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The Northwestern Law Alumni Association is pleased to present this edition of Northwestern Law E-Briefs, an electronic
newsletter for alumni and friends of the Law School. We hope you enjoy this connection to Northwestern Law, its
alumni, and its students.
Northwestern Law E-Briefs Features:
* Illinois Gov. George Ryan to Deliver Keynote Address for Public Interest Law Week
* Ruder's Corporate Counsel Institute Keynote Address Available Online
* Hon. Richard Posner, Final Constitutional Law Colloquium Presenter
* Faculty in the News
* Upcoming Events
ILLINOIS GOV. GEORGE RYAN TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW WEEK
Illinois Gov. George Ryan will honor Northwestern Law faculty, students, and volunteer lawyers during the Law
School's Tenth Annual Public Interest Law Week. Ryan will deliver a keynote address to honor those who have spent
the past decade uncovering wrongful convictions and transforming the public debate about the death penalty and the
criminal justice system. His address, which is open to the public, will take place at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, November
14, in Thorne Auditorium at the Law School, 357 E. Chicago Ave. To download a pdf of the Public Interest Law Week
schedule, click here.
RUDER'S CORPORATE COUNSEL INSTITUTE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AVAILABLE ONLINE
David S. Ruder, former SEC chairman and former dean of Northwestern Law, delivered the keynote address entitled
"Lessons from Enron: Director and Lawyer Monitoring Responsibilities" at the 41st Annual Corporate Counsel
Institute on October 10, 2002. To download a pdf of the speech, click
here.
HON. RICHARD POSNER, FINAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COLLOQUIUM PRESENTER
Hon. Richard Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, will deliver the final presentation for this
fall's Constitutional Law Colloquium on November 21. His paper "Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy" is available
online. To download the paper and learn more about the Colloquium Series, click
here.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS (click title to read full article or interview)
Courts,
liberty, Guantanamo
Douglass Cassel in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, October 24, 2002
Blaming
Jews for all that's wrong with the world
Steven Lubet in Chicago Tribune, October 20, 2002
Commentary;
Have a confession to make?
Steven Drizin in Newsday (New York, NY), October 18, 2002
Marshall
discusses Illinois Gov. George Ryan's decision to
halt all death sentence execution due to wrongful convictions
Lawrence Marshall in NBC: Today (7:00 AM ET), October 17, 2002
The
United States' new role: Globocop
Douglass W. Cassel in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, October 17, 2002
To see more faculty in the news click
here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Expert Tells How Lawyers
Should Put Aside Biases in Representing Children, November 6, 2002, Law School, noon
Jean Koh Peters, a prominent children's advocate, will discuss how lawyers can break free from personal assumptions
and biases to remain focused on and relate better to clients from vastly different cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic
and racial backgrounds.
Seventh Annual Competition in Health Care
Forum, November 7- 8, 2002, Law School
Hon. Timothy J. Muris, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission will deliver the keynote address at the forum, which
will focus on recent developments and a look ahead at emerging industry issues. The Competition in Health Care Forum
is sponsored by Epstein Becker & Green; Gardner Carton & Douglas; Horty, Springer & Mattern; Lexecon,
Inc.; Modern Healthcare and Modern Physicians Magazines; and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice.
Tenth Annual Public Interest Law Week, November 11-14, 2002, Law School
Public Interest Law Week introduces students and legal professionals to the opportunities and challenges of public
service through a variety of panel discussions that include the separation of church and state, regulating police
misconduct, lawyering for the government, pro bono work, and wrongful convictions. This year's Public Interest Law
Week is sponsored by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw; Latham & Watkins; and McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Silent Auction to Benefit Student Funded Public Interest Fellowships, November 14, 2002, Law School, 6 p.m.
Public Interest Law Week activities will end with a silent auction and reception to benefit the Student Funded Public
Interest Fellowships. SFPIF, a non-profit organization run entirely by Northwestern law students, is dedicated to
funding law students working in unpaid positions at public interest organizations during the summer.
Center on Wrongful Convictions Annual Benefit Dinner, November 21, 2002, Westin River North Hotel, Chicago
Florida public defenders Ann E. Finnel and Patrick McGuinness, who were featured in the Academy Award-winning
documentary "Murder on a Sunday Morning," will deliver the keynote address at the annual benefit dinner for the Center
on Wrongful Convictions.
