2008 Faculty Activities
Professor Marc Falkoff
- Presented, An Update on Boumediene v. Bush at Elgin Kiwanis Club, in Elgin, Illinois (January 8, 2008).
- Presented, Against Torture at Witness Against Torture Rally, in Chicago, Illinois (January 11, 2008).
- Presented, Habeas Corpus in the 21st Century at the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, in Chicago and Champaign, Illinois (January 18 and 25, 2008).
- Presented, Poetry, Empathy, Law as the Inaugural Lecture of the Batavia New Lyceum Lecture Series, in Batavia, Illinois (February 18, 2008).
- Presented, Guantánamo as Human Rights Violation at DePaul University, in Chicago, Illinois (February 25, 2008).
- Presented, Ad Hoc Tribunals and International Law at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, in Houston, Texas (February 28, 2008).
- Presented, Empathy and the Rule of Law at Guantánamo at the Rothko Chapel, in Houston, Texas (February 28, 2008).
- Presented, The Guantánamo Bay Detentions and Human Rights to Amnesty International’s Chicago Chapter (March 9, 2008).
- Presented, Representing Guantánamo Detainees at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois (March 10, 2008).
- Presented, Guantánamo and the inSecurity Blanket at Remy Bumppo Theatre’s thinkTank, in Chicago (March 30, 2008).
- Presented, Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak at DePaul University Art Museum, in Chicago, (April 1, 2008).
- Published, Guantánamo in the Supreme Court . . . Again, Human Rights Newsletter of the Illinois State Bar Association (April 2008).
- Presented, Poems from Guantánamo: The End of Empathy at Plenary Session of Annual Conference of Association for Asian American Studies, in Chicago (April 17, 2008).
- Presented, The Guantánamo Poems and Social Activism at the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis (April 18, 2008).
- Published, This Is To Whom It May Concern: A Guantánamo Narrative,1 DePaul Journal For Social Justice 2 (2008).
- Presented, Guantánamo: Notes from Inside the Wire, at Fairfield University, in Fairfield, Connecticut (April 24, 2008).
- Presented, Guantánamo and the Supreme Court, at the Unitarian Church of Chicago Forum (May 2008).
- Presented, Rights Beyond Reason, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California (May 2008).
- Presented, Guantánamo and the Supreme Court, at the NIU Lifelong Learning Center in DeKalb, Illinois (May 2008).
- Presented, Who Are the Guantánamo Detainees? to American Muslims for Activism and Learning in Chicago (July 2008).
- Presented, Habeas and Executive Detention, to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn (July 16, 2008).
- Presented, Adnan's Story, at the World Can't Wait Forum, in Oak Park, Illinois (July 26, 2008).
- Presented, Non-Criminal Habeas Corpus Procedure After Boumediene, at the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Bench and Bar Conference, in Colorado Springs (September 6, 2008).
- Recipient, Bill of Rights in Action Award, from the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Chicago (September 16, 2008).
- Finalist, Freedom to Publish Award, from the International Publishers Association, Geneva, Switzerland, (September 18, 2008).
- Lecture, Rethinking the Supreme Court's Role in the War on Terror, New History of Ideas Conference, “From Conflict and Violence, The Road Back to Peace,” at NIU in DeKalb, IL (Oct. 6, 2008).
- Lecture, Defending Habeas Corpus and the Constitution at Guantánamo, DeKalb Interfaith Network, in DeKalb, IL (Oct. 16, 2008).
- Presented, Guantánamo, Poetry, and the Rule of Law at the University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado (October 21, 2008).
- Presented, Guantánamo and Habeas Corpus after the Military Commissions Act at the University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado (October 21, 2008).
- Talk, Words of War, the Politics of Truth, Red Rover Reading Event, in Chicago (Nov. 1, 2008).
- Lecture, Executive Detention, Torture and Abuse, at Washington University, in St. Louis (Nov. 21, 2008).
- Talk, Obama and the Future of Guantánamo, at the “World Can't Wait” National Convention, in Chicago (Nov. 22, 2008).
- Respondent, Torture & Interrogation, at the Modern Language Association Annual Conference, in San Francisco (Dec. 27, 2008).
Professor David Gaebler
- Co-Director of the second academic exchange with advanced law students from the University of Bordeaux who had an intensive three-week immersion in Introduction to American Law at the NIU College of Law (September 2008).
Professor Laurel Haskell
- Finalist, 2008 Ross Essay Contest: The Rule of Man: A Film Recommendation Leads to a Father's Enduring Lesson, ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter (July 22, 2008).
Interim Associate Dean Guadalupe Luna
- Named Interim Associate Dean, effective January 1, 2008.
- Presented, Chicanas and Agricultural Law Intersections: Connecting the Past with Geographic Transformations in The Present, at A New Legal Realism Conference Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project, University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, Wisconsin (March 15, 2008).
- “Women in Blue Jeans,” Chicanas and Agricultural Law Intersections: Connecting the Past with Geographic Transformations In the Present, __ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN JOURNAL OF LAW, GENDER AND SOCIETY __ (forthcoming 2008).
- Chasing Rural Democracy and “Food Glorious Food”: Farmers of Color and Anti-Trust Legislation, 28 UCLA CHICANA/O-LATINA/O LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming 2008).
- Chasing Treaty Promises, BERKELEY LA RAZA L.J. __ (forthcoming 2008).
- Book Review, YIFAT HOLZMAN-GAZIT, LAND EXPROPRIATION IN ISRAEL: LAW, CULTURE AND SOCIETY (2007) (forthcoming 2008).
- Global Migrants in the Manner of Local Shelter: Anti-Immigrant Backlash Hits Home (book chapter with Professor Fran Ansley) (forthcoming 2009).
Associate Dean Leonard Mandell
- Serves on the NIU Alcohol Education Council.
Interim Dean Malcolm L. Morris
- Named Interim Dean, effective January 1, 2008
- Named a Laureate to the 2008 Lincoln Academy
- Named Chair of the ISBA Committee on Legal Education, Admission and Competence
Professor Adele Morrison
- Chair of the Faculty Mentoring Committee of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Board .
Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Parness
- Visiting professor at NIU College of Law for the 2008-2009 academic year.
- Published, Illinois Civil Procedure, Lexis Nexis, 2008-2009 edition.
- Published, Safe Haven, Adoption and Birth Laws: Where Are the Daddies?, 36 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 207 (2007). (with Therese A. Clarke Arado).
- Published, Refiled Claims: It's Notice, Not Service, 96 ILLINOIS BAR JOURNAL 152 (2008).
- Published, Depositions of Gravely Ill Illinois Claimants, 96 ILLINOIS BAR JOURNAL 476 (2008).
- Published, With Paternity Rights, Unfairness Persists, NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL (February 4, 2008).
- Published, Residents Suing Nonresidents for Harm in Illinois, 96 ILLINOIS BAR JOURNAL 318 (2008).
- Systematically Screwing Dads: Out of Control Paternity Schemes, 54 WAYNE LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming 2008).
- Civility and Professionalism in Civil Litigation: The 2008 Allerton Conference, 96 ILLINOIS BAR JOURNAL __ (forthcoming 2008).
- Greater Equality Through State Constitutions, __ CHARLESTON LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming 2009).
- Settlements: The Limits of Same Case Enforcement, 96 ILLINOIS BAR JOURNAL __ (forthcoming 2008).
- Appointed Member of the Illinois State Bar Association Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council.
- Faculty, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Federal Civil Practice Program, February 13 (Chicago) and February 28 (Peoria), 2008.
- Faculty, Illinois State Bar Association, Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section Program, March 28 (Bloomington) and April 7 (Chicago), 2008.
- Served as the 2008 Reporter for the Biennial Allerton Conference on Civility and Professionalism for Lawyers, Illinois State Bar Association, April 2008.
- Member, Magistrate Judge Mahoney Evaluation Panel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Spring 2008).
- Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council, Illinois State Bar Association (2008-2009).
- Speaker, 2008 Midwest Law and Society Retreat, University of Wisconsin, The Role of Restitution for Crime Victims During Criminal Cases, Madison, Wisconsin (September 2008).
- Faculty, Illinois Credit Union League 31st Annual Attorney's Conference, Emerging Ethical Issues in Civil Litigation (October 2008).
Professor Daniel Reynolds
- Serves on the Working Group for the 17th Judicial Circuit's Pilot Project on Professionalism for Winnebago and Boone Counties.
- Serving as Vice-Chair of the NIU Law Dean’s Search Committee.
- Named "Faculty of the Year" by the Class of 2008
- Co-Director of the second academic exchange with advanced law students from the University of Bordeaux who had an intensive three-week immersion in Introduction to American Law at the NIU College of Law (September 2008).
Professor Lawrence Schlam
- Published, Third-Party "Standing" and Child Custody Disputes in Washington: Non-Parent Rights -- Past, Present, and . . . Future?, 43 GONZAGA LAW REVIEW 391 (2008).
Professor Daniel M. Schneider
- Use of Judicial Doctrines in Federal Tax Cases Decided by Trial Courts, 1993-2006: A Quantitative Assessment, to be published in __ Clev. St. L. Rev. __ (2008).
- Presenter, Use of Judicial Doctrines in Federal Tax Trial Decisions, 1993-2006, Third Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Cornell Law School, September, 2008
Professor Lorraine Schmall
- Serves on the Consultative Group for the Restatement on Employment Law.
- Elected as a research fellow at the Employee Benefits Research Institute, a not-for-profit and nonpartisan research organization in Washington, D.C.
- Invited speaker, "Immigration Enforcement Through Worksite Raids," International Employment Policy and Practices Conference, DePaul University, Chicago. Paper chosen as "Best Empirical Research" by the conference referees.
Professor David Taylor
- NIU Presidential Teaching Professor 2006 - 2010. The NIU Presidential Teaching Professorships were established in 1991 to recognize and support faculty who excel in the practice of teaching. Recipients of this award have demonstrated their commitment to and success in the many activities associated with outstanding teaching.