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Weeks of November 6, 2006
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Fall 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 Reschedule Requests: Deadline November 10. 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, November 10. 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 current policy, 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 Monday, November 13. Keep an eye on the Record for more details.

•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 and clicking on the Exam Database link (under Resources).

Spring 2007 Preliminary Schedule. The Spring 2007 preliminary schedule is linked to this page. Please note: This preliminary schedule was issued last April (prior to registration for the current Fall 2006 semester), and changes will be made to the schedule before it is finalized. The final schedule will be issued late in the week of November 7.

ASP Workshop: Preparing For and Taking Exams. The Academic Support Program will present its final Fall workshop on Tuesday, November 7, 12:00-1:00 pm, in Rm. 590 (for day students) and Wednesday, November 8, 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. For more information about the Academic Support Program, visit the ASP web page.

Illinois Bar Exam: Q&A with Bar Examiners for 3L/4L Students. Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar will be at the Law School on Tuesday, November 7, 1:00-1:50 pm (for day students) and 5:00-5:50 pm (for evening students) in the Auditorium to provide information and answer questions from students in their final year of school concerning the completion of the bar application process and the character and fitness process. See my Record archives (the September 11 entry) for details about the application process for the February 2007 and July 2007 bar exams. We recommend that you download and look over the application materials available at www.ibaby.org before coming to the November 7 program.

A separate session will be held early in the Spring semester for first-year students; details will be announced in one of the January issues of the Record. See my Record archives (the September 11 entry) for details about the bar registration requirements for first-year students who plan to take the Illinois Bar Examination after graduation.

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. Note about Legal Writing 3 Evaluations: We will be asking students in Legal Writing 3 this semester to evaluate the class through an online form rather than the traditional paper format. If you are taking Legal Writing 3 this semester, you will receive more information about this from your professor.

Intensive Trial Advocacy: Seats Still Available in January 2007 Session. Registration for the January session of Intensive Trial Advocacy (January 13-January 20, 2007) took place as part of Fall 2006 registration. However, several spaces are still available. Please contact me if you are interested in being added to the class.

CALI Award Certificates for 2005-2006. If you won a CALI Award during the 2005-2006 academic year, but were unable to attend the recent Student Awards Luncheon, you may pick your certificate up from Denise Lang outside my office (Suite 320C).

Joke of the Week. Question: Why are robots so brave? Answer: They have nerves of steel.

Poem of the Week. This week's poem is "The Possessive Case," by Lisel Mueller. (Scroll down a bit to see the poem.)
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