Law Building Rededication: Legal Panels

The UI College of Law is sponsoring seven panel discussions Sept. 8 and 9
to commemorate the rededication of the Law Building. All discussions will
be held at the renovated Law Building. They are free and open to the
public. 

Sept. 8
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  * 9 - 10:30 a.m.: "Taxes, the Tax Court, Tax Litigation." Max L. Rowe
    Auditorium. UI law professor John H. McCord is moderator; Judge David
    Laro, U.S. Tax Court, Washington D.C., is featured speaker. 
  * 9 - 10:30 a.m.: "Wounded Knee and the Department of Justice Response." 
    Classroom C. UI law professor Laurie Reynolds is moderator; Judge
    Harlington A. Wood, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, is featured speaker.
    (Wood was the chief government negotiator during the 1973 occupation of
    Wounded Knee by members of the American Indian Movement.) 
  * 9 - 10:30 a.m.: "Women and the Law." Classroom D. Assistant law dean
    Cynthia L. Rold is moderator; featured speakers are Deborah Jones
    Merritt, associate law dean, and David C. Thies, of Webber & Thies,
    Urbana. 
  * 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: "The Role of Computers in the Modern Law
    Office." Classroom C. Assistant law dean William G. Goodman is moderator;
    Larry L. Smarr, director of the UI National Center for Supercomputing
    Applications, and Fred H. Bartlit Jr., a Chicago lawyer, are featured
    speakers.
  * 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: "A Legal and Economic Analysis of Health-Care
    Reform." Classroom D. UI law professor Richard L. Kaplan is moderator;
    Robert F. Rich, director of the UI Institute of Government and Public
    Affairs, and Maureen Driscoll Shick, a policy analyst for the American
    Medical Association, are featured speakers.

Sept. 9
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  * 10:30 a.m. - noon: "The Supreme Court and the Emerging Issues." Classroom
    B. UI law professor James E. Pfander is moderator; featured speakers are
    Wayne R. LaFave, the David C. Baum Professor of Law Emeritus, and Ronald
    D.  Rotunda, the Albert E. Jenner Jr. Professor of Law, both of the UI.
  * 10:30 a.m. - noon: "Gender Equity and Intercollegiate Athletics."
    Classroom F. UI law professor Stephen F. Ross is moderator.