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Institutionalization, Investment Adviser Regulation, And The Hedge Fund Problem, Anita Krug

All Faculty Scholarship

This Article contends that more effective regulation of investment advisers could be achieved by recognizing that the growth of hedge funds, private equity funds, and other private funds in recent decades is a manifestation of institutionalization in the investment advisory context. That is, investment advisers today commonly advise these “institutions,” which have supplanted other, smaller investors as advisory clients. However, the federal securities statute governing investment advisers, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, does not address the role of private funds as institutions that now intermediate those smaller investors’ relationships to investment advisers. Consistent with that failure, investment adviser regulation …

Updating & Supplementing Casebooks Online, Debbie Ginsberg, Fred Bosselman

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In this Brown Bag, Emily Barney and Debbie Ginsberg demonstrated a new online tool: the casebook supplement website. Energy law changes rapidly, so Professor Bosselman needed a way to update his Energy, Economics and the Environment casebook on line with the latest legal developments. His publisher did not offer tools for updating casebooks. To assist Professor Bosselman, Emily Barney and the Library Technology Group developed a customized weblog to keep his materials current. The casebook supplement site can be used by any faculty who wish to update or supplement a casebook online. In this Brown Bag, Professor Bosselman demonstrated how …

Compassion And Coalitions: A Review Of Reshaping The Work Family Debate: Why Men And Class Matter By Joan Williams, Carolyn Shapiro

All Faculty Scholarship

Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter by Joan Williams is illuminating, intellectually challenging, and insightful. It is not, however, a typical law professor book. Neither academic inquiry nor policy analysis (although it contains elements of both), Reshaping the Work-Family Debate is more of a manifesto. Williams seeks measurable and meaningful change in the family and work lives of Americans, even if that change is imperfect or incomplete, and she sees theoretical or ideological rigidity as one obstacle to such change.

Williams believes that coalition-building is essential to addressing the work family challenges she identifies. Although she has …

Getting Started With Research Surveys, Debbie Ginsberg, Christopher Buccafusco

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Are you planning a research survey but aren’t sure where to begin? In this Brown Bag, Debbie Ginsberg discussed setting up and distributing research surveys, and demonstrated survey creation using Qualtrics, a powerful research survey tool. Special guest Professor Buccafusco shared best practices for setting up and distributing research surveys. (With special guest Professor Christopher Buccafusco.)

Mobile Technology Update, Debbie Ginsberg

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In this Brown Bag, the latest updates in mobile technologies are discussed, particularly the iPhone 4S and the new Amazon Kindles. The iPhone 4S includes a full-featured voice controlled system called SIRI which will allow users to create reminders based on their location (e.g. "remind me to call Prof. Smith when I get to my office."). The newest Kindles are surprisingly affordable: the basic version is $79, while the top-of-the-line tablet is $199. What implications will these new technologies have on teaching and scholarship, and is now the best time to upgrade?

Google Intermediary Tools, Emily Barney

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This workshop covered security and privacy settings available in a personal Google Account and introduced three additional tools:

• Picasa: Photo organizing and sharing options, online or on your computer Google Voice: voicemail & texting through Gmail, scheduled call forwarding, block lists
• Google Maps: smarter tools for finding directions, advanced map views, custom maps (private or public)

Google Tools For Beginners, Emily Barney

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This workshop covered three basic Google tools: Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs.

Topics discussed include:

• What you get with a personal Google Account
• What you get with IIT’s Google Apps for Staff
• Built-in organization and collaboration tools

10 Tools In 30 Minutes, Debbie Ginsberg

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In this workshop, Debbie Ginsberg demonstrated 10 of her favorite tools, including a new tool to extract comments from Word, a service to save web articles to read later on your computer or your iPad, and a great add-on for organizing your Outlook inbox.

A Call To Social Media, Debbie Ginsberg

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Presentation for Chicago Association of Law Libraries, 2011

Games And Fun In The Classroom, Debbie Ginsberg

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Games and short videos can be used not just to entertain, but emphasize important points and topics as well as break up the classroom routine. Debbie Ginsberg demonstrated several ways to make quick, easy-to-play games and tools to create your own short cartoon videos.

Resources For Legal Drafting, Clare Gaynor Willis

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Class lecture in formbooks.

What's New In The Classroom, Debbie Ginsberg

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We held several classroom technology sessions throughout the fall semester.

Polling Without Clickers, Debbie Ginsberg

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This tech demo provided an overview of options for polling without clickers, including Westlaw TWEN Instapoll, CALI Instapoll and Poll Everywhere.

Getting Started With Prezi, Debbie Ginsberg

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This tech demo provided an overview of Prezi, an alternative to PowerPoint which can be used to create dynamic presentations.

What You Need To Know About The Iit's Institutional Review Board, Debbie Ginsberg

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In this Brown Bag, Debbie Ginsberg presentede an overview of the IIT’s IRB procedures and training requirements. Professor David Schwartz described a typical submissions process.

Highlights From The Aba Techshow Expo, Debbie Ginsberg

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The ABA Tech Show Expo is a great place to learn about the latest trends in legal technology. In this Brown Bag, Debbie Ginsberg shared some favorite new technologies from the 2011 Expo, including tablet apps for trial presentations.

Reassessing The Citizen Virtues Of Homeownership, Stephanie M. Stern

All Faculty Scholarship

The assumption that homeownership creates more politically and civically engaged citizens who contribute to local communities (as well as national democracy) dominates property law. This belief underlies influential theories of property and land use and justifies housing policies promoting homeownership and expanding homeownership’s reach. This Essay challenges the “citizenship virtues” of homeownership and contends that the evidence reveals a far more modest, and particularized, picture of citizenship effects than commonly assumed. I explore psychological, historical, and economic factors that may underlie the variable citizenship effects from homeownership. Some of these factors elucidate not only why owners and tenants perform similarly …

Inside The Google Toolbox, Debbie Ginsberg

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This tech demo provided an overview of additional tools offered by Google in preparation for IIT's switch to Google for student email and calendars.

The State Of Social Networking, 2011 Update, Debbie Ginsberg

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This Brown Bag covers what's new in Facebook, Twitter, and more.

Speak-To-Type Using Dragon Naturally Speaking, Debbie Ginsberg

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In this demo, Debbie Ginsberg provided an overview of the latest version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon can be used to transcribe what you speak, or to directly control your computer with your voice.

The State Of The Tablet, Debbie Ginsberg

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Information about the iPad, Xoom, TouchPad, PlayBook, and Windows tablets.

Recording Your Screen Using Jing, Debbie Ginsberg

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Jing is a simple tool for creating 5 minute videos of almost anything on your computer screen. Use Jing to explain research resources, to demonstrate preferred formats for assignments, or to introduce basic concepts before class.

The Tea Party And The Constitution, Christopher W. Schmidt

All Faculty Scholarship

This Article considers the Tea Party as a constitutional movement. I explore the Tea Party’s ambitious effort to transform the role of the Constitution in American life, examining both the substance of the Tea Party’s constitutional claims and the tactics movement leaders have embraced for advancing these claims. No major social movement in modern American history has so explicitly tied its reform agenda to the Constitution. From the time when the Tea Party burst onto the American political scene in early 2009, its supporters claimed in no uncertain terms that much recent federal government action overstepped constitutionally defined limitations. A …

Keeping Productive On The Go, Debbie Ginsberg

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This Brown Bag covers ways to use your Kindle, iPad, and other mobile devices for work.

Using Ebooks And Ereaders, Debbie Ginsberg

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In this tech demo, Debbie Ginsberg shared places to find eBooks and great Kindle tips.

Submitting Articles To Law Reviews, 2011 Update, Debbie Ginsberg

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The latest submissions information and other updates.

Qualtrics Demonstration, Debbie Ginsberg

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Learn about the Qualtrics online survey system.

Paying For The Past: Addressing Past Property Violations In South Africa, Bernadette Atuahene

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Response To Beth Richie’S Black Feminism, Gender Violence And The Build-Up Of A Prison Nation, Kimberly D. Bailey

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

South Africa’S Land Reform Crisis: Eliminating The Legacy Of Apartheid, Bernadette Atuahene

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.