FEBRUARY 2012 |
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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PROF. RALPH BRILL BOBBLEHEADS
Want a piece of Chicago-Kent history? The Alumni Association has bobbleheads of Professor Ralph Brill available. Email alums@kentlaw.edu for details. |
Connecting with C-K The Alumni Association is announcing a new opportunity for alumni to connect with students: ConneKtions @ Dinner. Alumni are invited to host small groups of students for dinner during the week of March 5 in their homes or at local restaurants, offering students the chance to network with alumni in a more intimate setting and gain valuable career insights. If you'd like to host a group (co-hosting is encouraged), sign up at www.alumni.kentlaw.edu/connektions by February 13. In addition, we have extended the deadlines to sign up to be an Alumni Ambassador or host a Chicago-Kent extern to February 2. As many of you know, applications to law schools have fallen 16% nationally this year, so the competition for promising students will be even more intense. Your help in persuading an admitted student to attend Chicago-Kent can be critical. For rising 2L students in particular, externships provide a vital step to learn about career pathways and to start networking at an early stage in their law school years. Sign up today, and help us continue to grow an active alumni community! Sincerely, Harold J. Krent Dean and Professor of Law |
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Host a group of students for ConneKtions @ Dinner ConneKtions @ Dinner is an opportunity for alumni in Chicago to host a small group of students at local restaurants or in their homes to build a stronger Chicago-Kent community. We are looking for alumni hosts for March 6-8. More details are available online. Sign up to be a host by February 13. Help us celebrate alumni who devote their careers to the public good by nominating a fellow alumnus/a for The Honorable Abraham Lincoln Marovitz '25 Public Interest Award or the Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award, or an organization for the Public Interest Partner Award. Submit your nomination by Friday, February 3, and save the date for the 5th annual Public Interest Awards Night on Thursday, April 26. Host a Chicago-Kent Extern this summer Consider hosting a Chicago-Kent student as part of the Access2Practice Externship Program for the 8-week summer session, May 21-July 12, 2012. Please complete an Externship Interest Form by February 2. Donate to the Kent Justice Foundation Auction The Kent Justice Foundation's (KJF) annual spring auction raises money to support its fellowship program for public interest law students. Alumni are encouraged to make in-kind donations, including sports tickets, gift certificates, or services (allowing a student to shadow you for a day or taking a student out to lunch to discuss your career). Contact kjf@kentlaw.edu for more information, and save the date for KJF's auction on Thursday, April 5. Entries accepted for the 2012 Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize Entries for the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize will be accepted through July 1, 2012. Eligible books and articles should focus on the tension between civil liberties and national security. Read more…
Nominations are now open for the Burton Awards in Legal Achievement. Started in 1999, this unique national awards program helps reward great achievements in law, particular in legal writing. To see all of the nomination categories and due dates, visit http://www.burtonawards.com/applications.html. Professor selected as member of Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement Arbitration Panel Roster Professor Sungjoon Cho has been selected by the Korea-EU Trade Commission to become a member of the Arbitration Panel Roster. Professor Cho is an authority on international economic law, and teaches courses in international trade law, international law, international business transactions, and comparative law. Read more… |
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Have a new job, a promotion, or new community involvement? Are you recently married or have you welcomed a new baby? Share it with your classmates! Submit class notes at www.alumni.kentlaw.edu/submitnote. |
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