Congratulations to CSO Administrative Manager
Navreet Kaur Heneghan and husband Chris on the birth of
daughter Siobhan Heneghan, who weighed in at just over 7lbs.
on January 25th! During Navreet's maternity leave, any questions
regarding job fairs or other Career Services issues or programs
should be directed to kentcso@kentlaw.edu.
Book Relocation
In order to provide
greater access to all of our students, all of our circulating
books have been moved up to the library. You can now check
them out from the library; all of their rules will apply.
If you currently have any books checked out, please return
them to the library by the due date. Videos and the non-circulating
resources are still located in our office and are accessible
during our regular office hours.
Programs/Seminars
Interviewing Skills
How does a legal interview differ from other
interviews? How do you prepare? How do you sell yourself
effectively? On Tuesday, February
4th at 12:00 p.m., Room 370, learn what it's
like to interview for judicial externships, law firms,
government, and public interest agencies. Don't miss this
opportunity to learn from those who have gone before and
succeeded in legal interviews.
Mock Interviews
One of the best ways to prepare for upcoming
interviews is to participate in a mock interview.
Judith Saunders, former Assistant Dean of Career Services
at Chicago-Kent, will conduct mock interviews, by
appointment only, on Monday
& Tuesday, February 10th & 11th, from 9 a.m. -
5 p.m. Interested students should sign up in
the CSO ASAP as slots fill up
quickly. She requests that students pick up
a packet of information and drop off a copy of their resume
when signing up. Students are encouraged to come dressed
as they would for an actual interview. Sessions
are videotaped, after which students will receive a candid
critique of their current interviewing skills while watching
the video. Students interested in keeping a copy
of their session are encouraged to bring their own blank
videotape to the mock interview.
Judicial Externships Informational Meeting
On Tuesday, February
18th at 12:00 p.m. in Room 270 there
will be an informational meeting for all students who
are interested in externing for a federal appellate, district
or magistrate judge for the Summer or Fall 2003 Semesters.
Professor Vivian Gross will describe the kinds of experiences
a judicial extern will have in the course of a semester,
as well as how to apply. If you are interested in a judicial
externship but are unable to attend the meeting, please
see Professor Gross in Room 617. Students must have
a minimum 3.25 G.P.A. to apply.
A judicial externship
enables a student to become involved in particular legal
problems through research and writing, and to contribute
to the resolution of those legal problems. Depending upon
a judge, an extern may have the opportunity to observe
the day-to-day routine of a judge and discuss with the
judge and the judge's law clerk those legal problems which
attorneys face in their profession, and the specific problems
which attorneys confront in their courtroom. Take advantage
of this prestigious learning opportunity while enhancing
your marketability in the legal world.
Applications for the
Summer and Fall Judicial Externships will be available
both in the Law Offices reception area (Room 600),
and in the Career Services Office as of Wednesday,
February 5th. Completed applications for Summer
Externships should be submitted to Ms. Carole Ross,
secretary to Professor Gross, Room 612 of Law Offices
by Friday, February 28th, at
5:00 p.m. Completed applications for Fall
Externships should be submitted to Ms. Carole Ross,
secretary to Professor Gross, Room 612 of Law Offices,
by Friday, March 14th, at 5:00
p.m.
Videotape Available
There is a videotape of the Summer Options
For First Year Students program available for viewing.
Anyone who was unable to attend the program on Tuesday,
January 28th can come to our office and check out a copy
for one week.
Job Fairs
17th Annual Patent Law Interview Program
Attention 1Ls, 2Ls:
The 17th Annual Patent Law Interview Program
will be held at the Chicago Marriott Suites O'Hare Thursday,
July 31 - Saturday, August 2, 2003. If you
have an undergraduate or graduate degree in engineering
or a technical science, you may want to consider registering
for the program. This is a chance to interview with patent
law firms, as well as law firms, corporations and government
agencies with patent law departments. Last year, 155 employers
from across the country participated, along with more
than 900 registered students from 135 accredited law schools.
This program is for law students returning
to school in Fall 2003. The only exception is for a law
graduate studying for an LL.M. in Intellectual Property.
The prospective positions are for summer associate and
entry-level attorney positions for 2004. If you have accepted
a judicial clerkship to begin after graduation (2004 or
later), you may register to participate; the clerkships
must appear on the registration form and your resume.
Registration forms
can be picked up in the Career Services Office and are
due, along with a $25.00 nonrefundable check payable to
Loyola School of Law, by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February
21st .
American Bar Association Section of Business
Law Career Forum
The Career Forum includes both a job fair
and Career Related seminars. It is being held in Los
Angeles, CA on April 3-6,
2003. You can participate
even if you are unable to be in Los Angeles. Resumes will
be given to employers, and they will contact you directly.
If interested, all resumes must be submitted to Career
Services by noon on Friday, March
14th.
MPILCC Updates for Registrants
Two new employers have been added. The U.S.
Department of Justice - Antitrust Division (Chicago, IL)
will be participating in the Table Talk. Environmental
Defense (New York, NY) is seeking resumes. See the MPILCC
binder in Career Services for information on these employers.
Working in NY this Summer & Need a Place to
Live?
Each summer New York University hosts a
Summer
Living in New York program. Student apartment
style residences are made available to summer interns
and associates working in the NY legal and business communities.
The next session will run from May
25 through August 9, 2003. The application,
as well as further information, will be available online
in January. If interested, be sure to apply early as space
fills up quickly each year.
National Apartment Exchange
Law students seeking summer housing and
students with housing available for the summer are invited
to participate in NALP's free online National Apartment
Exchange. It's easy-just visit www.nalp.org
and follow the link to the Apartment Exchange. The Apartment
Exchange will be available from February
1 until May 1, 2003.
Summer Housing Wanted
Mayer, Brown Rowe & Maw is seeking apartments
to sublet or rent on a monthly basis for incoming Summer
Associates from Mid-May through August. Contact Mary Boxer
at 312-701-8439 (ph) 312-706-9234 (fax) or e-mail mboxer@mayerbrownrowe.com
with your contact information, address of the apartment,
monthly rent, and if apartment is furnished or unfurnished.
Jenner & Block is seeking summer housing
for incoming Summer Associates. Contact Angie Lindsay
at 312-840-8949 or e-mail alindsay@jenner.com with all
the details.
Schiff Hardin & Waite is seeking summer
housing for out-of-town Summer Associates. Contact Lilly
Beltran with availability and details by regular mail
or by e-mail at lbeltran@schiffhardin.com
Employment Related
Opportunities
NOTE: In
addition to the highlighted opportunities listed
below, the CSO receives numerous job listings which are
posted daily in the password protected "Lawmatch Job Posting
System" accessible through the CSO website pages.
If you are seeking employment, you should check those
listings on a regular basis. If you do not have
a password for the job posting system please email kentcso@kentlaw.edu.
Air Force Interviewing on February 18th
Major Curtis Heidtke from the Air Force
JAG Corps will be interviewing 1Ls, 2Ls and 3Ls on campus
on February 18th, 2003.
If you are interested in interviewing, please submit your
resume along with times that you are available on that
date to the Career Services Office by February
7th at 5 p.m. Please note: This employer
does not sign Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Equal Employment
Opportunity Statement.
Army Interviewing 1Ls & 3Ls on February
20th
The US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps
will be on-campus on Thursday,
February 20th to interview 1L students for
the JAG's summer internship program and 3Ls for appointment
to active duty post graduation. Interested 1L or 3L students
should submit their resume and sign up for an interview
slot in the Career Services Office by
noon, Wednesday,
February 19th. Please note: This employer
does not sign Chicago-Kent's Equal Employment Opportunity
Statement.
Summer Opportunities for 1Ls
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
(NYLPI)
NYLPI is accepting applications for the
Schulte Roth and Zabel LLP Summer Associate Fellowship.
This program allows the Fellow to split the summer between
NYLPI and Schulte Roth and Zabel LLP. See job posting
#61000 and handout #44 for details.
Applications are due by February 7, 2003.
Robert Masur
Fellowship in Civil Liberties
The fellowship competition
is open to first-year students who intend to pursue significant
activities during the summer in the areas of civil rights
and/or civil liberties. The Fellowship recipient receives
a $1000 honorarium. See handout #45 for details or
go to www.nationinstitute.org.
Applications must be postmarked by May 31, 2003.
Summer Opportunities
for 2Ls
Summer Associate
Position
The law firm of Levin
& Ginsburg Ltd. is accepting applications for a second
year summer associate. See job posting #61780 for details.
Summer Extern
Positions at the EPA in Chicago
The US Environmental
Protection Agency in Chicago has openings for Externs
for Summer 2003. These are unpaid positions, but outside
funding or course credit may be available. These positions
are available to all enrolled law school students. See
job posting #51946 and handout #8 for details. The
deadline for the Summer is April 15th.
Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Spring/Summer
Internships
The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)
will sponsor Summer Internships at various public interest
law agencies in the metropolitan Chicago area.
Summer Internships
are available for 1Ls
and 2Ls, PILI will pay $4500 for 10 weeks of work.
Check out Job Posting #55450 and Handout #18 in
the Career Services Office for more information. Applications
can also be obtained by logging onto the PILI
web site. Applications
are accepted beginning October 15 and are due by March
1, 2003, however, many agencies interview and hire before
then. Thus, the earlier you apply, the better. 1Ls
please note: you may not apply before December 1st.
Summer Funding Available
Equal Justice America is offering Legal
Services Fellowships of $3,250 to first and second year
law students who work during the summer for organizations
providing direct civil legal services for the poor. See
handout #36 for compete details. All
applications must be received by Equal Justice America
by March 17, 2003.
Request for Fellowship
Proposals
Community Legal Services,
Inc. will sponsor candidates for post graduate public
interest fellowships provided by the Skadden Fellowship
Foundation, Independence Foundation, and Equal Justice
Works for positions to commence in September, 2004. See
handout # 43 for complete details. All
applications must be submitted by July 15, 2003.
American Bar Association John J. Curtin
Jr. Justice Fund
The Curtin Justice Fund Legal Internship
Program pays a $2,500 stipend to students who spend the
summer months working for a bar association or legal services
program designed to prevent homelessness or assist homeless
or indigent clients or their advocates. See handout
#29 for all the information and application procedures.
The deadline is April 4, 2003.
New Job Posting System
The Career Services Office has
recently upgraded to a new version of the job posting
system. All employment
opportunities, paid or unpaid, clerking or volunteer,
internship or externship, or fellowship, can be found
in the new LawMatch
system. To access this system, go to
the current job posting system and click on the link
for LawMatch Job Listings. Register yourself as a user,
even if you have previously registered with LawMatch
through another avenue. You will then be allowed to
access the job postings. If
you have your old password and student ID, please continue
using them. If you haven't received your password, please
contact the Career Services Office to get it. Remember
to use the dashes in your Social Security # when entering
your username and password.
Resources
PSLawNet Fellowship Corner
Interested in pursuing a fellowship upon
graduation? Then be sure to check out PSLawNet's new
"Fellowship Corner" which includes the full
text of Yale's Fellowship Application Tips for 2002-2003,
along with the expanded Appendix listing print and online
fellowship resources. The site also contains a Fellowship
Calendar with a chronological listing of application
deadlines--a big help for potential applicants in planning
and preparing their materials. Students can access the
Fellowship Corner at the top of the left sidebar menu
on the PSLawNet
home page.
NALP's annual First Year Hiring Index
The First Year Hiring Index, a popular
resource for 1L students seeking summer employment,
is now available online through the search feature at
www.nalpdirectory.com.
Choose the 1L Criteria from the "Organizations
that Hire" along with any other criteria and click
Search. Please note that the employers included are
only those who indicated on the NALP forms that they
will consider hiring 1Ls. Also, decisions about hiring
first years are normally not made until December or
January. Since the Index is now on line, a hard copy
will no longer be published.
Chicago Area Law Firm List
As of Monday, October 14th, the Chicago Area Law Firm
List, also known as the 4 or More List became available
on-line in a password protected searchable database.
E-mail notification containing information about the
link and user name and password was sent out that afternoon
so be sure to check you e-mail. Although every attempt
is made at keeping the database current, some information
may become out of date due to firm mergers, contact
people leaving their firms, etc. It's suggested that
all information be double-checked prior to sending out
any cover letters and resumes. If you should learn of
any changes, please notify our office via e-mail so
we can update the database accordingly. Please contact
kentcso@kentlaw.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Spring Semester Office Hours
The Career Services Office will close at
5 p.m. Monday - Friday. Evening appointments with Career
Strategists will be available for alumnae/i and evening
students, by appointment only, on Thursdays from 5 - 6:30
p.m. Please call the office at 312-906-5200
to set up an appointment.