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April 23, 2008
11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Lewis Center Room 805
Helm was the College of Law's third annual Visiting Artist, known for his writing of Stranger Than Fiction and directing of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. He was the featured speaker on a panel discussing the recent screenwriters' strike with Professors Alan Salzenstein and Margit Livingston.
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Congratulations to Professor Gerstenblith
Professor Patty Gerstenblith was recently quoted in Christian Science Monitor. On April 8, she spoke at Georgetown Law Center, and on April 9 she spoke at a press briefing at the National Press Club (in DC) on the release of a book, "Antiquities under Siege" published in conjunction with the University of Chicago.
She was interviewed on Worldview with Jerome McDonald for a program that aired April 10, the anniversary of the looting of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. On Saturday, April 12 Patty spoke at a conference at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
In addition, Patty also briefed the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in preparation for hearings this week on the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
Congratulations Professor Gerstenblith!The Allen J. Hoover Memorial Award
The family of Allen J. Hoover and the law firm of Wood Phillips created this $5,000 award in memory of the late Allen J. Hoover.
The student who has met all of the requirements and who has the highest GPA, including grades for Fall 2007, will be chosen to receive this award.
To read more information, please visit the following links:
DePaul University Press Room
ABA Journal
Chicago Tribune
Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in the Developing World
DePaul University College of Law co-sponsored a roundtable discussion with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on September 20, 2007. This event focused on the issue of access to essential medicines in the developing world, in particular, the global pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories’ refusal to launch a new version of the HIV/AIDS drug Kaletra in Thailand.
Click here for more information and to view the Podcasts from the event.
Click here to read the article published in the December edition of The Advocate, written by DePaul Law student, Rose Rivera.
CIPLIT® hosted the annual Conversation With the Judiciary
A Proposal for Volunteer Judges to Hear Patent Cases. The luncheon was held on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm in the DePaul Center, Room 8005.
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