Archive entries are in reverse chronological order.
SUMMER 2006
Week of August 14, 2006
Fall 2006 Initial Reading Assignments and Course
Materials: Updated List Available. Reading assignments
for the first week of the Fall semester are available on the
Fall 2006 Term Information page -- click
here, or go to the main Student
Portal page and click on the Fall '06 link under "Academic
term information." (Please note: The list of initial
assignments has been updated since it was first posted last
week, and may be updated again if we receive additional assignments.)
Not all professors submit initial assignments, so do not be
concerned if there is no listing for one or more of your Fall
courses. The list of initial assignments may be updated periodically
if we receive additional assignments.
If you have not yet returned to school, you may ask the bookstore
to hold your Fall course materials 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, call the bookstore at 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 2006 Course Information Updates. Course information
updates for Fall 2006 classes are available on the Fall
2006 Term Information page. Most of these changes have
been previously announced. A revised version of the Fall class
schedule incorporating these changes, as well as revised course
and exam grids, will be available later this week outside
the third floor cafeteria and on the Fall 2006 Term Information
page.
Bookstore Hours. The bookstore's hours are available
on the Fall
2006 Term Information page.
Additional Spring 2006 CALI Award Winners. Congratulations
to the following student, who received the highest grade in
the courses indicated. Other CALI Award winners were announced
in the last issue of the Record; the complete list
of CALI winners is linked
to this page.
International Patent Law: Francisco Castro
Adv. Litigation Strategies in Domestic Relations (LL.M. course):
Katherine M. Johnson
New ID Cards for Continuing Students. On July 20, the
Law School introduced a new system for managing computer lab
printing and Library photocopying services. The new system
entails two significant changes:
•The new system uses centrally stored
accounts that are linked to your photo ID card. All students
will now have a "cash account" into which personal
funds may be deposited for use with Library photocopiers or
computer lab printers.
•Law School students will have an
additional "printing account" which will be reset
to the equivalent of 400 pages of printing at the start of
each semester. The print release stations in the Law School
computer labs will allow you to choose which account each
of your print jobs is charged to.
All students must obtain a new photo ID card in order to use
Library photocopying services and/or Law School computer lab
printing services. If you are a continuing student, you may
pick up your new card in the Registrar's office. Summer hours
for the Registrar's office are: Monday-Thursday 8:30-6:00,
Friday 8:30-12:00. We will also schedule distribution dates
in the main lobby during the first week of classes.
London Law Consortium: Brochures Available. 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 2007
semester, please pick up a copy of the program brochure from
Denise Lang outside my office (Suite 320C). 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 Tuesday,
September 5, 2006. If you wish to discuss the program in more
detail, contact Professor David Rudstein (drudstei@kentlaw.edu;
312/906-5354).
Joke of the Week. A farmer is driving a manure cart,
which breaks down in front of the county mental hospital.
A patient leans out of the window and shouts, "What's
that manure for?" The farmer says, "I'm going to
put it on my strawberries." The patients, responds, "We
may be crazy in here, but we put whipped cream on ours!"
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
End of Summer," by Rachel Hadas.
Weeks of
July 31 & August 7, 2006 (revised 8/11/06)
Fall 2006 Initial Reading Assignments
and Course Materials. Reading assignments for the first
week of the Fall semester are available on the Fall 2006
Term Information page -- click
here, or go to the main Student
Portal page and click on the Fall '06 link under "Academic
term information." Not all professors submit initial
assignments, so do not be concerned if there is no listing
for one or more of your Fall courses. The list of initial
assignments may be updated periodically if we receive additional
assignments.
If you have not yet returned to school, you may ask the
bookstore to hold your Fall course materials 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, call the bookstore at 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.
Spring 2006 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 Spring 2006 courses are linked
to this page. If a section or a course is not listed,
that means the professor elected not to give a CALI award,
or we have not yet heard from the professor. Congratulations
to all of you who received an award -- you should be proud
of your achievement.
New ID Cards for Continuing Students. On July 20,
the Law School introduced a new system for managing computer
lab printing and Library photocopying services. The new
system entails two significant changes:
•The new system uses centrally
stored accounts that are linked to your photo ID card. All
students will now have a "cash account" into which
personal funds may be deposited for use with Library photocopiers
or computer lab printers.
•Law School students will have
an additional "printing account" which will be
reset to the equivalent of 400 pages of printing at the
start of each semester. The print release stations in the
Law School computer labs will allow you to choose which
account each of your print jobs is charged to.
All students must obtain a new photo ID card in order to
use Library photocopying services and/or Law School computer
lab printing services. If you are a continuing student,
you may pick up your new card in the Registrar's office.
Summer hours for the Registrar's office are: Monday-Thursday
8:30-6:00, Friday 8:30-12:00.
Notice to Recent Graduates. If you are graduating
this semester, please read the information below about your
Kent e-mail, printing, and network accounts and your locker.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Note:
If you are not graduating this semester, you will
keep your e-mail account and locker until you graduate.
•E-mail and Network Accounts.
E-mail and network accounts will be terminated on Monday,
July 31. However, IIT offers a free e-mail service to
all alumni. (The e-mail address on the account will not
be the same as your current Kentlaw e-mail address; it will
be an IIT address.) For details, go to the CLC's Record
page, or click
here.
•Clearing Out Lockers. Please
clear your lockers out no later than Tuesday, August
1. Anything left in lockers after that date will be
removed. If you are unable to clear your locker out by that
date, please contact me to make arrangeents for your locker
contents to be set aside for you.
London Law Consortium: Brochures Available. 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 2007
semester, please pick up a copy of the program brochure
from Denise Lang outside my office (Suite 320C). 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 Tuesday, September 5, 2006. If you wish to discuss
the program in more detail, contact Professor David Rudstein
(drudstei@kentlaw.edu; 312/906-5354).
Joke of the Week. A guy shows up in a doctor's office
and says, "Help! I think I'm a moth!" The doctor
says, "I don't think I can help you -- you need the
psychiatrist next door. Why on earth did you come to me?"
The guy replies, "Your light was on."
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Off
the Record," by Ronald Wallace.
Weeks of
July 17 & 24, 2006
Summer 2006 Exams.
•Exam Schedule. The final exams for
the Summer term are listed in the Schedule of Classes available
here. E-mail notifications were sent last week with
your classroom assignment for your exam(s). If you did not
receive an e-mail notification, please contact me.
Class Ranks for Spring 2006. The class ranks as of
the end of the Spring 2006 semester have been posted and
are available through Web
for Students.
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 (Monday, August 21); 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 interested in being a mentor: Fill out
the online
form linked to this page by July 28, 2006. You will
be contacted with your match information before or during
Orientation week.
If interested in being an Orientation Leader:
Please e-mail me at ssowle@kentlaw.edu with the following
information:
-Name
-Are you available to lead a lunch discussion with a group
of students (divided by Legal Writing section) on Monday,
August 21, 12:00-1:00? (If so, please provide the name of
your first-year Legal Writing professor.)
-Are you available to assist with ID photos on Monday, August
21, 1:00-3:00 pm, and/or 7:20-8:00 pm?
-Are you available for general assistance with Orientation
activities on Tuesday, August 22 and/or Wednesday, August
23?
Notice to Recent Graduates. If you are graduating
this semester, please read the information below about your
Kent e-mail, printing, and network accounts and your locker.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Note:
If you are not graduating this semester, you will
keep your e-mail account and locker until you graduate.
•E-mail and Network Accounts.
Printing accounts will be terminated on Monday, May 22.
E-mail and network accounts will be terminated on Monday,
July 31 (the Monday after the summer bar exam). However,
IIT offers a free e-mail service to all alumni. More information
about alumni e-mail accounts will be e-mailed to you at
a later date, and will be posted on the Computer Center's
Record page. The alumni accounts will likely be created
in early July. ( Note: The e-mail address on the account
will *not* be the same as your current Kentlaw e-mail address
-- it will be an IIT address.)
•Clearing Out Lockers. Please
clear your lockers out no later than Tuesday, August
1. Anything left in lockers after that date will be
removed. If you are unable to clear your locker out by that
date, please contact me to make arrangeents for your locker
contents to be set aside for you.
Joke of the Week. Question: Why did the chicken
cross the basketball court? Answer: He heard that
the referee was calling fowls.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man," by Wallace Stevens.
Weeks of
July 3 & 10, 2006
Summer 2006 Exams.
•Exam Schedule. The final exams for
the Summer term are listed in the Schedule of Classes available
here. You will be notified of the classroom assignments
for your exams prior to the start of exam period.
•Exam Reschedule Requests. The
Student Handbook requires that you take your final exams
at the times scheduled unless you have an exam conflict
(as defined below), or you have a "serious illness
or other extraordinary or compelling reason" beyond
your control. If you have an exam conflict or believe you
have other reasons justifying the rescheduling of an exam,
please contact Amanda Kastern (akastern@kentla.edu) no later
than Tuesday, July 11, 2006.
Under the new policy adopted by the faculty in December,
a student is deemed to have an "exam conflict"
if the student has two exams at the same time, or has two
or more exams within 24 hours (e.g., exams at 8:30 a.m.
and 6:00 p.m., or at 6:00 p.m. and 1:15 the following afternoon).
A conflict does not exist if two exams are scheduled exactly
24 hours apart (e.g., exams at 8:30 a.m. one morning and
8:30 a.m. the next morning).
•Exams on Computer Sign-up. Many
professors allow students to take their exams on computer
(either lab computers or students' own laptops, or both).
Registration for taking exams on computer will begin on
Thursday, July 6 and will end on Wednesday, July 12. To
register beginning July 6, log into your Webmail
account, click on the Web for Students icon, and navigate
to the appropriate form.
Class Ranks for Spring 2006. The class ranks as of
the end of the Spring 2006 semester have been posted and
are available through Web
for Students.
New Chicago-Kent Law Review 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:
| Frank H. Bieszczat |
Rajeev Khurana |
| Joseph A. Brabender |
Dana E. Lobelle |
| Amy Z. Chiang |
Michael N. Loterstein |
| Jennifer C. Erhard Rice |
Lindsey N. Marcus |
| Jessica K. Fender |
Rachel E. Moran |
| Jedediah B. Forkner |
Jamie T. Newton |
| Caleb S. Fox |
Troy D. Smith |
| Joshua A. Gad-Harf |
Sarah F. Suma |
| Hunter Hogan |
Paula K. Villela |
| Jonathan R. Kanter |
Elena N. Vranas |
| Elizabeth C. Katzman |
Kristin M. Weber |
London Law Consortium: Brochures Available. 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 2007 semester, please pick up a copy of the
program brochure from Denise Lang outside my office (Suite
320C). 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 Tuesday, September 5, 2006. If you wish
to discuss the program in more detail, contact Professor
David Rudstein (drudstei@kentlaw.edu; 312/906-5354).
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
(Monday, August 21); 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 interested in being a mentor: Fill out
the online
form linked to this page by July 28, 2006. You will
be contacted with your match information before or during
Orientation week.
If interested in being an Orientation Leader:
Please e-mail me at ssowle@kentlaw.edu with the following
information:
-Name
-Are you available to lead a lunch discussion with a group
of students (divided by Legal Writing section) on Monday,
August 21, 12:00-1:00? (If so, please provide the name
of your first-year Legal Writing professor.)
-Are you available to assist with ID photos on Monday,
August 21, 1:00-3:00 pm, and/or 7:20-8:00 pm?
-Are you available for general assistance with Orientation
activities on Tuesday, August 22 and/or Wednesday, August
23?
Notice to Recent Graduates. If you are graduating
this semester, please read the information below about
your Kent e-mail, printing, and network accounts and your
locker. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Note: If you are not graduating this semester,
you will keep your e-mail account and locker until you
graduate.
•E-mail and Network Accounts.
Printing accounts will be terminated on Monday, May 22.
E-mail and network accounts will be terminated on Monday,
July 31 (the Monday after the summer bar exam). However,
IIT offers a free e-mail service to all alumni. More information
about alumni e-mail accounts will be e-mailed to you at
a later date, and will be posted on the Computer Center's
Record page. The alumni accounts will likely be created
in early July. (Note: The e-mail address on the
account will *not* be the same as your current Kentlaw
e-mail address -- it will be an IIT address.)
•Clearing Out Lockers. Please
clear your lockers out no later than Tuesday, August
1. Anything left in lockers after that date will be
removed. If you are unable to clear your locker out by
that date, please contact me to make arrangeents for your
locker contents to be set aside for you.
Joke of the Week. Question: What do you
get when you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by
its diameter? Answer: Pumpkin pi.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Ode,
July 4, 1857," by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Weeks of
June 19 & 26, 2006
Continuing Students: Help Us Improve Orientation.
Following is a message from Mark Hoffman, who is helping
us organize the upcoming Orientation program for incoming
students:
Dear fellow Kent students - My name is
Mark Hoffman and I'm writing to introduce myself and ask
you for your assistance. I just finished my first year
at Kent in the evening division and am assisting Dean
Sowle and Amanda Kastern (the Director of Student Services)
with planning orientation. If you have any ideas of how
to make orientation as effective as possible, or you'd
like to assist with orientation, please contact me at:
Mhoffman@kentlaw.edu.
Notice to Graduating Seniors. If you are graduating
this semester, please read the information below about
your Kent e-mail, printing, and network accounts and your
locker. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Note: If you are not graduating this semester,
you will keep your e-mail account and locker until you
graduate.
•E-mail and Network Accounts.
Printing accounts will be terminated on Monday, May 22.
E-mail and network accounts will be terminated on Monday,
July 31 (the Monday after the summer bar exam). However,
IIT offers a free e-mail service to all alumni. More information
about alumni e-mail accounts will be e-mailed to you at
a later date, and will be posted on the Computer Center's
Record page. The alumni accounts will likely be created
in early July. (Note: The e-mail address on the
account will *not* be the same as your current Kentlaw
e-mail address -- it will be an IIT address.)
•Clearing Out Lockers. Please
clear your lockers out no later than Tuesday, August
1. Anything left in lockers after that date will be
removed. If you are unable to clear your locker out by
that date, please contact me to make arrangeents for your
locker contents to be set aside for you.
Fall 2006 Course Information Updates. Course information
updates for Fall 2006 classes are available on the Fall
2006 Term Information page, which may also be accessed
through the main Student
Portal page (click on the Fall '06 link under "Academic
term information"). Some of these changes have been
previously announced; further changes may be made before
the start of Fall classes. A revised version of the Fall
class schedule incorporating these changes, as well as
revised course and exam grids, are available on the Fall
2006 Term Information page.
Joke of the Week. "The other day I broke 70.
That's a lot of golf clubs." (Henny Youngman)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
Man in the Dead Machine," by Donald Hall (the
new poet laureate of the United States).
Weeks of
June 5 & 12, 2006
Notice to Graduating Seniors. If
you are graduating this semester, please read the information
below about your Kent e-mail, printing, and network accounts
and your locker. If you have any questions, please let me
know. Note: If you are not graduating this
semester, you will keep your e-mail account and locker until
you graduate.
•E-mail and Network Accounts.
Printing accounts will be terminated on Monday, May 22.
E-mail and network accounts will be terminated on Monday,
July 31 (the Monday after the summer bar exam). However,
IIT offers a free e-mail service to all alumni. More information
about alumni e-mail accounts will be e-mailed to you at
a later date, and will be posted on the Computer Center's
Record page. The alumni accounts will likely be created
in early July. ( Note: The e-mail address on the account
will *not* be the same as your current Kentlaw e-mail address
-- it will be an IIT address.)
•Clearing Out Lockers. Please
clear your lockers out no later than Tuesday, August
1. Anything left in lockers after that date will be
removed. If you are unable to clear your locker out by that
date, please contact me to make arrangeents for your locker
contents to be set aside for you.
Fall 2006 Course Information Updates. Course information
updates for Fall 2006 classes are available on the Fall
2006 Term Information page, which may also be accessed
through the main Student
Portal page (click on the Fall '06 link under "Academic
term information"). Some of these changes have been
previously announced; further changes may be made before
the start of Fall classes. A revised version of the Fall
class schedule incorporating these changes, as well as revised
course and exam grids, are available on the Fall
2006 Term Information page.
Joke of the Week. Did you hear about the thieves
who broke into the police station and stole all the toilets?
The police say they have nothing to go on.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Variations
on the Word Love," by Margaret Atwood.
Weeks of
May 22 & 29, 2006
Summer 2006 Term Information.
•Classroom Assignments. The Schedule
of Classes for the Summer 2006 term, including classroom
assignments, is available
here.
•Initial Reading Assignments. A list
of initial reading assignments for Summer 2006 courses is
available
here, and print copies are available on the table outside
the third floor cafeteria. Please note: If a course
is not listed, that means we did not receive an initial
assignment from the professor.
Fall 2006 Initial Reading Assignments and Course Materials.
A list of initial reading assignments for Fall 2006 courses
will be posted here and through the main Student
Portal page (click on the Fall '06 link) no later than
Friday, August 4.
You may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course materials
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 Internet by clicking on the Bookstore link
on the Student
Portal page.
Notice to Graduating Seniors. If you are graduating
this semester, please read the information below about your
Kent e-mail, printing, and network accounts and your locker.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Note:
If you are not graduating this semester, you will
keep your e-mail account and locker until you graduate.
•E-mail and Network Accounts.
Printing accounts will be terminated on Monday, May 22.
E-mail and network accounts will be terminated on Monday,
July 31 (the Monday after the summer bar exam). However,
IIT offers a free e-mail service to all alumni. More information
about alumni e-mail accounts will be e-mailed to you at
a later date, and will be posted on the Computer Center's
Record page. The alumni accounts will likely be created
in early July. ( Note: The e-mail address on the account
will *not* be the same as your current Kentlaw e-mail address
-- it will be an IIT address.)
•Clearing Out Lockers. Please
clear your lockers out no later than Tuesday, August
1. Anything left in lockers after that date will be
removed. If you are unable to clear your locker out by that
date, please contact me to make arrangeents for your locker
contents to be set aside for you.
Joke of the Week. Question: What do you get
if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Answer: Pumpkin pi.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Sheltered
Garden," by H.D.
SPRING 2006
Week of May 15, 2006
Have a Nice Summer! Congratulations on (almost)
completing the school year. For those of you who will be back
next year, I hope you have a productive and restful summer.
For those who are graduating this semester, I look forward
to seeing you at Commencement -- and I wish you good luck
on the bar and in starting your careers.
Spring 2006 Final Exams.
•Exam Schedule. The final exam schedule
for the current semester is available
here. You should have received an e-mail from the Registrar's
office with room assignments for your exams. If you have not
received that information, you can find it by logging into
your Web for Students account and clicking on the "Spring
2006" link under "Schedule" (on the left hand
menu), then scrolling down.
•Exam Emergencies. If an emergency occurs
that may prevent you from taking a final exam, you or someone
on your behalf should call me (312/906-5282) or Amanda Kastern
(312/906-5247) as soon as possible. If you cannot reach either
of us, call the Registrar's office (312/906-5080). Do not
contact your professor about any problem connected with your
exam, as this may compromise your anonymity. 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 in the Student Handbook.
•Cell Phones During Exams. You are not
permitted to use a cell phone during any exam, including during
any restroom breaks. If you have a cell phone with you during
an exam, it must be turned off and stored out of sight.
•Consulting Laptops During Exams. Unless
your professor specifically authorizes it, you may not consult
materials (notes, outlines, etc.) stored on your laptop computer
during an open book or limited open book exam; you are limited
to consulting print materials authorized by your professor.
Please note: This is separate from the issue of whether
you may write your exam on your own laptop. The limitation
described above applies whether you are writing your exam
by hand or on a lab or laptop computer.
•Access to Computer Labs During Exams.
Because we use the computer labs during many of the exam slots
during exam period, access for other purposes (e.g., printing
out papers or exam outlines) is limited. Please keep in mind
that there is a printer in the 5th Floor Student Lounge that
you can use if the labs are all in use.
Summer 2006 Term Information.
•Classroom Assignments. The Schedule of
Classes for the Summer 2006 term, including classroom assignments,
is available
here.
•Initial Reading Assignments. A list of
initial reading assignments for Summer 2006 courses will be
available no later than Monday, May 15. It will be linked
to this page, and available on the main Student
Portal page (click on the Summer '06 link). Please
note: If a course is not listed, that means we did not
receive an initial assignment from the professor.
Fall 2006 Registration. The initial registration period
is now over. If you have not already done so, please log back
into the online registration system to see what classes you
were admitted into. You may make adjustments to your schedule
through the end of the second week of the Fall semester. The
Fall 2006 Registration Bulletin, which includes the final
schedule of Fall classes and course and exam grids, is available
outside the third floor cafeteria. Online versions of these
documents, and of the preliminary Spring 2007 schedule, are
available through the online registration link and the main
Student
Portal page.
Please note the following corrections/changes to the Fall
schedule:
*Law, Policy & International Development: This class will
be offered with a seminar/course option (previously it was
listed only as a seminar). The class will meet Thursdays 4:00-5:50
pm. For those taking it as a course, the exam will be Thursday,
December 14, 6:00 pm. If you want to register for the class
as a course, use course number 465-081. If you want to register
for the class as a seminar, use course number 670-081. (If
you have already registered for the class as a seminar, you
do not need to re-register.)
*Environmental Law & Policy 1 (426-081): The class grids
correctly listed this course as meeting Mon./Wed. 4:00-5:25
pm; the schedule of classes listed it incorrectly as meeting
Tues./Thurs. (It will meet Mon./Wed.)
*Labor/Employment Class (266-001): The class grid correctly
listed this course as meeting Tues. 9:35-10:30 am; the schedule
of classes listed it as both Tues. and Wed. (it will meet
only on Tuesdays).
*Litigation Technology (254-081): This class will meet Saturdays,
9:00-12:00 noon, not Wednesdays 6:00-9:00 pm.
*Employment Discrimination (3650-001): The final exam for
Prof. Eglit's day section of Employment Discrimination will
be Monday, Dec. 18, 8:30 am (not Wednesday, Dec. 13).
*Personal Income Tax (276-051) and Remedies (280-051): The
exam dates on the evening division schedule were incorrect
for these courses. The exams will be Thursday, Dec. 21, 6:00
(the schedule listed these on the correct date, but erroneously
said it was Friday).
Fall 2006 Initial Reading Assignments and Course Materials.
A list of initial reading assignments for Fall 2006 courses
will be posted on the main Student
Portal page (click on the Fall '06 link) no later than
Friday, August 4.
You may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course materials
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 Internet
by clicking on the Bookstore link on the Student
Portal page.
Joke of the Week. You don't need a parachute to go
skydiving -- you need a parachute to go skydiving twice.
(Thanks to Bill Mette for this week's joke.)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Observation,"
by Dorothy Parker.
Week of
May 8, 2006
Spring 2006 Final Exams.
•Exam Schedule. The final exam schedule
for the current semester is available
here. You should have received an e-mail from the Registrar's
office with room assignments for your exams. If you have not
received that information, you can find it by logging into
your Web for Students account and clicking on the "Spring
2006" link under "Schedule" (on the left hand
menu), then scrolling down.
•Exam Emergencies. If an emergency occurs
that may prevent you from taking a final exam, you or someone
on your behalf should call me (312/906-5282) or Amanda Kastern
(312/906-5247) as soon as possible. If you cannot reach either
of us, call the Registrar's office (312/906-5080). Do not
contact your professor about any problem connected with your
exam, as this may compromise your anonymity. 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 in the Student Handbook.
•Cell Phones During Exams. You are not
permitted to use a cell phone during any exam, including during
any restroom breaks. If you have a cell phone with you during
an exam, it must be turned off and stored out of sight.
•Consulting Laptops During Exams. Unless
your professor specifically authorizes it, you may not consult
materials (notes, outlines, etc.) stored on your laptop computer
during an open book or limited open book exam; you are limited
to consulting print materials authorized by your professor.
Please note: This is separate from the issue of whether
you may write your exam on your own laptop. The limitation
described above applies whether you are writing your exam
by hand or on a lab or laptop computer.
•Access to Computer Labs During Exams.
Because we use the computer labs during many of the exam slots
during exam period, access for other purposes (e.g., printing
out papers or exam outlines) is limited. Please keep in mind
that there is a printer in the 5th Floor Student Lounge that
you can use if the labs are all in use.
•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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
Summer 2006 Term Information.
•Classroom Assignments. The Schedule of
Classes for the Summer 2006 term, including classroom assignments,
is available
here.
•Initial Reading Assignments. A list of
initial reading assignments for Summer 2006 courses will be
available no later than Monday, May 15. It will be linked
to this page, and available on the main Student
Portal page (click on the Summer '06 link). Please
note: If a course is not listed, that means we did not
receive an initial assignment from the professor.
Fall 2006 Registration. The initial registration period
is now over. If you have not already done so, please log back
into the online registration system to see what classes you
were admitted into. You may make adjustments to your schedule
through the end of the second week of the Fall semester. The
Fall 2006 Registration Bulletin, which includes the final
schedule of Fall classes and course and exam grids, is available
outside the third floor cafeteria. Online versions of these
documents, and of the preliminary Spring 2007 schedule, are
available through the online registration link and the main
Student
Portal page.
Please note the following corrections to the Fall schedule:
*Environmental Law & Policy 1 (426-081): The class grids
correctly listed this course as meeting Mon./Wed. 4:00-5:25
pm; the schedule of classes listed it incorrectly as meeting
Tues./Thurs. (It will meet Mon./Wed.)
*Labor/Employment Class (266-001): The class grid correctly
listed this course as meeting Tues. 9:35-10:30 am; the schedule
of classes listed it as both Tues. and Wed. (it will meet
only on Tuesdays).
*Litigation Technology (254-081): This class will meet Saturdays,
9:00-12:00 noon, not Wednesdays 6:00-9:00 pm.
*Employment Discrimination (3650-001): The final exam for
Prof. Eglit's day section of Employment Discrimination will
be Monday, Dec. 18, 8:30 am (not Wednesday, Dec. 13).
*Personal Income Tax (276-051) and Remedies (280-051): The
exam dates on the evening division schedule were incorrect
for these courses. The exams will be Thursday, Dec. 21, 6:00
(the schedule listed these on the correct date, but erroneously
said it was Friday).
Fall 2006 Initial Reading Assignments and Course Materials.
A list of initial reading assignments for Fall 2006 courses
will be posted on the main Student
Portal page (click on the Fall '06 link) no later than
Friday, August 4.
You may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course materials
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 Internet
by clicking on the Bookstore link on the Student
Portal page.
Joke of the Week. Question: Why do anarchists
drink horrible tea? Answer: Because proper tea is theft!
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Jabberwocky,"
by Lewis Carroll.
Week of
May 1, 2006
Academic Calendar Reminder. Please note
the following dates for the closing weeks of the Spring semester:
Monday, May 1: Monday classes meet (King Birthday make-up)
Tuesday, May 2: Last day of classes: Friday classes meet (Good
Friday make-up)
Read Period runs from Wednesday, May 3 through Sunday, May
7. Exams begin Monday, May 8 and end on Friday, May 19.
Fall 2006 Registration. The final Fall 2006 schedule,
the Registration Bulletin, and the course and exam grids are
available by clicking
here or by going to the main Student
Portal page (click on the Fall '06 link). Print copies
are available outside the third floor cafeteria. Registration
runs through Monday, May 1. You may register at any time during
that period.
After the end of the registration period, the registration
requests will be processed according to each student’s registration
priority. In other words, registration will not be conducted
on a first-come, first-served basis; as long as you register
during the designated period, you will have an equal chance
of being admitted to a class as other students within your
registration priority group. To learn what classes you
have been admitted into, you must check the online registration
site on or after Wednesday, May 3. Registering for
a class during the initial registration period is no guarantee
that you will be admitted into the class – you must check
the web site on or after Wednesday, May 3 to learn what classes
you have been admitted into.
Please note the following corrections to the Fall schedule:
*Environmental Law & Policy 1 (426-081): The class grids
correctly listed this course as meeting Mon./Wed. 4:00-5:25
pm; the schedule of classes listed it incorrectly as meeting
Tues./Thurs. (It will meet Mon./Wed.)
*Labor/Employment Class (266-001): The class grid correctly
listed this course as meeting Tues. 9:35-10:30 am; the schedule
of classes listed it as both Tues. and Wed. (it will meet
only on Tuesdays).
*Litigation Technology (254-081): This class will meet Saturdays,
9:00-12:00 noon, not Wednesdays 6:00-9:00 pm.
*Employment Discrimination (3650-001): The final exam for
Prof. Eglit's day section of Employment Discrimination will
be Monday, Dec. 18, 8:30 am (not Wednesday, Dec. 13).
*Personal Income Tax (276-051) and Remedies (280-051): The
exam dates on the evening division schedule were incorrect
for these courses. The exams will be Thursday, Dec. 21, 6:00
(the schedule listed these on the correct date, but erroneously
said it was Friday).
Spring 2007 Preliminary Schedule. The preliminary schedule
of classes for the Spring 2007 semester is available by clicking
here or by going to the main Student
Portal page (click on the Spring '07 link). Print copies
are available outside the third floor cafeteria. Please
note: This schedule is only preliminary – there will be
additions to the class list and other changes made before
the schedule is finalized. The final schedule will be issued
during the Fall 2006 semester, when registration for Spring
2007 classes will also take place. If you have any questions
or comments about the preliminary schedule, please feel free
to contact me by e-mail (SSOWLE), phone (6-5282), or by stopping
by my office (Rm. 320).
Intensive Trial Advocacy. Please note that registration
for both the August 2006 and the January 2007 sessions of
Intensive Trial Advocacy take place as part of Fall 2006 registration.
See the listing for Intensive Trial Advocacy in the preliminary
Schedule of Classes for details.
Spring 2006 Final Exams.
•Exam Schedule. The final exam schedule
for the current semester is available
here. You will be notified of the classroom assignments
for your exams prior to the start of exam period.
•Exam Emergencies. If an emergency occurs
that may prevent you from taking a final exam, you or someone
on your behalf should call me (312/906-5282) or Amanda Kastern
(312/906-5247) as soon as possible. If you cannot reach either
of us, call the Registrar's office (312/906-5080). Do not
contact your professor about any problem connected with your
exam, as this may compromise your anonymity. 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 in the Student Handbook.
•Cell Phones During Exams. You are not
permitted to use a cell phone during any exam, including during
any restroom breaks. If you have a cell phone with you during
an exam, it must be turned off and stored out of sight.
•Consulting Laptops During Exams. Unless
your professor specifically authorizes it, you may not consult
materials (notes, outlines, etc.) stored on your laptop computer
during an open book or limited open book exam; you are limited
to consulting print materials authorized by your professor.
Please note: This is separate from the issue of whether
you may write your exam on your own laptop. The limitation
described above applies whether you are writing your exam
by hand or on a lab or laptop computer.
•Access to Computer Labs During Exams.
Because we use the computer labs during many of the exam slots
during exam period, access for other purposes (e.g., printing
out papers or exam outlines) is limited. Please keep in mind
that there is a printer in the 5th Floor Student Lounge that
you can use if the labs are all in use.
•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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
API Workshop on Client Development: Reduced Rate for Students.
LATE BREAKING UPDATE: I have been informed that
the API Workshop has been canceled due to lack of sufficient
advance registration.
Week of
April 24, 2006
Academic Calendar Reminder. Please note
the following dates for the closing weeks of the Spring semester:
Monday, May 1: Monday classes meet (King Birthday make-up)
Tuesday, May 2: Last day of classes: Friday classes meet (Good
Friday make-up)
Read Period runs from Wednesday, May 3 through Sunday, May
7. Exams begin Monday, May 8 and end on Friday, May 19.
Fall 2006 Registration. The preliminary schedule of
classes for the Fall 2006 semester is available outside the
third floor cafeteria and through the main Student
Portal page (click on the Fall '06 link). The final schedule
and Registration Bulletin will be issued on Tuesday, April
25. Registration will take place from Thursday, April 27 through
Monday, May 1. You may register at any time during that period.
After the end of the registration period, the registration
requests will be processed according to each student’s registration
priority. In other words, registration will not be conducted
on a first-come, first-served basis; as long as you register
during the designated period, you will have an equal chance
of being admitted to a class as other students within your
registration priority group. To learn what classes you
have been admitted into, you must check the online registration
site on or after Wednesday, May 3. Registering for
a class during the initial registration period is no guarantee
that you will be admitted into the class – you must check
the web site on or after Wednesday, May 3 to learn what classes
you have been admitted into.
"Where Do We Go From Here?" Program. This
program introduces first-year students to the course requirements
after the first year, the certificate programs offered by
Chicago-Kent, and clinical, externship, and other program
opportunities available to upper-level students. The program
will be offered at the following times:
Day Division: Tuesday, April 25, 12:00 noon (Auditorium).
Evening Division: Wednesday, April 26, 6:00 pm (Auditorium).
Intensive Trial Advocacy. Please note that registration
for both the August 2006 and the January 2007 sessions of
Intensive Trial Advocacy take place as part of Fall 2006
registration. See the listing for Intensive Trial Advocacy
in the preliminary Schedule of Classes for details.
Spring 2006 Final Exams.
•Exam Schedule. The final exam schedule
for the current semester is available
here. You will be notified of the classroom assignments
for your exams prior to the start of exam period.
•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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
Dean's Certificate for 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, and we can confirm
completion of all graduation requirements. We compile the
list of graduating students from the list of those who submitted
Applications for Graduation listing Spring 2006 as their
final semester.
Bar Exams in Other Jurisdictions. If you plan to
take a bar exam outside of Illinois, you should provide
the Registrar with appropriate forms for the Law School
to complete as soon as possible.
Joke of the Week. "Democracy is the art of running
the circus from the monkey cage." (H.L. Mencken)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
Lake Isle of Innisfree," by W.B. Yeats.
Week of
April 17, 2006
Academic Calendar Reminder. Please note
the following dates for the closing weeks of the Spring semester:
Monday, May 1: Monday classes meet (King Birthday make-up)
Tuesday, May 2: Last day of classes: Friday classes meet (Good
Friday make-up)
Read Period runs from Wednesday, May 3 through Sunday, May
7. Exams begin Monday, May 8 and end on Friday, May 19.
Summer 2006 Registration. Initial registration for
Summer 2006 classes is now over. Fortunately, we were able
to accommodate all student registration requests -- we did
not have to drop anyone from any of the summer courses due
to oversubscribed classes.
The registration system has reopened. You may add an open
class, or drop a class and receive a tuition refund, through
the end of the first week of the Summer term.
Fall 2006 Preliminary Schedule. The preliminary schedule
of classes for the Fall 2006 semester will be distributed
no later than Thursday, April 20, 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.
Spring 2006 Final Exams.
•Exam Schedule. The final exam schedule
for the current semester is available
here. You will be notified of your Spring exam number
and the classroom assignments for your exams prior to the
start of exam period.
•Exam Reschedule Requests. The deadline for
submitting exam reschedule requests has now passed. If you
submitted a reschedule request, we will notify you as soon
as possible about the results of your request.
•Exams on Computer Sign-Up: Deadline April 21.
Many professors allow students to take their exams on computer
(either lab computers or students' own laptops, or both).
Registration for taking exams on computer is now open and
runs through Friday, April 21. To register, log onto your
Webmail account,
click on the Web for Students icon, and navigate to the appropriate
form.
•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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
Teaching Evaluations. Teaching evaluations will be
distributed in the coming weeks to elicit students' opinions
about 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. Ever wonder about those people who
spend 2 dollars for a little bottle of Evian water? Try spelling
Evian backwards.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "A
Supermarket in California," by Allen Ginsberg.
Week of
April 10, 2006
Academic Calendar Reminder. All Law School
classes are canceled on Friday, April 14, for Good Friday.
Spring 2006 Exams.
•Exam Schedule. The final exam schedule
for the current semester is available here.
You will be notified of your Spring exam number and the classroom
assignments for your exams prior to the start of exam period.
•Exam Reschedule Requests: Deadline April 14.
The Student Handbook requires that you take your final exams
at the times scheduled unless you have an exam conflict (as
defined below), or you have a "serious illness or other
extraordinary or compelling reason" beyond your control.
If you have an exam conflict or believe you have other reasons
justifying the rescheduling of an exam, please complete the
Final Exam Reschedule form on the Web for Students site (log
onto your Webmail
account, click on the Web for Students icon, and navigate
to the Final Exam Reschedule form). The deadline for submitting
an exam reschedule request is Friday, April 14. This deadline
will be strictly enforced. If your request is approved,
the Registrar's office will notify you later this semester
of the rescheduled date, time, and location of your exam.
Under the new policy adopted by the faculty in December, a
student is deemed to have an "exam conflict" if
the student has two exams at the same time, or has two or
more exams within 24 hours (e.g., exams at 8:30 a.m. and 6:00
p.m., or at 6:00 p.m. and 1:15 the following afternoon). A
conflict does not exist if two exams are scheduled exactly
24 hours apart (e.g., exams at 8:30 a.m. one morning and 8:30
a.m. the next morning).
•Exams on Computer Sign-Up: Deadline April 21.
Many professors allow students to take their exams on computer
(either lab computers or students' own laptops, or both).
Registration for taking exams on computer is now open and
runs through Friday, April 21. To register, log onto your
Webmail account,
click on the Web for Students icon, and navigate to the appropriate
form.
•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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
Summer 2006 Registration: April 6-10. The Summer 2006
Registration Bulletin, including the Schedule of Classes and
information about applying for Summer clinical programs, is
available outside the third floor cafeteria. Online versions
are also available on the Student
Portal page (click on the Summer '06 link near the top),
or by clicking
here.
Registration for Summer classes will take place from Thursday,
April 6 through Monday, April 10. You may register at any
time during that period. To register, go to the Student
Portal page and click on the Online Registration link.
You can use any computer with Internet access, either inside
or outside the Law School.
After the end of the registration period, the registration
requests will be processed according to each student's registration
priority. In other words, registration will not be conducted
on a first-come, first-served basis; as long as you register
during the designated period, you will have an equal chance
of being admitted to a class as other students within your
registration priority group. Evening Division students have
priority over Day Division students for Summer registration.
Within divisions, registration priority is based on anticipated
graduation date, with the earliest graduation date having
the highest priority.
To learn what classes you have been admitted into, you
must check the Online Registration site on or after Wednesday,
April 12. Registering for a class during the initial
registration period is no guarantee that you will be admitted
to the class -- you must check the web site on or after
Wednesday, April 12 to learn what classes you have been
admitted to.
Fall 2006 Preliminary Schedule. The preliminary schedule
of classes for the Fall 2006 semester will be distributed
early in the week of April 17 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.
Teaching Evaluations. Teaching evaluations will be
distributed in the coming weeks to elicit students' opinions
about 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. "The wages of sin are death,
but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a
tired feeling." (Paula Poundstone)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "somewhere
i have never travelled,gladly beyond," by e.e. cummings.
Week of
April 3, 2006
Important Information About Spring 2006 Exam
Rescheduling. The Student Handbook requires that you take
your final exams at the times scheduled unless you have an
exam conflict (as defined below), or you have a "serious
illness or other extraordinary or compelling reason"
beyond your control. If you have an exam conflict or believe
you have other reasons justifying the rescheduling of an exam,
please complete the Final Exam Reschedule form on the Web
for Students site (log onto your Webmail account, click on
the Web for Students icon, and navigate to the Final Exam
Reschedule form). The deadline for submitting an exam reschedule
request is Friday, April 14. This deadline will be strictly
enforced. If your request is approved, the Registrar's
office will notify you later this semester of the rescheduled
date, time, and location of your exam.
Under the new policy adopted by the faculty in December, a
student is deemed to have an "exam conflict" if
the student has two exams at the same time, or has two or
more exams within 24 hours (e.g., exams at 8:30 a.m. and 6:00
p.m., or at 6:00 p.m. and 1:15 the following afternoon). A
conflict does not exist if two exams are scheduled exactly
24 hours apart (e.g., exams at 8:30 a.m. one morning and 8:30
a.m. the next morning).
Summer 2006 Registration. The Summer 2006 Registration
Bulletin, including the Schedule of Classes and information
about applying for Summer clinical programs, is available
outside the third floor cafeteria. Online versions are also
available on the Student
Portal page (click on the Summer '06 link near the top),
or by clicking
here.
Registration for Summer classes will take place from Thursday,
April 6 through Monday, April 10. You may register at
any time during that period. To register, go to the Student
Portal page and click on the Online Registration link.
You can use any computer with Internet access, either inside
or outside the Law School. Applications for Summer clinical
programs are due by Tuesday, April 4.
After the end of the registration period, the registration
requests will be processed according to each student's registration
priority. In other words, registration will not be conducted
on a first-come, first-served basis; as long as you register
during the designated period, you will have an equal chance
of being admitted to a class as other students within your
registration priority group. Evening Division students have
priority over Day Division students for Summer registration.
Within divisions, registration priority is based on anticipated
graduation date, with the earliest graduation date having
the highest priority.
To learn what classes you have been admitted into, you
must check the Online Registration site on or after Wednesday,
April 12. Registering for a class during the initial
registration period is no guarantee that you will be admitted
to the class -- you must check the web site on or after
Wednesday, April 12 to learn what classes you have been
admitted to.
Law Week Activities. The Student Bar Association
has a great line-up of events for Law Week, starting on
Monday, April 3, with the Dean's annual State of the Law
School Address and culminating on Saturday, April 8, with
the Barrister's Ball. See the Law School's Master
Calendar for details of all the events.
London Law Consortium: Informational Session. Chicago-Kent
is a member of the London Law Consortium, a program that
provides students at Chicago-Kent and six other American
law schools the opportunity to study in London every Spring.
If you would like to learn about the program that will be
offered in Spring 2007, there will be an informational session
on Monday, April 10, at 10:40 am, in Rm. 170. Professor
David Rudstein, who has taught in the Consortium, will discuss
the program and answer questions. The program is open to
2Ls, 3Ls, and 4Ls.
Joke of the Week. A guy went to the optometrist's
office. "I keep seeing spots in front of my eyes,"
he said. The receptionist asked, "Have you seen a doctor?"
"No," the guy replied, "just the spots."
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is actually a
set of song lyrics, in honor of Earth Day later this month:
"Gentle
Arms of Eden," by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer.
(Thanks
to Sue Russell for suggesting this.)
Week of
March 27, 2006
Important Information About Spring 2006 Exam
Rescheduling. The Student Handbook requires that you take
your final exams at the times scheduled unless you have an
exam conflict (as defined below), or you have a "serious
illness or other extraordinary or compelling reason"
beyond your control. If you have an exam conflict or believe
you have other reasons justifying the rescheduling of an exam,
please complete the Final Exam Reschedule form on the Web
for Students site (log onto your Webmail account, click on
the Web for Students icon, and navigate to the Final Exam
Reschedule form). The form will be available starting Wednesday,
March 29. The deadline for submitting an exam reschedule
request is Friday, April 14. This deadline will be strictly
enforced. If your request is approved, the Registrar's
office will notify you later this semester of the rescheduled
date, time, and location of your exam.
Under the new policy adopted by the faculty in December, a
student is deemed to have an "exam conflict" if
the student has two exams at the same time, or has two or
more exams within 24 hours (e.g., exams at 8:30 a.m. and 6:00
p.m., or at 6:00 p.m. and 1:15 the following afternoon). A
conflict does not exist if two exams are scheduled exactly
24 hours apart (e.g., exams at 8:30 a.m. one morning and 8:30
a.m. the next morning).
New Director of Student Services. Amanda Kastern recently
joined the Office of Student Services as the new Director
of Student Services. Amanda is new to the Office of Student
Services, but not to the Chicago-Kent community. She formerly
served as Assistant Director of Financial Aid here at the
IIT Downtown Campus.
Students are encouraged to contact Amanda with any questions
regarding the CTA U-Pass, student health insurance, ADA accommodations,
or the ASP program. She is also available for academic and
personal counseling. Amanda can be reached at akastern@kentlaw.edu
or 312/906-5247. Students are also welcome to visit Amanda
in her new office, Room 310A.
Summer 2006 Schedule. The Summer 2006 schedule of
classes and Registration Bulletin will be available outside
the third floor cafeteria and through the Student Portal web
page on Thursday, March 30.
"The Legacies of Nuremberg" Lecture Series and
Exhibits. On March 29 and 30, the Chicago Bar Association,
in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
and the Chicago Public Library, will be sponsoring a series
of lectures and exhibits "exploring the Holocaust, the
Nuremberg Trials, and their lasting influence on our system
of justice." One of the lectures, an address on "The
Third Reich and the Legal Profession" by Dr. William
Meinecke, will be held here at Chicago-Kent on Thursday, March
30, 9:30-11:00 am in the Auditorium. For details about this
and the other events, click
here or pick up a brochure from the table outside the
third floor cafeteria. All of the events are free and open
to the public except the lunches each day, the opening breakfast,
and the closing dinner.
Joke of the Week. A guy walked into a bank and asked
the teller to check his balance. So she pushed him.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Lesson,"
by Forrest Hamer.
Week of
March 20, 2006
Joke of the Week. Question: What do cannibals
do at weddings? Answer: They toast the bride and groom.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is Shakespeare's
Sonnet 73.
Week of
March 13, 2006
No
new entries this week.
Week of
March 6, 2006
Academic Calendar Reminder. Spring Break
begins Saturday, March 11, at 12:00 noon. Classes resume on
Monday, March 20.
CALI Award Winners for Summer 2005. 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 Summer 2005 courses are linked
to this page. Congratulations to all of you who received
the award.
Joke of the Week. Question: Why do elephants
drink so much? Answer: To try to forget.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Lines,"
by Martha Collins.
Week of
February 27, 2006
Fall 2005 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 Fall 2005 courses are linked
to this page. If a section or a course is not listed,
that means the professor elected not to give a CALI award,
or we have not yet heard from the professor. Congratulations
to all of you who received an award -- you should be proud
of your achievement.
Fall 2005 Grade Distributions. The grade distributions
for Fall 2005 courses are linked
to this page.
Joke of the Week. "When I put on my acid-washed
jeans, I started having flashbacks." (Nick Arnette)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "I
Hear American Singing," by Walt Whitman.
Week of
February 20, 2006
"Putting Law School Grades in Perspective."
If you are concerned about your law school grades, or would
like to learn more about how professors grade and the significance
of grades, click here
for an interesting article by Michael Swygert, a faculty member
at Stetson College of Law.
Trial Team Success. The Chicago-Kent Trial Team continued
its record of excellent performances in the regional competition
held earlier this month. See Dean
Krent's section of the Record for details.
Traffic Alert: Closure of Monroe Street Bridge. Beginning
Monday, February 27, the Monroe Street Bridge over the Kennedy
Expressway will be closed for reconstruction.
TV Commercial Featuring 10th Floor Reading Room. If
you would like to see the Hallmark commercial filmed in December
in the 10th floor reading room, click
here, then click on the commercial titled "Library."
Joke of the Week. "I tried Flintstones vitamins.
I didn't feel any better but I could stop the car with my
feet." (Joan St. Once)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Sympathy,"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Week of
February 13, 2006
Elective Courses Subject to the Mandatory Curve:
CORRECTION. The list published
last week of Spring 2006 courses subject to the mandatory
curve for elective courses listed one course incorrectly.
Prof. Ehrenberg's section of Remedies (not Prof. Cavanaugh's
section) is subject to the curve. A corrected list is linked
to this page. (Please note: The elective course
curve formerly applied to courses with at least 25 students
enrolled. At the faculty's December 2005 faculty meeting,
the curve was revised to apply only to courses with at least
40 students enrolled.)
Joke of the Week. "Comedy premise one hundred
years in the future: 'So, I was at the Rolling Stones farewell
tour....'" (Nick Arnette)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Dover
Beach," by Matthew Arnold.
Week of
February 6, 2006
Illinois Bar Exam: Q&A With Bar Examiners.
(Note: Attending this program could save you $450!)
Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to the
Bar will be at the Law School on Tuesday, February 7,
from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (Rm. 590), and from 5:00 to 5:50 pm
(Rm. C50), to answer questions from first-year students concerning
the completion of your bar registration materials, which are
due by March 1, 2006. (See my Record
entry for January 16 for details about the bar registration
process for first-year students.)
Certificate Programs: Information Session. For students
interested in one or more of Chicago-Kent's certificate programs,
there will be an informational session on Wednesday, February
8, 4:00-5:45 pm, in the 10th Floor Event Room. Meet faculty
and students in the certificate programs, gather information,
and have a snack! We currently have certificate programs in
the following areas:
-Labor & Employment Law
-Intellectual Property Law
-International & Comparative Law
-Environmental Law
-Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution (LADR)
-Public Interest Law
Class Ranks and GPA Cut-Offs. Fall 2005 class ranks,
and cumulative GPAs including Fall 2005 grades, are now available
through Web for Students (click on the "Fall 2005"
link under "Grades and Rank" on the left hand menu).
The GPA cut-offs for upper-level students as of the end of
the Fall 2005 semester are linked
to this page. Please note: First-year students
are not ranked until the end of their second semester. Likewise,
transfer students and students admitted with advanced standing
are not ranked until they have completed two semesters at
Chicago-Kent.
Elective Courses Subject to the Mandatory Curve. A
list of Spring 2006 elective courses with at least 40 students
enrolled, and thus subject to the mandatory curve for elective
courses, is linked
to this page. (Please note: The elective course
curve formerly applied to courses with at least 25 students
enrolled. At the faculty's December 2005 faculty meeting,
the curve was revised to apply only to courses with at least
40 students enrolled.)
ASP Small Group Sessions. Information
about the Academic Support Program, including membership criteria
for ASP small group sessions and the process for petitioning
into the small groups, is linked
to this page. Petitions are due to me no later than Wednesday,
February 8. For more information about the Academic Support
Program and study resources, please visit the ASP
web site.
Joke of the Week. "I suffer from two phobias:
(1) Phobia-phobia -- the fear you're unable to get scared,
and (2) Xylophataquieopiaphobia -- the fear of not pronouncing
words correctly." (Brad Stine)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
Woman at the Washington Zoo," by Randall Jarrell.
Week of
January 30, 2006
Illinois Bar Exam: Q&A With Bar Examiners.
(Note: Attending this program could save you $450!)
Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to the
Bar will be at the Law School on Tuesday, February 7, from
12:00 to 1:00 pm (Rm. 590), and from 5:00 to 5:50 pm (Rm.
C50), to answer questions from first-year students concerning
the completion of your bar registration materials, which are
due by March 1, 2006. (See my Record
entry for January 16 for details about the bar registration
process for first-year students.)
ASP Small Group Sessions. Information
about the Academic Support Program, including membership criteria
for ASP small group sessions and the process for petitioning
into the small groups, is linked
to this page. Petitions are due to me no later than Wednesday,
February 8. For more information about the Academic Support
Program and study resources, please visit the ASP
web site.
U-Pass Distribution. If you have not yet picked up
your Spring U-Pass, you may do so from Denise Lang outside
my office (320C) between the hours of 10:00-11:00 am and 2:30-3:30
pm daily. For more information on the U-Pass program and which
students qualify for participation in the program, see the
U-Pass
FAQ.
Joke of the Week. Question: How many software
programmers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Answer:
None -- that's a hardware problem.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
moon has set...", by Sappho.
Week of
January 23, 2006
Adding and Dropping Classes. 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. 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.
ASP Small Group Sessions. Information
about the Academic Support Program, including membership criteria
for ASP small group sessions and the process for petitioning
into the small groups, is linked
to this page. For more information about the Academic
Support Program and study resources, please visit the ASP
web site.
U-Pass Distribution. If you have not yet picked up
your Spring U-Pass, you may do so from Denise Lang outside
my office (320C) between the hours of 10:00-11:00 am and 2:30-3:30
pm daily. For more information on the U-Pass program and which
students qualify for participation in the program, see the
U-Pass
FAQ.
Changes in Academic Regulations on Grading, Exam Rescheduling,
and Make-Up Classes. The faculty passed the following
new academic regulations at its December 2005 meeting:
Exam Rescheduling. Pursuant to a proposal from the
SBA, the second paragraph of section 7.2 of the Student Handbook
has been changed as follows:
Old language: "A student will be deemed to have a conflict
if he or she has three exams scheduled consecutively (e.g.,
exams at 8:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. on the same day,
or 1:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on one day and 8:30 a.m. the following
morning). A conflict does not exist if two exams are scheduled
on the same day, but at different hours."
New language: "A student will be deemed to have a conflict
if he or she has two exams scheduled within 24 hours (e.g.,
exams at 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., or at 6:00 p.m. and 1:15
p.m. the following afternoon). A conflict does not exist if
two exams are scheduled exactly 24 hours apart (e.g., exams
at 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. the next morning)."
Classes During Read Period. Pursuant to a proposal
from the SBA, new section 9.4 has been added to the Student
Handbook, reading as follows:
"Scheduling of Make-Up Classes. No instructor shall schedule
a make-up class during the period designated 'Read Period,'
except on the first day of that period. Optional review sessions
are permitted during the remainder of the period. Faculty
should make every effort to schedule make-up classes during
the regular semester, considering the feasibility of scheduling
them during the two periods of time each week during which
no regular classes are schedule."
Grading Curve for Required Courses. The mandatory curve
for required courses, excluding Legal Writing courses and
seminars, provided in section 6.8 of the Student Handbook
was changed to increase the percentage of grades professors
may give in the B- and C+ ranges. These changes will apply
beginning with Fall 2005 courses. Click
here for details.
Grading Curve for Elective Courses. The mandatory curve
for elective courses provided in section 6.8 of the Student
Handbook will now apply only to courses with at least 40 students
enrolled (rather than to courses with at least 25 students
enrolled). This change is effective beginning with the Spring
2006 semester.
New City of Chicago Smoking Ordinance. Effective Monday,
January 16, 2006, the City Of Chicago mandates that smoking
not be allowed within 15 feet of building entrances. Smokers
should use the newly-designated outdoor smoking area to the
east of the building entrance (past the second column). The
smoking urns have been moved to this new location.
Notice to Students in Substance Abuse Recovery (or who
want to be). If you are in recovery for a substance abuse
problem, or if you are not in recovery but would like help
with a substance abuse problem, consider contacting the Lawyers
Assistance Program. This confidential program exists to help
lawyers, judges, and law students with alcohol abuse, drug
dependency, or mental health problems. If you are already
in recovery, there is a weekly A.A. meeting at LAP's Chicago
office, Tuesdays from 12:15-1:15 pm, at 20 S. Clark Street,
Suite 1820. If you would like to be put in contact with other
members of the Chicago-Kent community who are in recovery,
call Janet Voss, the director of LAP, at 312/726-6607. If
you are not in recovery but would like to find out more about
what LAP can do for you, call or stop by LAP's office, or
go to their web site at http://www.illinoislap.org.
Joke of the Week. Question: What do you call
a fish with no eyes? Answer: A fsh.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Dream
Deferred," by Langston Hughes.
Week of
January 16, 2006
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.
Academic Calendar Reminder. Classes will not be held
on Monday, January 16, in commemoration of Martin Luther King
Day. Spring semester classes will start on Tuesday, January
17. Because Martin Luther King Day is an official university
holiday, this also means that the Law School building will
be closed on January 16.
Spring 2006 Semester Information. The Spring
2006 Term Information page has most of the information
you will need for the start of the Spring semester. (Permanent
links for term information pages appear on the Student
Portal page, under "Academic term information.")
Print copies of many of the documents described below are
available outside the third floor cafeteria.
Initial Reading Assignments. Reading assignments for
the first week of the Spring semester are available on the
Spring
2006 Term Information page. (Please note: The list
of initial assignments has been updated since it was first
posted.)
Course Information Updates. Course information updates
for Spring classes are available on the Spring
2006 Term Information page.
Revised Spring Schedule (with Classroom Assignments).
A revised copy of the Spring 2006 Schedule of Classes, including
classroom assignments, is available on the Spring
2006 Term Information page. Classroom assignments are
also posted in the front lobby.
Adding and Dropping Classes. 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.
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.
Exam Schedule. A copy of the Spring 2006 exam schedule
is available on the Spring
2006 Term Information page. Please see the announcement
below concerning a recent change in academic policy concerning
exam rescheduling. Also, 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 me.
Trial Advocacy Section Assignments. If you are registered
for Trial Advocacy 1 or Trial Advocacy 2 for the Spring semester,
a list of section assignments is available on the Spring
2006 Term Information page.
Bookstore Hours. The bookstore's hours are available
on the Spring
2006 Term Information page. Please note that the bookstore
will not be open on Monday, January 16, due to the Law School's
observance of Martin Luther King Day.
2005-2006 Academic Calendar. The academic calendar
for the Spring semester is linked
to this page.
ASP Small Group Sessions. Information about the Academic
Support Program, including membership criteria for ASP small
group sessions and the process for petitioning into the small
groups, is linked
to this page. For more information about the Academic
Support Program and study resources, please visit the ASP
web site.
Changes in Academic Regulations on Grading, Exam Rescheduling,
and Make-Up Classes. The faculty passed the following
new academic regulations at its December 2005 meeting:
Exam Rescheduling. Pursuant to a proposal from the
SBA, the second paragraph of section 7.2 of the Student Handbook
has been changed as follows:
Old language: "A student will be deemed to have a conflict
if he or she has three exams scheduled consecutively (e.g.,
exams at 8:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. on the same day,
or 1:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on one day and 8:30 a.m. the following
morning). A conflict does not exist if two exams are scheduled
on the same day, but at different hours."
New language: "A student will be deemed to have a conflict
if he or she has two exams scheduled within 24 hours (e.g.,
exams at 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., or at 6:00 p.m. and 1:15
p.m. the following afternoon). A conflict does not exist if
two exams are scheduled exactly 24 hours apart (e.g., exams
at 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. the next morning)."
Classes During Read Period. Pursuant to a proposal
from the SBA, new section 9.4 has been added to the Student
Handbook, reading as follows:
"Scheduling of Make-Up Classes. No instructor shall schedule
a make-up class during the period designated 'Read Period,'
except on the first day of that period. Optional review sessions
are permitted during the remainder of the period. Faculty
should make every effort to schedule make-up classes during
the regular semester, considering the feasibility of scheduling
them during the two periods of time each week during which
no regular classes are schedule."
Grading Curve for Required Courses. The mandatory curve
for required courses, excluding Legal Writing courses and
seminars, provided in section 6.8 of the Student Handbook
was changed to increase the percentage of grades professors
may give in the B- and C+ ranges. These changes will apply
beginning with Fall 2005 courses. Click
here for details.
Grading Curve for Elective Courses. The mandatory curve
for elective courses provided in section 6.8 of the Student
Handbook will now apply only to courses with at least 40 students
enrolled (rather than to courses with at least 25 students
enrolled). This change is effective beginning with the Spring
2006 semester.
New City of Chicago Smoking Ordinance. Effective Monday,
January 16, 2006, the City Of Chicago mandates that smoking
not be allowed within 15 feet of building entrances. Smokers
should use the newly-designated outdoor smoking area to the
east of the building entrance (past the second column). The
smoking urns have been moved to this new location.
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 submitted by March 1,
2006. All registration applications must be submitted
both electronically and in print form. 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 an additional fee of $450 if you apply to take the
bar 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
begin working on the materials sooner rather than later. 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.
Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to the
Bar will visit the Law School later this semester or early
in the Spring semester to answer questions concerning the
completion of the bar registration application. We will announce
the date and time once the session has been scheduled.
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 2006 Illinois Bar Application. Applications for
the July 2006 Illinois bar exam must be submitted by
February 1, 2006. (Note: An announcement last
Fall incorrectly stated that the deadline was later for those
who filed a bar registration application in their first year.)
All application materials must be submitted both electronically
and in print form. You may file a late application for the
July bar exam up to May 31, but substantial penalty fees apply.
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. 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 December or May. Please be
sure to file an Application for Graduation so that we will
know you plan to graduate in either December or 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 two-thirds of the credits required for the J.D.
degree (at Chicago-Kent, this means you must have completed
58 credits). Registration information and application forms
for the next exam, on Saturday, March 11, 2006, are available
online by going to http://www.ncbex.org/tests.htm.
The deadline for applying for the March exam is January 31,
2006 (the late deadline is February 16). Note:
An applicant whose religious beliefs preclude him or her from
taking the examination on a Saturday may apply to take the
MPRE on the following day, Sunday, in the afternoon. Go to
http://www.ncbex.org/tests.htm
for more details.
Weather Closing Information. Flyers with information
about emergency weather closings are available on the table
outside the third-floor cafeteria. As explained in the flyer,
you may find out whether the Law School is closed due to severe
weather in any of the ways listed below. Please note: Information
for the Law School will be listed under "IIT-Chicago-Kent
College of Law."
Radio: WGN 720 AM; WBBM 780 AM.
TV: CBS 2, NBC 5, ABC 7, WGN, Fox 32, CLTV News.
Phone: 847/238-1234.
Online: http://www.EmergencyClosings.com. (You may also
sign up for personalized e-mail notifications at this site.)
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 candidate's
fund-raiser; and putting campaign posters on university property.
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please
contact Mary Anne Smith, Vice President and General Counsel
of IIT, at 312/567-3034.
Joke of the Week. "Delusions of grandeur make
me feel a lot better about myself." (Jane Wagner)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Chicago,"
by Carl Sandburg.
FALL 2005
Week of December 19, 2005
UPDATE (12/23/05): Initial Reading Assignments
now available. A list of initial reading assignments for
Spring 2006 courses is now available through the Student
Portal page (click on the Spring '06 link). We will update
the list periodically as we receive additional assignments.
You may ask the Bookstore to hold your Spring course 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, you may order your course books
over the web by clicking on the Bookstore link on the Student
Portal page.
Happy Holidays! I wish all of you a joyous (and restful)
holiday season, and I look forward to seeing you next month.
Fall 2005 Final Exams.
Exam Emergencies. If an emergency occurs that may prevent
you from taking a final exam, you or someone on your behalf
should call me (312/906-5282) or Jamie Lake (312/906-5247)
as soon as possible. If you cannot reach either of us, call
the Registrar's office (312/906-5080). Do not contact your
professor about any problem connected with your exam, as this
may compromise your anonymity. 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 in the Student Handbook.
Consulting Laptops During Exams. Unless your professor
specifically authorizes it, you may not consult materials
(notes, outlines, etc.) stored on your laptop computer during
an open book or limited open book exam; you are limited to
consulting print materials authorized by your professor. Please
note: This is separate from the issue of whether you may write
your exam on your own laptop. The limitation described above
applies whether you are writing your exam by hand or on a
lab or laptop computer.
Cell Phones During Exams. You are not permitted to
use a cell phone during any exam, including during any restroom
breaks. If you have a cell phone with you during an exam,
it must be turned off and stored out of sight.
Access to Computer Labs During Exams. Because we use
the computer labs during many of the exam slots during exam
period, access for other purposes (e.g., printing out papers
or exam outlines) is limited. Please keep in mind that there
is a printer in the 5th Floor Student Lounge that you can
use if the labs are all in use.
Spring 2006 Registration. If you have not already done
so, please log back into the online
registration system to see what Spring 2006 classes you
were admitted into. You may make adjustments to your schedule
through the end of the second week of the Spring semester.
A revised version of the Spring 2006 schedule is available
through the Student
Portal page (click on the Spring 2006 link), or by clicking
here. The revised schedule reflects the following additions/corrections,
some previously announced:
*Classes canceled due to low enrollment:
Advanced Bankruptcy (288-051).
Chicago Legal Clinic Practicum (238-001).
Complex Crimes Prosecution (228-051).
Current Issues in Environmental Law seminar (624-051).
Estate Planning (414-051).
Intellectual Property and Technology Licensing (281-052)
(Note: the Thursday evening section of this course,
section no. 281-051, has not been canceled).
International Trade (384-051).
Nanotechnology seminar (607-071).
Reproductive Technology (643-051).
*Additional section of Legal Writing
4: 432-054, Tues./Thurs. 6:00-7:25pm, Intellectual Property
(Prof. Dolan).
*Management of I.P. Portfolios: This class will meet
Tuesdays 4:00-5:50 pm (it was listed as day/time TBA on
the final schedule). The course number is 239-071 (not 239-051).
*Seventh Cir. Review: Honors Seminar: This seminar
is 2 credits (the number of credits was inadvertently omitted
on the final schedule).
*Legal Writing for LL.M. Students: The original schedule
listed this course incorrectly. The revised information
is as follows: Title: Legal Writing 5 for International
LL.M. Students: Contracts and Commercial Drafting. Course
No.: 116-001. Professor: K. Brest van Kempen.
Credits: 3 credits. Meeting Times: Wed./Fri.
11:45-1:10 pm. This course is open only to International
LL.M. students. Note: If you are currently taking
Legal Writing 4 for International LL.M. Students, you are
eligible to take this new Legal Writing 5 course in the
Spring.
*Critical Race Theory: This course has been added
to the Spring schedule. Professor: Kristen Barnes.
Course No.: 461-071. Credits: 2 credits. Meeting
Time: Thursdays, 4:00-5:50 pm. Exam: Thurs. 5/11
6:00 pm. Course Description: This course will examine
a wide range of Critical Race Theory literature ranging
from some of the key writings that formed the movement to
recent criticism in the area. The course will also explore
the relationship between Critical Legal Studies and Critical
Race Theory.
*Topics in Muslim-Jewish Relations: Professor:
Rachel Havrelock. Course No.: 462-001. Credits:
3 credits. Meeting Time: Tues./Thurs. 2:00-3:15pm.
Additional Information: This course is the first
offering in a new joint program by Chicago-Kent and the
University of Illinois at Chicago, and the course is open
to students at both institutions. The course will meet some
weeks at UIC and some weeks at Chicago-Kent and will follow
the UIC academic schedule (the course will start on January
10 and end on April 27). The course will ge graded on the
basis of four papers (80%) and class participation (20%).
Course Description: Students will become familiar
with the primary texts of the Jewish and the Muslim traditions
while learning to distinguish between source texts and the
history of interpretation. In addition, they will gain skills
in textual analysis, legal interpretation, philosophic reading
and cultural comparison.
*Law and Literature: The take-home exam in this course
will be given from Friday, May 12, 3:00pm to Monday, May
15, 6:00pm.
Joke of the Week. Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at
a French cafe revising his draft of Being and Nothingness.
He says to a waiter, "I'd like a cup of coffee please,
with no cream." The waiter replies, "I'm sorry,
monsieur, but we're out of cream. How about with no milk?"
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
Woman at the Washington Zoo," by Randall Jarrell.
Week of
December 12, 2005
Fall 2005 Final Exams.
Exam Emergencies. If an emergency occurs that may prevent
you from taking a final exam, you or someone on your behalf
should call me (312/906-5282) or Jamie Lake (312/906-5247)
as soon as possible. If you cannot reach either of us, call
the Registrar's office (312/906-5080). Do not contact your
professor about any problem connected with your exam, as this
may compromise your anonymity. 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 in the Student Handbook.
Consulting Laptops During Exams. Unless your professor
specifically authorizes it, you may not consult materials
(notes, outlines, etc.) stored on your laptop computer during
an open book or limited open book exam; you are limited to
consulting print materials authorized by your professor. Please
note: This is separate from the issue of whether you may write
your exam on your own laptop. The limitation described above
applies whether you are writing your exam by hand or on a
lab or laptop computer.
Cell Phones During Exams. You are not permitted to
use a cell phone during any exam, including during any restroom
breaks. If you have a cell phone with you during an exam,
it must be turned off and stored out of sight.
Access to Computer Labs During Exams. Because we use
the computer labs during many of the exam slots during exam
period, access for other purposes (e.g., printing out papers
or exam outlines) is limited. Please keep in mind that there
is a printer in the 5th Floor Student Lounge that you can
use if the labs are all in use.
Spring 2006 Registration. If you have not already done
so, please log back into the online
registration system to see what Spring 2006 classes you
were admitted into. You may make adjustments to your schedule
through the end of the second week of the Spring semester.
A revised version of the Spring 2006 schedule is available
through the Student
Portal page (click on the Spring 2006 link), or by clicking
here. The revised schedule reflects the following additions/corrections,
some previously announced:
*Classes canceled due to low enrollment:
Advanced Bankruptcy (288-051).
Chicago Legal Clinic Practicum (238-001).
Complex Crimes Prosecution (228-051).
Current Issues in Environmental Law seminar (624-051).
Estate Planning (414-051).
Intellectual Property and Technology Licensing (281-052)
(Note: the Thursday evening section of this course,
section no. 281-051, has not been canceled).
International Trade (384-051).
Nanotechnology seminar (607-071).
Reproductive Technology (643-051).
*Additional section of Legal Writing
4: 432-054, Tues./Thurs. 6:00-7:25pm, Intellectual Property
(Prof. Dolan).
*Management of I.P. Portfolios: This class will meet
Tuesdays 4:00-5:50 pm (it was listed as day/time TBA on
the final schedule). The course number is 239-071 (not 239-051).
*Seventh Cir. Review: Honors Seminar: This seminar
is 2 credits (the number of credits was inadvertently omitted
on the final schedule).
*Legal Writing for LL.M. Students: The original schedule
listed this course incorrectly. The revised information
is as follows: Title: Legal Writing 5 for International
LL.M. Students: Contracts and Commercial Drafting. Course
No.: 116-001. Professor: K. Brest van Kempen.
Credits: 3 credits. Meeting Times: Wed./Fri.
11:45-1:10 pm. This course is open only to International
LL.M. students. Note: If you are currently taking
Legal Writing 4 for International LL.M. Students, you are
eligible to take this new Legal Writing 5 course in the
Spring.
*Critical Race Theory: This course has been added
to the Spring schedule. Professor: Kristen Barnes.
Course No.: 461-071. Credits: 2 credits. Meeting
Time: Thursdays, 4:00-5:50 pm. Exam: Thurs. 5/11
6:00 pm. Course Description: This course will examine
a wide range of Critical Race Theory literature ranging
from some of the key writings that formed the movement to
recent criticism in the area. The course will also explore
the relationship between Critical Legal Studies and Critical
Race Theory.
*Topics in Muslim-Jewish Relations: Professor:
Rachel Havrelock. Course No.: 462-001. Credits:
3 credits. Meeting Time: Tues./Thurs. 2:00-3:15pm.
Additional Information: This course is the first
offering in a new joint program by Chicago-Kent and the
University of Illinois at Chicago, and the course is open
to students at both institutions. The course will meet some
weeks at UIC and some weeks at Chicago-Kent and will follow
the UIC academic schedule (the course will start on January
10 and end on April 27). The course will ge graded on the
basis of four papers (80%) and class participation (20%).
Course Description: Students will become familiar
with the primary texts of the Jewish and the Muslim traditions
while learning to distinguish between source texts and the
history of interpretation. In addition, they will gain skills
in textual analysis, legal interpretation, philosophic reading
and cultural comparison.
*Law and Literature: The take-home exam in this course
will be given from Friday, May 12, 3:00pm to Monday, May
15, 6:00pm.
Spring 2006 Initial Reading Assignments and Course Materials.
A list of initial reading assignments for Spring 2006 courses
will be posted on the Student
Portal page (click on the Spring '06 link) no later
than Friday, December 23. Assignments not received
by December 23 will be posted as we receive them.
You may ask the Bookstore to hold your Spring course 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, you may order your course
books over the web by clicking on the Bookstore link on
the Student
Portal page.
Joke of the Week. Question: What do you get when
you cross the Godfather with a philosopher? Answer:
An offer you can't understand.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou.
Week of
December 5, 2005
Academic Calendar Reminder. The class schedule
for the last week of the semester is as follows:
Monday, December 5: Thursday classes meet (Yom Kippur
make-up)
Tuesday, December 6 (last day of classes): Monday classes
4:00 and later meet (day classes do not meet) (Rosh
Hashanah make-up)
Read period runs from Wednesday, December 7 through Sunday,
December 11. Exams start on Monday, December 12 and end on
Wednesday, December 21.
Spring 2006 Registration. The initial registration period
is now over. If you have not already done so, please log back
into the online
registration system to see what classes you were admitted
into. You may make adjustments to your schedule through the
end of the second week of the Spring semester. A revised version
of the Spring 2006 schedule is available outside the third
floor cafeteria, through the Student
Portal page (click on the Spring 2006 link), or by clicking
here. The revised schedule reflects the following additions/corrections
(some previously announced):
*Additional section of Legal Writing 4: 432-054,
Tues./Thurs. 6:00-7:25pm, Intellectual Property (Prof. Dolan).
*Management of I.P. Portfolios: This class will meet
Tuesdays 4:00-5:50 pm (it was listed as day/time TBA on the
final schedule). The course number is 239-071 (not 239-051).
*Seventh Cir. Review: Honors Seminar: This seminar
is 2 credits (the number of credits was inadvertently omitted
on the final schedule).
*Legal Writing for LL.M. Students: The original schedule
listed this course incorrectly. The revised information is
as follows: Title: Legal Writing 5 for International
LL.M. Students: Contracts and Commercial Drafting. Course
No.: 116-001. Professor: K. Brest van Kempen. Credits:
3 credits. Meeting Times: Wed./Fri. 11:45-1:10 pm.
This course is open only to International LL.M. students.
Note: If you are currently taking Legal Writing 4 for
International LL.M. Students, you are eligible to take
this new Legal Writing 5 course in the Spring.
*Critical Race Theory: This course has been added to
the Spring schedule. Professor: Kristen Barnes. Course
No.: 461-071. Credits: 2 credits. Meeting Time:
Thursdays, 4:00-5:50 pm. Exam: Thurs. 5/11 6:00 pm.
Course Description: This course will examine a wide
range of Critical Race Theory literature ranging from some
of the key writings that formed the movement to recent criticism
in the area. The course will also explore the relationship
between Critical Legal Studies and Critical Race Theory.
*Topics in Muslim-Jewish Relations: This course has
been added to the Spring schedule. Professor: Rachel
Havrelock. Course No.: 462-001. Credits: 3 credits.
Meeting Time: Tues./Thurs. 2:00-3:15pm. Additional
Information: This course is the first offering in a new
joint program by Chicago-Kent and the University of Illinois
at Chicago, and the course is open to students at both institutions.
The course will meet some weeks at UIC and some weeks at Chicago-Kent
and will follow the UIC academic schedule (the course will
start on January 10 and end on April 27). The course will
ge graded on the basis of four papers (80%) and class participation
(20%). Course Description: Students will become familiar
with the primary texts of the Jewish and the Muslim traditions
while learning to distinguish between source texts and the
history of interpretation. In addition, they will gain skills
in textual analysis, legal interpretation, philosophic reading
and cultural comparison.
*Law and Literature: The take-home exam in this course
will be given from Friday, May 12, 3:00pm to Monday, May 15,
6:00pm.
Fall 2005 Final Exams.
Exam Schedule. The final exam schedule for the current
semester is linked
to this page. You will be notified of the classroom assignments
for your exams prior to the start of exam period.
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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
Exams on Computer Sign-Up. The period for registering
to take exams on computer has now closed.
Exam Emergencies. If an emergency occurs that may
prevent you from taking a final exam, you or someone on your
behalf should call me (312/906-5282) or Jamie Lake (312/906-5247)
as soon as possible. If you cannot reach either of us, call
the Registrar's office (312/906-5080). Do not contact your
professor about any problem connected with your exam, as this
may compromise your anonymity. 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 in the Student Handbook.
Consulting Laptops During Exams. Unless your professor
specifically authorizes it, you may not consult materials
(notes, outlines, etc.) stored on your laptop computer during
an open book or limited open book exam; you are limited to
consulting print materials authorized by your professor. Please
note: This is separate from the issue of whether you may write
your exam on your own laptop. The limitation described above
applies whether you are writing your exam by hand or on a
lab or laptop computer.
Cell Phones During Exams. You are not permitted to
use a cell phone during any exam, including during any restroom
breaks. If you have a cell phone with you during an exam,
it must be turned off and stored out of sight.
Access to Computer Labs During Exams. Because we
use the computer labs during many of the exam slots during
exam period, access for other purposes (e.g., printing out
papers or exam outlines) is limited. Please keep in mind
that there is a printer in the 5th Floor Student Lounge
that you can use if the labs are all in use.
Joke of the Week. Question: What did Hamlet say
when he found the liniment? Answer: Aye, there's
the rub! (Thanks to Matt Cavanaugh for this week's joke.)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Spring
and Fall," by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Week of
November 28, 2005
No new
entries this week.
Week of
November 21, 2005
Spring 2006 Schedule and Registration.
Final Spring 2006 Schedule and Registration Bulletin.
The final schedule and Registration Bulletin for the Spring
2006 semester are available outside the third floor cafeteria.
Online versions are also available on the Student
Portal page (click on the Spring 2006 link), or by clicking
here.
Please note the following additions/corrections to the Spring
schedule:
*Additional section of Legal Writing 4: 432-054,
Tues./Thurs. 6:00-7:25pm, Intellectual Property (Prof. Dolan).
*Management of I.P. Portfolios: This class will meet
Tuesdays 4:00-5:50 pm (it was listed as day/time TBA on the
final schedule). The course number is 239-071 (not 239-051).
*Seventh Cir. Review: Honors Seminar: This seminar
is 2 credits (the number of credits was inadvertently omitted
on the final schedule).
Registration Instructions. Registration will take place
Thursday, November 17 through Tuesday, November 22. You
may register at any time during that period. Registration
will take place through the Online Registration system (linked
to the Student Portal page). After the end of the registration
period, the registration requests will be processed according
to each student's registration priority. In other words, registration
will not be conducted on a first-come, first served basis;
as long as you register during the designated period, you
will have an equal chance of being admitted to a class as
other students within your registration priority group.
Registration for First-Year Students. Although first-year
students have set schedules, you still must register for your
Spring courses using the Online Registration system. Please
be careful to register for the doctrinal classes listed for
your current section, and for the Legal Writing section taught
by your current professor.
University of Metz Exchange Program. As part of an
agreement recently concluded with the University of Metz,
ten Chicago-Kent students will have the opportunity to take
three courses, totaling nine credits, during the Spring 2006
semester. The University will match each student with an internship
opportunity in Luxembourg, Frankfurt, or elsewhere. The courses
are: Comparative Intellectual Property Law, European Union
Law, and Comparative Constitutional Law. The internships are
not available to students who do not study at Metz this Spring.
Contact Assistant Dean Lydia Lazar (llazar@kentlaw.edu) for
more information.
Academic Calendar Reminder. Thanksgiving vacation runs
from Thursday, November 24, through Sunday, November 27. The
class schedule following Thanksgiving is as follows:
Monday, November 28: Monday classes meet (Labor Day
make-up)
Tuesday, November 29: Tuesday classes meet (Rosh Hashanah)
Wednesday, November 30: Wednesday classes starting
4:00 and later meet (day classes do not meet) (Yom
Kippur make-up)
Thursday, December 1: Thursday classes meet (Thanksgiving
make-up)
Friday, December 2: Friday classes meet (Thanksgiving
make-up)
Monday, December 5: Thursday classes meet (Yom Kippur
make-up)
Tuesday, December 6 (last day of classes): Monday
classes 4:00 and later meet (day classes do not meet)
Rosh Hashanah make-up)
Read period runs from Wednesday, December 7 through Sunday,
December 11. Exams start on Monday, December 12 and end on
Wednesday, December 21.
Fall 2005 Final Exams.
Exam Schedule. The final exam schedule for the current
semester is linked
to this page. The Registrar's office will notify you at
a later date of the classroom assignments for your exams.
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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
Exams on Computer Sign-Up. Many professors allow
students to take their exams on computer (either lab computers
or students' own laptops, or both). Registration for taking
exams on computer begins on Monday, November 14 and runs through
Wednesday, November 30. To register, log onto your Webmail
account, click on the Web for Students icon, and navigate
to the appropriate form.
Intensive Trial Advocacy: Seats Still Available in January
2006 Session. Registration for the January session of
Intensive Trial Advocacy (January 7-January 14, 2006) took
place as part of Fall 2005 registration. However, several
spaces are still available. Please contact me if you are interested
in being added to the class.
Teaching Evaluations. Teaching evaluations will be distributed
in the coming weeks to elicit students' opinions about 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. "You know, a male turkey and
a male cat are both called Toms. I don't need that kind of
confusion on Thanksgiving." (Reno Goodale)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Romance,"
by Edgar Allan Poe. (Thanks to Amy Strege for suggesting
this poem.)
Week of
November 14,
2005
Academic Calendar Reminder. Thanksgiving
vacation runs from Thursday, November 24, through Sunday,
November 27. The class schedule following Thanksgiving is
as follows:
Monday, November 28: Monday classes meet (Labor Day
make-up)
Tuesday, November 29: Tuesday classes meet (Rosh Hashanah)
Wednesday, November 30: Wednesday classes starting
4:00 and later meet (day classes do not meet) (Yom
Kippur make-up)
Thursday, December 1: Thursday classes meet (Thanksgiving
make-up)
Friday, December 2: Friday classes meet (Thanksgiving
make-up)
Monday, December 5: Thursday classes meet (Yom Kippur
make-up)
Tuesday, December 6 (last day of classes): Monday
classes 4:00 and later meet (day classes do not meet)
Rosh Hashanah make-up)
Read period runs from Wednesday, December 7 through Sunday,
December 11. Exams start on Monday, December 12 and end on
Wednesday, December 21.
Spring 2006 Schedule and Registration.
Final Spring 2006 Schedule and Registration Bulletin.
The final schedule and Registration Bulletin for the Spring
2006 semester are now available outside the third floor cafeteria.
Online versions are also available on the Student
Portal page (click on the Spring 2006 link), or by clicking
here.
Registration Instructions. Registration will take place
Thursday, November 17 through Tuesday, November 22. You
may register at any time during that period. Registration
will take place through the Online Registration system (linked
to the Student Portal page). After the end of the registration
period, the registration requests will be processed according
to each student's registration priority. In other words, registration
will not be conducted on a first-come, first served basis;
as long as you register during the designated period, you
will have an equal chance of being admitted to a class as
other students within your registration priority group.
Registration for First-Year Students. Although first-year
students have set schedules, you still must register for your
Spring courses using the Online Registration system. Please
be careful to register for the doctrinal classes listed for
your current section, and for the Legal Writing section taught
by your current professor.
Fall 2005 Final Exams. The final exam schedule for
the current semester is linked
to this page.
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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
Exams on Computer Sign-Up. Many professors allow
students to take their exams on computer (either lab computers
or students' own laptops, or both). Registration for taking
exams on computer begins on Monday, November 14 and runs through
Wednesday, November 30. To register, log onto your Webmail
account, click on the Web for Students icon, and navigate
to the appropriate form.
Intensive Trial Advocacy: Seats Still Available in January
2006 Session. Registration for the January session of
Intensive Trial Advocacy (January 7-January 14, 2006) took
place as part of Fall 2005 registration. However, several
spaces are still available. Please contact me if you are interested
in being added to the class.
Joke of the Week. "Vanna White's in a rehab center.
She's hooked on phonics." (Scott Wood)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
First Dream," by Billy Collins.
Week of
November 7,
2005
Spring 2006 Preliminary Schedule. The Spring
2006 preliminary schedule is linked
to this page. Please note: This preliminary
schedule was issued last April (prior to registration for
the current Fall 2005 semester), and changes will be made
to the schedule before it is finalized. The first-year schedule
for the Spring will be published in the final schedule. The
final schedule will be issued late in the week of November
7.
Fall 2005 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 circumstances
justifying the rescheduling of an exam (see Student Handbook
sections 7.2 and 7.3), please complete a Final Exam Reschedule
form on the Web for Students site (log onto your Webmail account,
click on the Web for Students icon, and navigate to the Final
Exam Reschedule form). The deadline is Friday, November
11. If your request is approved, the Registrar's office
will notify you later this semester of the rescheduled date,
time, and location of your exam.
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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
ASP Workshop: Preparing for and Taking Exams. The Academic
Support Program will present its final Fall workshop on Tuesday,
November 8, 12:00-1:00 pm, in Rm. 590 (for day students)
and Wednesday, November 9, 5:00-5:45 pm, in Rm 590
(for evening students). This workshop will focus on strategies
for preparing for and taking exams and will feature comments
from both the faculty and student perspectives. Although the
workshop is mainly aimed at first-year students, all students
are welcome to attend. If you are unable to attend but would
like to see a videotape of the program, contact Jamie Lake
(e-mail: JLAKE). For more information about the Academic Support
Program, visit the ASP
web page.
Trial Team Success. Congratulations to the Chicago-Kent
Trial Team for its impressive showing in the University of
Buffalo National Mock Trial Invitational. Two Kent teams were
among the 30 teams competing in the tournament. The first
Kent team, consisting of Anthony Lucafo, Jason Kang, Robert
Milla, and Keya Rajput, finished in the final four (for the
second year in a row). The second team, consisting of Stacy
Manning, Daniel Hanichak, Elizabeth Stark, and Andrew Cherkasky,
made it to the final eight. Both teams were lead by coaches
Margaret Firnstein, David Lavin, Nick Caputo and George Dumas.
Joke of the Week. "Do you really appreciate
igneous rock? Or do you just take it for granite?" (Thanks
to Matt Cavanaugh for this week's joke.)
Poem of the Week. In honor of Veterans Day on November
11, this week's poem is "In
Flanders Field," by Lt. Col. John McCrae. (Thanks
to Sue Russell for suggesting this week's poem.)
Week of
October 31, 2005
Notice About November 4 MPRE Exam. We have
been informed that the Multistate Professional Responsibility
Exam (MPRE) on November 4 is scheduled to be administered
at the Congress Plaza Hotel, which is being picketed by striking
workers. Strike organizers advise us that the picket line
"regularly includes chanting via bullhorn, handbilling
and at times demonstrations." We have expressed our concerns
to the National Conference of Bar Examiners, which administers
the MPRE.
Fall 2005 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 circumstances
justifying the rescheduling of an exam (see Student Handbook
sections 7.2 and 7.3), please complete a Final Exam Reschedule
form on the Web for Students site (log onto your Webmail account,
click on the Web for Students icon, and navigate to the Final
Exam Reschedule form). The deadline is Friday, November
11. If your request is approved, the Registrar's office
will notify you later this semester of the rescheduled date,
time, and location of your exam.
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://library.kentlaw.edu/Services/students.htm,
clicking on the Exams Database link on the left, and then
clicking on the link indicated there.
New Certificate Program in Public Interest Law. The faculty
recently approved a new Certificate Program in Public Interest
Law. The program will be administered by Professor Ronald
Staudt as part of the activities of the newly formed Center
for Access to Justice and Technology. The certificate requirements
include 12 hours of coursework, including two courses that
will be new to the curriculum: Legal Writing 4-Public Interest
Law, and a new three-credit course titled Public Interest
Law and Policy. The Career Services Office will offer a required
Career Path Planning process as part of the certificate program.
While the program officially launches in Fall 2006, look for
announcements of meetings and presentations introducing the
program to students over the next few months.
ASP Workshop: Preparing for and Taking Exams. The Academic
Support Program will present its final Fall workshop on Tuesday,
November 8, 12:00-1:00 pm, in Rm. 590 (for day students)
and Wednesday, November 9, 5:00-5:45 pm, in Rm 590
(for evening students). This workshop will focus on strategies
for preparing for and taking exams and will feature comments
from both the faculty and student perspectives. Although the
workshop is mainly aimed at first-year students, all students
are welcome to attend. If you are unable to attend but would
like to see a videotape of the program, contact Jamie Lake
(e-mail: JLAKE). For more information about the Academic Support
Program, visit the ASP
web page.
Joke of the Week. Why can't a scientist tell a joke
timing.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "I
Died for Beauty," by Emily Dickinson.
Week of
October 24, 2005
New Certificate Program in Public Interest Law.
The faculty recently approved a new Certificate Program in
Public Interest Law. The program will be administered by Professor
Ronald Staudt as part of the activities of the newly formed
Center for Access to Justice and Technology. The certificate
requirements include 12 hours of coursework, including two
courses that will be new to the curriculum: Legal Writing
4-Public Interest Law, and a new three-credit course titled
Public Interest Law and Policy. The Career Services Office
will offer a required Career Path Planning process as part
of the certificate program. While the program officially launches
in Fall 2006, look for announcements of meetings and presentations
introducing the program to students over the next few months.
Trial Team Tryouts - UPDATE: Tryouts for the Chicago-Kent
Trial Advocacy Team will be held on Tuesday, November 1, at
6:00 pm in the Chicago-Kent Courtroom. All students (including
first-year students) are eligible. Details are linked
to this page.
Joke of the Week. "I'm shopping, and I caught
this guy who's comparing apples and oranges. So I walked over
and said, 'Hey, you can't do that.' He said, 'Why not?' 'Because
it would be like . . . forget it.'" (James Leemer)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Curriculum
Vitae," by Lisel Mueller.
Week of
October 17, 2005
Trial Team Tryouts. UPDATE 10/18/05:
Tryouts for the Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy Team will be held
on Tuesday, November 1, at 6:00 pm in the Chicago-Kent Courtroom.
All students (including first-year students) are eligible.
Details are linked
to this page.
Joke of the Week. "The very existence of flamethrowers
proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves,
'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire,
but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.'"
(George Carlin)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Fire
and Ice," by Robert Frost.
Week of
October 10, 2005
Academic Calendar Reminder. Due to a religious
holiday, classes starting 4:00 and later are canceled on Wednesday,
October 12, and all classes are canceled on Thursday,
October 13.
Fire Drill. We would like to thank students, faculty,
and staff for their cooperation with the recent fire drill.
We were pleased with how the drill went, but would like to
pass along a few reminders:
*Please use the nearest staircase to exit the building
-- do not use the elevators.
*Please do not take time to gather up your belongings
-- your safety is more important than your possessions.
If you feel that you must take any valuables with you,
please "grab and go" -- do not waste precious
seconds or minutes powering down your laptop computer
or packing up your belongings.
*Once you exit the building, please move eastward down
the sidewalk (toward the lake) so that you will be out
of harm's way if any windows shatter. For your safety,
please do not cross the street or step into traffic.
Trial Team Tryouts. I have been informed that tryouts
for the Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy Team have been rescheduled
to November 1 (from October 11). Details should appear in
my section of the Record approximately two weeks
before that date.
U.S. District Court: "Courtroom as Classroom"
Program. The United States District Court is offering
a program, "The Courtroom as Classroom," for Chicago-Kent
students on Monday, October 24, 4:00-5:30 pm. If
you would like to attend, please RSVP to Denise Lang
(DLANG) so that we can provide a rough estimate of attendance
to the District Court. Although the program is open to all
students, first-year students are particularly encouraged
to attend. The program provides an introduction to federal
court practice and procedures. Each law school in the district
is given its own day to send students to hear from a variety
of speakers drawn as much as possible from graduates of
the law school. Speakers typicially include a U.S.District
Judge; U.S. Magistrate Judge; U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge;
Assistant U.S. Attorney; and Federal Defender Program Staff
Attorney.
The program will be held in the Parsons Memorial Courtroom,
Rm. 2525, on the 25th Floor of the Dirksen Federal Building,
219 South Dearborn Street. The Dirksen Building is within
walking distance; transportation will not be provided. (Walk
east on Adams Street to Dearborn Street; the Dirksen Building
is on the southeast corner of Adams and Dearborn.) You should
plan to arrive at least 10-15 minutes early, as it can take
time to get through the security checkpoint. You should
then proceed directly to the 25th Floor. Please bring a
photo ID with you, but do not bring cameras or any personal
protection devices (weapons, pocket knives, pepper spray,
etc.).
London Law Consortium: Spaces Still Available. I
have been informed that there are still spaces available
in the London Law Consoritum program for the Spring 2006
semester. If you are interested in applying, please contact
me as soon as possible. For details about the program, see
my Record
archives (scroll down to the August 29, 2005 entry).
Joke of the Week. "The Miranda rights, as I
see them: You have the right to remain silent, and to wear
bananas on your head." (Joy Behar) [If you're too young
to get this, do a Google
image search of "Carmen Miranda."]
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Do
Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," by Dylan Thomas.
Week of
October 3, 2005
Academic Calendar Reminder. Due to a religious
holiday, classes starting 4:00 and later are canceled on Monday,
October 3, and all classes are canceled on Tuesday,
October 4.
U.S. District Court: "Courtroom as Classroom"
Program. The United States District Court is offering
a program, "The Courtroom as Classroom," for Chicago-Kent
students on Monday, October 24, 4:00-5:30 pm. If you
would like to attend, please RSVP to Denise Lang (DLANG)
so that we can provide a rough estimate of attendance to the
District Court. Although the program is open to all students,
first-year students are particularly encouraged to attend.
The program provides an introduction to federal court practice
and procedures. Each law school in the district is given its
own day to send students to hear from a variety of speakers
drawn as much as possible from graduates of the law school.
Speakers typicially include a U.S.District Judge; U.S. Magistrate
Judge; U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge; Assistant U.S. Attorney;
and Federal Defender Program Staff Attorney.
The program will be held in the Parsons Memorial Courtroom,
Rm. 2525, on the 25th Floor of the Dirksen Federal Building,
219 South Dearborn Street. The Dirksen Building is within
walking distance; transportation will not be provided. (Walk
east on Adams Street to Dearborn Street; the Dirksen Building
is on the southeast corner of Adams and Dearborn.) You should
plan to arrive at least 10-15 minutes early, as it can take
time to get through the security checkpoint. You should then
proceed directly to the 25th Floor. Please bring a photo ID
with you, but do not bring cameras or any personal protection
devices (weapons, pocket knives, pepper spray, etc.).
Joke of the Week. "I think the Brady Bill is working.
I was in New York and I heard a guy say, 'Give me your wallet,
or I'll blow your brains out in five business days.'"
(Jonathan Katz)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Happiness,"
by Raymond Carver.
Week of
September 26, 2005
Academic Calendar Reminder. Due to a religious
holiday, classes starting 4:00 and later are canceled on Monday,
October 3, and all classes are canceled on Tuesday,
October 4.
ASP Program on Outlining. The Academic Support Program
will present the second of three Fall workshops on Tuesday,
September 27, 12:00-1:00 pm, in Rm. C50 (for day students)
and Wednesday, September 28, at 5:00-5:45 pm, in Rm.
C50 (for evening students). This workshop will focus on different
approaches to the course outlining process and will feature
students and staff sharing tips for assembling a useable and
complete course outline. Although the programs are mainly
aimed at first-year students, all students are welcome to
attend.
Family and Friends Day. Please join us for the Family
and Friends Day program on Saturday, October 1, from
1:00 pm to 4:15 pm. (This year's program is being held in
the afternoon rather than the morning in order to give students
the chance to participate in the Race
for the Cure.) The program is intended to give spouses,
partners, parents, children, and other important people in
students' lives the opportunity to visit the Law School and
get a taste of what their loved ones are experiencing as law
students. The program will include mini-classes taught by
me, Prof. Brill, and Prof. Piatt, as well as a mock trial
demonstration featuring members of our award-winning Trial
Team. If you would like to attend, please complete the response
form no later than September 27. If you have any questions,
please contact Jamie Lake (e-mail: JLAKE).
Book Returns. The Bookstore is in the process of doing
inventory of required texts and supplements in preparation
for returning unpurchased books to the publishers. If you
still have books to purchase, please do so by the end of the
week of September 26.
Joke of the Week. Question: What do you call
a camel without a hump? Answer: Humphrey.
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Dirge
Without Music," by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Week of
September 19, 2005
Elective Courses Subject to Mandatory
Curve. A list of Fall 2005 elective courses with at least
25 students enrolled, and thus subject to the mandatory curve
for elective courses, is linked
to this page.
Trial Team Tryouts. Tryouts for the Chicago-Kent
Trial Advocacy Team will be held on October 11. Further details
will be announced as soon as I receive them.
Fire Safety Reminder. In the event of a fire, it is
vital that we clear the building as quickly as possible. You
should assume that there is a real fire whenever the fire
alarms go off and should immediately take the nearest enclosed
stairwell to the first floor and exit the building -- do not
use the elevators, and do not take valuable time collecting
up your possessions or stopping by your locker. Once you exit
the building, please move eastward down the sidewalk (toward
the lake) so that you will be out of harm's way if any windows
shatter. For your safety, please do not cross the street or
step into traffic. Failure to leave the building promptly,
or failure to follow the directions of Law School personnel,
may subject you to a Code of Conduct charge.
Joke of the Week. "Keith Richards doesn't strike
me as a morning person." (Tom Ryan)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Strange
Meeting," by Wilfred Owen, the great war poet who
died in the closing days of World War I.
Week of
September 12, 2005
Additional Spring 2005 CALI Award Winners.
Congratulations to the following student, who received the
highest grade in the courses indicated. Other CALI Award winners
were announced in last week's Record; the complete list of
CALI winners is linked
to this page.
Complex Crimes Prosecution: Sheilah C. O'Grady
Intensive Trial Advocacy CALI Award Winners. Congratulations
to the following students, who received the highest grades
in the August session of Intensive Trial Advocacy.
Rebecca S. Berlin
Rachel A. Lynch
Suzanne K. O'Connor
Trial Team Tryouts. Update 9/13/05:
Tryouts for the Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy Team will be
held on October 11. Details will be announced as soon as
I receive them.
Televised Coverage of Roberts Confirmation Hearings.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin holding hearings
on Monday, September 12, on the nomination of John Roberts
to be Chief Justice. A TV monitor has been set up on the
second floor of the cafeteria for those who would like to
see the hearings.
Joke of the Week. "Sprint is now offering a
service that is 'talking e-mail.' What is this? Didn't that
used to be called a phone call?" (Jay Leno)
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "Not
Only the Eskimos," by Lisel Mueller.
Week of
September 5, 2005
Academic Calendar Reminder. In observance
of Labor Day, there will be no classes on Monday, September
5.
Additional Spring 2005 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; the complete list of CALI winners is
linked
to this page.
Money Managers: Xiao Zheng
Parternship Taxation 2: Thomas B. Murtagh
Remedies (Prof. Conviser): Andrea E. Forsyth
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 submitted by March
1, 2006. All registration applications must be submitted
both electronically and in print form. 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 additional fees ranging from $350 to $450 if you
apply to take the bar 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 begin working on the
materials sooner rather than later. 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.
Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to
the Bar will visit the Law School later this semester or
early in the Spring semester to answer questions concerning
the completion of the bar registration application. We will
announce the date and time once the session has been scheduled.
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.
February 2006 and July 2006 Illinois Bar Applications.
Applications for the February 2006 bar exam must
be submitted by September 1, 2005. Applications for
the July 2006 bar exam must be submitted by February
1, 2006. All application materials must be submitted
both electronically and in print form. You may file a late
application for the February bar up to December 31, and
for the July bar up to May 31, but substantial penalty fees
apply. 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. 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 December or May. Please
be sure to file an Application for Graduation so that we
will know you plan to graduate in either December or 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.
Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to
the Bar will visit the Law School later this semester or
early in the Spring semester to answer questions concerning
the bar application process. We will announce the date and
time once the session has been scheduled.
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 two-thirds of the credits required for the
J.D. degree (at Chicago-Kent, this means you must have completed
58 credits). Registration information and application forms
for the next exam, on November 4, 2005, are available online
by going to http://www.ncbex.org/mpre.htm.
The deadline for applying for the November exam is September
27, 2005 (the late deadline is October 12).
Weather Closing Information. Flyers with information
about emergency weather closings are available on the table
outside the third-floor cafeteria. As explained in the flyer,
you may find out whether the Law School is closed due to
severe weather in any of the ways listed below. Please
note: Information for the Law School will be listed
under "IIT-Chicago-Kent College of Law."
Radio: WGN 720 AM; WBBM 780 AM.
TV: CBS 2, NBC 5, ABC 7, WGN, Fox 32, CLTV News.
Phone: 847/238-1234.
Online: http://www.EmergencyClosings.com.
(You may also sign up for personalized e-mail notifications
at this site.)
Joke of the Week. If at first you don't succeed,
stay away from skydiving.
Poem of the Week. In honor of Labor Day, this week's
poem is "Shirt,"
by Robert Pinsky. (Thanks to Keith Ann Stiverson for
suggesting this poem.)
Week of
August 29, 2005
Academic Calendar Reminder. In observance
of Labor Day, there will be no classes on Monday, September
5.
Student Organization Fair. The annual Student Organization
Fair will be held on Monday, August 29, from 12:00-2:00 (for
day students) and from 5:00-6:00 (for evening students) in
the second and third floor atriums. All students are invited.
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 (Legal Writing 3, Legal Writing
4, 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.
U-Pass and ID Distribution. If you have not picked
up your U-Pass or ID card, you may do so from Denise Lang
in 320C (just outside my office) between 10:00-12:00 and 2:00-5:00
any day this week. (If you are a continuing student and already
have an ID card, you do not need a new one.) For more details
about the U-Pass program, see our U-Pass
FAQ, and visit the CTA's U-Pass
web site.
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 (starting Monday, August
29), 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.
Private Area for Prayer. If you would like a private
area in the Library to use for prayer, please contact the
librarian on duty at the Reference Desk.
ASP Workshop: How to Prepare For and Get the Most Out of
Class. The Academic Support Program will present a program
this week on how to prepare for class effectively and how
to get the most out of your classes. The program will be held
on Wednesday, August 31, 3:00-4:00 (for day students) and
5:00-5:50 pm (for evening students), in Rm. 590. All students
are invited to attend, but first-year students are particularly
encouraged to attend. If you are unable to attend but would
like to see a videotape of the program, contact Jamie Lake
(JLAKE). For more information about the Academic Support Program,
visit the ASP
web page.
Spring 2005 Grade Distributions. The grade distributions
for Spring 2005 courses are linked
to this page.
Additional Spring 2005 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; the complete list of CALI winners is
linked
to this page.
Antitrust: Daniel S. Konar II
Intellectual Property & Technology Licensing: Christian
G. Stahl & Gregory M. Zinkl
International Criminal Law: Yelena A. Dolgosheeva
International Labor & Employment Law: Elizabeth A.
Noonan
International Organizations: Ravi Rao
International Trade: Lan Zhang & Marc E. McCallister
Law in Contemporary East Asia: Miwako Iida
Spring 2005 Class Ranks/GPA Cut-Offs. The GPA cut-offs
as of the end of the Spring 2005 semester are 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 2006
semester, please pick up a copy of the program brochure
from Denise Lang outside my office (Suite 320C). 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 2, 2005. If you wish to discuss the
program in more detail, contact Professor David Rudstein
(drudstei@kentlaw.edu; 312/906-5354).
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.
| Andrew W. Bateman |
Kevin C. Keenan |
| Muniza Bawaney |
Jonathan R. Lahn |
| Valerie R. Calhoun |
Robert J. Lapointe |
| Ian A. Campbell |
Louis J. Manetti |
| Roy Chamcharas |
Steven A. Markoff |
| Eric Y. Choi |
Deborah S. Nall |
| Erin R. Conway |
Dean F. Pettinga |
| Aaron Davis |
Christopher R. Proesel |
| Joel D. Eagle |
Benjamin H. Shanbaum |
| Sepideh Esmaili |
Suzanne E. Smith |
| Scott C. Fanning |
Daniel S. Stringfield |
| Kelly L. Gawne |
Julie A. Sullivan |
| Adrienne K. Goss |
Kathryn C. Vikingstad |
| Andrew M. Graap |
Nicholas D. Vogel |
| Andrew N. Hamm |
Clare Gaynor Willis |
| Victoria L. Holland |
Sarah A. Zielinski |
| Benjamin A. Householder |
|
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 submitted by March 1,
2006. All registration applications must be submitted
both electronically and in print form. 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 additional fees ranging from $350 to $450 if you apply
to take the bar 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 begin working on the materials sooner
rather than later. 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.
Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to the
Bar will visit the Law School later this semester or early
in the Spring semester to answer questions concerning the
completion of the bar registration application. We will announce
the date and time once the session has been scheduled.
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.
February 2006 and July 2006 Illinois Bar Applications.
Applications for the February 2006 bar exam must be
submitted by November 1, 2005 (if you previously filed
a bar registration application) or by September 1, 2005
(if you have not previously filed a bar registration application).
Applications for the July 2006 bar exam must be submitted
by May 1, 2006 (if you previously filed a bar registration
application) or by February 1, 2006 (if you have not
previously filed a bar registration application). All application
materials must be submitted both electronically and in print
form. You may file a late application for the February bar
up to December 31, and for the July bar up to May 31, but
substantial penalty fees apply. 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. 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 December or May. Please be
sure to file an Application for Graduation so that we will
know you plan to graduate in either December or 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.
Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to the
Bar will visit the Law School later this semester or early
in the Spring semester to answer questions concerning the
bar application process. We will announce the date and time
once the session has been scheduled.
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 two-thirds of the credits required for the J.D.
degree (at Chicago-Kent, this means you must have completed
58 credits). Applications for the next exam, on November 4,
2005, are available in the Registrar's office. You may also
register online by going to http://www.ncbex.org/mpre.htm.
The deadline for applying for the November exam is September
27, 2005 (the late deadline is October 12).
Joke of the Week. Question: How many paranoiacs
does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: WHO WANTS
TO KNOW?!
Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The
Three Goals," by David Budbill.
Week of
August 22, 2005
General Announcements:
Student Organization Fair. The annual Student Organization
Fair will be held on Monday, August 29, from 12:00-2:00 (for
day students) and from 5:00-6:00 (for evening students) in
the second and third floor atriums. All students are invited.
Chicago-Kent Master Calendar. The Chicago-Kent Master
Calendar is linked
to this page; it may also be accessed from the main Chicago-Kent
web page and from the Record web pages (see, e.g.,
the link to the right on this page). This site brings together
the following different calendars: the Academic Calendar,
Admissions Calendar, Alumnae/i Calendar, Events Calendar,
Student Administrative Calendar, and Student Organizations
Calendar. You can view events in calendar or list format;
by day, week, month, or year; and may look at one specific
kind of calendar or all calendars together.
Student Health Insurance. For information about the
2005-2006 student health insurance plan, please see the Student
Services section of this week's Record, and the Student
Health Insurance FAQ.
FERPA Rights and Notification of Access to Education Records.
The Student Handbook outlines student rights and responsibitilies
regarding access to educational records. Please review sections
14.4 and 14.5, which are linked
to this page. Please pay particular attention to section
14.5, which lists the types of information that Chicago-Kent
classifies as "directory information" (which Chicago-Kent
may release at its discretion) and the information published
in the online Student Directory (available only to members
of the Chicago-Kent community). Section 14.5 also explains
how you may request that directory information, including
the information published in the Student Directory, not be
published or released.
Notice to Students in Substance Abuse Recovery (or who
want to be). If you are in recovery for a substance abuse
problem, or if you are not in recovery but would like help
with a substance abuse problem, consider contacting the Lawyers
Assistance Program. This confidential program exists to help
lawyers, judges, and law students with alcohol abuse, drug
dependency, or mental health problems. If you are already
in recovery, there is a weekly A.A. meeting at LAP's Chicago
office, Tuesdays from 12:15-1:15 pm, at 20 S. Clark Street,
Suite 1820. If you would like to be put in contact with other
members of the Chicago-Kent community who are in recovery,
call Janet Voss, the director of LAP, at 312/726-6607. If
you are not in recovery but would like to find out more about
what LAP can do for you, call or stop by LAP's office, or
go to their web site at http://www.illinoislap.org.
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 candidate's
fund-raiser; and putting campaign posters on university property.
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please
contact Mary Anne Smith, Vice President and General Counsel
of IIT, at 312/567-3034.
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.
To Entering Students:
Student Handbook and Code of Conduct. Please take time
to review the Student
Handbook, including the Chicago-Kent Code of Conduct (located
at the end of the Handbook). For future reference, there is
a permanent link to the Handbook on the main Student
Portal page.
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, or received a period of supervision
for, any offense other than a minor traffic or parking
violation, or is any charge now pending against you concerning
such an offense? (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?
Academic Support Program. You received information
during Orientation about the Academic Support Program, which
is designed to assist first-year students in developing the
skills needed to succeed in law school. Please see the Academic
Support Program section of the Record for more information
about the Academic Support Program, including membership criteria
for ASP small group sessions and the process for petitioning
into the small groups. Information about the program and study
resources is also available on the ASP
web site.
U-Pass and ID Distribution. U-Passes and ID cards will
be distributed on Monday, August 22, 11:00-2:00 in the main
lobby. For more details about the U-Pass program, see our
U-Pass
FAQ, and visit the CTA's U-Pass
web site. We will also distribute informational brochures
along with the U-Pass cards.
To Returning Students:
Fall 2005 Semester Information. The Fall
2005 Term Information page has most of the information
you will need in advance of the start of the Fall semester.
(Permanent links for term information pages appear on the
Student
Portal page, under "Academic term information.")
Print copies of many of the documents described below are
available outside the third floor cafeteria.
Initial Reading Assignments and Course Materials.
Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall semester
are available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page. (Please note: The list
of initial assignments has been updated since it was first
posted.)
Course Information Updates. Course information updates
for Fall 2005 classes are available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page. (Please note: This
document has been updated since it was first posted.) A revised
version of the Fall class schedule incorporating these changes,
as well as revised course and exam grids, are available outside
the third floor cafeteria; online versions are available on
the Fall
2005 Term Information page.
Revised Fall Schedule (with Classroom Assignments).
A revised copy of the Fall 2005 Schedule of Classes, including
classroom assignments, is available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page. Classroom assignments will
also be posted in the front lobby later this week.
New Family Law Program. Chicago-Kent has created a
new Graduate Program (LL.M.) in Family Law. Students in the
J.D. program may take courses in the program with the permission
of Prof. Ira Feldman, the program's co-director. The following
courses will be offered this Fall:
*Financial Aspects of Divorce, Mondays 6:00-7:55 pm
*Children and the Law, Tuesdays 6:00-7:55 pm
*Negotiations and Strategies, Wednesdays 6:00-7:55 pm
*Forensic Psychology, Thursdays 6:00-7:55 pm
Details about these Fall course offerings are on the final
page of the revised Fall 2005 schedule, available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page.
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.
Exam Schedule. A copy of the Fall 2005 exam schedule
is available on the Fall
2005 Term Information 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 Jamie Lake,
the Director of Student Services (312/906-5247; e-mail: JLAKE).
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 available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page.
Bookstore Hours. The Bookstore's hours for the Fall
semester are available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page.
2005-2006 Academic Calendar. The Academic Calendar
for 2005-2006 is linked
to this page.
Legal, Ethical & Political Issues in Business:
Cross-Listed Course. This course is being offered by the
Stuart Graduate School of Business and is open to upper-level
law students. It will meet Fridays, 6:00-9:15 pm, and will
be taught by Sharon O'Bryan, President and CEO of O'Bryan
Advisory Services, Inc. The Stuart School course number is
MGT 556-077. The course will meet on the Stuart School's calendar
(Fall quarter). If you are interested in this course, please
contact Dean Sowle.
Spring 2006 Preliminary Schedule. The preliminary class
schedule for the Spring 2006 semester is linked
to this page. Please note: This schedule is only
preliminary; there will be additions to the class list (in
particular, we anticipate adding several seminars) and other
changes made before the schedule is finalized. The final Spring
2006 schedule will be issued later this semester, when registration
for Spring 2006 classes will also take place.
At this point, we anticipate adding the following
courses to the preliminary Spring schedule: Federal Courts
(in the day); and Nonprofit Law (in a 4:00 slot).
U-Pass Distribution. All full-time day students (determined
by your official division status, not by the number of credit
hours you take in a particular semester) will be issued a
U-Pass card valid from August 22 (the first day of classes)
through December 21 (the end of Fall exams). New cards will
be issued at the start of the Spring semester. The charge
for the card will appear on the semester bill for each full-time
student. For more details about the U-Pass program, see our
U-Pass
FAQ, and visit the CTA's U-Pass
web site. If you have not yet picked up your Fall U-Pass,
you may do so at the following time:
Monday, August 22, 11:00am - 2:00pm, Front Lobby.
If you registered for Fall classes late or do not have a picture
in the ID system, we will not have a U-Pass for you. Please
let us know that you qualify for a U-Pass and, after we confirm
your status, we will order one for you.
Spring 2005 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 Spring 2005 courses are linked
to this page. If a section or a course is not listed,
that means the professor elected not to give a CALI award,
or we have not yet heard from the professor. Congratulations
to all of you who received an award -- you should be proud
of your achievement. [Update -- we have received several
additional CALI winners from Spring professors; check back
later today for an update.]
Spring 2005 Class Ranks/GPA Cut-Offs. [This information
will be posted shortly.]
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 2006 semester,
please pick up a copy of the program brochure from Denise
Lang outside my office (Suite 320C). 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 2, 2005. If you wish to discuss the program in more
detail, contact Professor David Rudstein (drudstei@kentlaw.edu;
312/906-5354).
Joke of the week. "Tourists, have some fun with
New York's hard-boiled cabbies. When you get to your destination,
say to your driver, 'Pay? I was hitchhiking.'" (David
Letterman)
Poem of the week. Law school is often a relentlessly
analytical enterprise. To help make sure we don't forget that
there are other ways of perceiving the world and seeking for
truths, I am inaugurating a new feature, the "poem of
the week." The inaugural poem is "Forgetfulness,"
by Billy Collins.
Week of
August 15, 2005
General Announcements:
Student Organization Fair. The annual Student Organization
Fair will be held on Monday, August 29, from 12:00-2:00 (for
day students) and from 5:00-6:00 (for evening students) in
the second and third floor atriums. All students are invited.
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 supervise the Registrar's office on scheduling your courses,
administering your exams, and maintaining your academic records.
I oversee 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 (906-5282), 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.
Orientation Week. The final schedule for Orientation
week will be distributed in the packets you receive when you
arrive on August 15. In addition, the Admissions Office has
created a special
web site for entering students with links to lots of useful
information. (A password is required for access to this site;
contact the Office of Admissions if you don't have a password.)
Academic Support Program. You will receive information
during Orientation about the Academic Support Program, which
is designed to assist first-year students in developing the
skills needed to succeed in law school. Please see the Academic
Support Program section of the Record later this week
(it has not yet been updated) for more information about the
Academic Support Program, including membership criteria for
ASP small group sessions and the process for petitioning into
the small groups. Information about the program and study
resources is also available on the ASP
web site.
CTA U-Pass Program. Chicago-Kent is a participant in
the Chicago Transit Authority's U-Pass program. The U-Pass
is a discount fare card allowing unlimited rides on all CTA
buses and trains. The U-Pass also qualifies holders for discounts
of up to 50% at over 750 merchants throughout Chicago. All
full-time day students will be issued a U-Pass card valid
from August 22 (the first day of classes) through December
21 (the end of Fall exams). New cards will be issued at the
start of the Spring semester. The charge for the card will
appear on the semester bill for each full-time student. Due
to restrictions imposed by the CTA, the program is not currently
available to evening students or part-time day students. For
more details, see our U-Pass
FAQ, and visit the CTA's U-Pass
web site. We will also distribute informational brochures
along with the U-Pass cards. Details about when and how the
cards will be distributed to first-year students will be sent
by e-mail, and will appear in next week's Record.
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 (906-5282), come by my office (Suite 320C),
or e-mail me (SSOWLE).
Fall 2005 Semester Information. The Fall
2005 Term Information page has most of the information
you will need in advance of the start of the Fall semester.
(Permanent links for term information pages appear on the
Student
Portal page, under "Academic term information.")
Print copies of many of the documents described below are
available outside the third floor cafeteria.
Initial Reading Assignments and Course Materials.
Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall semester
are available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page. (Please note: The list
of initial assignments has been updated since it was first
posted last week, and may be updated again if we receive additional
assignments.) If you have not yet returned to school, you
may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course materials 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
materials over the Internet by clicking on the Bookstore link
on the Student
Portal page.
Course Information Updates. Cours information updates
for Fall 2005 classes are available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page. (Please note: This
document has been updated since it was first posted last week,
and further changes may be made before the start of Fall classes).
A revised version of the Fall class schedule incorporating
these changes, as well as revised course and exam grids, are
available outside the third floor cafeteria; online versions
are available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page.
Revised Fall Schedule (with Classroom Assignments).
A revised copy of the Fall 2005 Schedule of Classes, including
classroom assignments, is available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page. Classroom assignments will
also be posted in the front lobby later this week.
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.
Exam Schedule. A copy of the Fall 2005 exam schedule
is available on the Fall
2005 Term Information 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 Jamie Lake,
the Director of Student Services (312/906-5247; e-mail: JLAKE).
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 available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page.
Bookstore Hours. The Bookstore's hours for the Fall
semester are available on the Fall
2005 Term Information page.
2005-2006 Academic Calendar. The Academic Calendar
for 2005-2006 is linked
to this page.
Appellate Courts & Procedure: Consider Taking This
Fall Course. (A notice from Prof. Steinman.) All through
law school you read appellate court decisions, and perhaps
you plan to litigate. How much do you know about appellate
review? about who can appeal, when, where, and how? about
the scope of review available before final judgment? Do you
understand what the various standards of review really mean,
and what standard the courts will apply to what issues? Are
you sure of the degree to which the trial court record and
the issues you've raised – or failed to raise – in the trial
court limit what you can argue on appeal? Have you pondered
when appellate courts feel free to make new law and when they
leave law making to legislatures? or the role of intermediate
appellate courts in lawmaking? Have you considered how the
volume of litigation has altered how appellate courts operate
(their internal procedures, their use of staff, the very structure
of appellate court systems), and the implications of those
changes for how appellate counsel must work? Do you know much
about U.S. Supreme Court jurisdiction and certiorari policy,
or the role of amicus curiae? If these questions interest
you, consider taking Appellate Courts and Procedure, MWTh
9:35-10:30 am. We'll be using brand new materials by Meador,
Baker, & Steinman.
Legal, Ethical & Political Issues in Business:
Cross-Listed Course. This course is being offered by the
Stuart Graduate School of Business and is open to upper-level
law students. It will meet Fridays, 6:00-9:15 pm, and will
be taught by Sharon O'Bryan, President and CEO of O'Bryan
Advisory Services, Inc. The Stuart School course number is
MGT 556-077. The course will meet on the Stuart School's calendar
(Fall quarter). If you are interested in this course, please
contact Dean Sowle.
Spring 2006 Preliminary Schedule. The preliminary class
schedule for the Spring 2006 semester is linked
to this page. Please note: This schedule is only
preliminary; there will be additions to the class list (in
particular, we anticipate adding several seminars) and other
changes made before the schedule is finalized. The final Spring
2006 schedule will be issued later this semester, when registration
for Spring 2006 classes will also take place.
At this point, we anticipate adding the following
courses to the preliminary Spring schedule: Federal Courts
(in the day); and Nonprofit Law (in a 4:00 slot).
U-Pass Distribution. All full-time day students (determined
by your official division status, not by the number of credit
hours you take in a particular semester) will be issued a
U-Pass card valid from August 22 (the first day of classes)
through December 21 (the end of Fall exams). New cards will
be issued at the start of the Spring semester. The charge
for the card will appear on the semester bill for each full-time
student. For more details about the U-Pass program, see our
U-Pass
FAQ, and visit the CTA's U-Pass
web site. Distribution of Fall 2005 U-Passes to continuing
students will take place on the following dates:
*Wednesday, August 17, 11:00am - 1:00pm, Front Lobby.
*Friday, August 19, 11:00am - 1:00pm, Front Lobby.
*Monday, August 22, 11:00am - 2:00pm, Front Lobby.
If you registered for Fall classes late or do not have a picture
in the ID system, we will not have a U-Pass for you. Please
let us know that you qualify for a U-Pass and, after we confirm
your status, we will order one for you.
Spring 2005 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 Spring 2005 courses are linked
to this page. If a section or a course is not listed,
that means the professor elected not to give a CALI award,
or we have not yet heard from the professor. Congratulations
to all of you who received an award -- you should be proud
of your achievement.
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 2006 semester,
please pick up a copy of the program brochure from Denise
Lang outside my office (Suite 320C). 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 2, 2005. If you wish to discuss the program in more
detail, contact Professor David Rudstein (drudstei@kentlaw.edu;
312/906-5354).
Joke of the week. In honor of our new Legislative
Process course, here are a few "dumb laws" on the
books in Illinois (according to the Dumb
Laws web site):
*You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least
one dollar bill on your person.
*You must contact the police before entering the city in an
automobile.
*You may not eat in a place that is on fire (Chicago only).
(I suspect some of these laws could be challenged on grounds
of desuetude.)
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