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Alumni Board Scholarship:

Applications Are Due October 1

Network and Connect with Chicago-Kent Alumni

October 5-9: ASCK Week: Alumni/Student ConneKtions
October 6: Practice Area Panels
        Intellectual Property
        Labor and Law
        Family Law
        Bankruptcy
October 8: Practice Area Panels
        Public Interest
        Corporate
        Litigation
        Alternative Careers

October 8: Etiquette Dinner: Serving Up Success

Brown Bag Lunch with Alumni

October 12: Tax Law: Careers beyond the Numbers

Student Organization Services

Student Org Leaders: Want to Connect with Alumni?

 

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Apply for the Alumni Board Scholarship: Due October 1

The Chicago-Kent Alumni Board of Directors Scholarship is awarded to law students demonstrating academic merit and financial need.

Applications for the 2009-2010 Scholarships are due Thursday, October 1, 2009.

Recipients will be announced in early November and will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards & Recognition Luncheon on Thursday, December 10, 2009.

Direct questions to Tara Anderson, Director of Alumni Relations, at (312) 906-5245.

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ASCK Week is a 5-day extravaganza of opportunities for students to network and connect with Chicago-Kent Alumni as well as to gain valuable career-related skills.

Please plan on participating in one or more of the opportunities listed below, and RSVP through the Events section of Symplicity. (1Ls may rsvp to kentcso@kentlaw.edu) You will be contacted to set up specific time slots for each event closer to the event date:

Take a Student To Work: Ongoing

• Spend a day shadowing an attorney in his or her work place. It’s a great opportunity for students to experience different practice areas first-hand.

Resume Reviews: Monday, October 5, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, 5:00 - 6:40 pm

• Have your resumes reviewed by an alumnus/a in a 20-minute one-on-one session.

Informational Interviews: Tuesday, October 6, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, 5:00 - 6:30 pm

• Take half an hour to meet with an alumnus/a in an informational interview setting. This technique allows you to explore more career possibilities by hearing experiences and advice from current practicing lawyers or from those who have taken alternative career paths.

Mock Interviews: Wednesday, October 7, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, 5:00 - 6:30 pm

• Need to sharpen your interview skills? Schedule a 30-minute mock interview with an alumnus/a to learn crucial interviewing techniques.

Etiquette Dinner: Serving Up Success: Thursday, October 8, 5:30 pm

• Have you always wanted to learn the finer points of etiquette? Join us for a 3-course meal and tips and techniques from Jill Bremmer, AICI, CIP, a certified image consultant. You’ll learn what all those forks are really for, as well as many other etiquette tips.
  
  
• $15/person

Service Day: Friday, October 9, 11:30 am: Lunch ~ 1:00 pm: Service Project

• Join us for an afternoon of giving back to the community. We’ll begin the afternoon with a lunch and a keynote address on the importance of pro bono work by Prof. Terrance Norton, current director of the Center for Open Government and former national director of pro bono at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. The afternoon will be spent volunteering for the Chicago Park District.

Practice Area Panels: Tuesday and Thursday, October 6 and 8, noon

• Lunch-time panels will speak on various legal practice areas including litigation, corporate law, alternate legal careers, real estate and others!
  

Please email kentcso@kentlaw.edu with questions regarding ASCK week events.

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Tuesday, October 6: Practice Area Panels

Can’t decide what practice area you’re interested in? Or maybe you’ve already made up your mind and want to learn more.

Please join us for Alumni panels on various areas of legal practice. Alumni include partners from McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Querrey & Harrow, and Grund & Leavitt, P.C. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about these areas from distinguished professionals!

Tuesday panels are:

• Intellectual Property: Room C20
• Labor and Law: Room 170
• Family Law: Room 510
• Bankruptcy: Room C40

Panels are from Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 8: Practice Area Panels

Can’t decide what practice area you’re interested in? Or maybe you’ve already made up your mind and want to learn more.

Please join us for Alumni panels on various areas of legal practice. Alumni include the Deputy Director of the IL Dept. of Children and Family Services and a partner with Howrey, LLP. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about these areas from distinguished professionals!

Thursday panels are:

• Public Interest: Room 165
• Corporate: Room 155
• Litigation: Room 345
• Alternative Careers: Room C35

Panels are from Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Room assignments will be announced next week

Thursday, October 8: Etiquette Dinner

Have you always wanted to learn the finer points of etiquette?

Join us for a 3-course meal and tips and techniques from Jill Bremmer, AICI, CIP, a certified image consultant. You’ll learn what all those forks are really for, as well as many other etiquette tips.

Thursday, October 8 ~ 5:30 pm
10th Floor Event Room
$15/person

The etiquette dinner is part of ASCK Week: Alumni/Student ConneKtions.

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Tax Law: Careers Beyond the Numbers

Have you ruled out tax law because you think it’s boring? Then it’s time to open your eyes to all the exciting opportunities that a career in tax law can offer. Please join us for a brown bag lunch as three tax specialists discuss the wide possibility of career choices in tax law and their individual career paths.

Monday, October 12, 2009
Noon
Room 580
Please bring your lunch. Dessert will be served!

Panelists include Cynthia B. Lafuente ‘88, an expert in international tax law with the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, David J. Kupiec ’94, a lobbyist and partner with Kupiec & Martin, LLC, and Alexander Harris ’95, a shareholder with American Tax Solutions, Inc., who advocates on behalf of taxpayers.

RSVP to kentcso@kentlaw.edu or (312) 906-5200 by Thursday, October 8.

Co-sponsored by the Alumni Association, the Office of Career Services, and the Corporate Law Society.

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Student Org Leaders: Want to Connect with Alumni?

Are you involved in leadership of a student organization and would like to:

Obtain additional funding for your events?
Invite alumni to your events?
Fundraise for your organization from alumni?

Visit the Alumni Services for Student Organizations Website:
www.kentlaw.edu/alumni/services

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Join our LinkedIn Group

We invite all students, faculty, alumni, and staff to join the official Chicago-Kent group on the networking site, LinkedIn. If you have a LinkedIn account, please click here to request membership. Questions? Contact alums@kentlaw.edu.

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