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Arts Law Colloquium Series - Gary Johnson

Gary T. Johnson was appointed as the Chicago Historical Society’s eighth president in July 2005. Johnson was a partner of the Chicago law firm Jones Day, and previously was a partner of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP. As a lawyer, he had extensive international legal experience. In the civic arena, Johnson has been a champion of civil rights. He is a board member and former co-chair of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a national civil rights organization. From 1985 until 1996, he served as president of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, the largest provider of free legal assistance to the poor in the city.

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CIPLIT and DePaul alumnus to serve as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office deputy chief of staff

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos recently announced that DePaul law alumnus Azam Khan will serve as the deputy chief of staff in the Office of the Under Secretary and Director.
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DePaul unites brightest in field at 11th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference

On August 11 and 12, DePaul’s Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®) hosted the 11th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (IPSC), uniting the brightest minds in intellectual property under the rapidly expanding virtual umbrella of copyright and shared information laws.
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Professor Gerstenblith to lead President Obama’s Cultural Property Advisory Committeer

DePaul College of Law Distinguished Research Professor Patty Gerstenblith, director of the Center for Art, Museum & Cultural Heritage Law, has been selected to chair President Barack Obama’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC). The committee, which falls under the U.S. Department of State, assists the United States in implementing the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
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Arts Law Colloquium Series with Jane Levine

On September 21, 2011, Jane A. Levine, Worldwide Director of Compliance for Sotheby’s, discussd her typical day as the director of compliance and senior vice president for the world's fourth oldest auction house. Ms. Levine shared her experiences on issues such as consignments, enforcement relating to the art and cultural heritage regulation, investigating breaches, monitoring compliance, the auction process and anti-money laundering in the art and auction market.

For more information please visit the CIPLIT Arts Law Colloquium website

To view the video of this discussion, please click here.