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   THE CHICAGO-KENT OFFICES OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS AND CAREER SERVICES

                       IN CONJUNCTION WITH
  
           CHICAGO-KENT GAYLAW & THE BISEXUAL, GAY & LESBIAN
               LAW STUDENT ASS'N OF DEPAUL SCHOOL OF LAW

                               AND

     CHICAGO-KENT SOCIETY OF WOMEN IN LAW, HISPANIC LAW STUDENTS ASS'N,
        BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASS'N, ASIAN AMERICAN LAW STUDENTS ASS'N,
             JUSTINIAN SOCIETY & THE KENT JUSTICE FOUNDATION

                             PRESENT

                    A FORUM ON MORAL LAWYERING

     WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1995 AT 5 PM IN THE OGILVIE AUDITORIUM
                   CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW
                       565 W. ADAMS STREET
                           CHICAGO, IL

                            FEATURING

MR. JAMES MONTGOMERY, A LEADING TRIAL ATTORNEY IN CHICAGO WHO SERVED AS
MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON'S CORPORATION COUNSEL, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE COOK
COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION & HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS

DEAN RICHARD MATASAR

MS. MARY CAMELI, A C-K GRAD WHO SERVED AS LAW REVIEW EDITOR, FOUNDED
GAYLAW AT KENT, AND IS NOW AN ASSOCIATE AT SACHNOFF & WEAVER

MR. FLINT TAYLOR, PROMINENT CHICAGO CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER WITH THE PEOPLES LAW
OFFICE

MR. ROGER LEISHMAN, DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO CHAPTER OF THE ACLU GAY AND
LESBIAN CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT

PROF. MARC KADISH, CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF LAW AT C-K PRACTICING IN
CRIMINAL LAW


IN 1992 ELECTIONS VOTERS IN COLORADO APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR STATE
CONSTITUTION WHICH REPEALED EXISTING EQUAL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR GAY,
LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE AND FURTHER PROSCRIBED ANY FUTURE LEGISLATION
BENEFITTING THIS GROUP.

THE SUPREME COURT OF COLORADO ISSUED A PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST THE
AMENDMENT HOLDING THAT IT VIOLATED THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE
14TH AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION.  COLORADO APPEALED THIS DECISION
TO THE US SUPREME COURT WHICH GRANTED A WRIT OF CERTIORARI AND HELD ORAL
ARGUMENTS IN THE APPEAL ON OCTOBER 11, 1995.  THE CHICAGO BASED LAW FIRM
OF SIDLEY & AUSTIN REPRESENTED THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THIS MATTER.

SIDLEY'S ROLE IN THIS CASE RAISES A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE AS
LAWYERS AND FUTURE LAWYERS HAVE TO FACE. WHAT DOES ONE DO WHEN THE
PRACTICE OF LAW INTERFERES WITH ONE'S OWN PERSONAL VALUES? DO THE IDEAS
OF REPRESENTATION FOR ANY PAYING CLIENT AND ZEALOUS ADVOCACY IN SERVICE
THERETO ALWAYS TRUMP ONE'S OWN ETHICS?  ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT EVEN
LAWYERS SHOULD NOT DO?  ARE WE AS LAWYERS MERELY HIRED GUNS IN SERVICE TO
THE UNASSAILABLE GOOD OF OUR ADVERSARIAL SYSTEM OR DO WE HAVE SOME MORAL
OR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CHOOSING OUR CLIENTS?  ARE THERE VALID
DISTINCTIONS, BECAUSE OF CONSITUTIONAL GUARANTEES LIKE DUE PROCESS, BETWEEN
DEFENDING ANY PAYING CLIENT ACCUSSED OF A CRIME AND ANY PAYING CIVIL
CLIENT?  IS MONEY THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION WE NEED OR WANT OR SHOULD HAVE
FOR THE WORK WE DO?

THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED BY THE PANEL AND THE GENERAL
AUDIENCE.

SIDLEY & AUSTIN HAS DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION DUE TO
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PENDING NATURE OF THIS CASE FOLLOWING THE
OCTOBER 11 ORAL ARGUMENTS.

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