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Changes in corporate legal structures to be topic of Chicago conference
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Changes in corporate legal structures will be the focus of a conference sponsored by the University of Illinois College of Law April 23 (Friday) at the Illini Center, 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago. The conference, titled “Uncorporations: A New Age?” will examine the new types of corporate structures that are replacing traditional […]
Health-care crisis looming for aging boomers unless problems addressed
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – How to pay for the long-term health-care needs of aging baby boomers will become a major crisis unless steps are taken to rationalize the current hodge-podge of federal regulations and restricted coverage, according to a health-law expert at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Most elderly Americans have limited coverage of long-term-care […]
Stanford university professor to deliver Kinley Lecture in economics April 8
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Paul M. Romer, a professor of economics at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, will deliver the David Kinley Lecture in Economics at 4:30 p.m. April 8 (Thursday) in 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, 611 Taft Drive, Champaign. “The Tragedies of the Environmental and Intellectual Commons” will examine the […]
Agricultural biotechnology to be focus of two-day conference at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Genetically modified organisms and their relationship to intellectual property rights will be the topic of a conference at the University of Illinois. “Seeds of Change: Intellectual Property Protection for Agricultural Biotechnology” will be held April 8-10 at the College of ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. Judge […]
Center to focus on entrepreneurial education as academic discipline
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Developing entrepreneurial education as an academic discipline is the goal of a center being established by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Development is in its initial stages following the award of a $4.5 million grant in December from the E. Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, […]
Flash Index indicates Illinois economy continues steady growth
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index increased half a point to 99.0 in February, within striking distance of the 100 level that indicates economic growth. The index has moved up steadily in the last six months and is well above its low of 94.2 in May 2002, said J. Fred Giertz, […]
Scholar to lecture on civil rights since Brown v. Board decision
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – David Rudovsky, senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, will deliver the spring lecture in the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture Series on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. His presentation, “Civil Rights Litigation: The Paradox of Rights Without Remedies,” is to begin at 4 p.m. March 11 (Thursday) in the […]
Medicare’s clouded future to be topic of Elder Law Lecture
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Marilyn Moon, the vice president of the American Institutes for Research, will talk about Medicare’s clouded future beginning at 12:30 p.m. March 1 (Monday) in the Max L. Rowe Auditorium at the College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave, Champaign. Her talk is the annual Elder Law Lecture. Medicare is the nation’s […]
Legal scholar to talk on lawyers as ‘upholders of human dignity’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – David J. Luban of the Georgetown University Law Center will deliver the Paul M. Van Arsdell Jr. Memorial Lecture on Litigation and the Legal Profession on Feb. 24 (Tuesday) at 4 p.m. in the Max L. Rowe Auditorium at the College of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave, Champaign. His lecture, “Lawyers as […]
Law, theater faculty teach budding lawyers how to interact with people
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Brian Dampier knows the value of a good performance. A television news producer in Chicago for 13 years before he enrolled in the College of Law at the University of Illinois, Dampier recalled the advice he once got from a veteran director: “There are an infinite number of ways to turn off […]
Flash Index of Illinois economy on the upswing
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index continued its recent climb in the first month of 2004, rising to 98.5 in January, up from 98.0 in December. The Index has increased steadily since September when it stood at 96.2. It is up from 95.7 in January a year ago and 94.2 in […]
Illinois Flash Economic Index at highest level in two years
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index continued its rebound in December, rising to 98.0, up from 97.3 in November and 96.8 in October. The reading – the highest since November 2001 – suggests that the Illinois economy is beginning to reflect the economic upturn that is being felt nationally. The Flash […]