Archive entries are in reverse chronological order.
SUMMER 2003
Weeks of August
4 and August 11, 2003
Fall 2003 Course Information. We
have made the following changes to the Fall 2003 class schedule:
(1) Law and Bioethics: This course may now be taken
for seminar credit. If you are interested in choosing this
option, please contact me at ssowle@kentlaw.edu.
(2) Section 1983/Constitutional Torts seminar: The
day/time of this seminar has been changed to Wednesdays, 4:00-5:50
pm.
(3) Legal Drafting: Section 424-053 (Wednesdays at
7:35 pm) has been canceled due to low enrollment.
Fall 2003 Initial Reading Assignments and Course Books.
Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall 2003 semester
will be posted on the Student
Portal page no later than Wednesday, August 6.
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. If you would like to take
advantage of either of these options, call the bookstore at
312/906-5605. In addition, you may order your course books
over the Internet by clicking on the Follett's
Bookstore link on the Student Portal page.
Intensive Trial Advocacy -- Seat Available in August Session.
A seat has opened up in the August session of Intensive Trial
Advocacy 1 (Saturday, August 16 - Saturday, August 23, 2003).
If you are interested in taking this seat, you can register
through the online
registration system (first-come, first-served). The course
number is 541-071.
Orientation Leaders and Mentors Wanted. Each year,
entering students tell us that much of their most informative
and valuable information comes from other students. As someone
who has been there, your advice can be critical to the success
of our incoming class. As an Orientation Leader, your tasks
may include leading a lunch discussion with a group of students
on the first day of Orientation (August 18); helping take
ID photos; answering questions and giving advice; and whatever
other help we end up needing. As a Mentor, you will be paired
with one or two first-year students to provide one-on-one
advice and guidance about adjusting to the law school experience.
If you are interested in becoming an Orientation Leader or
a Mentor (or better yet, both), please e-mail me at ssowle@kentlaw.edu
as soon as possible. Please include the following information
in your e-mail:
1. Name
2. Section (Day or Evening)
3. Planned year of graduation
4. Would you like to be a Mentor?
(If so, what areas of law most interest you, and what organizations
and activities are you involved in?)
5. Would you like to be an Orientation Leader?
(If so, what is your availability August 18-August 21? For
purposes of organizing the lunch discussions on August 18,
who was your professor for Legal Writing?)
Joke of the week. Did you hear about the guy who fell
into the upholstery machine? Don't worry -- he's fully recovered.
Weeks of July
21 and July 28, 2003
London Law Consortium. Chicago-Kent offers a semester
of legal study in London each Spring semester as part of a
consortium with seven other law schools. Brochures for the
Spring 2004 semester have now arrived. The brochures describe
the program in detail and contain application forms. If you
are interested in obtaining a brochure, contact my assistant,
Denise Lang (dlang@kentlaw.edu; 312/906-5133). If you wish
to discuss the program in more detail, contact Professor David
Rudstein (drudstei@kentlaw.edu; 312/906-5354).
Joke of the week. What's the definition of a will?
(Hint: It's a dead giveaway.)
Weeks of July
7 and July 14, 2003
Chicago-Kent Law Review -- List of New Members. I'm happy
to report that the students listed below have been invited
to join the Chicago-Kent Law Review based on their academic
performance.
Ryan D. Andrews |
Rayna M. Matczak |
Carson C. Block |
Michael P. Matesky II |
John K. Burnett III |
Tonya G. Newman |
Antonio Caldarone |
Gerard M. Nussbaum |
David J. Gonen |
Maria Pellegrino |
Shahid U. Haque |
Sharyn M. Procaccio |
Sarah P. Herlihy |
Steven M. Richart |
Joseph H. Herron |
David E. Robin |
Bradley C. Johnson |
Marc R. Rubenstein |
Christopher M. Kaiser |
Kristin Rylko |
Jessica C. Kaiser |
Michael J. Van Riper |
Steven L. Lezell |
Tiffany J. Walsh |
Aaron J. Marcus |
|
Joke of the week. "Outside of a dog, a book
is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to
read." (Groucho Marx)
Weeks
of June 23 and June 30, 2003
No entries this week.
Weeks of June
9 and June 16, 2003
No entries this week.
Weeks of May
26 and June 2, 2003
No entries this week.
SPRING 2003
Week of March 31, 2003
Chicago-Kent Law Review: 2003-2004 Board of Editors.
Congratulations to the members of the 2003-2004 Board of Editors
for the Chicago-Kent Law Review. A list of the members is
attached
to this page.
London Law Consortium: Informational Session. Chicago-Kent
is a member of the London Law Consortium (along with six other
American law schools). If you would like to hear about taking
your Spring 2004 semester courses in London, you should attend
an informational session on Wednesday, April 2, at
3:00 p.m., in Rm. 210. Professor David Rudstein, who has taught
in the Consortium, and a Kent student who attended last year
will discuss the program and answer questions.
Joke of the Week. Driving to work, a guy had to slam
on his brakes to avoid hitting a box that fell off a truck
in front of him. The box broke open, spilling its contents
-- a supply of carpet tacks -- all over the road. A police
trooper who witnessed the event approached the driver and
said, "I'm going to have to write you a ticket."
Amazed, the driver asked, "What for?" The trooper
replied, "tacks evasion."
Week of March 24,
2003
No entries this week.
Week of March 17,
2003
Academic Calendar Reminder. Spring Break runs from Saturday,
March 15, 12:00 noon to Sunday, March 23. Classes resume on
Monday, March 24.
Joke of the Week. Just as a surgeon was finishing
an operation, his patient woke up and demanded to close
his own incision. The surgeon shrugged, handed him the needle,
and said, "suture self"?
Week of March
10, 2003
Academic Calendar Reminder. Spring Break runs from
Saturday, March 15, 12:00 noon to Sunday, March 23. Classes
resume on Monday, March 24.
Mexico Summer Program. Chicago-Kent is pleased to
announce a new summer study program in cooperation with
the Instituto Tecnolygico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.
The 2003 summer program will run from June 16 to July 23.
The application deadline in May 1. Details about the program
are linked
to this page.
Exam Schedule for LL.M. Taxation Courses. The exam
dates for Spring 2003 LL.M. Taxation courses are linked
to this page.
Joke of the Week. What was the best thing before
sliced bread?
Week of March 3, 2003
No entries this week.
Week of February 24,
2003
Academic Calendar for 2003-2004. The Academic Calendar
for 2003-2004 is linked
to this page.
Additional CALI Winners. Congratulations to the
following students, who received the highest grades in the
course indicated. Other CALI Award winners were announced
in last week's Record; that list is linked
to this page.
Capital Punishment & Judicial Process: Ginger L. Odom
and Robert J. Martin
Joke of the Week. Did you hear about the two antennae
that got married? The ceremony was pretty boring, but the
reception was great.
Week of February 17,
2003
Elective Courses Subject to Mandatory Curve. A list
of Fall 2002 elective courses with at least 25 students enrolled,
and thus subject to the mandatory curve for elective courses,
is linked
to this page.
Class Ranks/GPA Cut-Offs. The GPA cut-offs as of
the end of the Fall 2002 semester are linked
to this page.
Fall 2002 CALI Award Winners. 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 2002 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.
Fall 2002 Grade Distributions. The grade distributions
for Fall 2002 courses are linked
to this page.
Illinois Bar Exam: Q&A with Bar Examiners. Larie
Walton from the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar
will be at the Law School on Monday, February 24, 2003,
at 11:30 a.m. in Rm. C50 to answer questions from first-year
students concerning the completion of your Bar Registration
Application. The session will be held in room C50.
As announced in previous issues of the Record, first-year
students who plan to take the Illinois Bar Examination after
graduation should submit a Registration Application, which
must be postmarked by March 1, 2003. The forms and instructions
are available on the bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
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 $350 imposed on those who register
at any point after March 1 of their first year.
Lawyers' Assistance Program: Intervention Training.
Would you like to help your colleagues who need assistance
with alcohol dependency, drug abuse, or other mental health
issues? Are you interested in learning how to provide confidential
assistance that will encourage recovery? Whether you are
interested because you or someone close to you has had problems
with substance abuse, or because you are interested in joining
a great team of volunteers, your help will make a difference.
The Illinois Lawyers' Assistance Program is currently scheduling
intervention training sessions in an effort to increase
services to lawyers and law students. The training sessions
will address the problems that lawyers, judges, and law
students face in their professional and personal lives and
explain how the intervention process can help those who
may not realize they need help.
To learn more about future training sessions and about
how you can help the Lawyers Assistance Program, please
contact Janet Piper Voss, the Executive Director of the
Program, at 312/726-6607 or illap@mindspring.com. You may
also visit their website at http://www.IllinoisLAP.org.
Joke of the Week. Question: How many ears
does Spock have? Answer: Three -- one on the right,
one on the left, and the final "front ear."
Week of February 10,
2003
No entries this week.
Week of February
3, 2003
No entries this week.
Week of January 27,
2003
"Law as a Profession: From Law Student to Lawyer,"
Wednesday, February 5. (Registration deadline, Friday, January
24.) To supplement other aspects of our educational curriculum
and to reinforce our emphasis on professionalism, Chicago-Kent
organized the first Law as a Profession program in 1995. This
program is a graduation requirement. Law as a Profession 2003
will be offered twice on February 5th, once for 2L day students,
from 8 a.m. - 3:15 p.m., and again for 2L evening students
(and any 3L/4L student who has not previously attended) from
5 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. Classes for the rest of the student body
will be canceled that day. Program topics include: Establishing
your Professional Reputation, Diversity in the Profession,
Managing your Practice/Personal Life/Time (incorporating pro
bono work), and Ethics and the Law. Business casual attire
is required (dress slacks, sweaters, dress shirts, pantsuits,
skirt/sweater, etc.). No jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes, hats,
etc. Day program registration is between 7:45 a.m. and 8:15
a.m. in the front lobby. Continental breakfast and boxed lunches/dinners
will be provided. Evening program registration and dinner
will take place between 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Note:
If you have special dietary needs, please contact Lindsay
Duvall in the Student Services Office at lduvall@kentlaw.edu.
Adding Classes After the First Week. You may add an
open course without special permission until the end of the
first week of Spring classes; during the second week, however,
you may add an open course only with permission of the instructor.
You may not add a course after the second week of the semester.
Spring 2003 Initial Reading Assignments. Initial
assignments for many Spring 2003 courses are available through
the Student
Portal page.
Spring 2003 Classroom Assignments. Classroom assignments
for Spring courses are posted in the front lobby.
Spring 2003 Schedule Changes. A list of changes
to the Spring schedule that were made prior to the holiday
break is linked
to this page. In addition, the following courses have
since been canceled due to low enrollment:
Advanced Research (Prof. Gnoffo, 422-051)
Legal Drafting (Prof. T. Cahill, 424-051)
Cybercrimes (Prof. Chval, 214-051)
I.P. in New Technological Age (Prof. Piatt, 233-051)
Advanced Topics in Busines and Corporate Law (Prof. Gillespie,
623-071)
Spring 2003 Trial Advocacy Section Assignments.
Assignments for the Spring 2003 sections of Trial Advocacy
1 and Trial Advocacy 2 are linked
to this page.
Spring 2003 Final Exams. The final exam schedule
for the Spring 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 circumstances justifying
the rescheduling of an exam (see Student Handbook sections
7.2 and 7.3), please contact me.
Bookstore Hours and Website. The bookstore's hours
are linked
to this page. Please do not use the bookstore's website
to order your books -- it is not currently functioning.
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.
The registration materials must be postmarked by March
1, 2003. The forms and instructions are available on
the bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
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 $350 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. 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 have any questions about the application
materials, you may call the Illinois Board of Admissions
to the Bar at 217/522-5917.
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 2003 Illinois Bar Application. Applications
for the July 2003 Illinois bar exam must be postmarked by
February 1, 2003. The forms and instructions are
available on the bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
Please note: Even if you registered with
the bar examiners as a first-year student, you must still
file a final application by February 1. If you did not register
during your first year, you will need a separate set of
application materials, which contains both the registration
application and the final application. Please be sure that
you obtain the correct materials. If you have any questions
about the application materials, you may call the Illinois
Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917.
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. Please be sure to
file an Application for Graduation so that we will know
you plan to graduate in May.
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.
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 8, 2003, are available in the
Registrar's office. The deadline for applying for the March
exam is January 28, 2003 (the late deadline is February
13).
Week of January
20, 2003
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 semester closer
to graduation. I hope everyone had a restful holiday break.
I would like to thank everyone who sent get well messages
or cards while I was ill. I'm recovered now and am very happy
to be back at work. My son, who had surgery several weeks
ago, is also doing well.
"Law as a Profession: From Law Student to Lawyer,"
Wednesday, February 5. (Registration deadline, Friday, January
24.) To supplement other aspects of our educational curriculum
and to reinforce our emphasis on professionalism, Chicago-Kent
organized the first Law as a Profession program in 1995. This
program is a graduation requirement. Law as a Profession 2003
will be offered twice on February 5th, once for 2L day students,
from 8 a.m. - 3:15 p.m., and again for 2L evening students
(and any 3L/4L student who has not previously attended) from
5 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. Classes for the rest of the student body
will be canceled that day. Program topics include: Establishing
your Professional Reputation, Diversity in the Profession,
Managing your Practice/Personal Life/Time (incorporating pro
bono work), and Ethics and the Law. Business casual attire
is required (dress slacks, sweaters, dress shirts, pantsuits,
skirt/sweater, etc.). No jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes, hats,
etc. Day program registration is between 7:45 a.m. and 8:15
a.m. in the front lobby. Continental breakfast and boxed lunches/dinners
will be provided. Evening program registration and dinner
will take place between 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Note:
If you have special dietary needs, please contact Lindsay
Duvall in the Student Services Office at lduvall@kentlaw.edu.
Academic Calendar Reminder. In observance of Dr.
King's Birthday, there will be no classes on Monday, January
20. Spring semester classes will begin on Tuesday, January
21.
Adding Classes After the First Week. You may add
an open course without special permission until the end
of the first week of Spring classes; during the second week,
however, you may add an open course only with permission
of the instructor. You may not add a course after the second
week of the semester.
Spring 2003 Initial Reading Assignments. Initial
assignments for many Spring 2003 courses are available through
the Student
Portal page.
Spring 2003 Classroom Assignments. Classroom assignments
for Spring courses are posted in the front lobby.
Spring 2003 Schedule Changes. A list of changes
to the Spring schedule that were made prior to the holiday
break is linked
to this page. In addition, the following courses have
since been canceled due to low enrollment:
Advanced Research (Prof. Gnoffo, 422-051)
Legal Drafting (Prof. T. Cahill, 424-051)
Cybercrimes (Prof. Chval, 214-051)
I.P. in New Technological Age (Prof. Piatt, 233-051)
Advanced Topics in Busines and Corporate Law (Prof. Gillespie,
623-071)
Spring 2003 Trial Advocacy Section Assignments.
Assignments for the Spring 2003 sections of Trial Advocacy
1 and Trial Advocacy 2 are linked
to this page.
Spring 2003 Final Exams. The final exam schedule
for the Spring 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 circumstances justifying
the rescheduling of an exam (see Student Handbook sections
7.2 and 7.3), please contact me.
Bookstore Hours and Website. The bookstore's hours
are linked
to this page. Please do not use the bookstore's website
to order your books -- it is not currently functioning.
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.
The registration materials must be postmarked by March
1, 2003. The forms and instructions are available on
the bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
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 $350 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. 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 have any questions about the application
materials, you may call the Illinois Board of Admissions
to the Bar at 217/522-5917.
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 2003 Illinois Bar Application. Applications
for the July 2003 Illinois bar exam must be postmarked by
February 1, 2003. The forms and instructions are
available on the bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
Please note: Even if you registered with
the bar examiners as a first-year student, you must still
file a final application by February 1. If you did not register
during your first year, you will need a separate set of
application materials, which contains both the registration
application and the final application. Please be sure that
you obtain the correct materials. If you have any questions
about the application materials, you may call the Illinois
Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917.
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. Please be sure to
file an Application for Graduation so that we will know
you plan to graduate in May.
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.
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 8, 2003, are available in the
Registrar's office. The deadline for applying for the March
exam is January 28, 2003 (the late deadline is February
13).
Joke of the Week. Question: What do marathon
runners with bad footwear suffer? Answer: The agony
of defeat.
FALL 2002
Week of December 9, 2002
No entries this week.
Week of December 2,
2002
No entries this week.
Week of November 25,
2002
No entries this week.
Week of November 18,
2002
Spring 2003 Schedule. The issuance of the preliminary
schedule has been delayed as we resolve some pending staffing
issues and try to add some additional classes. It will be
issued early in the week November 18 outside the third floor
cafeteria; an online version will be available on the main
Student Portal page. My apologies for the delay, but a better
schedule should be the result.
Building Power/Computer Network Shutdown: Friday, November
29. The entire computer network (e-mail, web services,
etc.) will not be available from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
on Friday, November 29 (the building is scheduled to be
CLOSED that day) in order to do some necessary maintenance
on the electical systems at the Downtown Campus that requires
a complete power shutdown of the building that day.
Exams on Computer Sign-Up. Many professors allow
students to take their exams on computer (either lab computers
or students' own laptops, or both). The deadline for signing
up to take exams on computer is November 22. The
Registrar's section of the Record has details about the
procedure for signing up.
Joke of the week. Question: Why do heroes
wear big shoes? Answer: Because of their amazing
feats!
Week of November 11,
2002
Spring 2003 Schedule. The preliminary schedule
of classes for the Spring 2003 semester will be distributed
the week of November 11 outside the third floor cafeteria;
an online version will be available on the main Student Portal
page. The final schedule and Registration Bulletin will be
issued the following week.
Exams on Computer Sign-Up. Many professors allow
students to take their exams on computer (either lab computers
or students' own laptops, or both). The deadline for signing
up to take exams on computer is November 22. The
Registrar's section of the Record has details about the
procedure for signing up.
Teaching Evaluations. Teaching evaluations will
be distributed in the coming weeks 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.
Evaluations are anonymous and will not be available to professors
until grades are turned in.
Joke of the week. Why are builders afraid to have
a 13th floor, but book publishers aren't afraid to have
a Chapter 11?
Week of November 4,
2002
No entries this week.
Week of October 28,
2002
Fall 2002 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
6:090 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 circumstances justifying the
rescheduling of an exam (see Student Handbook sections 7.2
and 7.3), please contact me no later than Friday, November
15.
Availability of Professors' Old Exams. Many professors
make their old exams available for students to review. Exams
dating from 1992 and before are bound in volumes available
in the 10th floor reading room in the Library. Exams after
1992 are available online by going to http://www.infoctr.edu/studentservices.html,
clicking on Exam Database, and then clicking on the link
indicated there.
Joke of the week. A dog goes into a Western Union
office and dictates the following telegram: "woof woof
woof, woof woof woof, woof woof woof." The clerk says,
"that's only 9 woofs -- if you want, you can add another
woof at no additional charge." The dog looks at him
and says, "but then the message would make no sense
at all!
Week
of October 21, 2002
No entries this week.
Week of October
14, 2002
No entries this week.
Week
of October 7, 2002
Community Safety Alert. There have been two recent
sexual assaults in the Loop. The police have advised women
in the area to be cautious of their surroundings and to walk
in groups whenever possible. A flyer with more details, and
a composite sketch of the suspect, is available at the Security
Desk in the main lobby. As noted in a separate entry below,
whistles are available for safety purposes at the Security
Desk. Please note that you may request a guard to escort you
in the evenings to destinations close to the Law School.
Fire Drill. We would like to thank students, faculty,
and staff for their cooperation with the recent fire drill.
In one instance, however, a student refused to leave the
building when instructed to do so. I would like to remind
everyone that it is a Code of Conduct offense to "[fail]
to comply with directions of unversity officials ... acting
in performance of their duties." In the event of a
real fire, the speed with which we clear the building could
be a life-and-death issue. You should assume that there
is a real fire whenever the fire alarms go off, and you
should comply promptly with any instructions from administrative
staff or faculty in any such situation.
Political E-Commerce Course. A one-credit course
on Political E-Commerce will be offered during the remainder
of the current Fall semester. If you are interested in enrolling,
please contact Dean Krent (hkrent@kentlaw.edu) or Professor
Warner (rwarner@kentlaw.edu). The course will meet once
a week at a time to be determined. A description of the
course follows: This is a practical exercise in legal analysis.
The task is to develop a way to certify that web sites used
by politicians conform to appropriate standards. The questions
to be answered are: What are the appropriate standards?
What form should the certification take? And, is certifying
such web sites a commercially viable business? The results
will form part of the business strategy of one of the very
few election-oriented commercial web sites to survive the
dot-com crash, and students will have the opportunity to
work with the staff of that site. The course provides valuable
real-world experience in e-commerce.
Correction: Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam
(MPRE). The deadline for the November 8 exam (not the
March exam) was October 1, 2002, with a late deadline of
October 17.
Public Safety Notice: Whistles Available. Anyone
who would like a whistle for safety purposes can pick one
up at the Security Desk in the main lobby.
Joke of the week. Did you hear about the guy who
jumped of a Paris bridge? He was in Seine.
Week of
September 30, 2002
Family and Friends Day. We will be offering a "Family
and Friends Day" program on Saturday, October 26, from
9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (registration and continental breakfast
from 9:00-9:30). The program is intended to give your spouses,
partners, parents, children, and other important people in
your lives the opportunity to visit the Law School and get
a taste of what you are experiencing as a law student. The
program will include a building tour, one or more mini-classes
showing what goes in in a law school class, and a mock trial.
If you would like to attend, please send an e-mail to Gina
Arquilla (GARQUILLA), our Assitant Director of Student Services,
by October 7, 2002. Please indicate how many people
will be attending with you.
CALI Award Winners for Summer 2002. 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 graded
course. The CALI Award winners for Summer 2002 courses are
linked
to this page. Congratulations to all of you who received
the award -- you should be proud of your achievement.
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.
The registration materials must be postmarked by March
1, 2003. The forms and instructions are available on
the bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
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. 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
they are available and begin working on it. If you have
any questions about the application materials, you may call
the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917.
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 2003 Illinois Bar Application. Applications
for the July 2003 Illinois bar exam must be postmarked by
February 1, 2003. The forms and instructions are
available on the bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
Please note: Even if you registered with
the bar examiners as a first-year student, you must still
file a final application by February 1. If you did not register
during your first year, you will need a separate application
packet, which contains both the registration application
and the final application. Please be sure that you ask for
the correct application packet. If you have any questions
about the application materials, you may call the Illinois
Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917.
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. Please be
sure to file an Application for Graduation so that we will
know you plan to graduate in May.
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.
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 November 8, 2002, are available in
the Registrar's office. The deadline for applying for the
November exam is October 1, 2002 (the late deadline
is October 17).
Joke of the week. Did you hear the one about the
cross-eyed teacher? She couldn't
straighten her pupils out!
Week of September
23, 2002
Reminder About IIT's Political Activity Policy. IIT’s
General Counsel would like to remind employees and students
of the university’s obligation as a tax-exempt entity to refrain
from engaging in any partisan political activities. This policy
applies to all academic units within IIT, including the Law
School. Violation of the prohibition against such activity
could jeopardize IIT’s tax-exempt status. While individuals
are free to express their opinions and to support political
candidates on their own, it must be clear that the individual
is acting on his or her own behalf and not on behalf of IIT.
In no event may the name, symbols, or resources of the university
be used to participate or intervene in any political campaign
on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate for political
office. Specific examples of impermissible activities include
the use of university letterhead, campus mail, or IIT e-mail
accounts to solicit support or contributions for a candidate;
using university funds to purchase tickets for a candidates
fund-raiser; and putting campaign posters on university property.
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, contact
Mary Anne Smith, Vice President and General Counsel of IIT,
at 312/567-3034.
Joke of the week. Question: What fruit do bugs
fear the most? Answer: Squash!
Week
of September 16, 2002
Academic Calendar Reminder. Due to a religious
holiday, there will be no classes on Monday, September 16.
Elective Courses Subject to Mandatory Curve. A list
of Fall 2002 elective courses with at least 25 students
enrolled, and thus subject to the mandatory curve for elective
courses, is linked
to this page.
Grade Distributions for Spring 2002. The grade distributions
for Spring 2002 courses are linked
to this page.
2003 Commencement: Date Change. The Academic Calendar
for 2002-2003 listed the date of the 2003 Commencement ceremony
as tentatively being Sunday, June 1, 2003. The actual date
has been changed to Sunday, May 25, 2003.
Videotapes of September 11 Observance Events. Videotapes
are available at the main desk in the Library of the memorial
observance held at the Law School on Wednesday mornning
and the panel discussion held on Wednesday afternoon. You
may check either or both tapes out overnight.
Joke of the week. Question: What do you call a short
fortune-teller who escapes from prison? Answer: A small
medium at large!
Week
of September 9, 2002
September 11 Observance. Classes will be suspended
on Wednesday, September 11, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. in observance
of the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. See
Dean
Krent's section of the Record for information about
a memorial service and a panel discussion that will be held
that day.
Academic Calendar Reminder. Due to a religious holiday,
there will be no classes on Monday, September 16.
London Law Consortium Program. Chicago-Kent offers
a semester of legal study in London each Spring semester as
part of a consortium with six other schools. If you are interested
in the London Law Consortium for the Spring 2003 semester,
please pick up a copy of the program brochure outside Dean
Sowle's office. Spaces in the program will be allocated on
a first-come, first-served basis. We must submit to the program
administrators completed applications from all of our participating
students no later than Friday, September 13, 2002.
Joke of the week. Question: What's brown and
sticky? Answer: A stick!
Week of
September 2, 2002
Academic Calendar Reminder. In observance of Labor
Day, there will be no classes on Monday, September 2.
Adding and Dropping Courses. You may add an open
course without special permission until the end of the first
week of classes. During the second week, however, you may
add an open course only with permission of the instructor.
You may not add a course after the second week of the semester.
You may withdraw from any course except a required course,
a clinical course, Law Review, Moot Court, or Intensive Trial
Advocacy at any time prior to the date of the final exam or
final paper (see § 3.10(c) of the Student Handbook). There
is no tuition penalty if you drop a course during the first
two weeks of classes. You will not receive a tuition refund,
however, if you drop a course after the second week of classes.
Additional CALI Award Winners for Spring 2002. 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.
Legal Drafting (Prof. Brest van Kempen): John J. Marhoefer
Property (Prof. Tarlock): Nicole R. Snode
London Law Consortium Program. Chicago-Kent offers
a semester of legal study in London each Spring semester
as part of a consortium with six other schools. If you are
interested in the London Law Consortium for the Spring 2003
semester, please pick up a copy of the program brochure
outside Dean Sowle's office. Spaces in the program will
be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We must
submit to the program administrators completed applications
from all of our participating students no later than Friday,
September 13, 2002.
Class Ranks/GPA Cut-Offs. The GPA cut-offs as of
the end of the Spring 2002 semester are linked
to this page.
Chicago-Kent Law Review -- Updated List of New Members.
I'm happy to report that the students listed below have
been invited to join the Chicago-Kent Law Review based on
their academic performance, or their successful participation
in this summer's write-on competition. I hope you will take
the opportunity to congratulate the students you know.
Erik J. Anderson |
Kristin A. Klaczek |
Brian J. Arnold |
Rebecca E. Leintz |
Sowmya Bharathi |
Ryan J. Liebl |
Matthew A. Bredesen |
Robert J. Martin |
Andrea L. Briski |
Robert M. Mellican |
Barry C. Brotine |
Brian R. Orr |
Leone S. Carameli |
Ernst H. Ostrand |
Patrick R. Casey |
Tricia M. Rachoy |
Leslie J. Gogan |
Karla J. Rachwalksi |
Jaime H. Goldstein |
Ryan J. Rodman |
John W. Guzzardo |
Adrian T. Rohrer |
Rebecca J.Hanson |
Neil M. Rosenbaum |
Jeremy R. Holbrook |
Chad J. Shifrin |
Margaret L. Hudgins |
Joji Takada |
Michael C. Kasdin |
John P. Wappel |
Neil D. Kitterlin |
Kimberly M. Zielinski |
Joke of the week. Question: What happens
when you through a grenade into a kitchen in France? Answer:
You get Linoleum Blownapart!
Week
of August 26, 2002
Academic Calendar Reminder. In observance of Labor Day,
there will be no classes on Monday, September 2.
Initial Reading Assignments and Course Materials for Advanced
Courses. Reading assignments for the first week of the
Fall semester are linked
to this page, along with other information you will find
useful as the new school year starts (including links to the
Academic Calendar, the bookstore's hours, Trial Advocacy section
assignments, the Fall final exam schedule, and changes to
the Fall class schedule). Initial reading assignments received
after August 2 will be posted on the second-floor bulletin
board as we receive them.
Fall Course Information -- Updates. A list of all changes
to the Fall 2002 class schedule since the Fall Registration
Bulletin was issued is linked
to this page (scroll to bottom of linked page).
Fall Classroom Assignments. A revised copy of the Fall
2002 Schedule of Classes, including classroom assignments,
is linked
to this page.
Fall Exam Schedule. A copy of the Fall 2002 exam schedule
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. 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
in the Registrar's office.
Adding and Dropping Courses. You may add an open course
without special permission until the end of the first week
of classes. During the second week, however, you may add an
open course only with permission of the instructor. You may
not add a course after the second week of the semester. You
may withdraw from any course except a required course, a clinical
course, Law Review, Moot Court, or Intensive Trial Advocacy
at any time prior to the date of the final exam or final paper
(see § 3.10(c) of the Student Handbook). There is no tuition
penalty if you drop a course during the first two weeks of
classes. You will not receive a tuition refund, however, if
you drop a course after the second week of classes.
CALI Award Winners for Spring 2002. 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 2002 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.
Trial Advocacy Section Assignments. If you are registered
for Trial Advocacy 1 or Trial Advocacy 2 for the Fall semester,
a list of section assignments is linked
to this page.
London Law Consortium Program. Chicago-Kent offers
a semester of legal study in London each Spring semester as
part of a consortium with six other schools. If you are interested
in the London Law Consortium for the Spring 2003 semester,
please pick up a copy of the program brochure outside Dean
Sowle's office. Spaces in the program will be allocated on
a first-come, first-served basis. We must submit to the program
administrators completed applications from all of our participating
students no later than Friday, September 13, 2002.
Courses Likely to be Offered in Spring 2003 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.
Just the Beginning Foundation--Guided Research. The
Just the Beginning Foundation (JTBF) is seeking about five
upper-level Chicago-Kent students to assist federal judges
and law clerks in conducting research about the integration
of the federal judiciary, the federal judicial appointment
process, and Fourteenth Amendment. JTBF is a not-for-profit
foundation established to educate the public about the integration
of the federal judiciary. In pursuit of this goal, JTBF is
developing an educational CD-ROM that will educate high school
students about the Fourteenth Amendment and the integration
of the federal judiciary. Students are needed to review historical
documents, conduct research, and assist in writing the curriculum.
Students will be supervised by Assistant Dean Michael Burns,
the Judge Ann C. Williams, and Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan.
This is an excellent opportunity to work with federal judges
and law clerks on the Seventh Circuit and Northern District
of Illinois. One credit hour (pass/fail). If you're interested
or have questions, please contact Dean Burns at mburns@kentlaw.edu.
Legal Writing Ethics Guidelines. This is a reminder
that the Chicago-Kent Legal Writing Ethics Guidelines apply
to all Chicago-Kent students, including students enrolled
in upper-level writing courses (Advanced Research, Legal Drafting,
Research/Drafting combined sections, and all seminars). The
Guidelines, which address a variety of issues, including plagiarism,
are linked
to this page. If you have not reviewed the Guidelines
recently, please do so.
SBA Picnic for Students, Faculty, and Staff. The Student
Bar Association is sponsoring a picnic for students, faculty,
and staff on Friday, August 30, from 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. in
Grant Park (corner of Columbus and Balbo). Food (BBQ) will
be served from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., and there will be volleyball
and softball courts reserved for our use.
Health Insurance Deadline. Continuing students who
were enrolled in the university's student health insurance
program last year and who are currently enrolled for 12 or
more credit hours, and new students enrolled for 12 or more
credit hours, will be automatically enrolled in the basic
health plan for the 2002-2003 academic year, unless they have
waived coverage by submitting the proper forms. If you would
like to enroll in the comprehensive plan, you must do so by
September 6, 2002. To examine the differences in the
two plans, please visit the Counseling and Health Services
Office website at http://www.iit.edu/~chs/index2.htm.
You can enroll in the comprehensive insurance plan in the
Registrar's office no later than the September 6 deadline.
Students who do not meet the 12 credit hour threshold for
automatic enrollment may elect to receive coverage by completing
the necessary documents and paying the insurance fee. The
2002-2003 health plan brochure and all relevant information
are available at the Counseling and Health Services Office
web site (see above), or by contacting the office at 312/808-7100.
An Adobe Acrobat version of the brochure can be viewed and
printed here.
Notice to Evening Division students: If registering
for Intensive Trial Advocacy brings your total credit hours
for the Fall semester to at least 12 hours, you will automatically
be billed for health insurance unless you waive coverage.
First-Year Students: Amendments to Your Applications for
Admission. The Illinois bar examiners reserve the right
to check information you disclose to them on your bar application
for consistency with the information you provided on your
application for admission to law school. The bar examiners
also conduct their own investigations to ensure that you disclosed
all relevant information on your bar application and your
law school application. Some students have had considerable
difficulty in the past when the bar examiners found discrepencies
between the information disclosed to them and the information
on their law school applications, or when they discovered
relevant information omitted from both.
I recommend that you review your answers to the questions
asked on our application for admission and amend your application
if any relevant information was excluded. You can amend your
application by sending a memo to my attention describing the
omitted information and explaining why you did not include
the information on your application. In some cases, disciplinary
action under the Code of Conduct may be appropriate. But it
is much better to disclose the information now, and suffer
whatever consequences may ensue (if any), than to be called
before the bar examiners three years from now to explain a
discrepency or omission.
Most problems in the past have arisen with respect to the
following two questions on the
application:
"16. Have you ever been convicted of, plead guilty or
nolo contendere to, received a period of supervision for,
or is any charge now pending against you concerning, any offense
other than a minor traffic or parking violation? (A "minor
traffic violation" is a violation for which only a citation
was issued, e.g., speeding. You must report any other traffic
offense, including any offense in which acting under the influence
of a drug or alcohol was an element of the offense.) You must
disclose each instance regardless of whether a conviction
was reversed, set aside or vacated, or the record sealed or
expunged."
"17. Have you ever been dropped, suspended, placed on
academic or social probation
or warning, or otherwise disciplined by any college or university
for any reason?"
Class Ranks/GPA Cut-Offs. The GPA cut-offs as of the
end of the Spring 2002 semester are linked
to this page.
Furniture in the Classroom. 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.
Joke of the week. Question: Why can't bicycles
stand up on their own? Answer: Because they're two-tired.
Week of August
19, 2002
To Entering Students:
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
for Academic Administration and Student Affairs, I have responsibility
for a number of areas that affect your life as a student.
I work closely with the Registrar's office on scheduling your
courses, administering your exams, and maintaining your academic
records. In addition, I supervise the Student Services office
on Orientation, academic and personal counseling of students,
and applying the school's academic regulations. More generally,
my job is to make sure that your life at the Law School remains
as free from administrative hassles as possible. If you think
I can be of help, please call me (906-5130), come by my office
(Suite 320C), or e-mail me (SSOWLE). If I'm not the right
person to help you, I should be able to point you in the right
direction. My door is open without appointment, so long as
I am not otherwise occupied when you drop by. I hope you have
a great year.
Orientation Week. The final schedule for Orientation
week will be distributed in the packets you receive when you
arrive on August 19. In addition, the Admissions Office has
created a special
web page for entering students with links to lots of useful
information.
To Returning Students:
Welcome Back! 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, come by my office (Suite 320C), or e-mail
me (SSOWLE).
Initial Reading Assignments and Course Materials. Reading
assignments for the first week of the Fall semester are linked
to this page, along with other information you will find
useful as the new school year starts (including links to the
Academic Calendar, the bookstore's hours, Trial Advocacy section
assignments, the Fall final exam schedule, and changes to
the Fall class schedule). Initial reading assignments received
after August 2 will be posted on the second-floor bulletin
board as we receive them.
If you have not yet returned to school, you may ask the
bookstore to hold your Fall course books for you until you
arrive, or for an extra fee you may request that the books
be mailed to you. 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 Internet
by clicking on the bookstore link on the Student
Portal page.
Fall Course Information -- Updates. A list of all
changes to the Fall 2002 class schedule since the Fall Registration
Bulletin was issued is linked
to this page (scroll to bottom of linked page).
Fall Classroom Assignments. A revised copy of the
Fall 2002 Schedule of Classes, including classroom assignments,
is linked
to this page.
Fall Exam Schedule. A copy of the Fall 2002 exam
schedule 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. 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 in the Registrar's
office.
CALI Award Winners for Spring 2002. 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 2002 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.
Trial Advocacy Section Assignments. If you are registered
for Trial Advocacy 1 or Trial Advocacy 2 for the Fall semester,
a list of section assignments is linked
to this page.
Courses Likely to be Offered in Spring 2003 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.
Just the Beginning Foundation--Guided Research. The
Just the Beginning Foundation (JTBF) is seeking about five
Chicago-Kent students to assist federal judges and law clerks
in conducting research about the integration of the federal
judiciary, the federal judicial appointment process, and
Fourteenth Amendment. JTBF is a not-for-profit foundation
established to educate the public about the integration
of the federal judiciary. In pursuit of this goal, JTBF
is developing an educational CD-ROM that will educate high
school students about the Fourteenth Amendment and the integration
of the federal judiciary. Students are needed to review
historical documents, conduct research, and assist in writing
the curriculum. Students will be supervised by Assistant
Dean Michael Burns, the Judge Ann C. Williams, and Magistrate
Judge Nan Nolan. This is an excellent opportunity to work
with federal judges and law clerks on the Seventh Circuit
and Northern District of Illinois. One credit hour (pass/fail).
If you're interested or have questions, please contact Dean
Burns at mburns@kentlaw.edu.
Joke of the week. Question: Why does a chicken
coop have two doors? Answer: Because if it had four
doors, it would be a chicken sedan.
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