A Symposium on Women’s Legal History:
A Global Perspective

Thursday – Friday, October 13 – 14, 2011
Keynote: Thursday, October 13, 5 p.m.

Sarah Barringer Gordon
University of Pennsylvania Law School
“Holy War: Women, Courts and Religion in the 1980s”

Panels: Friday, October 14, 8:45 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Speakers include:

Barbara Babcock
Stanford University

Lloyd Bonfield
New York Law School

Tracey Jean Boisseau
University of Akron

Lily Chang
Magdalene College,
University of Cambridge

Benedetta Faedi Duramy
Golden Gate University
School of Law

Susan Hinely
SUNY – Stony Brook

Adetoun Ilumoka
University of Western Ontario

Gwen Jordon
University of Illinois – Springfield

Mary Jane Mossman
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Margaret Powers
Illinois Institute of Technology

Carla Spivak
Oklahoma City University
School of Law

Kara Swanson
Northeastern University

Karen Tani
University of Berkeley

Tracy A. Thomas
University of Akron

Deleso Alford Washington
Florida A&M University

Mary Ziegler
St. Louis University

Adam Altman
Ali Ammoura
Jennifer Baader
Alex Banzhaf
Teresa Becvar
Chris Bowers
Emily Chase-Sosnoff
Jeffrey Grimyser
Brittany Kaspar
Katryn Newton
Andrew Oppenheimer
Vladimir Shuliga
Phillip Skaggs

]]> http://cklawreview.com/2011/08/03/the-2011-summer-candidacy-program-is-complete/feed/ 0 http://cklawreview.com/2011/08/03/the-2011-summer-candidacy-program-is-complete/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChicagoKentLawReview/~3/XCJ5Y9e2J1I/ http://cklawreview.com/2011/07/18/862-and-863-are-printing/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:58:13 +0000 Brian Langs http://cklawreview.com/?p=924 Continue reading →]]> I am happy to report that Volume 86, Issue 2 of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, Symposium on Comparative Jury Systems, is now printing.  The issue should be available in hard copy at your local law library and in electronic form on our website on on WestLaw and LexisNexis by mid-August.  Congratulations to everyone involved!  It looks to be an excellent academic exchange re different approaches to the jury systems and mixed courts spanning the globe.  The symposium editor, Nancy Marder (an ex-SCOTUS clerk herself), believes the issue will allow Justice Breyer and Justice Scalia to continue their debate about whether U.S. courts should look to foreign sources for inspiration.  Although these two Justices have carried on this debate in the realm of constitutional law, she believes the debate could be extended to our jury system as well. 

I am also happy to report that Volume 86, Issue 3 of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, Symposium on Medical Malpractice and Compensation in Global Perspective, Part I, is complete and should begin print production within the next week or so.  It is the first part of a special double issue (the second part will be published this winter as 87:1) that includes comparative analysis of tort law – in the context of medical malpractice and compensation – in 14 countries/regions from around the globe.  Countries appearing in 86:3 include Austria, Germany, France, South Africa, Poland, New Zealand, and Canada.  The issue should be available in hard copy at your local law library and in electronic form on our website and on WestLaw and LexisNexis by the end of summer.  Again, congratulations to all involved!

Download the instructions document here.

Good luck!

Allison Adams
Dunstan Barnes
Qi Chen
Samuel Cook
Catherine Cottle
Amanda Del Carlo
Yu Di
Patrick Ferrell
Kylin Fisher
Kyle Gillen
Daniel Hantman
Luke Harriman
Joshua Horwitz
Peter Kim
Sarah Marfisi
Michael Mason
Eric Michel
Samuel Mustain
Jennifer Nimry
Cole Richter
Karlin Sangdahl
Sylvia St. Clair
Cecilia Suh

As noted in the Record, we will be holding an open informational session about the summer program on Wednesday, June 29, from 8:30-9:30 pm in room C40.  This session is entirely optional–all necessary information to participate in the program can be found in the official instructions and materials documents.  But this will be a good opportunity to ask questions and gain some perspective from a few of us who went through the process last year.  Below is a set of frequently asked questions; feel free to email me if you cannot make the informational session and don’t see your question below.

Thanks,

Daaron Kimmel

Executive Notes and Comments Editor

dkimmel@kentlaw.edu

In advance of our open informational session, here are some FAQs about the Chicago-Kent Law Review Summer Candidacy Program.

Question:  Will a fixed number of candidates will be invited to join Law Review through the Summer Candidacy Program?

Answer: No.  The Law Review does not have a formal limit on the number of candidates it invites.  The Chicago-Kent Law Review will invite all candidates whose submissions meet the Law Review’s standards.  In previous years, the Law Review invited a significant number of participants to join based on their performance in the Summer Candidacy Program.

Question:  Does the Summer Candidacy Program require extensive research?

Answer: No.  The Summer Candidacy Program utilizes a closed-research format, and outside research is not permitted. Each candidate’s analysis is confined to the sources in the 2011 Summer Candidacy Program Packet.  The Program Packet will be accessible on the Chicago-Kent Law Review website (www.cklawreview.com) on July 5, 2011.

Question: How are Summer Candidacy Program submissions evaluated?

Answer: The Chicago-Kent Law Review Executive Board judges papers on their merits based on analytical ability, writing ability and style, ability to develop endnotes, proper citation form, and appropriate use of sources. Additionally, all papers are submitted anonymously, so the Executive Board will not know the identities of any candidates.

Question: How many members of the current Chicago-Kent Law Review wrote on?

Answer: A substantial percentage of the Law Review’s current membership consists of students who successfully participated in the Summer Candidacy Program.  In fact, around half of last year’s staff wrote on to Law Review, and around half of the Executive Board were write-on candidates as well. The Chicago-Kent Law Review values the Summer Candidacy Program and is proud to accept qualified candidates based on their performance in the program.

As previously announced, the 2011 Summer Candidacy Program will run from July 5-19

If you have any questions before the Summer Candidacy Program, please contact Executive Notes and Comments Editor, Daaron Kimmel at dkimmel@kentlaw.edu.  Once the program has begun, please contact only those people listed in the instructions document, in order to preserve anonymity in grading all submissions.

Class ranks should be finalized towards the end of June and we’ll be sending out invitations at that time to those students who qualify for Law Review membership based on their grades.  The Summer Candidacy Program (SCP or “write-on” method) is the other way to earn a place on the Law Review, for students demonstrating excellent writing and critical thinking abilities.  This year’s SCP will run from July 5 to July 19.  The problem and materials will be made available for download from this site – no outside research will be permitted.

I’ll be holding an open informational session at school towards the end of June.  More details on that session and the SCP generally will be coming soon.

Cheers,

Daaron Kimmel

Executive Notes and Comments Editor

The site is similar to a C-K Law Review Alumni social networking site.  Some of its features include:

 -  Individual Profiles with an ability to edit information such as (1) Profile picture, (2) Class, (3) Bio Info, (4) Preferred Contact Information, (5) Address/Current City, (6) Employment History, and (7) Practice Area(s);

-  An alphbetical list of all registered alumni; and

-  A search function allowing the user to search any of the fields above and more.

Current staff will receive an email in the near future re registration.  I highly encourage all of you to register. 

Alumni, I will be sending an email to a limited list of emails that I have, asking for participation in the network .  However, if you are reading this post and wish to participate in the network, please email me at cklawreview@gmail.com and include your name, class year, and volume(s) of the Law Review published by your class.  After a quick check that you are actually an alum, someone from our staff will email you the registration information and a link to the site.    

I am excited to get the Chicago-Kent Law Review Alumni directory up and running.  The more people in the network, the better tool it becomes, so please participate!

And again, a huge shout out to Nick Cordell, who really did all the heavy lifting putting the site together.

Brian Langs, EIC, 2010-2011

Margaret Master, Editor-in-Chief

Travis Bayer, Managing Editor

Daaron Kimmel, Executive Notes and Comments Editor

Jeff Blake, Executive Articles Editor

Lauren Emery, Executive Articles Editor

Jacquelyn Hill, Executive Articles Editor

Brian Kebbekus, Executive Articles Editor

Joshua Lurie, Executive Articles Editor

Andrew Medeiros, Executive Articles Editor

Charles Spiekerman, Executive Articles Editor

Grant Swanson, Executive Articles Editor

James Vergara, Executive Articles Editor

On behalf of the rest of the current Executive Board, we are excited to leave the Law Review in such capable hands.