CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS - APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
Applications for the Litigation and
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Criminal Litigation
certificate programs are now available outside of the
cafeteria and in the Law Offices, suite 600. Applications
for both programs are due on Monday, March 8, 2010
at 5:00 p.m.
JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS: SUMMER/FALL 2010 SEMESTERS
CURRENT 1L APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM
G.P.A. OF 3.31.
CURRENT 2L APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM G.P.A. OF 3.27.
Judicial Externship is a 4-credit hour Pass/Low
Pass/Fail program open to students who have completed
at least their first full year of law school and want
to do legal research and writing for a federal appellate,
district or magistrate judge or a designated Illinois
appellate or circuit court judge.
On Tuesday, February 9th, at noon in
Room 170, Professor Vivien Gross will conduct an Informational
Meeting on Summer/Fall 2009 Judicial Externships for all
interested students. Professor Gross will describe the
kinds of experiences a judicial extern will have in the
course of a semester, as well as how to apply for a judicial
externship.
Take advantage of this prestigious learning
opportunity while enhancing your marketability in the
legal world. If you are interested in a judicial externship
but are unable to attend the meeting, please see Professor
Gross in Room 617.
Application Process
Information/A pplication packets for the
Summer and Fall Judicial Externships are available in
the Law Offices reception area (Room 600), in the Career
Services Office, and in front of the Spakateria.
Completed applications for Summer Externships
should be submitted to Ms. Carole Ross, Secretary to Professor
Gross, Room 612 of Law Offices, by Tuesday, February
23rd, 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 Thursday, March
18th, at 5:00 p.m.
LEGAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
LEP is a 4-credit hour non-graded program
which enables you to extern with a supervising attorney
in a wide variety of legal areas – private or public,
civil or criminal. Externships are available for the Fall,
Spring and Summer semesters. Some public sector externships
enable you to obtain a 711 license and appear in court.
Why Extern?
To become a good lawyer and to supplement
what you learn in the classroom, you need practical experience
in real-world legal work. Most students aren't fortunate
enough to receive a paid clerking position — or even a
volunteer opportunity — that teaches what they want to
learn. LEP presents a unique and important opportunity
to gain exposure to an area of the law in which you are
interested and helps you significantly broaden your future
employment opportunities.
Students interested in civil law may extern
in a wide variety of places. For example, some have externed
at the City of Chicago Corporation Counsel's Office, Office
of the Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Commerce Commission,
Immigration Court of the U.S. Department of Justice, Internal
Revenue Service, and Environmental Protection Agency,
as well as not-for-profit corporations like Rush University
Medical Center.
Students interested in criminal law have
externed at the US Attorney's Office, the Office of the
Federal Defender, and at the offices of the State's Attorney
and Public Defender in Cook County as well as the surrounding
counties.
If you would like more information about
externships, please e-mail Professor Vivien Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up an appointment. There are many different types
of opportunities in which you might be interested.
The externships below require you to apply
directly. If you receive an offer to extern, please contact
Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu).
EXTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
FOR CREDIT
Summer 2010: Externships with U.S. Department
of Education
Office for Civil Rights
The United States Department of Education, Office for Civil
Rights (OCR), enforces several Federal civil rights laws
that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color,
national origin, sex disability and age. OCR also enforces
the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act of 2001 that
prohibits the denial of equal access or a fair opportunity
to meet with, or discriminate against, any group officially
affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America. Successful extern
candidates will work with OCR attorneys and investigators
on one or more teams in the Chicago Office to resolve discrimination
complaints.
The extern will observe and participate in complainant
and witness interviews, participate in the drafting of all
documents pertinent to an OCR investigation, including letters
of notification, data requests and letters of finding. The
extern may have the opportunity to participate in local
on-site investigations and will assist with data analysis,
engage in substantial legal research and be expected to
adhere to the tight time frames of the Department. The team
attorney(s) with whom the extern will work will supervise
the extern's work. The extern coordinator, the deputy chief
attorney and chief attorney will also be available to assist
the extern.
If you are interested, please submit a letter of interest
along with a copy of your resume and writing sample, postmarked
no later than February 15, 2010 to:
Ms. Leticia Magdaleno
U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Citigroup Center
Suite 1075
500 W. Madison St.
Chicago, IL 60661
Applications may also be submitted by email to Leticia.Magdaleno@ed.gov.
Please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if you are selected as an extern.
Summer 2010: Legal Externships in New Orleans
1) Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (formerly known as
New Orleans Legal Assistance) offers free civil legal aid
to the Greater New Orleans area. It has substantive law
units in housing, employment and public benefits, family,
homeless advocacy, consumer, foreclosure prevention, tax
and successions/title clearing.
Externs assist in litigation, prepare research memos and
briefs, take clients through intake, and a variety of other
tasks.
If you are interested in applying to SLLS as a Summer
extern, please e-mail a cover, letter, resume and writing
sample to: Amanda Furst at afurst@slls.org.
Please include the dates when you are available to extern
over the summer.
2) Orleans Public Defenders. If you are interested in applying
as a Summer extern, please e-mail a cover letter, resume,
writing sample, transcript (unofficial is accepted) and
references to: recruit@opdla.org.
Applications must be received by Friday, February 26,
2010.
Please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if you are selected as an extern for either of the above
positions.
Summer 2010: Legal Externships with U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement
The extern will assist in the representation of the U.S.
Government in deportation, removal, and bond proceedings;
provide advice and support to the various components of
ICE; draft motions and briefs for practice before the U.S.
Immigration Court, Board of Immigration appeals, and U.S.
District Court; and prepare memoranda dealing with complex
and novel legal issues. Previous or concurrent course work
in immigration law helpful. United States citizenship is
required.
Location: Office of the Chief Counsel
U.S. Dept. Of Homeland Security – ICE
55 E. Monroe St., Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60603
If you are interested, please submit a resume, transcript
and writing sample to: chioccapplication@dhs.gov
no later than Friday, March 5, 2010. Interviews will
be conducted in person and/or by telephone. All externs
must successfully complete a security background check.
Please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if you are selected as an extern.
For a complete description of all clinical programs, please
visit the Law Offices' Home Page at http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
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