New Illinois laws affecting human rights: A selected survey of recent legislation approved in IllinoisBy Mark E. WojcikHuman and Civil Rights, September 2005One of the more important functions of each section council involves the review of legislative proposals submitted to the state (and sometimes federal) legislature. Section council members review and comment on proposed legislation, drawing upon the council's collective wisdom and experience in the field of human rights.
From the former ChairBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, July 2005The ISBA Section of International and Immigration Law had an especially interesting and productive year, and it has been an honor for me to serve as Section chair.
Message from the Chair: Global IllinoisBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, June 2005We who live here in Illinois may sometimes forget that our state has important connections to international law, international politics, and the international institutions that facilitate trade and business in the global economy.
Message from the Chair: The importance of international lawBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, March 2005Classes have begun at The John Marshall Law School, where this semester I am teaching a course in Public International Law and another course in International Criminal Law.
Chair’s Column: Restoring belief in International LawBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, January 2005Editor's note, this column by Section Council Chair Professor Mark E. Wojcik appeared in the first issue of The Globe this year and is being re-printed due to the number of responses we received, including the letter following this article.
From the Chair: Section activities to support the rule of law in other nations-From Iraq to BelarusBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, January 2005The ISBA Section on International and Immigration Law has increased its involvement in activities that promote the rule of law around the world, and that help to bring a better understanding here of the importance and role of international law.
Message from the Chair: Raising the immigration barBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, December 2004The topic of how to assist and improve the immigration bar in Illinois was the subject of a recent meeting of our section council.
Chair’s column: Meet the Section CouncilBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, September 2004The members of an ISBA Section Council are largely unknown to many Section members. This is true of all Section Councils, not just the Section on International and Immigration Law.
Chair’s column: Restoring belief in international lawBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, August 2004International law has been under attack in the United States in the past few years, and the time has come for lawyers and bar associations to come to its defense
Section members invited to help with CLE program proposalsBy Mark E. WojcikHuman and Civil Rights, February 2004At the last meeting of our Section Council, I was authorized to draft several proposals for new continuing legal education programs that our section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities might co-sponsor with other ISBA sections, such as the Section on Torts or the Section on Family Law.
Driving home securityBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, December 2002You need a social security number to get a driver's license in Illinois. But what happens when you are a foreign citizen and suddenly find that you can no longer get a social security number, if the only reason you need one is to get that driver's license?
New Web site for the U.S. Court of International TradeBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, December 2002The United States Court of International Trade in New York is a federal court of national jurisdiction.
Secret agendas and the Illinois Open Meetings Act*By Mark E. WojcikGovernment Lawyers, December 2002The Illinois Open Meetings Act is designed to give citizens advance notice of all meetings at which any business of a public body is discussed or acted upon in any way.
New business for the Illinois Open Meetings ActBy Mark E. WojcikHuman and Civil Rights, April 2002The purpose of the Illinois Open Meetings Act is to give citizens advance notice of all meetings at which any business of a public body is discussed or acted upon in any way.
When are an employer’s “legitimate expectations” pretextual?By Mark E. WojcikHuman and Civil Rights, April 2002To establish a prima facie case of employment discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employee must prove four things:
Amended Illinois Supreme Court Rules expand the protection of individual rightsBy Mark E. WojcikHuman and Civil Rights, June 2001Lawyers and judges in Illinois may no longer discriminate on the basis of "disability," "age," "sexual orientation," or "socioeconomic status," pursuant to new Illinois Supreme Court rules announced earlier this year.
Recent CasesBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, May 2001Foreign criminal proceedings need not be "imminent" for U.S. legal assistance--United States of America v. Sealed 1, 231 F.3d 484 (9th Cir. Nov. 1, 2000), opinion amended, 2000 WL 1808411 (9th Cir. Dec. 12, 2000).
The politics of political asylumBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, December 2000Political asylum cases can present some of the most emotional disputes in the law. Decisions on asylum petitions will either permit persons to stay in the United States or return them to a place where they might be killed
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