Fall 2007 Initial Reading Assignments: Updated
List Available. Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall semester
are available on the Fall 2007 Term Information page -- click
here, or go to the main Student
Portal page and click on the Fall '07 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 2007 Course Information Updates. This document
will be posted on Monday, August 13.
Bookstore Hours. This document
will be posted on Monday, August 13.
Spring 2007 CALI Award Winners.
This document will be posted on Monday, August 13.
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 2008 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 7, 2007. If you wish to
discuss the program in more detail, contact Professor David Rudstein (drudstei@kentlaw.edu;
312/906-5354).
Consider Taking Appellate Courts & Procedure.
[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 & Procedure, Mon., Tues., Thurs. 1:55-2:50
pm. We'll be using new materials by Meador, Baker, & Steinman.
Joke
of the Week. "Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead
of bleeding, he sings." (Ed Gardner)
Poem of the Week. This
week's poem is "The
Darkling Thrush," by Thomas Hardy.