A roundup of faculty appearances in news sources and media from over the holidays, 12/19/13 to 1/9/14.
12/19 – President Barack Obama reappointed Professor Martin Malin to the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP), an independent entity within the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) (“President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts”). According to its website, the panel “resolves impasses between Federal agencies and unions representing Federal employees arising from negotiations over conditions of employment under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute and the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act.”
Prof. Malin was first appointed to this position, which the White House describes as a “key Administration post,” in 2009. A press release will be issued soon.
12/30 – Chicago-Kent was highlighted as a law school technology leader in Bob Ambrogi’s blog post on the 10 most important legal technology developments of 2013.
1/1 – Pittsburgh’s NPR news station, WESA, mentioned the Oyez Project in an article on the US Supreme Court’s decision in US v. Windsor and its effects on tax benefits for same-sex married couples (“Same-Sex Married Couples Can Reap More Benefits This Tax Season”).
1/3 – The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin published a feature on Chicago-Kent’s new LL.M. Program in Trial Advocacy for Internationals, which will train international students in adversarial litigation (“International students to learn American trial advocacy at Chicago-Kent,” behind paywall). According to the article, the program was devised during meetings between Professor Patricia Sudendorf, the program’s director; Judge David Erickson, the head of Chicago-Kent’s trial advocacy program; and Dean Harold Krent. The program’s website states its aim:
Our master’s program invites foreign students with divergent trial practice backgrounds to gain exposure to the U.S. adversarial trial system—a system somewhat similar to newly revised “oral trials” being adopted by many other countries. Chicago-Kent’s reputation in trial advocacy—ranked number 5 nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 Best Law Schools specialty rankings—as well as its physical location in Chicago, provides a distinctive master’s degree in trial advocacy in a world-class setting.
1/8 – Professor Todd Haugh was quoted in a BuzzFeed Business article about Frontline’s To Catch a Trader, a documentary about the recent insider trading scandal involving hedge fund manager Steve Cohen and his firm, SAC Capital (“Did ‘Frontline’ Go Too Far?”).
Other news:
12/20 – Professor Adrian Walters authored a new post on his blog, The Walters Way (“On the constitutional authority of bankruptcy judges”). The post delves into the US Supreme Court case Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison, which the Court will hear on January 14. Professor Walters also discussed this case in an Oyez/ISCOTUS–produced video, which can be viewed here.
For more information, contact the Office of Public Affairs at IIT Chicago-Kent.
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