2001 Annual Meeting: Chicago

2001 RECEPTION

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Fitzgerald (JMLS, 1975, and Advisory Board Member of the JMLS-ABA Trial Competition) and Associate Dean John Corkery.
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Albert Krieger (Rt.) does the honors as he delivers the Charles English Award to Neal Sonnett (L.).
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Albert Krieger, Neal Sonnett, and Ralph Martin, III, 2000-2001 Chiar of the Criminal Justice Section.
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Panelists Terry MacCarth, Albert Krieger, and G. Marc Whitehead.
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The panelists for "the Future of the Jury" program sponsored by the Criminal Justice Section.
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     Georgetown University law student L. Richard Walton has won first place in the 2001 William W. Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition sponsored by the ABA Section of Criminal Justice.
     Walton received his $2,000 cash prize at the section's luncheon in August during the ABA's annual meeting in Chicago. In addition, he received a one-year free membership in the section as well as transportation and lodging to attend the luncheon.
     The 2001 context topic was "School Violence and the Classroom: Balancing Constitutional Rights of Students and the Need for Safe Schools." Walton's essay, "Freedom from Fear: Balancing the Fourth Amendment With Kids, Guns, and the Rule of Reason," appeared in the summer 2001 issue of Criminal Justice magazine.
     The topic for this year's contest is "The Fourth Amendment in Cyberspace." papers prepared for law school credit are eligible, and the entry postmark deadline is Nov. 16.
To read this year's winning entry and for a complete set of contest guidelines for next year's contest, visit www.abanet.org/crimjust and follow the law student information links.
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