Announcements are listed in reverse chronological order. 1999 SUMMER SESSION Weeks of August 2 and August 9, 1999 Fall 1999 Course Information -- Updates.
Environmental Law and Policy 1 (Evening section): This course, originally scheduled to meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 to 9:25 p.m., has been moved to Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 to 7:25 p.m. Please note that the course will be canceled if fewer than 5 students are enrolled at beginning of the Fall semester. Fall 1999 Initial Reading Assignments and Course Books. Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall semester will be posted on the Chicago-Kent Intranet page (http://ck.kentlaw.edu/) no later than Friday, August 6, under the Registrar's heading. If you will not have Internet access in August, please notify us that you would like a paper copy mailed to you by sending me an e-mail (SSOWLE) with the address where you can be reached over the summer. Assignments not received by August 6 will be posted on the second-floor bulletin board as they are received. You may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course books for you when
they arrive, or for an extra fee you may request that the books be mailed
to you over the summer. If you would like to take advantage of either
of these options, stop by the bookstore or call 312/906-5605. In
addition, you may order your course books over the web by going to the
following web site: http://www.follett.com
(click on Finding a Bookstore; then the State of Illinois; and then Illinois
Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent Bookstore).
Weeks of July 19 and July 26, 1999 Fall 1999 Course Information -- Updates.
Constitutional Law: The instructor for section 275-003, listed as TBA on the initial Fall schedule, with be Mark Rosen, a new tenure-track member of the Chicago-Kent faculty. Consumer Health Benefits: The instructor for this course, listed as TBA on the initial Fall schedule, will be Ed Kraus, a new member of our clinical faculty. Criminal Procedure: Investigative Process: The evening section of this course will be taught by Professor Sanford Greenberg, not Prof. Thomas. Futures Regulation: Students registered for this course were notified recently that the course was being canceled due to the instructors becoming unexpectedly unavailable to teach the course. We are working on getting a possible replacement instructor; if we are successful, the course will be reinstated, and all students previously enrolled in the course will be notified. Health Law Clinic: The instructor for this clinic, listed as TBA on the initial Fall schedule, will be Ed Kraus. Legal Drafting (section 424-051): The instructor for this section will be Prof. Zamparo, not Prof. Mecklenburg. Fall 1999 Initial Reading Assignments and Course Books. Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall semester will be posted on the Chicago-Kent Intranet page (http://ck.kentlaw.edu/) no later than Friday, August 6, under the Registrar's heading. If you will not have Internet access in August, please notify us that you would like a paper copy mailed to you by sending me an e-mail (SSOWLE) with the address where you can be reached over the summer. Assignments not received by August 6 will be posted on the second-floor bulletin board as they are received. You may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course books for you when
they arrive, or for an extra fee you may request that the books be mailed
to you over the summer. If you would like to take advantage of either
of these options, stop by the bookstore or call 312/906-5605. In
addition, you may order your course books over the web by going to the
following web site: http://www.follett.com
(click on Finding a Bookstore; then the State of Illinois; and then Illinois
Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent Bookstore).
Weeks of July 6 and July 12, 1999 No entries this week.
Weeks of June 21 and June 28, 1999 No entries
this week.
Weeks of June 7 and June 14, 1999 No entries this week.
Weeks of May 24 and May 31, 1999 Summer Session: Additional Legal Drafting Seats. We have added a handful of seats to the two sections of Legal Drafting being offered this summer (section 424-051, taught by Prof. Farber; and section 424-052, taught by Prof. Moltz). If you are interested in registering for one of these seats, please file an add-drop form in the Registrar's office. Seats will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Academic Calendar for 1999 Summer Session. The academic
calendar for the summer session is as follows:
Fall 1999 Course Information -- Updates.
Advanced Research/Drafting for the International Business Lawyer: We have also added a limited number of additional seats to this course, to be taught by Prof. Strzynski (course no. 457-051-02). Please fill out an add/crop form in the Registrar's office if you would like to add the course. Seats will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional Section of Legal Drafting: We are trying to add an additional section of Legal Drafting on Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:50 p.m. Please consult the Class Status Report on the second floor bulletin board, or call the Registrar's office (312/906-5080) next week, if you are interested in adding this section. Fall 1999 Initial Reading Assignments and Course Books. Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall semester will be posted on the Chicago-Kent Intranet page (http://ck.kentlaw.edu/) no later than Friday, August 6, under the Registrar's heading. If you will not have Internet access in August, please notify us that you would like a paper copy mailed to you by sending me an e-mail (SSOWLE) with the address where you can be reached over the summer; or fill out the bottom portion of a form that will be available at my office and outside the third floor cafeteria. Assignments not received by August 6 will be posted on the second-floor bulletin board as they are received. You may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course books for you when they arrive, or for an extra fee you may request that the books be mailed to you over the summer. If you would like to take advantage of either of these options, stop by the bookstore before you leave, or call the bookstore at 312/906-5605. In addition, you may order your course books over the web by going to the following web site: http://www.follett.com (click on Finding a Bookstore; then the State of Illinois; and then Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent Bookstore). SPRING 1999 SEMESTER Week of May 3, 1999 Academic Calendar Reminder. The academic calendar for the remainder of the semester is as follows: Last regular day of classes: Monday, May 3Spring 1999 Final Exams. The final exam schedule for the current semester is linked to this page. Room assignments for exams will be posted in the main lobby and on the second-floor bulltein board at a later time. If an emergency occurs that may prevent you from taking a final exam, you or someone on your behalf should call Chris Matheny (312/906-5271) or me (312/906-5282) as soon as possible. If you cannot reach either of us, call the Registrar's office (312/906-5080). Please read Section VII of the Student Handbook, which contains the rules governing exams, exam conflicts, make-up exams, missed exams, and related issues; and review Article II of the Code of Conduct on pages 67-69 of the Student Handbook. Fall 1999 Registration.
After Add/Drop Day. After Add/Drop Day, if seats becomes available in a course that was previously closed, this will be noted on the Class Status Report posted on the second floor bulletin board; the seats will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Seats often do become available in closed courses after registration and before Fall classes start, so it is a good idea to check the Class Status Report occasionally. This applies to summer session classes as well. Immigration Law & Policy. Constitutional Law is no longer listed as recommended preparation for the course. International Law Courses. The International Policing course, and both courses offered by Professor Blum (The Arab-Israeli Conflict in International Law, and The Charter of the United Nations), will count toward the Certificate in International and Comparative Law. Fall 1999 Initial Reading Assignments. Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall semester will be posted on the Chicago-Kent Intranet page (http://ck.kentlaw.edu/) no later than Friday, August 6, under the Registrar's heading. If you will not have Internet access in August, please notify us that you would like a paper copy mailed to you by sending me an e-mail (SSOWLE) with the address where you can be reached over the summer; or fill out the bottom portion of a form that will be available at my office and outside the third floor cafeteria. Assignments not received by August 6 will be posted on the second-floor bulletin board as they are received. You may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course books for you when
they arrive, or for an extra fee you may request that the books be mailed
to you over the summer. If you would like to take advantage of either
of these options, stop by the bookstore before you leave, or call the bookstore
at 312/906-5605. In addition, you may order your course books over
the web by going to the following
Dean's Certificate for the Illinois Bar Exam. We will mail a Dean's Certificate to the Illinois bar examiners for every graduating student after final grades for the Spring semester are received and processed. The certificates will be in Springfield before the deadline. Bar Exams in Other Jurisdictions. If you plan to tkae a bar exam outside of Illinois, you must provide the Registrar with appropriate forms for the law school to complete as soon as possible. Survey of Student Attitudes. I will soon be mailing out a survey to graduating seniors, first-year Evening Division students, and second-year Day Division students. The survey will elicit your attitudes on a variety of issues relating to the law school's faculty, academic program, and administrative services. Please take a few minutes to complete and return the survey. Good Luck! I wish all of you -- those who are graduating
and those who will be returning in the Fall -- the best of luck with your
exams and with your summer activities. For those who will be taking the
bar exam this summer, my only advice is to study hard and keep in mind
that the pain is of relatively short duration. You will soon be lawyers
instead of law students, and I'm sure you'll do yourselves (and the school)
proud.
Week of April 26, 1999 Academic Calendar Reminder. The class schedule for the last week of the semester is as follows: Monday, May 3: Last regular day of classesFall 1999 Registration. The preliminary schedule of classes is available outside the third floor cafeteria and on the Chicago-Kent intranet page (there were some problems initially in accessing the schedule from this site, but they have been resolved). The Registration Bulletin and final class schedule will be distributed on Tuesday, April 27, and likewise will be available on the intranet page. Registration forms for all students are due in the Registrar's office no later than 8:10 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, 1999 (we no longer have separate dates for different priority categories, although forms will continue to be processed in priority order). I will meet with first-year students on Monday, April 26, at 3:15 p.m. (Day Division students) and 5:15 p.m. (Evening Division students) in Rm. C50. I will discuss the preliminary Fall schedule at the meeting, as well as selecting courses for the Fall and suggestions for planning your legal education. If you are unable to attend one of these meetings, please feel free to contact me by e-mail, phone, or by stopping by my office. Upper-level students with comments on the preliminay schedule should also feel free to contact me. Teaching Evaluations. If you have not had the opportunity to
complete a teaching evaluation form for one or more of your instructors,
please obtain an evaluation form from the Registrar's office. After
you complete the form, put it in mailbox #99 in the College Service Center.
Week of April 19, 1999 Fall 1999 Registration. Due to delays in finalizing our faculty hiring for next year, the registration process for the Fall 1999 semester has been pushed back somewhat. The preliminary schedule of classes will be distributed on Thursday, April 22, outside the third floor cafeteria and will also be available on the Chicago-Kent intranet page. The Registration Bulletin and final class schedule will be distributed on Tuesday, April 27, and likewise will be available on the intranet page. Registration forms for all students are due in the Registrar's office no later than 8:10 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, 1999 (we no longer have separate dates for different priority categories, although forms will continue to be processed in priority order). Because of the changes in the above dates, I have rescheduled my meetings with first-year students. They will now be held on Monday, April 26, at 3:15 p.m. (Day Division students) and 5:15 p.m. (Evening Division students) in Rm. C50. I will discuss the preliminary Fall schedule at the meeting, as well as selecting courses for the Fall and suggestions for planning your legal education. If you are unable to attend one of these meetings, please feel free to contact me by e-mail, phone, or by stopping by my office. Upper-level students with comments on the preliminay schedule should also feel free to contact me. 1999 Summer Session.
Adding and Dropping Courses. You may add an open course, or withdraw from a course without penalty, at any time through the end of the first week of the summer session. If you withdraw from a course during the second week of classes, you will be charged 50% of tuition. If you withdraw from a course after the second week of classes, you will be charged 100% of tuition. The date of withdrawal is the date a signed Registration Change Form is submitted to the Registrar's office. Initial Reading Assignments. If you are enrolled in a summer session class, you should periodically check the second floor bulletin board for initial reading assignments after the Spring semester ends. The summer session is short, and most instructors expect students to have read the assignments for the first night of class. Intensive Trial Advocacy: Seats Available. There are still a number of seats available in the January session of Intensive Trial Advocacy. If you're interested, please fill out an Intensive Trial Advocacy Request Form in Registrar's office. The remaining seats will be allocated on first-come, first-served basis. Teaching Evaluations. Teaching evaluations will be distributed
during the week of April 19 to elicit students' opinions regarding the
quality of teaching at the law school. Instructors will review the
responses to improve the quality of their instruction and courses.
The evaluations are also considered as one important factor in tenure,
promotion, and compensation decisions for full-time faculty and are used
as a factor in determining the effectiveness of part-time instructors.
They are anonymous and will not be available to professors until after
the grades for the courses are recorded.
Week of April 12, 1999 UPDATE: Fall 1999 Registration. Due to persisting uncertainties concerning the availability of certain instructors, the preliminary schedule of classes for Fall 1999 will be distributed either during the latter part of the week of April 12, or on Monday, April 19, outside the third floor cafeteria. The Registration Bulletin and final class schedule will be distributed no later than Thursday, April 22, and will be available on the Chicago-Kent web site as well as in printed form. Registration for Fall classes will begin on Monday, April 26. I will hold meetings with first-year students on Wednesday, April 21, at 3:00 p.m. (Day Division students) and 5:15 p.m. (Evening Division students) in Rm. C50 to discuss the preliminary Fall schedule, selecting courses for the Fall, and suggestions for planning your legal education. If you are unable to attend one of these meetings, please feel free to contact me by e-mail, phone, or by stopping by my office. Upper-level students with comments on the preliminary schedule should also feel free to contact me. Intensive Trial Advocacy. The names of students selected for each session of Intensive Trial Advocacy (August and Janaury) and the waiting lists for each session will be posted outside the Registrar’s office on Wednesday, April 14. If selected, you should register for the course on your Fall 1999 registration form. Both sessions are considered Fall courses for purposes of tuition and computing the Fall semester grade point averages. However, the credits will not count as part of your Fall semester course load for purposes of credit hour limitations. If Intensive Trial Advocacy brings your total credit hours for the Fall semester to at least 12, you will automatically be billed for student health insurance unless you waive coverage; instructions for waiving coverage will appear in the Fall Registration Bulletin. If you enroll in Intensive Trial Advocacy and later decide to drop it,
you must notify the Registrar by Friday, May 28, 1999 (Session 1) or Friday,
September 3, 1999 (Session 2), or you will be charged full tuition for
the course unless another student takes your seat. Please note:
If you enroll in Intensive Trial Advocacy 1, you must enroll in Trial Advocacy
2 in the semester immediately following.
Week of April 5, 1999 Summer 1999 Registration. The Registration Bulletin for the 1999 summer session, including the schedule of classes, is available outside the third floor cafeteria; a copy is also linked to this page. Summer session registration starts this Wednesday, April 7 (see the Registrar's section in this issue of the Record for details). Correction to the printed version of the schedule:
Adding and Dropping Courses:
UPDATE: Fall 1999 Registration. We have revised the dates connected with Fall 1999 registration. The new dates are as follows: The preliminary schedule of classes for Fall 1999 will be distributed during the week of April 12 outside the third floor cafeteria. I will hold meetings with first-year students later that week to discuss course selection. The Registration Bulletin and final class schedule will be distributed during the week of April 19. Registration for Fall classes will begin on Monday, April 26. Intensive Trial Advocacy. The law school will offer both an August session and a January session of Intensive Trial Advocacy 1 next academic year; details appear below. We regret that we were unable to arrange for a session of Intellectual Property Intensive Trial Advocacy. To indicate your interest in enrolling for either session of Intensive Trial Advocacy 1, please submit an Intensive Trial Advocacy Request Form to the Registrar’s office by this Thursday, April 8. Forms are available in the Registrar’s office and outside my office (Suite 320). Enrollments are limited, so there is no guarantee that you will be placed in either session. The names of students selected for each session and the waiting lists will be posted outside the Registrar’s office on Wednesday, April 14. If selected, you should register for the course on your Fall 1999 registration
form. Both sessions are considered Fall courses for purposes of tuition
and computing the Fall semester grade
Intensive Trial Advocacy 1 – 3 credits
Fall 1998 Grade Distributions. The grade distributions
for Fall 1998 courses are linked
to this page. Copies of the grade distributions are also posted
on the second-floor bulletin board.
Week of March 22, 1999 Academic Calendar Reminder. Spring Break begins this Saturday, March 27 and runs through Sunday, April 4. Class resume on Monday, April 5. More CALI Award Winners. Congratulations to the following students, who received the highest grades in the courses indicated. Other CALI Award winners were announced in last week's Record; that list is linked to this page. All recipients of the award will be invited to the annual Student Awards Luncheon next Fall. Students' names will appear on the award certificates and in the luncheon program as they appear here. Please e-mail me if you want to make any changes. Conflict of Laws (Prof. Conviser): Tanya AshurIn addition, the recipient of the award for Prof. Cahill's Legal Drafting session was given incorrectly in last week's Record. The actual recipient was Cari J. Resnick. Summer 1999 Registration. The Summer 1999 schedule of classes and Registration Bulletin will be distributed this week outside the third floor cafeteria. Summer session registration will begin on Wednesday, April 7. Fall 1999 Registration. The preliminary schedule of classes for Fall 1999 will be distributed during the week of April 5 outside the third floor cafeteria. I will hold meetings with first-year students later that week to discuss course selection. The Registration Bulletin and final class schedule will be distributed during the week of April 12. Registration for Fall classes will begin on Monday, April 19. Intensive Trial Advocacy 1. The law school will offer both an August session and a January session of Intensive Trial Advocacy 1 next academic year; details appear below. We regret that we were unable to arrange for a session of Intellectual Property Intensive Trial Advocacy. To indicate your interest in enrolling for either session of Intensive Trial Advocacy 1, please submit an Intensive Trial Advocacy Request Form to the Registrar’s office by Thursday, April 8, 1999. Forms are available in the Registrar’s office and outside my office (Suite 320). Enrollments are limited, so there is no guarantee that you will be placed in either session. The names of students selected for each session and the waiting lists will be posted outside the Registrar’s office on Wednesday, April 14, 1999. If selected, you should register for the course on your Fall 1999 registration
form. Both sessions are considered Fall courses for purposes of tuition
and computing the Fall semester grade
Intensive Trial Advocacy 1 – 3 credits
Week of March 15, 1999 CALI Award Winners for Fall 1998 Semester. The CALI Excellence for the Future Award, sponsored by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, is given to the student or students who receive the highest grade in each section of each course. The CALI Award winners for most Fall 1998 courses are linked to this page. If a section or a course is not listed, that means we have not yet received the name of the award recipient from the instructor; they will be published in a later issue of the Record. Congratulations to all of you who received the award -- you should be proud of your achievement. All recipients of the award will be invited to the annual Student Awards Luncheon next Fall. Students' names will appear on the award certificates and in the luncheon program as they appear on the list linked to this page. Please e-mail me if you want to make any changes. Summer 1999 Registration. The summer 1999 schedule of classes and Registration Bulletin will be distributed during the week of March 22 outside the third floor cafeteria. Summer session registration will begin on April 7. Week of March 8, 1999 Class Rank GPA Cut-Offs.
top 10%: 3.565Class of 2000 (1996 Evening entrants and 1997 Day entrants): top 10%: 3.519 Week of March 1, 1999 No entries this week.
Week of February 22, 1999 Telecommunications Law and Policy. The first meeting of
this course, cross-listed in the law school and the Stuart School of Business,
will be on Wednesday, February 24, from 6:00 to 9:10 p.m. The Stuart
School has not yet assigned a classroom for this course; the classroom
assignment will be posted on the fourth floor by next Wednesday.
The Stuart School designation for the course is TCM 520.
Week of February 15, 1999 Trial Advocacy Victory. The Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy
Team, for an impressive fifth straight year, won the 1999 Regional Competition
of the National Trial Competition. The team of Pavlina Kochankovska,
Michelle Rodriguez, and Matthew Sobolewski won the votes of every judge
in each of the four rounds of the competition and defeated teams from the
University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois, Notre Dame, and --
in the final round -- Loyola of Chicago. The competition was held
February 4-6 at the DuPage County Judicial Center. The team's victory
means that they now advance to the final rounds of the competition, to
be held March 18-20 in San Antonio, Texas. Congratulations to the
team members and their coaches, David Erikson and Justice Warren Wolfson.
Congratulations also to the team of Charlotte Cluverius, Sharese Shields,
and Amy Wilson, who did not advance in the competition but argued ably
and represented the school well.
Week of February 8, 1999 Academic Calendar Reminder. All law school classes are canceled on Wednesday, February 10, for Law as a Profession Day. Second-year students are required to attend the program. Courses Subject to Mandatory Curve for Elective Courses. A list of Spring 1999 elective courses with at least 25 students enrolled, and thus subject to the mandatory curve for elective courses, is linked to this page. Monthly Meeting with SBA Advisory Council. I meet once
a month with officers and representatives of the Student Bar Association
to discuss issues of concern to students. Members of the general
student body are welcome to attend the meetings. The next meeting
will be on Monday, February 8, at 5:00 p.m. in Room 744.
Week of February 1, 1999 Academic Calendar Reminder. All law school classes are canceled on Wednesday, February 10, for Law as a Profession Day. Second-year students are required to attend the program. Monthly Meeting with SBA Advisory Council. I meet once
a month with officers and representatives of the Student Bar Association
to discuss issues of concern to students. Members of the general
student body are welcome to attend the meetings. The next meeting
will be on Monday, February 8, at 5:00 p.m. in Room 744.
Week of January 25, 1999 Help Us With Our Course Scheduling. In an effort to improve our course scheduling, we’re working with an independent vendor on creating a sophisticated course scheduling software program that, if it works properly, will allow us to better incorporate student preferences into the scheduling process and avoid excessive numbers of course conflicts. To assist in testing the software, we would like to have your ideal Spring schedule, ranked in order of preference. Given that the Spring semester has already begun, your answers will not affect the actual Spring schedule. They will, however, help us assess the usefulness of the software by allowing us to use actual student preferences in the testing process. Please print out and return the form linked to this page, or pick up a copy of the form outside the third floor cafeteria. Children and the Law: Update. This new class will be offered on Thursdays this semester from 4:00 to 5:50, meeting in Rm. 305. The first class meeting will be this Thursday, January 28. You may take the class either as a course (with a choice between writing a paper or taking an exam) or as a seminar (with a seminar paper required). In either case, it will be worth 2 credits. If you wish to register for the class, use the following numbers, as appropriate: if taking it as a course, use 451-001-02 (Day Division) or 451-051-02 (Evening Division); if taking it as a seminar, use 650-001-02 (Day Division) or 650-051-02 (Evening Division). A course description follows: This course examines the precarious balance of rights, power, and obligations among children, their parents, and the state. We will first study different conceptions of “children’s rights” and current notions of children as legal persons. In light of these principles, the course will focus on the child in custody/foster care/adoption settings; on children’s rights in school settings; and on state intervention in cases of child abuse and neglect. Week of January 18, 1999 Welcome Back! Congratulations to all first-year students on completing your first semester of law school, and to upper-level students for making it one semeter closer to graduation. I hope everyone had a restful holiday break and that your Spring semester is productive and interesting. There are several important announcements in the Registrar's section of this Record, including procedures and deadlines for adding and dropping courses, making pass-fail elections, and waiving insurance coverage. Please review these announcements carefully. Spring 1999 Initial Reading Assignments. Initial assignments for many Spring 1999 courses are linked to this page. Additional assignments submitted to my office after December 21 are posted on the second-floor bulletin board. New Addition to Spring 1999 Schedule: Children and the Law. If there is sufficient student interest, we will add this course to the Spring schedule. It will be taught by Professor Susan Adams, and students will be able to choose between taking it as a regular course (with a final exam instead of a paper) or for seminar credit (with a seminar paper required). If you are interested in taking the course, please contact me no later than Friday, January 22, by e-mail (ssowle@kentlaw.edu) or by phone (312/906-5130). If there is sufficient interest, we will then try to find a meeting time convenient for all concerned. A course description follows: This course examines the precarious balance of rights, power, and obligations among children, their parents, and the state. We will first study different conceptions of “children’s rights” and current notions of children as legal persons. In light of these principles, the course will focus on the child in custody/foster care/adoption settings; on children’s rights in school settings; and on state intervention in cases of child abuse and neglect.Other Spring 1999 Schedule Changes. The following courses and sections have been canceled for lack of adequate enrollment or other reasons: Advanced Research (Prof. Quinn's section).Other changes to the final schedule of classes were announced in my section of the November 23, 1998 Record. Spring 1999 Classroom Assignments. Classroom assignments for Spring courses are posted in the lobby and on the second-floor bulletin board. Spring 1999 Final Exams. The final exam schedule for the current semester is linked to this page. The Student Handbook requires that you take your finals at the times scheduled, even if you have two exams in a row, or one at 6:00 p.m. and another at 8:30 a.m. the next morning. Absent extraordinary circumstances, the only exception is if you have three exams scheduled consecutively (which rarely happens) or two exams scheduled at the same time. If you believe you have an exam conflict or other circumstance justifying the rescheduling of an exam (see Student Handbook sections 7.2 and 7.3), please contact Chris Matheny, the Director of Students Services. Monthly Meeting with SBA Advisory Committee. I meet once a month with officers and representatives of the Student Bar Association to discuss issues of concern to students. Members of the general student body are welcome to attend the meetings. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 19, at 5:00 p.m. in Room 744. Bar Registration for First-Year Students. First-year students who plan to take the Illinois Bar Examination after graduation should register with the Illinois bar examiners. Registration packets are available in the Registrar’s office. The registration materials must be postmarked by March 1, 1999. The fee for registering is $175 ($50 to the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, and $125 to the National Conference of Bar Examiners). Note: Although you are not required to register as a first-year student, the advantage of doing so is that you will avoid paying a late fee of $250 imposed on those who register at any point after March 1 of their first year. If you are uncertain whether you intend to practice in Illinois, you may want to consider waiting to register and paying the late fee should you eventually decide to take the Illinois bar exam. If you have any questions about the application materials, you may call the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917. In addition, Chris Matheny, the Director of Stuents Services, will hold information sessions to discuss the bar application on Thursday, Janaury 21, at 12:00 noon and 5:00 p.m. in Room 580. The application form is very comprehensive and requires you to provide a significant amount of background information, some of which may be difficult to remember or obtain. I suggest that, if you do plan to register by the March deadline, you pick up an application as soon as possible and begin working on it. One of the forms in the registration packet is a “Certificate of the Dean of Law School – Proof of Commencement of Legal Study.” We send a Certificate to the Illinois bar examiners for every student who began at Chicago-Kent last Fall, so you can discard this form. All information you disclose on the bar registration application should be consistent with answers to questions on your Application for Admission to the law school. Please note, however, that the bar registration application asks for a considerable amount of information that you were not asked to provide on our Application for Admission. You only need to be concerned about the consistency of your answers for questions asked on both forms. You can amend your Application for Admission, if necessary, by addressing a letter to me setting forth the details of the omission or misrepresentation and the reason for it. First-year students who think they may practice in another state should contact the bar examiners office in that state as soon as possible to determine their registration requirements. Booklets with the addresses and phone numbers of state bar examiners offices are available for you to consult in the Registrar’s office and in my office. July 1999 Illinois Bar Application. The July 1999 Illinois bar applications are available in the Registrar’s office. Applications must be postmarked by Feburary 1, 1999. There are two separate application packets: one for students who filed a registration application with the bar examiners during their first year of law school, and a separate one for students who did not register. The packet for students who did not register includes both the registration application and the final application. Please be sure that you ask for the correct application packet. If you have questions about the application materials, you may call the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917. In addition, Chris Matheny, the Director of Stuents Services, will hold information sessions to discuss the bar application on Thursday, Janaury 21, at 12:00 noon and 5:00 p.m. in Room 580. The law school sends a “Certificate of Dean of Law School Proof of Legal Education” to the Illinois bar examiners for every student who graduates in May, so you may discard the one included in the application materials. If you did not file a registration application during your first year of law school, you may also ignore the “Certificate of the Dean of Law School – Proof of Commencement of Legal Study” in the application materials, so long as you began your legal studies at Chicago-Kent. We sent a Certificate for every student who began at Chicago-Kent to the Illinois bar examiners, and they will have your Certificate in their files. All information you disclose on the bar application should be consistent with answers to questions on your Application for Admission to the law school. Please note, however, that the bar application asks for a considerable amount of information that you were not asked to provide on our Application for Admission. You only need to be concerned about the consistency of your answers for questions asked on both forms. You can amend your Application for Admission, if necessary, by addressing a letter to me setting forth the details of the omission or misrepresentation and the reason for it. Special note from the Illinois bar examiners: Applications for students who began law school in 1993 or later who did not register as first-year law students do not contain the Illinois state police form. The forms are on backorder and will be sent to the Chicago-Kent Registrar's office as soon as they are received. Please return to the Registrar's office to obtain the form to submit to the Board with your application. Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE). The MPRE is required for admission to the bars of most jurisdictions, including Illinois. The exam is administered in March, August, and November each year. You may take the exam after you have completed the equivalent of two full academic years of law school, i.e., after you have completed two-thirds of the academic requirements for the J.D. degree. Applications for the next exam, on March 12, 1999, are available in the Registrar's office. The deadline for applying for the March 12 exam is February 2, 1999 (the late deadline is February 18). Chancellor Kent Colloquium. What's in a name? Come
help celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chancellor Kent's ascension to
the bench. There will be a colloquium exploring Chancellor Kent's
profound impact on the legal profession on Monday, January 25, at
4:00 in Room 590.
FALL 1998 SEMESTER Week of December 7, 1998 Good Luck and Happy Holidays. I wish all of you the best of luck on your exams, and a joyous holiday season. Fall Final Exams. Final exams for the Fall semester begin on Friday, December 11, and end on Wednesday, December 23. The final exam schedule is linked to this page. Room assignments for exams will be posted in the main lobby and on the second-floor bulletin board at a later time. If an emergency occurs that may prevent you from taking a final exam, you or someone on your behalf should call Chris Matheny (312/906-5271) or me (312/906-5130) as soon as possible. If you cannot reach either of us, call the Registrar's office (312/906-5080). Please read Section VII of the Student Handbook, which contains the rules governing exams, exam conflicts, make-up exams, missed exams, and related issues; and review Article II of the Code of Conduct on pages 67 - 69 of the Student Handbook. Purchasing Books for the Spring 1999 Semester. If some or all of your Spring 1999 course books are not available in the bookstore prior to your departure for the holidays, you may ask the bookstore to hold the books for you when they arrive, or for an extra fee you may request that the books be mailed to you over the holiday break. If you would like to take advantage of either of these options, stop by the bookstore before you leave, or call the bookstore at 312/906-5605. In addition, the bookstore hopes to have a web site activated by the middle of December that will allow you to order books online. For more information on the web site, contact the bookstore in mid-December. UPDATE: Spring 1999 Initial Reading Assignments. In order to save money and trees, we have decided on a new approach to distributing reading assignments for the first week of the Spring semester. In the past, we've sent a thick packet of materials to all students in late December containing the initial assignments and various other information. This time, we will instead be placing the contents of the mailing on our web site, and will send the material by mail only on request. If you will have access to the Internet over the holiday break, the material will be available beginning Monday, December 21, at the following address: http://www.kentlaw.edu/depts/acadadm/doc.html . If you will not have Internet access over break, please notify us that you would like a paper copy mailed to you by sending me an e-mail (SSOWLE) with the address where you can be reached over break; or fill out the bottom portion of a form that will be available at my office and outside the third floor cafeteria. Assignments not received by December 21 will be posted on the second-floor bulletin board as they are received. Bar Registration for First-Year Students. First-year students who plan to take the Illinois Bar Examination after graduation should register with the Illinois bar examiners. Registration packets are available in the Registrar’s office. The registration materials must be postmarked by March 1, 1999. The fee for registering is $175 ($50 to the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, and $125 to the National Conference of Bar Examiners). Note: Although you are not required to register as a first-year student, the advantage of doing so is that you will avoid paying a late fee of $250 imposed on those who register at any point after March 1 of their first year. If you are uncertain whether you intend to practice in Illinois, you may want to consider waiting to register and paying the late fee should you eventually decide to take the Illinois bar exam. If you have any questions about the application materials, you may call the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917. In addition, we will hold a meeting to discuss the bar application early in the Spring semester. The application form is very comprehensive and requires you to provide a significant amount of background information, some of which may be difficult to remember or obtain. I suggest that, if you do plan to register by the March deadline, you pick up an application as soon as possible and begin to work on it during the holiday break. One of the forms in the registration packet is a “Certificate of the Dean of Law School – Proof of Commencement of Legal Study.” We send a Certificate to the Illinois bar examiners for every student who began at Chicago-Kent last Fall, so you can discard this form. All information you disclose on the bar registration application should be consistent with answers to questions on your Application for Admission to the law school. Please note, however, that the bar registration application asks for a considerable amount of information that you were not asked to provide on our Application for Admission. You only need to be concerned about the consistency of your answers for questions asked on both forms. You can amend your Application for Admission, if necessary, by addressing a letter to me setting forth the details of the omission or misrepresentation and the reason for it. First-year students who think they may practice in another state should contact the bar examiners office in that state as soon as possible to determine their registration requirements. Booklets with the addresses and phone numbers of state bar examiners offices are available for you to consult in the Registrar’s office and in my office. July 1999 Illinois Bar Application. The July 1999 Illinois bar applications are available in the Registrar’s office. Applications must be postmarked by Feburary 1, 1999. There are two separate application packets: one for students who filed a registration application with the bar examiners during their first year of law school, and a separate one for students who did not register. The packet for students who did not register includes both the registration application and the final application. Please be sure that you ask for the correct application packet. If you have questions about the application materials, you may call the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917. In addition, we will hold a meeting to discuss the bar application early in the Spring semester. The law school sends a “Certificate of Dean of Law School Proof of Legal Education” to the Illinois bar examiners for every student who graduates in May, so you may discard the one included in the application materials. If you did not file a registration application during your first year of law school, you may also ignore the “Certificate of the Dean of Law School – Proof of Commencement of Legal Study” in the application materials, so long as you began your legal studies at Chicago-Kent. We sent a Certificate for every student who began at Chicago-Kent to the Illinois bar examiners, and they will have your Certificate in their Files. All information you disclose on the bar application should be consistent with answers to questions on your Application for Admission to the law school. Please note, however, that the bar application asks for a considerable amount of information that you were not asked to provide on our Application for Admission. You only need to be concerned about the consistency of your answers for questions asked on both forms. You can amend your Application for Admission, if necessary, by addressing a letter to me setting forth the details of the omission or misrepresentation and the reason for it. Special note from the Illinois bar examiners: Applications for students who began law school in 1993 or later who did not register as first-year law students do not contain the Illinois state police form. The forms are on backorder and will be sent to the Chicago-Kent Registrar's office as soon as they are received. Please return to the Registrar's office to obtain the form to submit to the Board with your application. Week of November 30, 1998 Fall Semester Calendar. The class schedule after Thanksgiving is as follows: * Classes will meet as usual on Monday, November 30. * On Tuesday, December 1, only Tuesday classes beginning at 4:00 or later will meet (to make up for the eve of Yom Kippur). * Classes will meet as usual from Wednesday, December 2 through Monday, December 7 (the last day of classes). * Read period starts on Tuesday, December 8. * Exams start on Friday, December 11 and end on Wednesday, December 23. Spring 1999 Initial Reading Assignments. In late December,
I will mail a letter to all students with reading assignments for the first
week of the Spring semester. If you want the letter mailed to an
address other than your local address, please e-mail the address to me
(SSOWLE). If you do not receive the letter by January 5, e-mail me
or call my office at 906-5130.
Week of November 23, 1998 Spring 1999 Registration. The Registration Bulletin, including the final course schedule, was distributed outside the third floor cafeteria on Thursday, November 19. Registration will begin for evening students on Monday, November 23, and for day students on Monday, November 24. See the Registration Bulletin and the Registrar's section of this week's Record for details. Please note the following corrections to the final course schedule: FIRST YEAR COURSES Property (Prof. Tarlock): The Monday and Thursday meeting times
for this course are listed
ELECTIVE COURSES & SEMINARS Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Seminar (Prof. Stanton):
This seminar is listed
Conflict of Laws (Dean Perritt): On the final exam grid, the
Conflicts exam listed for Fri., May
Construction of an Interactive Computer Case Preparation System for
Criminal Cases
Environmental Law seminars: The final schedule inadvertently
omitted the Evening Division
Current Issues in Environmental Law:
614-051-02
Federal Courts (Prof. Streseman): The exam for this class was
listed on the exam grid, but was
Land Use (Prof. Peters’ section): In some copies of the Registration
Bulletin, the evening grid
Professional Responsibility (Prof. Gross): On the final exam
grid, the Prof. Responsibility
Trademarks (Prof. Renner): The starting time for this course
is listed correctly on the final
List of Recommended Courses. A list of recommended upper-level courses, adopted last Spring by the faculty, is linked to this page. Academic Calendar Reminder. Because of the Thanksgiving
holiday, classes are canceled on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November
27. Day and evening classes meet as usual on Wednesday, November
25.
Week of November 16, 1998 Spring 1999 Registration. The preliminary class schedule for the Spring semester will be issued on Monday, November 16 -- not, as previously announced, the week of November 9. Rather than holding scheduled meetings (poorly attended in the past) to discuss the preliminary schedule, I invite you to give me comments by e-mail or by dropping by my office. The Registration Bulletin and final class schedule will be distributed on Thursday, November 19. Registration for Spring classes will begin on Monday, November 23. A Note from Professor Sherman: Consider Estate Planning as a Professional Specialty: Think estate planning is only for the rich? Think again. People in all sorts of circumstances need help in planning for the distribution of their property to their loved ones at death. Often, the first legal matter that takes a person to an attorney is the need for a will, and an attorney's ignorance of the fundamentals of estate planning may send that client elsewhere. Estate planning offers the attorney both the intellectual satisfaction of dealing with engrossing legal issues and the personal satisfaction of being there for people when they are most in need of counsel and support. Solo practitioners and small-firm attorneys can succeed as estate planners just as large-firm attorneys can. But to succeed as an estate planner, you must know the fundamentals of estate and gift taxation and the income taxation of trusts and estates, which are the topics covered in the Gift and Estate Tax course. Almost every property transfer has federal tax implications. Even a client of only moderate wealth who requires only a simple will presents planning opportunities. A practitioner who wishes to give sound advice must be aware of the pitfalls which, unless avoided, may thwart the client's wishes, frustrate the family's plans, or deprive intended beneficiaries of needed income. I urge you to think seriously about taking the Gift and Estate Tax course. List of Recommended Courses. A list of recommended upper-level courses, adopted last Spring by the faculty, is linked to this page. Academic Calendar for 1999-2000. The Academic Calendar for 1999-2000, as recently adopted by the faculty, is linked to this page. Teaching Evaluations. Teaching evaluations will be distributed
during the week of November 16 to elicit students' opinions regarding the
quality of teaching at the law school. Instructors will review the
responses to improve the quality of their instruction and courses.
The evaluations are also considered as one important factor in tenure,
promotion, and compensation decisions for full-time faculty and are used
as a factor in determining the effectiveness of part-time instructors.
They are anonymous and will not be available to professors until after
the grades for the courses are recorded.
Week of November 9, 1998 Spring 1999 Preliminary Schedule. The preliminary class schedule for the Spring semester will be distributed during the week of November 9. Rather than holding scheduled meetings (poorly attended in the past) to discuss the preliminary schedule, I invite you to give me comments by e-mail or by dropping by my office. The Registration Bulletin and final class schedule will be distributed no later than Tuesday, November 17. Registration for Spring classes will begin on Thursday, November 19. List of Recommended Courses. A list of recommended upper-level courses, adopted last Spring by the faculty, is linked to this page. Teaching Evaluations. Teaching evaluations will be distributed
during the week of November 16 to elicit students' opinions regarding the
quality of teaching at the law school. Instructors will review the
responses to improve the quality of their instruction and courses.
The evaluations are also considered as one important factor in tenure,
promotion, and compensation decisions for full-time faculty and are used
as a factor in determining the effectiveness of part-time instructors.
They are anonymous and will not be available to professors until after
the grades for the courses are recorded.
Week of November 2, 1998 No entries this week.
Week of October 26, 1998 No entries this week.
Week of October 19, 1998 Summer 1998 Grade Distributions. The grade distributions for Summer 1998 courses are linked to this page. Copies of the grade distributions are also posted on the second-floor bulletin board. Call for Papers. The Asian Law Journal at the University of California at Berkeley has issued a call for papers for publication in its May 1999 issue. The Journal seeks to publish articles, case notes, student comments, recent development pieces, and book reviews that discuss legal issues affecting Asians in the United States. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 1998. Pieces received after that date will be considered for publication in later issues. Details are available in Dean Sowle's office. Fall Final Exams. The final exam schedule for the current
semester is linked
to this page. The Student
Handbook requires that you take your finals at the times scheduled,
even if you have two exams in a row, or one at 6:00 p.m. and another at
8:30 a.m. the next morning. Absent extraordinary circumstances, the
only exception is if you have three exams scheduled consecutively (which
rarely happens) or two exams scheduled at the same time. If you believe
you have an exam conflict or other circumstance justifying the rescheduling
of an exam (see Student Handbook sections 7.2 and 7.3), please contact
Chris Matheny, the Director of Students Services, by Friday, November
6, 1998.
Week of October 12, 1998 Student Awards Luncheon -- Program Available Online. Congratulations
to the students who were honored at the Student Awards Luncheon on October
6. The luncheon
program has been adapted for you to view online.
Week of October 5, 1998 More Spring 1998 CALI Award Winners. Congratulations to the following students, who received the highest grades in the courses indicated. Other CALI award winners were announced in the August 24, August 31, September 7, September 14, and September 21 issues of the Record. If you received an award, your name will appear on the award certificate and in the program for the Student Awards Luncheon as it appears below. Please e-mail me if you want to make any changes. Regulatory Polciy and Practice (Prof. Scales): Kathryn P. Camp & Stephen Cubbage Week of September 28, 1998 Academic Calendar Reminder. Because of a religious holiday, classes starting at 4:00 p.m. or later are canceled on Tuesday, September 29, and all classes are canceled on Wednesday, September 30. Student Awards Luncheon. As previously announced, the annual Student Awards Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 1998, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Presidential Ballroom of the Midland Hotel, located at 172 West Adams Street. All students who earned CALI awards during the Fall 1997, Spring 1998, and Summer 1998 terms were mailed invitations from the Dean last week. If you earned a CALI award and have not received an invitation, please contact me (include the course, instructor, and semester you earned the award). Courses Subject to Mandatory Curve for Elective Courses: Correction.
In last week's Record, I mistakenly listed Professional Responsibility
with Prof. Gross as one of the courses
subject to the mandatory curve for elective courses. Because
Professional Responsibility is a required rather than elective course,
it is subject to the mandatory curve for required courses instead.
Please see the August
31 issue of the Record for an announcement concerning changes
to the mandatory curve recently adopted by the faculty.
Week of September 21, 1998 Academic Calendar Reminder. Because of religious holidays, all classes are canceled on Monday, September 21; classes starting at 4:00 p.m. or later are canceled on Tuesday, September 29; and all classes are canceled on Wednesday, September 30. Student Awards Luncheon. As previously announced, the annual Student Awards Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 1998, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Presidential Ballroom of the Midland Hotel, located at 172 West Adams Street. All students who earned CALI awards during the Fall 1997, Spring 1998, and Summer 1998 terms should receive an invitation from Dean Perritt in the near future. Please note: The invitations were initially to go out this week, but have been delayed. If you earned a CALI award and don't receive an invitation by Friday, September 25, please contact me (include the course, instructor, and semester you earned the award). More Spring 1998 CALI Award Winners. Congratulations to the following students, who received the highest grades in the courses indicated. Other CALI award winners were announced in the August 24, August 31, September 7, and September 14 issues of the Record. If you received an award, your name will appear on the award certificate and in the program for the Student Awards Luncheon as it appears below. Please e-mail me if you want to make any changes. Corporate Taxation (Prof. Stephens; LL.M.): Bryan J. Freel & Adam GraisCourses Subject to Mandatory Curve for Elective Courses. A list of Fall 1998 elective courses with at least 25 students enrolled, and thus subject to the mandatory curve for elective courses, is linked to this page. Please see the August 31 issue of the Record for an announcement concerning changes to the mandatory curve recently adopted by the faculty. Week of September 14, 1998 Academic Calendar Reminder. Because of a religious holiday, there will be no classes on Monday, September 21. Student Awards Luncheon. The annual Student Awards Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 1998, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Presidential Ballroom of the Midland Hotel, located at 172 West Adams Street. All students who earned CALI awards during the Fall 1997, Spring 1998, and Summer 1998 terms should receive an invitation from Dean Perritt in the near future. If you earned a CALI award and don't receive an invitation by Friday, September 18, please contact me (include the course, instructor, and semester you earned the award). More CALI Award Winners. Congratulations to the following students, who received the highest grades in the courses indicated. Other CALI award winners were announced in the August 24, August 31, and September 7 issues of the Record. If you received an award, your name will appear on the award certificate and in the program for the Student Awards Luncheon as it appears below. Please e-mail me if you want to make any changes. Spring 1998 SemesterBar Registration for First-Year Students First-year students who plan to take the Illinois Bar Examination after graduation should register with the Illinois bar examiners. Registration packets are available in the Registrar's office. The registration materials must be postmarked by March 1, 1999. The fee for registering is $175 ($50 to the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, and $125 to the National Conference of Bar Examiners). Note: Although you are not required to register as a first-year student, the advantage of doing so is that you will avoid paying a late fee of $250 imposed on those who register at any point after March 1 of their first year. If you are uncertain whether you intend to practice in Illinois, you may want to consider waiting to register and paying the late fee should you eventually decide to take the Illinois bar exam. If you have questions about the application materials, you may call the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917. In addition, we will hold a meeting to discuss the bar application early in the Spring semester. The application form is very comprehensive and requires you to provide a significant amount of background information, some of which may be difficult to remember or obtain. If you do plan to register by the March deadline, you should leave yourself plenty of time to work on it. One of the forms in the registration packet is a “Certificate of the
Dean of Law School – Proof of
All information you disclose on the bar registration application should
be consistent with
First-year students who think that they may practice in another
state should contact the bar
Week of September 7, 1998 Student Awards Luncheon. The annual Student Awards Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 1998, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Presidential Ballroom of the Midland Hotel, located at 172 West Adams Street. All students who earned CALI awards during the Fall 1997, Spring 1998, and Summer 1998 terms should receive an invitation from Dean Perritt in the near future. If you earned a CALI award and don't receive an invitation by Friday, September 18, please contact me (include the course, instructor, and semester you earned the award). More CALI Award Winners. Congratulations to the following students, who received the highest grades in the courses indicated. Other CALI award winners were announced in the August 24 and August 31 issues of the Record. If you received an award, your name will appear on the award certificate and in the program for the Student Awards Luncheon as it appears below. Please e-mail me if you want to make any changes. Spring 1998 SemesterFurniture in Classrooms. If you have any reason to remove tables, podiums, chairs, or other furniture from classrooms temporarily, please be sure that you return them promptly. Missing furniture can cause serious inconvenience to instructors and students. Week of August 31, 1998 More CALI Award Winners. Congratulations to the following students, who received the highest grades in the courses indicated. Other CALI award winners were announced in the August 24 issue of the Record. If you received an award, your name will appear on the award certificate and in the program for the Student Awards Luncheon as it appears below. Please e-mail me if you want to make any changes. Spring 1998 SemesterChange to Mandatory Curve for Elective Courses. The following memorandum was issued on August 26 by Dean Perritt: "At its first meeting of the year yesterday, the faculty voted to change the mandatory curve applied to elective courses with 25 or more students enrolled. These changes will take effect immediately and thus will apply to Fall 1998 courses.Enterprising Students Wanted for IIT Interprofessional Projects (IPRO's). IIT has pioneered in offering undergraduate students experience working in team projects to explore solutions for problems provided by industry. The projects vary widely. Teams recently have explored how to plan for a new Chicago Bears stadium; whether computer simulations can be designed for easy use in criminal trials; how to create more efficient patient monitoring devices; and the legal dimensions of using solar panel advertising on IIT property. Please see Prof. Krent (Room 735) if you are interested in working on an IPRO this semester. Academic credit is available. Spring 1998 Grade Distributions. The grade distributions for Spring 1998 courses are linked to this page. Copies of the grade distributions are also posted on the second-floor bulletin board. Academic Calendar Reminder. In observance of Labor Day, there will be no classes on Saturday, September 5 or Monday, September 7. Faculty/Staff Team Prevails in Softball Game Against Students.
In an impressive display of athletic acumen, the faculty/staff team defeated
the student team by a score of 6 to 5 in the recent softball game sponsored
by the Student Bar Association. As a member of the prevailing team,
however, I feel obliged to acknowledge the important assistance provided
by several students, who graciously agreed to play for the faculty/staff
team upon discovering that there were too few faculty and staff members
present to field a team. There is no truth to the rumor that the
margin of victory was provided by a well-timed threat from one of the faculty
players to "flunk, flunk, flunk, ha-ha-ha" several members of the student
team.
Week of August 24, 1998 Welcome new first-year students; and welcome back continuing students. I hope you had an enjoyable summer and that you have a successful and productive year. If you would like to see me with a question, problem, or suggestion, please call me at 906-5130 (6-5130 from within the building), come by my office (Suite 320), or e-mail me (SSOWLE; or click on the link at the top of this page). CALI Award Winners for Spring 1998 Semester. The CALI Excellence for the Future Award, sponsored by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, is given to the student or students who receive the highest grade in each section of each course. The CALI Award winners for most Spring 1998 courses are linked to this page. If a section or a course is not listed, that means we have not yet received the name of the award recipient from the instructor; they will be published in a later issue of the Record. Congratulations to all of you who received the award -- you should be proud of your achievement. All recipients of the award will be invited to the annual Student Awards Luncheon, which will be held on Tuesday, October 6, at 12:00 noon. Formal invitations will be mailed in a few weeks. Students' names will appear on the award certificate and in the luncheon program as they appear on the list linked to this page. Please e-mail me if you want to make any changes. Initial Class Assignments for Fall 1998 Semester (Advanced Courses). I mailed a letter to all continuing students in early August with assignments for the first week of Fall classes. Assignments received after the letter was mailed are posted on the second-floor bulletin board. Copies are also available in the Registrar's office or outside my office (Suite 320). A copy of the letter is also linked to this page. Exam Schedule for Fall 1998 Semester. The final exam schedule for the Fall semester was published in the Registration Bulletin issued last Spring, and exam times are listed on the Schedule of Classes posted in the lobby and on the second-floor bulletin board. A copy is also linked to this page. The Student Handbook requires that you take your finals at the times scheduled, even if you have two exams in a row, or one at 6:00 p.m. and another at 8:30 a.m. the next morning. Absent extraordinary circumstances, the only exception is if you have three exams scheduled consecutively (which rarely happens) or two exams scheduled at the same time. Please note that you are permitted to register for courses with exams scheduled at the same time; one exam will be rescheduled for you. If you believe you have an exam conflict or other circumstance justifying the rescheduling of an exam (see Student Handbook sections 7.2 and 7.3), please contact Chris Matheny, the Director of Students Services. The moral of the story is: check your final exam schedule before buying non-refundable tickets to Madrid! Courses Likely to be Offered in Spring 1999 Semester. A list of courses likely to be offered in the Spring semester is linked to this page. Please keep in mind that this list is preliminary and subject to change. Student Handbook for 1998-1999. The Student Handbook for the 1998-1999 academic year will be published shortly. In the meantime, please consult the 1997-1998 issue of the Handbook. Class Ranks/GPA Cut-offs. The GPA cut-offs as of the end of the Spring 1998 semester are linked to this page. Writing Competition Winner: Michael Ambroziak. Congratulations
to Michael Ambroziak, who won first place (and $600) in the Chicago-Kent
portion of the Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition sponsored by the American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Information
about writing competitions appears in the Record each week,
or you can visit the comprehensive listing of writing competitions that
appears on the University
of Memphis Law School website. It can pay to enter the these competitions!
Week of August 17, 1998 Welcome to Chicago-Kent! For those of you starting your first year, you chose a terrific law school and we are pleased that you are joining our community. You have an exciting several years ahead of you. What my office does. In my capacity as Assistant Dean, I supervise three offices that will be an important part of your life at Chicago-Kent.
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