Summer
Semester Office Hours
Beginning Monday,
May 7th, the office will observe summer
hours as follows
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Thursday
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Counseling appointments will be available Wednesdays,
from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Thursdays, from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
MISCELLANEOUS
Congratulations
to the Class of 2001!
The CSO wishes all 3Ls and 4Ls congratulations
on their upcoming graduation. We have been continually impressed
with your accomplishments within and outside the law school and wish you
the best of luck on the bar exam and in your future careers. Please
stay in touch with our office and let
us know if we can assist you in any way in a
current or future job search.
Good
Luck on Exams
The CSO wishes everyone the best of luck on their
exams and congratulations on the completion of a very challenging year.
We look forward to working with you even more in the future. Please
drop by to let us know your summer plans or if we can assist you with a
current job search.
ATTN: Class of '02, '03,
& Domestic LL.M.s: Begin Preparing Now for the Fall Interview Season
Although the 2001 Fall Interviewing Program begins in August, it's
best to begin preparing early. You will be amazed at how quickly
you need to research and preference employers for registration once you
return to school. If you missed the preliminary fall interviewing
program in April, check out the videotape available in the CSO. Also,
be sure to check out the preliminary packet of information about the program
and the companion piece that provides tips on how to research employers
and attorneys on the CSO Web site (contact our office for the password).
Take the time this summer to research law firms or government agencies
you are interested in so that you can find the best fit between your career
goals and potential employers who will be interviewing this fall.
LawCareer
Job Posting System Reminder
In order to change your assigned LawCareer password
to something that's easier to remember, follow these steps while accessing
the system within the law school:
1) Open up Windows Explorer and go to the
[:s] drive.
2) Double click on the LawCarer (it's spelled
wrong) folder.
3) Double click on student.exe, which will
be over to the right, and next to the 2nd fox icon.
4) Enter your Student ID and originally
assigned password, then press F2 on your keyboard.
5) Follow the prompts to change your password.
Please Note: The new password you have
selected will not be activated until the following day.
Once you get to the LawCareer database, either
through the method above or through http://lawcareer.kentlaw.edu, use your
social security number with the dashes (e.g. 111-22-3333) as your
Student ID and your assigned password (until the new password becomes activated).
PROGRAMS/SEMINARS
Win Scholarships this
Summer at "Client Development and Client Relationship Management: The Key
to Your Success as a Lawyer"
The CSO and members of the Chicago Legal Marketing community will co-sponsor
a seven-series program to help law students who have completed two years
of law school, or have three years of professional experience prior
to entering law school, and recent graduates learn essential marketing
and client development skills. "Client Development and Client Relationship
Management: The Key to Your Success as a Lawyer" will take place at Chicago-Kent
during July. A mailing will be sent later this spring with details
about the program. Stop by the CSO to sign up.
A scholarship towards tuition will be eligible to two students who complete
the program and submit the best overall personal marketing plan (as judged
by a panel of law firm marketers and members of
the program faculty). This is an excellent opportunity to learn
the basic skills required to develop a
successful law practice that go beyond being an excellent legal technician.
We strongly encourage you to take advantage of this innovative program.
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
NOTE: Beginning
this summer, the CSO Record page will no longer have a separate Special
Opportunities & Record Handoutspage.
Opportunites once advertised on this page will now be posted in the
password protected "LawCareer Job Posting System" accessible through the
CSO website. If you are seeking employment, you should check those
listings on a regular basis. If you do not have a password for "LawCareer"
please contact Navreet Heneghan, Administrative Manager, at nhenegha@kentlaw.edu.
2002 Skadden Public Interest
Fellowships
Skadden Fellowships, sponsored by the law firm of Skadden Arps Slate
Meagher & Flom, provide support for new law graduates and outgoing
judicial clerks who want to work in the public interest for an organization
that provides civil legal services to the poor, including the working poor,
the elderly, the disabled or those deprived of their civil rights.
Twenty-five fellowships are awarded each year to law students from schools
nationwide. Fellowships are for one year but may be renewed for a
second year if requested and approved by the grantmaking panel. Class
of 2002 students who are interested in applying for a Fellowship must have
secured a position with an organization by the time of application. Applications
for 2002 Fellowships are due next fall on October 8, 2001.
Fellows are selected by December 7, 2001. Interested second-year
students may pick up an application in the CSO.
CURRENT 2Ls WANTING TO
DO A SUMMER OR FALL 2001 EXTERNSHIP
Do you wish to develop your legal skills, gain practical legal experience
in a specialized area of law with a corporation, firm or government agency,
and make yourself more marketable to prospective employers upon graduation?
If so, consider applying to the Legal Externship Program for Summer or
Fall 2001 Semester.
The Legal Externship Program is a 4-credit hour non-graded program.
The program is open to students in their last two semesters of law school.
The student selects the area of law in which he/she wishes to extern.
For the fieldwork component, an extern is placed in a private or public,
civil or criminal practice and is required to work a minimum of 32 hours
a week for Summer Semester or 16 hours a week for Fall Semester at his/her
designated placement. Externs interested in civil law may select
to work under the supervision of general counsel in major corporations
or under the supervision of designated teaching lawyers in well-known firms
or specific government agencies. Externs may specialize in such diverse
legal areas as tax, commodities, securities, corporate, health care, medical
malpractice, general corporate law, etc. Those interested in criminal
law may select to work with the States Attorney's Office, Public Defender's
Office, or the U.S. Attorney's Office. Many externships offer the
externs opportunities to obtain a 711 license and appear in court.
Information about the program and an accompanying application form are
available in the Law Offices reception area and in the CSO. All applicants
must have scheduled and completed an interview with Professor Gross prior
to turning in their applications.
If you are interested in learning more about externship opportunities
or in applying to the program, please see Professor Vivien Gross in Room
617.
1Ls, 2Ls: Adoption Law
Summer Opportunities
Interested in adoption law and related fields like abuse, neglect and
dependency? Wondering where to find jobs in these practice areas?
The Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law at Capital University Law School
has the answer. Students can log on to a Summer Jobs Clearinghouse designed
to place law students from around the country in summer jobs in and around
the field of adoption law. The site, www.law.capital.edu/adoption,
will allow students to apply for any posted positions through the submission
of an on-line application. Positions will
be posted through May 17th with final matches made by May 24th.
Matches are made on a rolling basis so it's best to apply early.
The matching process is described on the web-site under the "Jobs Clearinghouse"
button.
Record
Handouts
The CSO receives numerous notices throughout the year about internships
(paid & unpaid); fellowships; judicial clerkships; and miscellaneous
opportunities that would be of interest to our students. Detailed
descriptions are maintained on our Special
Opportunities & Record Handouts web page. Recent
entries include:
JOB
FAIRS
Fifteenth Annual BLSA
Midwest Minority Recruitment Conference
The Fifteenth Annual BLSA Midwest Minority Recruitment Conference,co-sponsored
by Case Western Reserve University School of Law, will be held Friday,
September - Sunday, September 9, 2001
at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio.
All African-American, Asian-American, Latino/Hispanic American and Native
American students from over 40 law schools throughout the Midwest Region
are invited to attend. Last year, the conference hosted thirty-eight
legal employers and over 250 law students from the Midwest Region.
You can see an updated list of this year's participating employers by going
to www.cwrublsa.org/
emplist.asp.
Stop by the CSO to sign up and pick a registration form. The application
and resume (on regular bond, 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper) are due to the CSO
by Tuesday May 15 at Noon.
ATTN Class of 2002, 2003,
& Domestic LL.M. Minority Students: 18th Annual Minority Law Student
Job Fair
The Cook County Bar Association and the Chicago Committee on Minorities
in Large Law Firms is holding their 18th Annual Minority Law Student Job
Fair on Friday Aug. 17th, 2001 at the Omni Chicago
Hotel. The anticipated states represented by employers
will include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio,
and Wisconsin. The anticipated 85 employer participants consist of
large and medium-sized law firms, corporations and government agencies.
All minority students are encouraged to attend.
Packets are available in the CSO. Registration forms and resumes
are due to the CSO by 10:00 a.m. May 15th.
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