from Columbia University Law School in 1996. His most cited publications include Brand New Deal: The Branding Effect of Corporate Deal Structures, 104 Michigan L. Rev. 1581 (2006), The Missing Preferred Return, 31 J. Corp. L. 77 (2005), and The Rational Exuberance of Structuring Venture Capital Start-Ups, 57 Tax L. Rev. 137 (2004).

Professor Perry, who specializes in tax, non-profit law, and charitable giving, joined the Colorado law faculty in 2005. She was previously an Acting Assistant Professor at NYU (where she served as assistant editor of the Tax Law Review) and an associate in the estate planning and exempt-organizations groups at Shaw Pittman in Washington, D.C. Before turning to tax, Professor Perry was a litigator with the Institute for Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based public interest group, which piqued her interest in non-profit organizations and charitable giving. She also clerked for Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold on the Eighth Circuit. Professor Perry earned her B.A. from Duke University in 1993, her J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1996, and her LL.M. from New York University in 2003. Her recent articles include Legal Essentials for Foundations (Association of Small Foundations) and a soon-to-be-published article, Charitable Contributions in an Ideal Estate Tax (Tax L. Rev., forthcoming).

On behalf of the College community, it is a pleasure to extend both a hearty welcome to Professors Fleischer and Perry and sincere thanks to the hard-working Appointments Committee, chaired by Professor Larry Solum, for attracting such a dynamic duo to the University of Illinois!

The Class of 1939 Joins Together for Delightful Teleconference Reunion!

Earlier this week, six members of the Class of 1939 gathered for a delightful reunion via teleconference from across the United States. This remarkable class had 68 graduates, many of whom went on to careers of great distinction in legal practice, the foreign service, the judiciary, the government, the military, and Hollywood! I had the pleasure of joining Edwin Adams (Sterling, Virginia), Raymond Bilger (Ft. Myers, Florida), Mrs. Louise Carriere (Manhattan, Ill.), Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Davidson (Rochester, Minn.), Jack Horsley (Mattoon, Ill.), and Milton McClure (Beardstown, Ill.) for an hour-long walk down memory lane, including discussions about Altgeld Hall, Dean Harno, Mrs. Marian Martin, and favorite Illinois faculty members, including Professor Harold Holt and Professor Walter Summers, amongst many others. This "Group of Six" (out of 11 living members of the Class of '39) talked of the significant sacrifices that they made to attend law school during the Depression and spoke poignantly of what it was like to be in school during World War II.

As they recalled, the Class of '39 was the first class in Illinois history to achieve a 100% bar passage rate. Tuition during their years in law school was $60 a semester (a whopping amount, when the tuition in LAS was $35 a semester!) The author of an astounding 32 books, Jack Horsley's proudest moment was "graduating from the University of Illinois College of Law" and this fall, Milton McClure's grandson, Lowell "Matt" McClure, will enter the Illinois law school as the third McClure generation to study law at the College (his father, Milton McClure, Jr. being a 1966 gradaute). Edwin Adams talked of negotiating treaties on behalf of the United States throughout Europe before turning his attention to Hollywood and later taking up the pen to become an acclaimed novelist. Raymond Bilger shared fond memories of serving his community as President of his local school board and library. Sidney Davidson was much appreciated for the volunteer work that he did over his life on behalf of veterans and disadvantaged children, and recounted how he was named to General Douglas MacArthur's staff and how he snapped a famous photograph of Presidents Reagan, Bush, Ford and legendary comedian Bob Hope on the day prior to President Reagan's election--a photo so admired that it won him an invitation to the White House!

What a marvelous reunion! It turns out that what is most important is not seeing one another, but hearing one another. Each of these 90-something-year-old alumni knew one another's voices the second they heard one another speak, and by the end of the hour, it was as though they had been sharing tales on a lazy afternoon while pitching pennies at Altgeld Hall!

College of Law Students Make a Spring Break Journey to Washington, DC and New York City

Nearly 20 College of Law students spent the recent Spring Break visiting law firms and courtrooms and meeting alumni, admitted students, and prospective employers in the nation's capitol and the Big Apple. This remarkably productive week was organized by the Lincoln Society under the direction of 1L Tom Desplinter with the assistance with Tony Waller, Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Professional Development. The students were hosted on Capitol Hill by Michael Strautmanis '94, Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Barack Obama; they met prospective employers at the U.S. Department of Justice; they attended the U.S. Supreme Court to witness Roper v. Weaver, a case involving prosecutorial inflammatory arguments in a death penalty case; they visited with prospective employers at the law firms of WilmerHale, Jones Day, and Arnold & Porter; and they were hosted for lunch at DLA Piper by one of the College's most beloved alumni, Carl Vacketta '65. Current students, admitted students, donors, and friends also attended a Washington, D.C. Alumni event along with College staff members from the offices of Admissions, Career Services, and Development.

Our students then headed to New York City where they were hosted by alumnus Alecia Reiwerts '00 at the New York District Attorney's Office, visited the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, heard arguments at the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, and engaged with prospective employers at the New York firms of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Lehman Brothers, and Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. Our current students, admitted students, and alumni also gathered that evening for a New York Alumni Reception hosted by Ken Halcom '06, and the firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

This week-long tour of East Coast cities and firms was a first for the College of Law, and we hope that it will become a great tradition. My compliments to Tom Desplinter, whose initiative, energy, superb organizational skills, and excellent advocacy brought this wonderful collaborative experiment to fruition!

Illinois Law Students Resurrect a Tradition for Which the College is Nationally-Known--"Service Day"

The College's student leaders within the Student Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and Public Interest Law Foundation are working to renew a tradition at the College of Law that long-ago spread from Illinois to law schools across the land—the tradition known as "Service Day." On Saturday, April 7, these student groups will sponsor a day on which the College of Law community will come together to perform important community service. There will be several different activities taking place at the Swann Special Care Center in Champaign. The Swann Special Care Center provides care for multiply-developmentally disabled children. Students will be doing projects ranging from building renovation, including painting and general repair work, to working directly with the residents.

1L S. Asra Husain Elected Treasurer of the National Law School Democrats

First-year law student S. Asra Husain was recently elected to the Treasurer position of the National Law School Democrats organization at their annual meeting, a gathering that involved representatives from more than 150 law schools nationwide. Asra graduated from Loyola University (Chicago) in 2002 with a triple major in political science, international studies and communications. Following graduation, she went to work in human relations at the United States District Court-Northern District of Illinois in the office of the interpreter. Later that year, Ms. Husain was hired by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) as the Constituent Advocate in her Evanston office, taking care of all casework for the Evanston, Wilmette, and Glenview areas and serving as the internship coordinator for the office.

In the fall of 2003, Asra returned to Loyola University to pursue her master's degree in political science, graduating in May, 2005. During her time in Congresswomen Schakowsky's office, she was selected as one of 12 delegates for the Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership, run by Senator Dick Durbin's wife, Loretta Durbin. The Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership program seeks to identify and train future women leaders in the Democratic Party. In 2005, Asra was hired by U.S. Senator Barack Obama as a Constituent Services Agent and the Asian American Outreach Liaison. In this capacity, she was able to focus on immigration, labor and environment casework and do more outreach to the Asian and Muslim communities in the Chicago area. In August, 2006, she left Senator Obama's staff to begin her law school studies at Illinois. Keep an eye on this future leader!

Federal Trade Commission Chief William Kovacic Will Present the Epstein Lecture

The Jon David and Elizabeth A. Epstein Program in Health Care Law and Policy will welcome William E. Kovacic, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to the College of Law on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 4 p.m, for what is sure to be a room-packing lecture entitled "Competition and Consumer Protection for Health Care: The Logic of a Dual-Purpose Agency." The FTC is the federal agency responsible for the enforcement of both competition (antitrust) law and consumer protection law. Commissioner Kovacic will discuss why the laws work well in tandem, as well as how they have helped the FTC protect consumers and how they have affected the financing and delivery of health care in the United States. Commissioner Kovacic will also consider how the dual mission of the FTC affects its work, both in general and in health care. The Epstein lecture series is made possible through a generous gift from alumnus Jon David Epstein '67 and his wife, Elizabeth A. Epstein. Since the early 1970s, Mr. Epstein has concentrated his Texas-based practice on health issues and has represented numerous hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, HMOs, group practices, medical staffs, and related clients.

Former Detroit Mayor, Michigan Supreme Court Justice, and ABA President Dennis Archer to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Graduation of Amos P. Scruggs

Dennis W. Archer will visit the College of Law to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 1907 graduation of Amos P. Scruggs, the first African-American graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. Mr. Archer previously served as the Mayor of Detroit (1994-2001), Michigan Associate Supreme Court Justice (1986-1990), and President of the American Bar Association (2003-2004) . Named as one of the "100 Most Influential Black Americans" by Ebony magazine, Mr. Archer is currently the Chairman of the firm Dickinson Wright LLP and his practice includes commercial and business litigation, labor and employment relations, appellate litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. As the Mayor of Detroit, he served as President of the National League of Cities and was named one of the "25 Most Dynamic Mayors in America" by Newsweek. As a Supreme Court Justice, he was named the "Most Respected Judge in Michigan" by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. He has also been honored as one of the "100 Most Powerful Attorneys in the United States" by the National Law Journal and "Public Official of the Year" by Governing magazine.

Professor Colombo Invested in the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professorship

During the 2006-2007 academic year, the College has had the pleasure of hosting an incredible five (yes, five!) investiture ceremonies, inducting Professors Andrew Morriss, William Davey, Matthew Finkin, Larry Ribstein and, most recently, John Colombo into endowed professorships and chairs. Professor John Colombo's investiture as the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor of Law on March 15th was made very special by the participation of Provost Linda Katehi and former Illinois Professor and Dean Thomas Mengler, as well as a roomful of admiring colleagues, students, family members, and friends.

Professor Colombo is one of the nation's most productive and thoughtful tax analysts, with a substantial portfolio of work on tax-exempt organizations that has had proven effects on the law and policy governing charitable entities. As Henry Hansmann, the Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law at Yale, writes, "Tax scholars are very hard to find these days. Good ones are even scarcer. And those who are ambitious, take on significant issues, show intellectual breadth, and offer original ideas, are scarcer still. John Colombo's work clearly places him in the latter category. He's one of the most serious and successful intellectual leaders in the field of exempt organizations today. Indeed, it is hard to think of other people in the field who are stronger. His work has the great virtue of combining a strong sense for what makes good public policy with a strong sense for the types of rules that are and aren't effectively administrable in the complexities of real world institutions and actors." University of California-Hastings Professor of Law Stephen Schwarz, who has authored a widely used casebook in the field of tax-exempt organizations, adds, "I consider John to be one of the most prolific and thoughtful scholars in the emerging and dynamic field of tax-exempt organizations. John's articles evidence his mastery of the rich history of whatever topic is under scrutiny and offer practical solutions to the most difficult policy issues. And unlike so much contemporary legal scholarship, John's work has made a real impact on legislators and judges – his articles are being used and have been cited in a number of very significant judicial decisions in recent years."

In 2005, Professor Colombo twice testified before the full House Ways and Means Committee in Washington, D.C., and in 2006, he was appointed to the Board of Advisors for the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law in New York City. He is regularly quoted in the national press on tax exemption issues, including recent national wire service reports on the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Not only is Professor Colombo celebrated for his path-breaking scholarship, he is also beloved as an administrator and teacher. Professor Colombo served as Associate Dean of the College from 1995-98 and again from 1999-2000, and as Acting Dean during 1998, 2001, and 2002. And his students rave about his teaching as much as his colleagues trust his leadership. Over the past 19 courses he has taught, 902 students have given him an average score of 4.9 out of 5.0 for "the instructor's teaching effectiveness. Over those 19 courses, he never received a score less than 4.8 out of 5.0 in the "overall effectiveness of teaching" category! When one combines the 38 separate scores that are the total of his scores for "overall teaching effectiveness" and "overall quality of the course" in his past 19 courses, Professor Colombo received no score below 4.4. He received only one 4.4 (which is considered an enviable score by the standards of mere mortals!); only one 4.5; only two 4.6's; five 4.7's; twelve 4.8's; thirteen 4.9's; and two 5.0's!–two perfect scores in Income Tax and Tax Exempt Organizations, which together enrolled over 100 students! As one student summed it up in his written evaluation of Professor Colombo's teaching, "I love Colombo. The University of Illinois is very LUCKY to have him!!!" We all couldn't agree more.

The College Mourns the Passing of Ms. Marguerite Proctor, the Patron Saint of the College's Rickert Awards

It is with great sadness that I tell you that Ms. Marguerite Proctor, the sprightly and much-beloved patron saint of the College's Rickert Award Ceremonies for the past 30 years, passed away two weeks ago at her daughter's home in Reno, Nevada. Ms. Proctor was the cousin of the College's very generous benefactor, Ms. Marguerite Rickert, who established the Rickert Awards for Student Excellence in memory of her father, Joseph W. Rickert, back in 1971, with what at the time was the single biggest gift the College of Law had ever received. For 30 consecutive years, Ms. Proctor journeyed to the College of Law to honor her cousin's legacy by presenting these awards to the generations of successful students whose ensuing career achievements demonstrated the enormous life's gift of a highly successful University of Illinois law school education. As I've said in my remarks to student recipients of the prestigious Rickert Awards, "it really wouldn't be a true Rickert Award if it didn't pass through the hands of this remarkably dedicated woman." It is our great sadness that Rickert Awards will no longer pass through the hands of Marguerite Proctor and that our students will no longer enjoy this particular right of passage or bend down upon receiving their awards to have their images captured next to her tiny, beaming frame.

The College Hosts a Conference on "Why Lawyers Matter: Building and Rebuilding Justice Systems after Katrina" with Judge Arthur Hunter

The College's Law Practice Group and its Program in Criminal Law and Procedure are teaming up to host "Why Lawyers Matter: Building and Rebuilding Justice Systems after Katrina" on Friday, April 6, 2007 from 1-4 p.m. in the Max. L. Rowe Auditorium. The conference will commemorate the landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision Powell v. Alabama and tie the case to the current post-Katrina New Orleans legal situation. In Powell, the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment requires that anyone who faces the possible imposition of the death penalty, whether in state or federal court, must be afforded counsel. Powell v. Alabama was the beginning of "incorporation" into State constitutions of fair trial rights guaranteed by the 6th Amendment and made applicable to the States by the 14th Amendment.

The 75th anniversary Conference will feature New Orleans Judge Arthur Hunter as the keynote speaker. Judge Hunter, a former New Orleans police officer, was prominently featured in the national media last year, including the New York Times, after he enacted a controversial policy to let defendants without lawyers and legal representation out of jail. Judge Hunter has suspended prosecutions in most cases involving public defenders. The New Orleans public defenders' office is financed primarily through local court fees, such as traffic ticket surcharges, which Judge Hunter argues is unconstitutional because it forces poor people to fund the system. Other speakers at the conference include Virginia "Ginger" Schleuter, the federal public defender from the Eastern District of Louisiana, and civil rights attorney Tracie Washington, Director of the NAACP Gulf Coast Advocacy Project.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier '64 Headlines the 2007 Gala

Have you made plans to attend the 2007 College of Law Spring Gala? The College's fifth annual year-end celebration is set for Friday, April 20 at the Champaign Country Club and 300 guests will recognize Rickert Award recipients, thank alumni and donors for their generous support of the College, honor talented faculty and staff members, and bestow five Distinguished Alumni Awards on Lawrence Bailey '66, William Fechtig '60, George Ripplinger '70, Judge David Bernthal '76, and Jay Burgess '71. The after-dinner address will be delivered by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier, a 1964 graduate of the College of Law. For information, tickets, or to sponsor a student table at the 2007 Spring Gala, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at (217) 333-2628.

What Do Pat Robertson's Diet Shakes, Ameren's Rate Hikes, and the Bankruptcy of the San Diego Diocese Have in Common?

The shrewd analysis of the College of Law faculty, of course! Over the past week, Illinois faculty members provided insightful commentary on the legal issues raised in the national news about these subjects. The College's faculty average more than 60 media interviews per month in local, regional, and national media outlets, analyzing difficult legal subjects in ways that benefit the public and bring national visibility to the University of Illinois.

In the past week, Professor John Colombo, one of the nation's leading experts on non-profit tax-exempt organizations, provided his analysis in The Virginian-Pilot of the lawsuit pending against "The 700 Club" and Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson for using his tax-exempt status to promote a commercial diet shake product on his television show. "It seems to me that arguably, CBN was inappropriately conferring benefits on Pat Robertson as a result of giving him free advertising and free exposure for his product," said Colombo. "If they're giving away stuff to Pat Robertson that they shouldn't be giving away, then that's a problem."

Professor Steve Beckett, one of the state's best-known defense attorneys and the College's Director of Trial Advocacy, commented in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the jurisdiction of a handwritten lawsuit filed in federal court by a Vietnam veteran against Ameren based on its electric rate hikes in the past year. "On a legal level, regulation of utilities is a state matter," said Beckett. "He's not a lawyer. He probably doesn't know where to turn. But he'd like to make it a federal issue because it seems to him that his state government has let him down."

And, Professor Robert Lawless, one of the nation's leading bankruptcy authorities, contributed to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune about the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filing for Chapter 11 reorganization hours before a trial was scheduled to begin in the first of about 150 lawsuits alleging clerical sexual abuse. The concept of using bankruptcy as part of a corporate strategy was pioneered by the Johns-Mansville Corp., a Denver-based mining company that filed for Chapter 11 in 1982 that, at the time, ranked 181st on the Fortune 500 list but was facing more than 16,500 product liability asbestos lawsuits. "Johns-Mansville was a pioneering, precedent-setting case," said Lawless. "It (Johns-Mansville) was solvent in the traditional financial sense, but it was clear, given the probability of liability and the amount involved, that they were not going to be able to meet all their claims going forward. That approach has become legally permissible since then."

The College Hosts a "Women in Law Alumni Reception" at Jenner & Block in Chicago

Please join me and law and sociology Professor Anna-Maria Marshall (who will give the lead address) at the "Women in Law Alumni Reception" on Wednesday, April 25 at 5:30 p.m. at Jenner & Block, 330 N. Wabash Ave. in Chicago. The event is hosted by alumni Sarah Alair '00, Nancy Carey '92, Erin Linder '05, Marilyn Wyse-Lyerla '80, Lynn Murray '85, Melissa Rotunno '97, Mary Kay Scott '84, and Pamela Strobel '77. For information about and to register for this reception, please contact Patricia Coyne-Johnson, our Assistant Director of Development in Chicago at (312) 575-7826 or pcoynej@law.uiuc.edu.

College of Law Moves up Two Places in U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools" Rankings

The 2008 U.S. News and World Report edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools" will hit newsstands next week but the rankings were released to the media earlier today. Thanks to our extremely productive and engaged faculty and our outstanding student recruitment efforts in the past several years, the University of Illinois moved up two places in the 2008 rankings to No. 25, our largest jump in the rankings in 13 years. It is also important to note that this improvement in the overall rankings is still coupled with a very impressive diversity ranking, placing Illinois fourth among the nation's Top 25 law schools in the diversity of its student body.

I hope that the month to come brings warm weather, spring flowers, and a sense of renewal as the fallow fields of central Illinois are tilled by farmers giving faith in the end of winter. This is the time of year when those who are lucky enough to live in the Urbana-Champaign area are afforded one of life's great experiences–a first glimpse at the tiny buds of corn and soybean plants that represent the ultimate gamble with Fate by those whose lives are still determined by the rain, the sun, and the wind. How different are the lives of lawyers! Happy Spring to all!

Sincerely,

Heidi M. Hurd

The March 2007 Dean's Newsletter included an extensive Associate Dean's Addendum, highlighting the activities of more than 35 faculty members. However, we missed a few so here are additional faculty activities to be added to those summarized in last month's Associate Dean's Addendum.

Professor Eric Freyfogle, the Max L. Rowe Professor, gave a public lecture in December at the American Planning Association in Chicago on Private Property and Liberty. He also was the guest on WILL-AM 580 "Afternoon Magazine" on March 9 with host Celeste Quinn discussing his new book, "Agrarianism and the Good Society: Land, Culture, Conflict, and Hope."

Professor C. K. Gunsalus was reappointed to the Illinois Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism and gave invited presentations related to the September publication of her book The College Administrator's Survival Guide (Harvard Press) at the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin Madison, the Georgia Institute of Technology, to the CIC/Big Ten Department Executive Officers program, for the California State University System, two leadership groups of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Illinois State University, department heads in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on campus, the Big Ten Security Directors Group, for the executive education program of the College of Business and for the Human Resources Management Group in Champaign.

Professor Gunsalus was invited to address the public affairs officers of the Association of American Universities on conflicts of interest in research and she made invited presentations on research ethics and human subject protection policy to the Advocate Center for Pediatric Research, the Department of Energy Human Subjects Working Group, and the Institutional Officials group of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Subject Protection Programs. On campus, she made research ethics presentations to classes in Vet Med, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Professor Gunsalus and Professor Beckett made presentations on the College of Law-League of Women Voters Courtwatching Collaboration to the East Central Illinois Women Attorney's Association, the Urbana Rotary and the League of Women Voters of Champaign County. In addition to her teaching and research in the College of Medicine, Professor Gunsalus was invited to teach a course in the MBA program at the College of Business this spring on Leadership, Ethics and Change. She also prepared and delivered, with Laura D. Clower of the Office of University Counsel, a seven-week short course on negotiation for professionals working at the University in the Office of Technology Management and other offices reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Research.

Professor Richard Kaplan, the Peer and Sarah Pedersen Professor, presented workshops on "Means-Testing Medicare and Upper-Income Beneficiaries" and "Family Caregiver Agreements: Promises and Pitfalls" at the Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging held March 7-9. Professor Kaplan will be the featured speaker at the American Law Institute/American Bar Association program entitled "Elder Law: Issues, Answers, and Opportunities" to be held on April 26-27.

Professor Bruce Smith, Co-Director of the Illinois Legal History Program, published "The Emergence of Public Prosecution in London, 1790-1850" in the Winter 2006 issue of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities. He has two pieces forthcoming in 2007: a solicited article entitled "Criminal Justice in England, 1650-1850: A Historiographic Essay" in the Law & History Review; and a book chapter entitled "The Myth of Private Prosecution in England, 1750-1850" in Modern Histories of Crime and Punishment, ed. Markus Dirk Dubber & Lindsay Farmer (Stanford University Press). He has recently completed a chapter on the history of legal education as part of a forthcoming case book entitled History of the Common Law: Sources and Materials on Anglo-American Legal History, co-authored by John Langbein (Yale) and Renée Lettow Lerner (The George Washington University) and under contract to Aspen Publishers.

In October 2006, Professor Smith co-organized a conference (with Carolyn Ramsey, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School) on "Cautions and Confessions: Miranda v. Arizona (1966) after 40 Years" at the Byron R. White Center for American Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado Law School. At the conference, Professor Smith delivered his paper "Miranda's Paradoxical Prehistory: Pretrial Interrogation in England, 1750-1850." In March 2007, he presented "A New Verdict on Criminal Jury Trial in Antebellum America" at the UCLA Legal History Workshop.

In January 2007, Professor Smith commented on four papers relating to the history of legal education at a conference on "Globalization & the U.S. Law School: Comparative and Cultural Perspectives" at the Suffolk University Law School in Boston as part of a year-long celebration of the institution's centenary. He also served as commentator on a panel on "Protecting the Vulnerable in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century England" at the 2006 meeting of the American Society for Legal History in Baltimore. In October 2006, he chaired a panel on "Poor Relief and Marriage: Two Case Studies in Comparative Social and Religious Discipline" at a symposium on "Law, Religion, and Social Discipline in the Early Modern Atlantic World," organized by Professor Richard Ross and held at the Newberry Library in Chicago.

During the Spring 2007 term, he was a Visiting Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC, where he taught courses in Intellectual Property and Trademark Law. This summer, Professor Smith will teach a course at the University of Oxford on "Internet and Information Technology Issues in the U.S." as part of the International and Comparative IP Law Summer Program co-sponsored by the College of Law, the University of Victoria, and St. Peter's College, Oxford.

April 3, 4:00 pm, Max L. Rowe Auditorium: Frederick Green Moot Court Honorary Round, with The Honorable Stephen F. Williams, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, The Honorable Rita B. Garman, Supreme Court of Illinois, and The Honorable Abner J. Mikva, Schwarz Lecturer and Senior Director, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School. For more information contact Sally Cook at 217-333-9851 or scook@law.uiuc.edu.

April 4, 4:00-5:00 pm, Max L. Rowe Auditorium: Epstein Health Law Lecture. FTC Commissioner William E. Kovacic will present "Competition and Consumer Protection for Health Care: The Logic of a Dual-Purpose Agency" as the 2007 Jon David and Elizabeth A. Epstein Health Care Law and Policy Lecture. For more information contact Professor David Hyman at (217) 333-0061 or dhyman@law.uiuc.edu.

April 5, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Room C: Lunch with Alumni from St. Louis. You are invited to have lunch with visiting alumni for an informal discussion about St. Louis' legal market. Lunch and drinks will be provided to the first 60 students. For more information contact Amanda Lindemann at 217-265-5345 or lindemnn@law.uiuc.edu.

April 5, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Pedersen Pavilion: Peer's Pub: Great American Cities Program featuring St. Louis. Students have the opportunity to introduce themselves to visiting alumni and enjoy delicious food and beverages from the St. Louis area. For more information contact Amanda Lindemann at 217-265-5345 or lindemnn@law.uiuc.edu.

April 6, Noon-1:00 pm, Max L. Rowe Auditorium: 100th Anniversary Celebration of Amos P. Scruggs. Former Detroit mayor and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis W. Archer will present the keynote address as the College recognizes the 100th Anniversary of the graduation of its first African-American student, Amos P. Scruggs, in 1907. For more information contact Professor David Meyer at (217) 333-3232 or dmeyer@law.uiuc.edu.

April 6, 1:00-4:00 pm, Max L. Rowe Auditorium: "Why Lawyers Matter: Building and Rebuilding Justice Systems after Katrina" Conference. The College's Law Practice Group and Program in Criminal Law and Procedure host this conference commemorating Powell v. Alabama and featuring a keynote address by New Orleans Judge Arthur Hunter. For more information contact Assistant Dean Cynthea Geerdes at 217-333-4461 or cgeerdes@law.uiuc.edu.

April 10, 1:30-2:30 pm, Max L. Rowe Auditorium: Program in Law and Economics Lecture. Michael H. Moskow, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. For more information contact Professor Tom Ulen at 217-333-4953 or tulen@law.uiuc.edu.

April 17, 4:00-5:00 pm, Max L. Rowe Auditorium: David C. Baum Memorial Lecture. Dean John C. Jeffries Jr. of the University of Virginia School of Law will present "Constitutional Remedies" as the Spring, 2007 David C. Baum Memorial Lecture Series on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. For more information contact Sally Cook at 217-333-9851 or scook@law.uiuc.edu.

April 19, 2:00-3:00 pm, Room D: "Rules of Venture Capital Investment" presented by Dr. Wolfgang Weitnauer. Dr. Weitnauer heads the multi-dimensional firm Weitnauer with offices in Munich, Berlin, and Heidelberg and is a 1988 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and a member of the College's Board of Visitors. For more information, contact Sherry Cibelli at 244-1476 or scibelli@law.uiuc.edu.

April 20, 6:00 pm, Champaign Country Club: Spring Gala Dinner Dance. (Black tie optional): All are encouraged to attend! For more information contact Meredith Olson at 217-333-2628 or maolson@law.uiuc.edu.

April 25, 5:30 pm, Jenner & Block, 330 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago: Women in Law Alumni Reception. For information or to register for this reception, contact Patricia Coyne-Johnson, our Assistant Director of Development in Chicago at (312) 575-7826 or via e-mail at pcoynej@law.uiuc.edu.

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