Untitled (Due to my protest for higher pay for writing for this publication)

by: John Norkus

The natives are restless.  You’ve read about them, watched them – hell, some of you may have even participated in them.  Of course I’m talking about protests.  Protesting is the new black.  (Wait did I just use the “________ is the new black” line?  Damn it.  That’s so cliché.  I don’t know much, but I do know saying “____________ is the new black” is definitely not the new black.  Oh wait, I was in the middle of something).  Everybody’s taking to the streets, and no issue seems too small to fight for.  From the “99%” of Occupy Wall Street, to the Penn State students, to my personal favorite movement “Ryan Gosling should be the Sexiest Man Alive instead of Bradley Cooper,” people are out for their causes in full force these days.

Of course, this has led me to wonder, What’s the deal?  And what do these demonstrations accomplish?  I mean Joe Paterno wasn’t magically reinstated as head coach (thankfully), the 1% is still the 1% (unfortunately), and, well, I don’t see People Magazine dropping any retractions of its coveted crown (tragically).  So again someone tell me:  what has any of this accomplished?

Now before everyone goes and starts a John Norkus protest out on Pearson Street or on floor cinco of the libre, don’t get me wrong: I’m not necessarily anti-protest and I get it generally.  (Ok, now if that wasn’t a humble brag, I don’t know what is.  To think people would care enough about some article I wrote to go and protest it…it’s ridiculous but I’m leaving it in. I feel my self-esteem growing already).  People want their voices to be heard.  Free Speech.  Make a statement and the rest of the usual reasons.  And I think a protest can be a valuable, useful tool in the right instance.  But as of today I am taking a stand and letting the world know I have had it.  I am protesting protesting.  And I really hope that sentence reads okay because let’s face it, its a strange sentence.

But I’m serious here.  If people want change, they need to take action.  Now, I know a protest is taking action.  But while it is, it isn’t.  If people want to accomplish something they need to DO something.  Like when McDonald’s refused to honor my “Free Big Mac Coupon” the day after the Bulls scored 100 points in a game I attended.  Did I set up shop outside McDonald’s and write up a sign protesting McDonald’s unfair coupon practices?  No.  I threw the coupon up in the air in the middle of the store, stormed out, and vowed to never return to the land of Ronald McDonald.  And look:  McDonald’s was NEVER the same again. (Okay, that’s a small fib.  McDonald’s is still open and doing quite well, so maybe my version of protest wasn’t the most successful either.)

But the point remains.  If you hate Wall Street and the banking industry, then take your money out of banks and put it into credit unions (don’t worry I’m not taking credit for this idea; I read it in several interesting internet articles).  If you think Paterno was wronged (barf) then stop going to Penn State football games.  And, for the love of God, if you think Ryan Gosling should have been named “Sexiest Man Alive” over Bradley Cooper, then pick up the phone and cancel your People Magazine subscription today (I know I did).

Now you may be someone who likes to protest and are sitting here reading this thinking, “Man, this Norkus character is just being ridiculous.  What does he know anyways?”  That’s fine.  Continue protesting.  We can agree to disagree.  I just think that all of these protests are accomplishing little except diluting any value that did exist in protesting.  Because, and I’d just like to say I speak for the 99% on this (okay, maybe not the 99%, but I’m thinking at least the 93.7%), most people just tune all these protests out.  Unless they affect your travel route, your Starbucks route, or any of your meals, you really don’t care.  And the more they occur, the less people care – at least in my opinion.

Now if you are still unconvinced and are ready to go protest something right now, feel free to do so.  You may be right.  I may be crazy.  Of course you may be wrong, but you may be right.  And I may be wondering if I have to pay Billy Joel for using those words in this article.  Whatever, I’m sure Blackacre has some budget for such things, and if not, well, then I’ll just protest my student activities fee or something.  Anyways, I can’t worry about such things right now, I have to go burn my old copies of People.

For the Caffeine Fiends and the Library-Loathing

by:  Lauren Sarkesian

Tired of being stuck in the library with the gunner from your section who wants to know if you, too, have already finished the fourth Torts practice exam and didn’t understand how to work IIED into question #2? Yeah, we’ve all been there. You need to get out! Take a break from those drab white walls and endless stacks of Law Reporters towering over you. There are other places to study. And I’m not talking about the Starbucks at Pearson & State.  I’m talking places where the espresso swirls into beautiful designs in your mug. Places where you can sink into a comfy couch to read your Examples & Explanations.  Places where nobody will bother you.

The Bourgeois Pig (photo by _nickd)

…or maybe you’re just feeling adventurous. Either way, here are a few ideas for cool spots around town to study, by neighborhood:

Lincoln Park The Bourgeois Pig – 738 W. Fullerton Ave.

Feels like studying in an old European apartment. Lots of vintagey décor, great coffee, and very tasty food.  (The sandwiches are named after great novels as well—seriously, try The Sun Also Rises!) Oh, and it’s just off the Red Line Fullerton stop. Just beware the DePaul students.

Filter (photo by Eric Wittman)

Wicker Park
Filter – 1373 N. Milwaukee Ave.

This place is grunge-chic. Filter has a great assortment of old, mismatched, beat-up couches and lamps that create a fun atmosphere. My favorite of the coffeeshops I’ve found in Chicago for that alone, although I’ll admit that I could get a better latte at Starbucks. …Or across the street at a smaller, nerdier, vintage video game-themed Wormhole coffeeshop. Beware the hipsters (at both).

Caribou Coffee (photo by Heather Elias)

River North
Caribou Coffee – 600 N. Kingsbury

Unfortunately, River North is not home to many coffeeshops. Caribou is the best we’ve got in River North (my ’hood) but really, it’s not a bad option. This location is right on the park, has lots of windows, usually is quiet with seating available, and offers its usual lodge-like atmosphere—complete with a fireplace. Beware the moms that intermittently stop in with loud kids.

The Loop

Intelligentsia (photo by Liz Clayton)

Intelligentsia – 53 W. Jackson Blvd.

Best espresso you’ll find around. The shop boasts an unfussy, classic aesthetic.  Though it’s a chain (like everything in the Loop) at least it’s a Chicago-based chain, and, this location is inside the historic Monadnock building. If there’s no seating available, you could always pick up your caffeine and head over to the Harold Washington Public Library down the block. Or check out their Lakeview location (on Broadway). Beware the coffee snobs.

Enjoy!

Food Stamp Challenge Reflections

By:  C. Maeve Kendall

Wednesdays are difficult. It’s too early in the week to start thinking about the weekend and too late to feel the excitement of a “fresh” new week. For the Food Stamp Challengers, getting over the Wednesday “hump” is more like climbing a mountain. The participants in the challenge agreed to use only $21 for an entire week’s worth of food to replicate the difficulties facing millions of Americans surviving on food stamps.

In addition to the standard mid-week blues, the challengers are experiencing fatigue, frustration, and most certainly HUNGER. I will be honest: I have a talkative stomach. When she is hungry, she is sure to tell me with a grumble, “Feed me soon or I will make the embarrassment of your chatty tummy last through your next class as well.” Only 3½ days into the challenge and the minor grumblings have turned into a cacophony of angry growls. Here are a couple other musings from Food Stamp Challenge Participants:

“This Food Stamp Challenge is not easy.  For me thus far, there are two things that are especially hard:  1) The coffee that I bought for very, very, very, very little money at Aldi tastes like I brewed it through money.  It’s nasty.  I want Intelligentsia.  2) My roommate is a damn good cook, and right now he’s cooking spicy chicken with zucchini, lentil beans, and an awesome looking salad.  It makes me so hungry.  My meal:  wilted mixed greens with no dressing and Ramen noodles.  The egg sandwich I ate this morning was pretty good though.  I used my grilled cheese fixin’s, added an egg, and demolished it.  I would recommend that.” – Tim Black, Day 3

“Well, today went well. I think my biggest struggle right now is planning.  Today I only packed lunch, but not dinner. So I was starving during my 7-9 pm class.  I did find a random tootsie pop in my backpack, but I resisted the urge to eat it.  Plus, I’m a little creeped out about the jar of PBJ swirl I bought, so if I keel over sometime this week, we’ll all know why.  Honestly, I couldn’t imagine doing this for the long term. Not just because the lack of choice food and someone determining how you spend your money, but living on $21 food allowance a week, this probably isn’t even the half of it.” – Jacquie Mosley-Pastrana, Day 3

Law in the News 11-11-11

By: Janet Soave

Movin’ on Up

President Obama’s Affordable Care Act is making its way to the Supreme Court one step at a time after a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit ruled that the Act is constitutional this morning. Although the panel (and every other news source) is predicting that the Supreme Court will make an announcement about whether to take the case up on cert within the next week or so, the panel provided a 130-page opinion. I hope Judge Silberman isn’t too sad that none of the justices will care what he wrote when they deny cert for lack of ripeness…

Big Brother is watching?

Maybe George Orwell was off by a few years, but if the 9 gentlemen and ladies of SCOTUS have anything to say about whether or not we move closer to being subject to the government’s ever-watchful eye (and they have everything to say about it) the threat of constant surveillance may continue to be a fiction. It will all come down to the justice’s latest confrontation with privacy and technology.

Not so Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on November 7. The jury concluded that by providing Jackson with fatal amounts of propofol he acted with criminal negligence.

The song that never ends…

It goes on and on…

Almost as annoying and demeaning as Lamb Chop’s Play-Along theme song is the endless supply of stories about law school administration royally screwing over their students by providing inaccurate information about student successes.  In case you were still confident in your decision to pay astronomical amounts of dough to come to law school…

And if you have already joined the jaded majority, you can add fuel to the fire knowing that you could have gotten a better value on your law school education if you had attended one of these schools instead.

2012 PILS Auction – An Event You Don’t Want to Miss!

By Mike Hohenadel

Do you want to play a round of golf with Dean Faught? Maybe you want to stay in a swanky hotel after Barrister’s Ball?  Or is dinner and dancing (wild, Hangge Uppe-dancing) with a professor or Dean Kaufman more your speed? There’s only one opportunity for you to get all of these things and more: the PILS Auction on Thursday, February 16!

I know, it feels a bit early to start making plans for February, but if there is one event that you should plan ahead for, this is it. It’s the only time you can have a fully catered event – with an open bar – while you hang out with a bunch of professors, alumni and classmates. Family and friends are welcome and, of course, everyone gets the chance to bid on the aforementioned items.

The best part about all of this is that your ticket and your purchases will be going to fund stipends for public interest internships. So, not only will your purchase get you brunch specials, all that money will go towards rent for a fellow Loyola student who spends their summer representing Chicago’s most needy.

As if that weren’t enough, this year’s Auction is going to be featuring artwork from Chicago’s up and coming artists. In between bidding on restaurant deals and making small talk with your favorite teacher, you can take in examples of the paintings, photos and sculptures which will soon be decorating our city’s hippest art galleries.

Mark your calendars, hit up your rich neighbor to donate an iPad, and prepare for what will most definitely be your favorite school event of the school year.  Just don’t outbid me on the golf.

Op-Ed: Conduct Unbecoming a Lawyer

By Dan Wharton

Pictures may speak a thousand words, but these dandies from Halloween 2011 leave me speechless.

A Buffalo-based law firm representing big-time mortgage lenders like Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo is under fire after a N.Y. Times Op-Ed exposed the firm for its annual Halloween party.

Members of the firm weren’t derided for dressing like Snooki from the Jersey Shore (with her…well, you know…hanging out) or like Anthony Weiner (with his…well, you know…hanging out).  Instead, attorneys, paralegals and secretaries took to the office dressed as the not-so-well-off.

Steven J. Baum, P.C. runs its business prosecuting foreclosure cases.  Famous in New York for forcing 73-year-old women from their homes, the firm rarely offers homeowners a chance to get out from underneath their underwater mortgages.  They have been accused by the Department of Justice of filing misleading statements with the court (for you CivPro buffs, a Rule 11 complaint) and are also under investigation by the New York Attorney General.  They are the subject of several class-action lawsuits for improperly filing certain papers that would force mortgage lenders to negotiate with their borrowers.

And, to add insult to injury, you can see that the attorneys make no bones about how they feel about their opponents in litigation.  They set up a “squatter’s camp” in the middle of their office, smothered themselves in something disgusting (besides their own morals), and dressed like people who had been kicked out of their homes.  In one picture, supplied to columnist Joe Nocera by a confidential source inside the firm, a “squatter” erected a sign asking for an “O.T.S.C.”—an order to show cause—a symbol of “they’re wrong, I’m right” that mocks the common last-stand of those evicted from their homes.  In another photo, the attorneys placed a picture of their opposing counsel from a prior lawsuit (I kid you not) inside a coffin—“R.I.P. Crazy Suzie.”

I’m not taking the stance that foreclosing on people who don’t make mortgage payments is wrong.  (Though there must be something said for the fact that the federal government is allowing over 4 million homeowners to file for a review of foreclosure proceedings on their home.)

Instead of focusing on prosecuting mortgage foreclosures, let’s focus on the real problem here: drawing a line between being a zealous advocate for your client and mocking people.

This behavior is disgraceful.  Doing your job is one thing—making fun of those whose interests aren’t aligned with your own is another.

Acting like this in private only encourages wrongful characterizations of these people in public.  If one of these attorneys shows up to court and actually meets a person that they’re trying to foreclose on, imagine how their attitudes have already been reinforced by these costumes and these signs.  It’s inappropriate from people in our profession.

And if these people are just trying to “lighten the mood,” they’re missing the point.  They are attorneys.  They’re to be held to a code of conduct.  Leave the unenlightened caricatures to the misinformed.  Know that you have to live up to a higher standard.

As attorneys, we have to realize that we’re under a microscope.  Other people look at us as problem-solvers, but also as problem-causers.  We don’t need to reinforce that stereotype by playing to the lowest common denominator.  We absolutely should be zealous advocates for our clients—but that doesn’t mean we need to lose our sense of what is right and wrong.

These attorneys have clearly lost that sense.  I don’t know whether to chalk it up to a deformed sense of ethics, or Halloween, or a full moon.  But my advice to them would be not to plan on repeating that costume next year.

My World Without an NBA Season

By:  John Norkus

By now you all have heard about the NBA lockout and the fact that, despite it being November and time for the season to begin, no actual games are taking place.  The lockout poses a huge problem for me because I spend a solid amount of time watching NBA games, reading about NBA games, and discussing NBA games.  SO MUCH NEW FREE TIME.  So with games being cancelled, I am forced to consider what I will do with the time I would have spent watching the Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Golden State Warriors.  So here I enter that cold, cold world:

1. Toy Voyaging – For those of you unfamiliar with this hobby, it’s quite easy.  You simply grab an old toy, find a “Toy Voyager” message board, and seek out a place for your toy to visit.  Then you wait for your new toy’s host to send you back pictures, and eventually they return the toy.  It’s also cool because I can pretend I’m sending my toys on mini NBA road trips.  I’ll do this even if the NBA starts back up, of course. I mean, sometimes I just need a break from my toys, not to mention how sick I get of their complaints about wanting a vacation.

2. Parkour – Yes, for most of us knowledge of this activity is limited to YouTube and an intro from “The Office.”  But think about how much fun I could have around the CLC engaging in this hobby.  Flipping over unsuspecting 1Ls on the 4th floor, running off the side of a wall in the middle of class, hopping over the staircase from 1 to the lower level (that’ll show those 1 floor elevator takers)…the possibilities are endless.

3.  Get on TV – No, I don’t mean have a TV show. That’s just ridiculous.  What I do mean is photobombing live on the news.  Start out with the local news, then move on to the Weather Channel, and (when I get real experienced) hit up the cable news networks.  OH, so that’s where CNN comes from.  Genius.

4. Watch all 4,427 Republican Presidential Candidate Debates – This could be the best idea of the bunch.  Why? Because I can make this like the NBA.  Romney=LeBron, all the talent and tools but still there’s something to not like; Perry=Carmelo, lots of hype but little production when the chips are down; Bachmann=Dennis Rodman, actually these two couldn’t be more different, unless this is based entirely on unpredictability; Herman Cain=Kris Humphries, you didn’t really know who he was and probably didn’t care to, and then something happened and for some reason now you know him.  This should be good.

5.  Chess Boxing – That’s right, a combo of the two greatest sports…eh, OK, I oversold it there, but anyways you get the picture:  a brains-meets-brawn situation.  Those of you who have seen my chiseled physique and have experienced my skilled chess brain know this is clearly a sport tailored for me.  How it works, you ask?  Well, you alternate rounds playing chess and boxing.  Whoever gets a knockout or checkmate first wins.  Personally I think I’m going to coin the move “The Knock-Mate” where, just as I complete a checkmate on you, you feel the effects of my last punch from the previous round and go down.

6.  Celebrate Bizarre Holidays – Every day is a holiday, and with no NBA season I can take the time to celebrate each and every one of them.  This will help replace that feeling of anticipation I get for the big games of the season.  For example, I already have November 9th circled on the calendar for “Chaos Never Dies” Day.  Or who would miss November 19th, “Have a Bad Day” Day, where you wish everyone a bad day instead of a good one?  With holidays to look forward to like these, who needs to know when the Bulls were supposed to play the Heat?

7.  Start Watching the NHL – No, seriously.  Ok, yeah, no.

8.  Learn a New Language – The problem here is that we all know how this story ends.  I start learning the language, everything starts going smoothly, I converse in the language and all of that good stuff, and then WHAM the lockout ends and so does my knowledge of the language.  This activity would clearly be fruitless and serve little to no benefit to me in the future.

9.  Learn to Pick Locks – This sounds like a good activity.  Fun.  Challenging.  It seems like it would be kind of like a puzzle.  I like puzzles.  Who doesn’t?  Plus, I have a tendency to lock myself out, so I’d be also addressing this problem.  And when I got good, I could just let myself in basically anywhere.  Although, I guess that would be illegal, wouldn’t it?  Well, why don’t we all just conveniently forget I brought this one up and carry on with our lives?

10.  Watch the 1990s Bulls – Ok, this idea is not at all a joke.  BEST. TIMES. OF. MY. LIFE.  And now Comcast SportsNet has announced, that it will be showing reruns of some of the “best” Jordan games.  I am so excited.  Who cares that I know the results and the dramatic effect of said games is gone.  True greatness can be appreciated at any time.  Incidentally, this is probably the equivalent of an alcoholic running out of liquor after the store closing and saying, “Screw it!  I’ll drink the rubbing alcohol I have left over.”  But hey, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Op-Ed: Catch Me (On Camera) If You Can

By:  Joe Cohodes

I was of two minds when I first heard Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s proposal to modify red-light cameras so they could “catch” speeders near school zones, parks, and the like.

For, you see, my right foot worships at the pagan altar of acceleration.  My ribcage, however, reminds me from time to time that I was once a twelve year-old boy who found himself as the proverbial hood ornament of a 1998 Buick LeSabre, whose driver forgot to look before she turned left.  There is a time and a place for speed, but neither can be found in the urban environs of Chicago and her 2.7 million citizens.  As such, I was inclined to agree with Emmanuel.  But then Rahm, that wily political fox, trotted out “the children.”

Forget what they say about lobbyists, kids are a politician’s best friend.  Need a photo-op?  Kiss a baby.  Just make sure that little bundle of joy is in Momma’s arms when you do, otherwise he’ll spit up all over that blue suit/red tie/white shirt/American flag-pin get-up that your P.R. rep loves.  You wanted a photo-op, not a punchline for Tonight with Jay Leno, remember?  But there’s more to a politician’s love of children than publicity.  Apropos of nothing whatsoever, I’ll give you an example, purely hypothetical, with absolutely no application to the real world.  Whatso … Oh, to hell with the analogy.  Let’s lay it all on the table.

What do you do when your city budget is drowning in $587 million worth of red ink?  Do you stand atop City Hall, amidst the luscious rooftop garden, and watch?

No! You think of the children.

Had Emmanuel been more circumspect about the intended reach of his automated traffic cops, I would have supported his proposal.  Had he limited his speed-camera rollout to, let’s say, the two mile stretch of 79^th Street that was found to contain four of the top 20 crash intersections, according to a recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study, or the 12 high-crash corridors identified in the same study, I would have found his proposal modest, logical, and acceptable.

Alas, his plan was a tad too brazen, too obviously focused on revenue and not enough on protecting pedestrians.  The original proposal had Rahm’s silent sentinels of speed covering 47% of Chicago’s 227.2 square miles, operating 24 hours a day.  You know, to protect those playgrounds jam-packed with innocent children swinging from the monkey bars at midnight, or those schools disgorging students who just got out of their 2 A.M. Multiplication Tables seminar.   The Department of Revenue must have had a high-beam Cheshire cat grin on its collective face, thinking of those scanners darkly, clicking merrily away at speeding scofflaws while money poured into city coffers at the tune of $100 per violation.

Rahm’s proposal, albeit narrowed down by the legislature, passed the Illinois Senate on Wednesday, and City Hall continues to piously insist it has nothing but the kids in mind.  “At the end of the day, it’s really about people’s lives,” said Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein.  “When your child is hit by a car, it’s earth-shattering for you.”  While I do not speak from experience, it’s a safe bet that a parent’s world shatters equally when their child is hit by bullets, rather than bumpers.  In 2010, seventy-two children were shot to death in the Windy City.  Total number of pedestrians (of all ages) fatally hit by cars last year? Thirty two.  But think of the children.

For all his political adroitness, Emmanuel made that rookie mistake – he picked up the baby.  Rahm overreached, and Chicago saw his speed cameras for what they are:  another way for City Hall to nickel-and-dime its way back to solvency.

Spring Break in Santiago, anyone? Comparative Law in Chile

In recent years, Chile has possibly been best known for it’s natural beauty and those lucky miners.  For students looking to learn more about how another system functions, Chile offers a magnificent opportunity to delve into Comparative Law.

The Comparative Law Class – Chile is founded on a longstanding relationship with our sister school in Santiago – Alberto Hurtado University Law School – significantly enhancing students’ access to professionals and practitioners working in their chosen areas of study.  As Professor Bruce Boyer explains, “comparative law classes offer important opportunities for students to gain perspective about the structures of legal systems, and to explore the varying foundations on which different systems are built.  Students have also found the opportunity to travel to other countries and engage in hands on field research to be an invaluable way to enhance their legal education.”

Loyola alumna Lizzy Ullman (’11), who participated in the program in spring 2011, described a tour of the Chileans Criminal Court and Jail and Supreme Court arranged by the host university when asked about the highlights of her trip.  She also spoke highly of the interviews students engage in as part of their semester research topic: “I was enrolled in Loyola’s Childlaw clinic where I was a child representative on a few messy divorce cases.  I was not feeling pleased with our own legal system and was curious how other legal systems address the issue of child custody in divorce.  This was the perfect opportunity to do that. I found the research interesting, and learned that Chile handles divorce and child custody very different than how most states address it.  One of the highlights of the trip for me was interviewing a Chilean family law judge.”  As an avid traveler who spent her first law school summer interning in South Africa, Ms. Ullman also enjoyed the valued opportunities to get to know Santiago, visit several other areas of Chile – including Vina del Mar, Valparaiso and San Pedro de Atacama (the desert!) – after the trip and getting to know the people her group met.

It is easy to understand how this Chilean law experience might enrich students’ law school experience and expand options for students looking for an international career in our ever-shrinking-global-community. What some people might not realize is that the program has also provided opportunities for faculty and Chile as well.  Professor James Carey described the excitement that he and Professors Bill Elward, Rick Hutt, Tom Moore and Patti Sudendorf have experienced through assisting the Chilean transformation to an adversarial system: “As part of our exchange program with Alberto Hurtado University in Santiago, several of our trial practice faculty, with expertise as well in criminal law and procedure, have visited Santiago to teach Chilean lawyers and lawyers from other Latin American countries, notably from Mexico, about techniques of persuasion in the adversarial system, and about American criminal procedure, especially  the role of the exclusionary rule as a guarantor of individual rights. Observing their efforts first hand has given us fresh insight into our own system, and has been inspiring as well, reminding us of the critical role which lawyers and the rule of law play in preserving individual rights.”

Furthermore, for students who are interested in International work, the Chile program offers valuable and very practical experience.  One Loyola student who attended the 2011 Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair in D.C. noted that one high-level Department of State official speaking on a panel about international careers explicitly listed study abroad experience during law school as one of the things that “stands out” on a resume.  As many American attorneys represent clients with interests in other countries, gaining such intimate exposure to how a different system operates – including how lawyers in the civil law tradition are trained – is also an asset.  In fact, Andrew Burkavage, a 3L student who participated in the program last spring, explained that – in addition to the joys of sunshine and pisco in March– the program is impressive in that students are able to meet with some of Chile’s most prominent legal scholars.

For further questions about this three-credit spring course, interested students may contact Professors Tom Haney (thaney@luc.edu), Anne-Marie Rhodes (arhodes@luc.edu), or Bruce Boyer (bboyer@luc.edu).  Additional information and a course description may also be found at: http://www.luc.edu/law/courses/200s.html#237 and http://www.luc.edu/law/academics/special/studyabroad/chile.html.

For more information about Public Interest careers or how to get involved with upcoming events, and volunteer opportunities today, please contact Associate Director of Career Services Maureen Kieffer (mkieffer1@luc.edu), and/or Mary Bird (mbird1@luc.edu), Director of Public Interest Programs.