Curriculum

The Public Interest Law Society at the Northern Illinois University College of Law will hold its 11th annual benefit silent and live auctions on Friday, April 7, in the Thurgood Marshall Gallery of Swen Parson Hall in DeKalb.

Bidding for the silent auction will begin at 5 p.m., with the live auction at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be available. To donate an auction item, e-mail niupilsauction@gmail.com.

Proceeds will provide stipends to qualified law students for summer work in public sector law offices and legal aid agencies. For information, e-mail brian.burbrink@gmail.com.

The PILS benefit will follow presentation at 2 p.m. of the annual Francis X. Riley Lecture on Ethics and Professionalism by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. It will take place in the Francis Riley Courtroom.

Indiana University Law Prof. Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, associate dean for research, will deliver the 28th annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, for the Chicago-Kent College of Law Institute for Law and the Workplace.

The lecture, “The Future of Collective Bargaining,” will be followed with commentary by labor attorneys Allison Beck, Nicholas W. Clark and Michael A. Rodriguez.

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At 12 noon Tuesday, April 4, Chicago-Kent's 17th annual Henry Morris Lecture in International and Comparative Law will be given by Mitsuo Matsushita, emeritus law professor at the University of Tokyo.

A founding member of the appellate body of the World Trade Organization and an advisory board member of the Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization, he will speak on “Decision-Making in the WTO.”

There is no charge to attend these lectures. Call (312) 906-5090 for more information.

Visiting bioethicist Robert L. Schwartz will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale. Call (618) 453-8858.

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Eric D. Hargan, principal associate deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will speak at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at the law school.

He will discuss “The Federal Role in Public Health Emergencies” as the 2006 Distinguished Visitor in Public Service Health Law. Attendance is free of charge. Call (618) 453-8636.

A presentation on European patent law, “Different Standards in Europe Used in Analyzing Written Disclosure,” will take place from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in room 8005 at the DePaul University College of Law.

Speakers include Walter Maiwald, managing partner of a patent law firm in Germany. The program is sponsored by the Association of Patent Law Firms and DePaul's Center for Intellectual Property Law and Information.

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DePaul's 12th annual Clifford Symposium on Civil Justice, Tort Law and Social Policy is scheduled Thursday and Friday, April 20-21. The topic is “Is the Rule of Law Waning in America?” Call (312) 362-5292 for details.

The University of Illinois College of Law will conduct a Chicago conference on “Consumer Bankruptcy and Credit in the Wake of the 2005 Act” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 7, in the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel.

Professors Charles Tabb, Ralph Brubaker and Natalie DeVooght will be host moderators. Panelists include Chief Judge Eugene Wedoff of U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District.

The registration fee of $250 for lawyers and $125 for judges includes breakfast, lunch and reception. Contact Suzanne Rogers at (217) 333-9859 or srogers@law.uiuc.edu for more information.

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The University of Illinois Women's Law Society will hold a symposium on the professional woman's emerging role in U.S. Government at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 6. Contact Katherine Palm at kpalm2@law.uiuc.edu.

Speakers are Celinda Lake and Kellyanne Conway, authors of “What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live.”

The John Marshall Law School Center for Employee Benefits and Tax Law will conduct a symposium from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 7. Call Kathy Winiczay, (312) 427-22737, ext. 380.

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The John Marshall Alumni Association will hold a Central Illinois reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at the Capitol Steakhouse, Springfield.