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Welcome Back! Congratulations to all first-year students
on completing your first semester of law school, and to upper-level
students for making it one semester closer to graduation.
I hope everyone had a restful holiday break. I would like
to thank everyone who sent get well messages or cards while
I was ill. I'm recovered now and am very happy to be back
at work. My son, who had surgery several weeks ago, is also
doing well.
"Law as a Profession: From Law Student to Lawyer,"
Wednesday, February 5. (Registration deadline, Friday, January
24.) To supplement other aspects of our educational curriculum
and to reinforce our emphasis on professionalism, Chicago-Kent
organized the first Law as a Profession program in 1995. This
program is a graduation requirement. Law as a Profession 2003
will be offered twice on February 5th, once for 2L day students,
from 8 a.m. - 3:15 p.m., and again for 2L evening students
(and any 3L/4L student who has not previously attended) from
5 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. Classes for the rest of the student body
will be canceled that day. Program topics include: Establishing
your Professional Reputation, Diversity in the Profession,
Managing your Practice/Personal Life/Time (incorporating pro
bono work), and Ethics and the Law. Business casual attire
is required (dress slacks, sweaters, dress shirts, pantsuits,
skirt/sweater, etc.). No jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes, hats,
etc. Day program registration is between 7:45 a.m. and 8:15
a.m. in the front lobby. Continental breakfast and boxed lunches/dinners
will be provided. Evening program registration and dinner
will take place between 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Note:
If you have special dietary needs, please contact Lindsay
Duvall in the Student Services Office at lduvall@kentlaw.edu.
Academic Calendar Reminder. In observance of Dr. King's
Birthday, there will be no classes on Monday, January 20.
Spring semester classes will begin on Tuesday, January 21.
Adding Classes After the First Week. You may add an
open course without special permission until the end of the
first week of Spring classes; during the second week, however,
you may add an open course only with permission of the instructor.
You may not add a course after the second week of the semester.
Spring 2003 Initial Reading Assignments. Initial assignments
for many Spring 2003 courses are available through the Student
Portal page.
Spring 2003 Classroom Assignments. Classroom assignments
for Spring courses are posted in the front lobby.
Spring 2003 Schedule Changes. A list of changes to
the Spring schedule that were made prior to the holiday break
is linked
to this page. In addition, the following courses have
since been canceled due to low enrollment:
Advanced Research (Prof. Gnoffo, 422-051)
Legal Drafting (Prof. T. Cahill, 424-051)
Cybercrimes (Prof. Chval, 214-051)
I.P. in New Technological Age (Prof. Piatt, 233-051)
Advanced Topics in Busines and Corporate Law (Prof. Gillespie,
623-071)
Spring 2003 Trial Advocacy Section Assignments. Assignments
for the Spring 2003 sections of Trial Advocacy 1 and Trial
Advocacy 2 are linked
to this page.
Spring 2003 Final Exams. The final exam schedule for
the Spring semester is linked
to this page. The Student
Handbook requires that you take your finals at the times
scheduled, even if you have two exams in a row, or one at
6:00 p.m. and another at 8:30 a.m. the next morning. Absent
extraordinary circumstances, the only exception is if you
have three exams scheduled consecutively (which rarely happens)
or two exams scheduled at the same time. If you believe you
have an exam conflict or other circumstances justifying the
rescheduling of an exam (see Student Handbook sections 7.2
and 7.3), please contact me.
Bookstore Hours and Website. The bookstore's hours
are linked
to this page. Please do not use the bookstore's website
to order your books -- it is not currently functioning.
Bar Registration for First-Year Students. First-year
students who plan to take the Illinois Bar Examination after
graduation should register with the Illinois bar examiners.
The registration materials must be postmarked by March
1, 2003. The forms and instructions are available on the
bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
Although you are not required to register as a first-year
student, the advantage of doing so is that you will avoid
paying a late fee of $350 imposed on those who register at
any point after March 1 of their first year. If you are uncertain
whether you intend to practice in Illinois, you may want to
consider waiting to register and paying the late fee should
you eventually decide to take the Illinois bar exam. The application
form is very comprehensive and requires you to provide a significant
amount of background information, some of which may be difficult
to remember or obtain. If you have any questions about the
application materials, you may call the Illinois Board of
Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917.
All information you disclose on the bar registration application
should be consistent with answers to questions on your Application
for Admission to the law school. Please note, however, that
the bar registration application asks for a considerable
amount of information that you were not asked to provide
on our Application for Admission. You only need to be concerned
about the consistency of your answers for questions asked
on both forms. You can amend your Application for Admission,
if necessary, by addressing a letter to me setting forth
the details of the omission or misrepresentation and the
reason for it.
First-year students who think they may practice in another
state should contact the bar examiners office in
that state as soon as possible to determine their registration
requirements. Booklets with the addresses and phone numbers
of state bar examiners offices are available for you to
consult in the Registrar’s office and in my office.
July 2003 Illinois Bar Application. Applications
for the July 2003 Illinois bar exam must be postmarked by
February 1, 2003. The forms and instructions are
available on the bar examiners' web site: http://www.ibaby.org/.
Please note: Even if you registered with
the bar examiners as a first-year student, you must still
file a final application by February 1. If you did not register
during your first year, you will need a separate set of
application materials, which contains both the registration
application and the final application. Please be sure that
you obtain the correct materials. If you have any questions
about the application materials, you may call the Illinois
Board of Admissions to the Bar at 217/522-5917.
The law school sends a “Certificate of Dean of Law School
Proof of Legal Education” to the Illinois bar examiners
for every student who graduates in May. Please be sure to
file an Application for Graduation so that we will know
you plan to graduate in May.
All information you disclose on the bar application should
be consistent with answers to questions on your Application
for Admission to the law school. Please note, however, that
the bar application asks for a considerable amount of information
that you were not asked to provide on our Application for
Admission. You only need to be concerned about the consistency
of your answers for questions asked on both forms. You can
amend your Application for Admission, if necessary, by addressing
a letter to me setting forth the details of the omission
or misrepresentation and the reason for it.
Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE).
The MPRE is required for admission to the bars of most jurisdictions,
including Illinois. The exam is administered in March, August,
and November each year. You may take the exam after you
have completed the equivalent of two full academic years
of law school, i.e., after you have completed two-thirds
of the academic requirements for the J.D. degree. Applications
for the next exam, on March 8, 2003, are available in the
Registrar's office. The deadline for applying for the March
exam is January 28, 2003 (the late deadline is February
13).
Joke of the Week. Question: What do marathon
runners with bad footwear suffer? Answer: The agony
of defeat.
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