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Weekly Faculty in the News, 1/30/14

A roundup of faculty appearances in news sources and media from the last week, 1/23/14 to 1/30/14.

1/27 – Dean Harold Krent was interviewed for a segment on CLTV’s Politics Tonight about the President’s executive authority.

1/27 – Professor Richard Wright was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA Criminal Law Reporter article on causation in two current US Supreme Court cases, Burrage v. United States and Paroline v. United States (“Supreme Court Adopts General Rule For Causation Required by Criminal Statutes,” subscription required).

1/28 – Professor Mark Rosen appeared in an ABC7 video and article on Illinois’s pension plan reform legislation (“Ill. labor unions sue over plan to cut pensions”).

1/29 – Chicago-Kent’s Documentary Film Series on Race, created by Professor Bernadette Atuahene to foster meaningful discussions about race, announced three new films that will be shown on campus this semester—A Class Apart (Feb. 20), The House We Live In (March 26), and Raising Our Voices (April 22). Check back on this blog for more information in the near future.

1/29 – Dean Harold Krent appeared in an Al Jazeera America video to discuss capital punishment (“States consider alternatives as lethal injection supplies dwindle”).

Blogs:

1/28 – Professor Sheldon Nahmod wrote about his new video outlining section 1983 basics at his blog, Nahmod Law.


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