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Office of Academic Administration
and Student Affairs
Asst. Dean Stephen
D. Sowle
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Week of February 6, 2006 |
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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 2005 elective courses with at least 25 students
enrolled, and thus subject to the mandatory curve for elective
courses, 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. 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. 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.
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