DePaul University College of Law
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DePaul University College of Law is a law school
located in Chicago
, Illinois
, USA. Founded in 1897 as the Illinois College of Law, the school became part of DePaul University
in 1912 and is one of the academic colleges of DePaul, a Big East Conference
university. The College is known for its Intellectual Property Law program http://www.law.depaul.edu/institutes_centers/ciplit/, headed by Professor Barbara B. Bressler, and its Health Law program, headed by Professor Nanette Elster. Both programs have garnered top 20 placements in the U.S. News & World Report
rankings in recent years. In 2004, the school established the International Aviation Law Institute, the first of its kind in the United States. DePaul University College of Law is ranked amongst the "Top 100 Law Schools" in the United States by the U.S. News & World Report
Graduate School Ranking.
DePaul University College of Law was formed in 1912 when the Illinois College of Law (founded in 1897) affiliated with DePaul University
. In 1912, DePaul awarded an LL.D., its first honorary degree, to the founder and then president of the Illinois College of Law, Howard N. Ogden.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono1.htm. In 1915, after the death of Ogden, complete ownership of the college transferred to DePaul.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono1.htm
In 1958, the College of Law moved from 64 East Lake Street to its new and current home in the Lewis Center at 25 East Jackson Boulevard. The 18-story Lewis Center, formerly known as the Kimball Building, was given to DePaul in 1955 by the Frank J. Lewis Foundation and was at that time the largest gift to the university.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono4.htm
In 1972, DePaul purchased the Finchley Building, which was renamed the Comeford J. O'Malley Place in 1980, in honor of Comeford O'Malley who served as president and chancellor of DePaul for many years. "O'Malley," as it is known by students, is located at 23 East Jackson Street, adjacent to the Lewis Center, and served to increase downtown campus space by 20 percent. That same year (1972), the College of Law opened its Legal Clinic.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono6.htm. A year later, in 1973, the school undertook a $2 million renovation in order to increase space by 50 percent, remodel both its buildings, and double the size of its law library collection.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono6.htm.
By 1981, the school had awarded 8,670 J.D.s. That year, DePaul designated the Lewis Center and O'Malley Place as part of its official "Loop
Campus." Today, the Loop Campus includes the College of Law and a number of programs and buildings not related to the College, including the DePaul Center (acquired in 1991 and connected to the Lewis Center and O'Malley Place by a pedestrian bridge), home to DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.
In 1985, DePaul established a Health Law Institute, the first of its kind in Chicago. The institute offered a master's degree in health law. Then, in 1989, DePaul completed its Lawyer Skills Center, which provided the college with a facility for teaching students trial practice and negotiation skills.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono7.htm A year later, in 1990, the school established its International Human Rights Law Institute, the first center of its kind in the Midwest.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono8.htm
In 1992, the College received a $1 million commitment from alumnus Robert A. Clifford
, a prominent personal injury attorney in Chicago. The gift represented the largest gift in the school's history and was used for the establishment of the "Robert A. Clifford
Chair in Tort Law and Social Policy." Today, the chair is held by Professor Stephan Landsman.
In 1994, the College began a $6 million renovation to its law library which was completed in 1996 and represented the largest construction project in the College's history. http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono8.htm
In 1999, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni was nominated for the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize
for his efforts behind the establishment of the International Criminal Court
.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono8.htm
(J.D.) degree, DePaul University College of Law offers joint degree programs with DePaul's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
(J.D./M.B.A.) and DePaul's College of Computing and Digital Media (J.D./M.S. and J.D./M.A.), as well as joint degrees in Public Service Management and in International Studies.
Students pursuing a J.D.
have the option of earning a certificate in a particular area of law. Such certificates are analogous to an undergraduate academic major
, typically requiring the student to complete a given number of courses and maintain a minimum overall GPA in those courses. Certificates are available in the following areas: Criminal Law, Family Law, Health Law, Public Interest Law, International & Comparative Law, Taxation and Intellectual Property Law. Intellectual Property Law certificates are further sub-divided into: Information Technology Law, Arts & Museum Law, Patent Law, and a General Certificate.
The College also offers Master of Laws programs in Intellectual Property Law, Health Law, General Information, and Taxation.
Law school
A law school is an institution specializing in legal education.- Law degrees :- Canada :...
located in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, USA. Founded in 1897 as the Illinois College of Law, the school became part of DePaul University
DePaul University
DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...
in 1912 and is one of the academic colleges of DePaul, a Big East Conference
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
university. The College is known for its Intellectual Property Law program http://www.law.depaul.edu/institutes_centers/ciplit/, headed by Professor Barbara B. Bressler, and its Health Law program, headed by Professor Nanette Elster. Both programs have garnered top 20 placements in the U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
rankings in recent years. In 2004, the school established the International Aviation Law Institute, the first of its kind in the United States. DePaul University College of Law is ranked amongst the "Top 100 Law Schools" in the United States by the U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
Graduate School Ranking.
History
DePaul University
DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...
. In 1912, DePaul awarded an LL.D., its first honorary degree, to the founder and then president of the Illinois College of Law, Howard N. Ogden.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono1.htm. In 1915, after the death of Ogden, complete ownership of the college transferred to DePaul.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono1.htm
In 1958, the College of Law moved from 64 East Lake Street to its new and current home in the Lewis Center at 25 East Jackson Boulevard. The 18-story Lewis Center, formerly known as the Kimball Building, was given to DePaul in 1955 by the Frank J. Lewis Foundation and was at that time the largest gift to the university.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono4.htm
In 1972, DePaul purchased the Finchley Building, which was renamed the Comeford J. O'Malley Place in 1980, in honor of Comeford O'Malley who served as president and chancellor of DePaul for many years. "O'Malley," as it is known by students, is located at 23 East Jackson Street, adjacent to the Lewis Center, and served to increase downtown campus space by 20 percent. That same year (1972), the College of Law opened its Legal Clinic.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono6.htm. A year later, in 1973, the school undertook a $2 million renovation in order to increase space by 50 percent, remodel both its buildings, and double the size of its law library collection.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono6.htm.
By 1981, the school had awarded 8,670 J.D.s. That year, DePaul designated the Lewis Center and O'Malley Place as part of its official "Loop
Chicago Loop
The Loop or Chicago Loop is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located in the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is the historic commercial center of downtown Chicago...
Campus." Today, the Loop Campus includes the College of Law and a number of programs and buildings not related to the College, including the DePaul Center (acquired in 1991 and connected to the Lewis Center and O'Malley Place by a pedestrian bridge), home to DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.
In 1985, DePaul established a Health Law Institute, the first of its kind in Chicago. The institute offered a master's degree in health law. Then, in 1989, DePaul completed its Lawyer Skills Center, which provided the college with a facility for teaching students trial practice and negotiation skills.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono7.htm A year later, in 1990, the school established its International Human Rights Law Institute, the first center of its kind in the Midwest.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono8.htm
In 1992, the College received a $1 million commitment from alumnus Robert A. Clifford
Robert A. Clifford
Robert A. Clifford is a Chicago trial lawyer and principal partner at Clifford Law Offices. He attended DePaul University for both his undergraduate work and Juris Doctorate, finishing in 1976. The firm was founded in 1984 to represent plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases.-Legal...
, a prominent personal injury attorney in Chicago. The gift represented the largest gift in the school's history and was used for the establishment of the "Robert A. Clifford
Robert A. Clifford
Robert A. Clifford is a Chicago trial lawyer and principal partner at Clifford Law Offices. He attended DePaul University for both his undergraduate work and Juris Doctorate, finishing in 1976. The firm was founded in 1984 to represent plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases.-Legal...
Chair in Tort Law and Social Policy." Today, the chair is held by Professor Stephan Landsman.
In 1994, the College began a $6 million renovation to its law library which was completed in 1996 and represented the largest construction project in the College's history. http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono8.htm
In 1999, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni was nominated for the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
for his efforts behind the establishment of the International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
.http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/chrono8.htm
Academics
In addition to offering a Juris DoctorJuris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
(J.D.) degree, DePaul University College of Law offers joint degree programs with DePaul's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
The Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business is part of the DePaul University College of Commerce, a business school located in the Chicago Loop, Illinois, USA. The College of Commerce was founded in 1913 and is one of the ten oldest business schools in the United States of America. The...
(J.D./M.B.A.) and DePaul's College of Computing and Digital Media (J.D./M.S. and J.D./M.A.), as well as joint degrees in Public Service Management and in International Studies.
Students pursuing a J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
have the option of earning a certificate in a particular area of law. Such certificates are analogous to an undergraduate academic major
Academic major
In the United States and Canada, an academic major or major concentration is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits....
, typically requiring the student to complete a given number of courses and maintain a minimum overall GPA in those courses. Certificates are available in the following areas: Criminal Law, Family Law, Health Law, Public Interest Law, International & Comparative Law, Taxation and Intellectual Property Law. Intellectual Property Law certificates are further sub-divided into: Information Technology Law, Arts & Museum Law, Patent Law, and a General Certificate.
The College also offers Master of Laws programs in Intellectual Property Law, Health Law, General Information, and Taxation.
Journals
The College currently publishes the following primarily student-run journals:- DePaul Law Review http://www.law.depaul.edu/students/organizations%5Fjournals/student%5Forgs/lawdlr/
- DePaul Rule Of Law Journal http://www.law.depaul.edu/students/organizations_journals/student_orgs/lawrol/
- DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal http://www.law.depaul.edu/students/organizations%5Fjournals/student%5Forgs/lawblj/default.asp
- DePaul Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems http://www.law.depaul.edu/students/organizations_journals/student_orgs/lawslj/home.asp
- DePaul Health Law Journal http://www.law.depaul.edu/students/organizations%5Fjournals/student%5Forgs/lawhlj/
- DePaul Journal of Art, Technology and Intellectual Property Law http://www.law.depaul.edu/students/organizations_journals/student_orgs/lawarttech/default.asp
- DePaul Journal for Social Justice
Notable faculty
- Roberta R. Kwall (Professor): Roberta Rosenthal Kwall is the Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Founding Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology. Professor Kwall has written many articles on numerous facets of Intellectual Property law which have been published in law reviews such as Texas, Southern California, and Vanderbilt. http://www.law.depaul.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_information.asp?id=33
- M. Cherif Bassiouni (Professor 1964–Present): Bassiouni, who currently holds the title of Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul, was nominated for a Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
in 1999 for his work on behalf of the International Criminal Court. He currently teaches International Criminal Law and serves as the President of DePaul's International Human Rights Law Institute. In 2007, he was awarded the Hague Prize for International Law for his "distinguished contribution in the field of international law". - Alberto Coll (Professor 2005–Present): served under George H.W. Bush as the principal deputy assistant Secretary of Defense, where he oversaw the Defense Department's strategy, policy, and resources in the areas of special operations forces and "low-intensity" conflict, including counter-terrorism. Coll also chaired the Strategic Research Department of the Naval War CollegeNaval War CollegeThe Naval War College is an education and research institution of the United States Navy that specializes in developing ideas for naval warfare and passing them along to officers of the Navy. The college is located on the grounds of Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island...
in Newport, Rhode IslandNewport, Rhode IslandNewport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
. At DePaul, Coll teaches courses in the areas of international law, international human rights, international trade, and Latin American studies. - James FleissnerJames FleissnerJames P. Fleissner is an American attorney and a Professor of Law at Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia. While at Mercer, Fleissner has remained Special Assistant United States Attorney and Deputy Special Counsel...
(Visiting Professor 2003-2005): Fleissner currently serves as deputy to Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald in the Justice Department investigation into allegations that one or more government officials illegally disclosed the identity of a CIA agent. He also is a professor at Mercer UniversityMercer UniversityMercer University is an independent, private, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Mercer is the only university of its size in the United States that offers programs in eleven diversified fields of study: liberal arts, business, education, music,...
School of Law in Macon Georgia. While at DePaul, he taught Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Evidence. - Erwin ChemerinskyErwin ChemerinskyErwin Chemerinsky is an American lawyer and law professor. He is a prominent scholar in United States constitutional law and federal civil procedure...
(Assistant Professor, 1980–83; Associate Professor, 1983–1984): is a nationally known professor of Constitutional law and federal civil procedure, currently teaching at the Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
School of Law. At DePaul, he taught courses in: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, and a Seminar on Law and the Mass Media. He was recognized by DePaul as an "Outstanding Teacher" in 1983.http://www.law.duke.edu/fac/chemerinsky/cv.html - Judith Gaskell (Assistant Professor & Director of the DePaul Rinn Law Library 1983-2003): in 2003, Gaskell, also a DePaul Law graduate, was named librarian of the Supreme Court of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
. Gaskell is 10th librarian of the Court, and only the third woman ever to hold the position. She met with Justices Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader GinsburgRuth Joan Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice and the first Jewish female justice.She is generally viewed as belonging to...
and Antonin ScaliaAntonin ScaliaAntonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
as part of the interview process.http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2003/06/28/news/porter_county/49103fed75b74f4586256d53000e2421.txt
Notable alumni
The following is a list of notable DePaul College of Law graduates, with degree conferral dates in parentheses:- William J. Bauer (1952), senior judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:* Central District of Illinois* Northern District of Illinois...
- Michael A. Bilandic, former mayor of Chicago and Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
- Robert A. CliffordRobert A. CliffordRobert A. Clifford is a Chicago trial lawyer and principal partner at Clifford Law Offices. He attended DePaul University for both his undergraduate work and Juris Doctorate, finishing in 1976. The firm was founded in 1984 to represent plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases.-Legal...
(1976), prominent Chicago trial attorney - Mary Dempsey, Head Librarian of the Chicago Public LibraryChicago Public LibraryThe Chicago Public Library is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 79 branches, including a central library, two regional libraries, and branches distributed throughout the city....
- Richard J. DaleyRichard J. DaleyRichard Joseph Daley served for 21 years as the mayor and undisputed Democratic boss of Chicago and is considered by historians to be the "last of the big city bosses." He played a major role in the history of the Democratic Party, especially with his support of John F...
, (1933), former mayor of Chicago - Richard M. DaleyRichard M. DaleyRichard Michael Daley is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party, and former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his...
, former mayor of Chicago - Kirk Dillard, Illinois State Senator
- Judith Gaskell (1980), Head Librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States and former director of DePaul's Rinn library.
- Benjamin L. Hooks (1948), American civil rights leader, executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992
- Gerald D. HosierGerald D. HosierGerald D. Hosier of Aspen, Colorado is an intellectual property attorney and a patent litigator. In 2000, Forbes magazine declared him the highest-paid lawyer in America with an income of $40 Million.-Career & clients:...
(1967), intellectual property attorney and patent litigator - Lee M. JackwigLee M. JackwigLee M. Jackwig is a United States Bankruptcy Judge in the Southern District of Iowa. Judge Jackwig was initially appointed on November 3, 1986 and was reappointed in 2000. Her chambers are in Des Moines, Iowa.-Education:...
, United States Bankruptcy Judge in the Southern District of Iowa - James LyonsJames Lyons (lawyer)James M. Lyons is an attorney at law in Denver, Colorado. He is a commercial trial lawyer with extensive public service.- Early life and education :...
(1971), prominent Denver attorney and former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - Dennis ShereDennis ShereDennis Shere is the author of two books. In August, 2005, he wrote ', a book about the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. In November, 2010, he wrote "The Last Meal -- Defending an Accused Mass Murderer," , the story of the murder of seven fast food workers, and the arrest and conviction of...
(2005), author - John StrogerJohn StrogerJohn H. Stroger, Jr. was an American politician who served from 1994 until 2006 as the first African-American president of the Cook County, Illinois Board of Commissioners. Stroger was a member of the Democratic Party. He was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity...
(1965), former president of the Cook CountyCook County, IllinoisCook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...
Board of Commissioners - Samuel Skinner, former U.S. Federal Prosecutor Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chief of Staff under President George H.W. Bush.
- Charles E. Tucker, Jr.Charles E. Tucker, Jr.Charles E. Tucker, Jr. is a retired Major General in the United States Air National Guard.-Biography:Tucker graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1979 and from the DePaul University College of Law in 1982...
(1982), Retired U.S. Air Force Major General - Jody WeinerJody WeinerJody Weiner is an American novelist, non-fiction author, film producer and lawyer. Weiner wrote the literary suspense novel Prisoners of Truth . The novel draws in part from his experiences defending high-profile criminal cases in Chicago...
, novelist, non-fiction author, film producer and lawyer
Trivia
- Clarence DarrowClarence DarrowClarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks and defending John T...
, a criminal defense attorney known for the Scopes TrialScopes TrialThe Scopes Trial—formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and informally known as the Scopes Monkey Trial—was a landmark American legal case in 1925 in which high school science teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act which made it unlawful to...
and the Leopold and LoebLeopold and LoebNathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb , more commonly known as "Leopold and Loeb", were two wealthy University of Michigan alumni and University of Chicago students who murdered 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks in 1924 and were sentenced to life imprisonment.The duo were...
case, among others, was an early adjunct professor at the College. - Ben Alba, a legal writing instructor at the College, authored a biography of comedian Steve AllenSteve Allen (comedian)Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen was an American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his television career. He first gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent...
in 2005, entitled Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen And the Original Tonight Show. Current The Tonight ShowThe Tonight ShowThe Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. It is the longest currently running regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States, and the third longest-running show on NBC, after Meet the Press and Today.The Tonight Show has been hosted by...
host Jay LenoJay LenoJames Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...
provided a forward for the book. - Sidney KorshakSidney KorshakSidney R. Korshak was a labor lawyer and "fixer" for businessmen in the upper echelons of power and the Chicago Outfit in the United States. His reputation as the Chicago mob's man in Los Angeles made him one of Hollywood's most fabled and influential fixers...
(1908–1996), an attorney best known as a liaison between the Chicago OutfitChicago OutfitThe Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA...
crime syndicate and corporate Hollywood, was a DePaul College of Law graduate.http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/famiglia/index.html He is the subject of numerous biographies and articles. Korshak, was widely considered to be a power broker in Hollywood and was reportedly one of the inspirations for Robert DuvallRobert DuvallRobert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
's character in The GodfatherThe GodfatherThe Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...
.http://www.seattleweekly.com/film/0520/050518_siff_hollywood.php - Professor Brian F. Havel's father, Miroslav Havel, was the former Chief Designer at Waterford CrystalWaterford CrystalWaterford Crystal is a trademark brand of crystal glassware, previously produced in Waterford, Ireland, though the factory there was shut down after the receivership of Waterford Wedgwood plc in early 2009...
, and the subject of a biography written by Brian in 2005, entitled The Story of Miroslav Havel, Maestro of Crystal.
External links
- Official website
- http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-law/brief/glanc_03045_brief.php