SUMMER AND FALL 2007 LAW OFFICES
IN-HOUSE CLINICAL PROGRAMS
Fall 2007 in-house clinic applications are due on Tuesday,
April 24 at 5:00 p.m. They can be found in Room 600
or outside of the 3rd floor cafeteria. Please contact Tracy
Kish if you have any questions.
LEGAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM SUMMER AND FALL
2007
Do you want to develop your legal skills, get practical
legal experience, see what it is like to work in a corporation,
firm or government agency and -- at the same time -- make
yourself more marketable to prospective employers? If so,
then consider doing a for-credit externship and signing
up for Chicago-Kent’s Legal Externship Program (LEP).
LEP is 4-credit hours, non-graded, and open predominantly
to students in their last three semesters of law school.
Externs interested in civil law may select to work in
such diverse legal areas as immigration, tax, commodities,
securities, health care, medical malpractice, or general
corporate law. Externs in criminal law may choose to work
with the States Attorney's Office, Public Defender's Office,
or the U.S. Attorney's Office. Some externships offer the
opportunity to obtain a 711 license and appear in court.
More information about Legal Externships and an accompanying
application form are now available in the Law Offices reception
area, Room 600, and in the Career Services Office.
If you want to know more about available externship opportunities,
please e-mail Professor Vivien Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up an appointment.
For Credit Externship Opportunities
Fall 2007 Externship: Internal Revenue Service, Office
of Chief Counsel
3Ls preferred
Applicants with prior expertise or experience in tax matters are preferred, but the IRS will consider all applicants.
Applications are due by Wednesday, April 26, 2007.
Applications should include:
brief cover letter, resume, law school transcript and writing sample.
Contact: Ms. Patricia Davis
Area Counsel
Internal Revenue Service
Suite 2300
200 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60606
For more information, please see Professor Gross, Room 617.
Fall 2007 Externship: Office of the State’s Attorney,
DuPage County
Externship available with the Prosecutor’s Office for DuPage County. Students who are eligible for a 711 license will also have the opportunity to prepare and participate in trials. If you are interested, please apply immediately. Professor Gross (Room 617) has the requisite application form.
Fall 2007 Externship: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Division of Enforcement
(Students should be 3Ls by Fall Semester)
The Chicago office of the Division of Enforcement is seeking externs who will receive law school credit.
The Division of Enforcement investigates and prosecutes alleged violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. Violations may involve commodity futures or option trading on domestic commodity exchanges, or the improper marketing of commodity investments. The Division may, at the direction of the Commission, file complaints before the agency’s administrative law judges or in the U.S. District Courts. Alleged criminal violations of the Commodity Exchange Act or violations of other Federal laws which involve commodity futures trading may be referred to the Justice Department for prosecution. The Division also provides expert help and technical assistance with case development and trials to U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, other Federal and state regulators, and international authorities.
Primary duties include conducting legal research, writing memoranda, aiding in the preparation of court pleadings and papers in the U.S. District Courts across the nation as well as in an administrative forum; aiding attorneys and investigators who are preparing to take investigative testimony and depositions, working with exhibits, Freedom of Information Act responses; aiding with the discovery process and interacting with and/or interviewing customers or investors with complaints.
To apply, interested students should e-mail a cover letter, resume and writing sample to:
Ms. Ava Gould
Trial Team Leader
Commodities Futures Trading Commission
525 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60661
agould@cftc.gov
and notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if and when they are selected as externs.
Fall 2007 Externship: Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR-Chicago)
Extern will work closely with the Civil Rights Coordinator
and staff attorney on resolving cases of discrimination
reported to CAIR-Chicago. Essential duties and responsibilities
include the following:
- assist in documenting incidents of religious discrimination
by counseling and interviewing complainants regarding
their incidents
- research laws and policies on employment, student conduct,
and immigration procedures, as well as criminal offenses
and other areas as seen fit
- legal writing: drafting arguments, memos and complaints
- participate in representing complainants in dispute
resolution, EEOC mediation, filing complaints and law
suits
- assist in maintaining the Civil Rights Online Center
- updating databases containing information about abuses
reported to CAIR-Chicago
The Civil Rights Department handles cases that range from prejudiced gestures to full blown discrimination. Our clients are Muslims as well as non-Muslims who have had Islam imputed upon them. Externs may work on any of the following projects:
- Citizenship Delay project - seeks to address the lengthy
delays Muslims are facing in applying for citizenship;
- Police Misconduct project - addresses incidents where
police officers have discriminated or used excessive force
against Muslims;
- Prison project - secures the rights of Muslim inmates
to practice their religion freely, and ensures that inmates
are treated humanely;
- Airport Profiling project - helps Muslims who have
been discriminated against at airports; and
- Employment Discrimination project - helps Muslims discriminated
against based on religion at the workplace. http://www.cairchicago.org
Interested students should submit a resume and transcript to:
Dina M. Rehab, Outreach Coordinator
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago)
28 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1410
Chicago, IL 60604
E-mail: outreach@cairchicago.org
In addition, to receive law school credit for Kent’s Fall
Externship Program, please contact Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up a meeting.
Fall 2007 Externships in Family Law – Cook County Domestic
Relations Court
Enjoy this exciting opportunity to observe and participate in the day-to-day operations of a busy domestic relations courtroom and to assist the judge in researching law and drafting orders and observe cases involving dissolution of marriage, legal separation, custody, orders of protection and visitation, etc.
If you are interested, please contact Professor Gross
(vgross@kentlaw.edu)
as soon as possible to set up a meeting and to submit your
resume and transcript.
Preference is given to students who have either taken Family Law or Family Law Clinic or who will be concurrently enrolled in either of these courses while doing the externship.
Fall 2007 Externship: In-House Corporate Legal Externship
The General Counsel of a small independent retail electric
supplier serving non-residential businesses throughout Illinois,
with headquarters in downtown Chicago, is willing to supervise
an extern for summer semester. The General Counsel oversees
all legal matters, running the gamut from drafting contracts,
reviewing contracts, regulatory filings with city, county,
state and federal agencies, litigation before the Illinois
Commerce Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
drafting and handling lawsuits against customers, negotiating
contracts, and pretty much everything else that comes up.
As a member of senior management, the General Counsel is
also involved in almost every aspect of business decisions
as well.
If the extern has a particular interest in energy law,
he/she would be able to gain invaluable experience. If he/she
is interested in learning how to be a “business” lawyer,
this would also be a perfect fit. If accepted, the extern
must enroll in the 4-credit hour Legal Externship Program.
Interested students should submit a resume and transcript
by Friday, April 20, 2007 to:
Mr. Jon Casadont
General Counsel, BlueStar Energy
Suite 700 West
363 W. Erie St.
Chicago, IL 60610
Fall 2007 Externship: Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated
Mothers (CLAIM)
CLAIM is a nonprofit agency that represents and advises
incarcerated or formerly incarcerated mothers at hearings
on child custody, guardianship, and mother-child visitation.
With the consent of the mothers, the agency also represents
guardians of children in the Probate Division. The attorneys
at CLAIM meet with incarcerated women at Cook County Department
of Corrections and, after a thorough intake interview with
each client, decide whether to represent the client, negotiate
or draft legal documents for the client, or simply provide
legal advice.
Extern responsibilities include:
- Meeting with clients at the Cook County Department
of Corrections. Students licensed under Illinois Supreme
Court Rule 711 can meet with clients on their own after
training by CLAIM staff attorneys. Students who are not
licensed will accompany the staff attorney to the Cook
County Corrections Center and do intake interviews.
- Researching client concerns, giving legal advice to
clients after consulting with supervising attorney, making
referrals to appropriate social service agencies and,
if the case does not fit CLAIM guidelines, making referrals
to other legal aid providers.
- Contacting foster care caseworkers or other parties
to obtain information or to negotiate for the client.
- Meeting with formerly incarcerated clients and assisting
in legal services in Child Protection, Probate and Domestic
Relations Divisions.
711 licensed students may also represent clients in Probate
and Domestic Relations Divisions under the supervision of
the staff attorney.
If interested in externing at CLAIM, please send your
resume and cover letter to Molly Sharma (mollysharma@aol.com).
In addition, to receive law school credit for Kent’s Fall
Externship Program, please contact Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up a meeting.
Fall 2007 Externship: Worker’s Compensation Litigation
Unit, Civil Division, Cook County State’s Attorney's Office
Exciting opportunity with the Worker’s Compensation Litigation
Unit of the Cook County State’s Attorney's Office, Civil
Division. The extern will assist in those matters and cases
leading to and currently in litigation. Students who are
eligible for a 711 license will also have the opportunity
for in-court experience.
If you are interested, please contact:
Mr. Curtis A. James
Assistant State’s Attorney
312/603-5691
Fall 2007 Externship: U.S. Department of Justice – Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (“ATF”) is
a Bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury,
and is responsible for the enforcement of Federal statutes
and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms and
explosives. An ATF extern can expect to work in the following
areas:
- Advising Special Agents, local and state police, and
state and Federal prosecutors regarding criminal law and
criminal practice and procedure issues
- Advising regulatory enforcement personnel (“Inspectors”)
in obtaining compliance with Federal statutes and regulations
from members of the regulated industries
- Preparing notices of denial or revocation of licenses
or permits and litigating these matters.
To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume by no
later than Friday, April 20, 2007, to:
John P. Pendley
Assistant Chief Counsel
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco
Firearms & Explosives
Suite 600
525 W. Van Buren St.
Chicago, IL 60607
Fall 2007 Semester: U.S. Dept. Of Homeland Security,
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Office of the Chief Counsel, Dept. Of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Openings for 2 law students this fall to extern at USCIS, a division of Department of Homeland Security.
Externs will gain experience in immigration law in the areas of citizenship, asylum, and immigration benefits; will draft briefs on visa petition appeals and research issues in immigration law and criminal law; and will also have the opportunity to assist with federal litigation, primarily mandamus actions. The extern will rotate among the various departments within USCIS to observe citizenship, adjudications and asylum interviews.
If you are interested, please submit a copy of your resume
and transcript by Friday, May 4th to:
Ms. Debra Gordon
Associate Regional Counsel, USCIS
101 W. Congress Pkwy.
Chicago, IL 60605
debra.gordon@dhs.gov
Fall 2007 Externship: Resurrection Health Care
Resurrection Health Care is seeking for-credit legal externs.
Resurrection Health Care (RHC) is the parent corporation
for a comprehensive health care system that provides services
throughout the Chicagoland area through 8 hospitals, a long-term
acute care hospital, 7 skilled nursing and rehabilitation
centers, 4 retirement communities, and numerous community
clinics and health care providers.
Externs can choose to work in either of these areas:
Office of Legal Affairs
Resurrection Health Care
7435 W. Talcott Avenue, #345
Chicago, IL 60631
Externs will work closely with the system General Counsel
and other attorneys and will engage in a broad range of
legal activities, including research and legal analysis,
writing, preparation of legal documents and contract review.
Office of Claims and Insurance
Resurrection Health Care
Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital
1127 N. Oakley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Externs will work closely with systems Claims and Insurance
directors, communicate with outside counsel as needed, and
will participate in case management, discovery, and various
phases of pre-litigation work.
If you are interested, please submit your resume and a
cover letter that specifies (a) the semester for which you
are applying, (b) for which RHC department you are applying,
and (c) which days of the week you would work at RHC, if
known. Please send your materials to Julie Roknich, Assistant
General Counsel, via email at julie.roknich@reshealthcare.org,
or at 7435 W. Talcott Ave., #345, Chicago, IL 60631.
Fall 2007 Externship: City of Chicago Law Department’s
Building and Land Use Litigation Division
Outstanding externship for students interested in municipal
law, real estate or real-world litigation experience.
The division handles fire, building, health and zoning
code violations and prosecutes cases both in Circuit Court
and at the City of Chicago’s Department of Administrative
Hearings.
Externs have pre-tried building code enforcement cases
and handled administrative hearing cases. This is a great
opportunity to improve your litigation, negotiation and
writing skills.
To apply, please forward your resume to Patti Gregory-Change
via email at pgregory@cityofchicago.org.
Fall 2007 Externship: Litigation Technology
Adjunct Professor Mike Rogers, in his capacity as President
of Ronin Consulting, Ltd. is interested in interviewing
qualified Kent students for a Fall 2007 externship. Students
will learn how to organize and present civil and criminal
cases with computers and will work on real cases that are
set for trial or on their way to a trial. In appropriate
circumstances students will participate in mock trials against
real trial lawyers, participate in jury focus groups, create
story boards for trial presentations, create demonstrative
trial presentations and set up and run trial technology
during trials.
The externs will work on cases that range from medical
malpractice or complex commercial litigation to first degree
murder, and will work extensively with video capture software,
Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Professional, CaseMap, TimeMap,
SmartDraw, PowerPoint and Sanction.
Students must have completed Evidence, Trial Ad 1 and
Litigation Technology. If accepted, the extern would enroll
in the 4-credit hours Legal Externship Program.
Applications for this externship must be submitted directly
to Professor Vivien Gross, Room 617. Interviews will occur
thereafter. Students should have a portfolio of demonstrative
presentations ready to display at the time of the interview.
Summer 2007 Externship: Office of the State’s Attorney,
DuPage County
Externship available with the Prosecutor’s Office for DuPage County. Students who are eligible for a 711 license will also have the opportunity to prepare and participate in trials. If you are interested, please apply immediately. Professor Gross (Room 617) has the requisite application form.
Summer 2007 Externship: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Division of Enforcement
(Students should be 3Ls by Fall Semester)
The Chicago office of the Division of Enforcement is seeking externs who will receive law school credit.
The Division of Enforcement investigates and prosecutes alleged violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. Violations may involve commodity futures or option trading on domestic commodity exchanges, or the improper marketing of commodity investments. The Division may, at the direction of the Commission, file complaints before the agency’s administrative law judges or in the U.S. District Courts. Alleged criminal violations of the Commodity Exchange Act or violations of other Federal laws which involve commodity futures trading may be referred to the Justice Department for prosecution. The Division also provides expert help and technical assistance with case development and trials to U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, other Federal and state regulators, and international authorities.
Primary duties include conducting legal research, writing memoranda, aiding in the preparation of court pleadings and papers in the U.S. District Courts across the nation as well as in an administrative forum; aiding attorneys and investigators who are preparing to take investigative testimony and depositions, working with exhibits, Freedom of Information Act responses; aiding with the discovery process and interacting with and/or interviewing customers or investors with complaints.
To apply, interested students should e-mail a cover letter,
resume and writing sample by Friday, April 20, to:
Ms. Ava Gould
Trial Team Leader
Commodities Futures Trading Commission
525 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60661
agould@cftc.gov
and notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if and when they are selected as externs.
Summer 2007 Externship: Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR-Chicago)
Extern will work closely with the Civil Rights Coordinator and staff attorney on resolving cases of discrimination reported to CAIR-Chicago. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:
- assist in documenting incidents of religious discrimination
by counseling and interviewing complainants regarding
their incidents
- research laws and policies on employment, student conduct,
and immigration procedures, as well as criminal offenses
and other areas as seen fit
- legal writing: drafting arguments, memos and complaints
- participate in representing complainants in dispute
resolution, EEOC mediation, filing complaints and law
suits
- assist in maintaining the Civil Rights Online Center
- updating databases containing information about abuses
reported to CAIR-Chicago
The Civil Rights Department handles cases that range from prejudiced gestures to full blown discrimination. Our clients are Muslims as well as non-Muslims who have had Islam imputed upon them. Externs may work on any of the following projects:
- Citizenship Delay project - seeks to address the lengthy
delays Muslims are facing in applying for citizenship;
- Police Misconduct project - addresses incidents where
police officers have discriminated or used excessive force
against Muslims;
- Prison project - secures the rights of Muslim inmates
to practice their religion freely, and ensures that inmates
are treated humanely;
- Airport Profiling project - helps Muslims who have
been discriminated against at airports; and
- Employment Discrimination project - helps Muslims discriminated
against based on religion at the workplace. http://www.cairchicago.org
Interested students should submit a resume and transcript to:
Dina M. Rehab, Outreach Coordinator
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago)
28 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1410
Chicago, IL 60604
E-mail: outreach@cairchicago.org
In addition, to receive law school credit for Kent’s Summer
Externship Program, please contact Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up a meeting.
Summer 2007 Externships in Family Law – Cook County Domestic
Relations Court
Enjoy this exciting opportunity to observe and participate in the day-to-day operations of a busy domestic relations courtroom and to assist the judge in researching law and drafting orders and observe cases involving dissolution of marriage, legal separation, custody, orders of protection and visitation, etc.
If you are interested, please contact Professor Gross
(vgross@kentlaw.edu)
as soon as possible to set up a meeting and to submit your
resume and transcript.
Preference is given to students who have either taken Family Law or Family Law Clinic or who will be concurrently enrolled in either of these courses while doing the externship.
Summer 2007: Resurrection Health Care
Resurrection Health Care is seeking for-credit legal externs.
Resurrection Health Care (RHC) is the parent corporation
for a comprehensive health care system that provides services
throughout the Chicagoland area through 8 hospitals, a long-term
acute care hospital, 7 skilled nursing and rehabilitation
centers, 4 retirement communities, and numerous community
clinics and health care providers.
Externs can choose to work in either of these areas:
Office of Legal Affairs
Resurrection Health Care
7435 W. Talcott Avenue, #345
Chicago, IL 60631
Externs will work closely with the system General Counsel
and other attorneys and will engage in a broad range of
legal activities, including research and legal analysis,
writing, preparation of legal documents and contract review.
Office of Claims and Insurance
Resurrection Health Care
Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital
1127 N. Oakley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Externs will work closely with systems Claims and Insurance
directors, communicate with outside counsel as needed, and
will participate in case management, discovery, and various
phases of pre-litigation work.
If you are interested, please submit your resume and a
cover letter that specifies (a) the semester for which you
are applying, (b) for which RHC department you are applying,
and (c) which days of the week you would work at RHC, if
known. Please send your materials to: Julie Roknich, Assistant
General Counsel, via email at julie.roknich@reshealthcare.org,
or at 7435 W. Talcott Ave., #345, Chicago, Il 60631.
Summer 2007 Semester: Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated
Mothers (CLAIM)
CLAIM is a nonprofit agency that represents and advises
incarcerated or formerly incarcerated mothers at hearings
on child custody, guardianship, and mother-child visitation.
With the consent of the mothers, the agency also represents
guardians of children in the Probate Division. The attorneys
at CLAIM meet with incarcerated women at Cook County Department
of Corrections and, after a thorough intake interview with
each client, decide whether to represent the client, negotiate
or draft legal documents for the client, or simply provide
legal advice.
Extern responsibilities include:
- Meeting with clients at the Cook County Department
of Corrections. Students licensed under Illinois Supreme
Court Rule 711 can meet with clients on their own after
training by CLAIM staff attorneys. Students who are not
licensed will accompany the staff attorney to the Cook
County Corrections Center and do intake interviews.
- Researching client concerns, giving legal advice to
clients after consulting with supervising attorney, making
referrals to appropriate social service agencies and,
if the case does not fit CLAIM guidelines, making referrals
to other legal aid providers.
- Contacting foster care caseworkers or other parties
to obtain information or to negotiate for the client.
- Meeting with formerly incarcerated clients and assisting
in legal services in Child Protection, Probate and Domestic
Relations Divisions.
711 licensed students may also represent clients in Probate
and Domestic Relations Divisions under the supervision of
the staff attorney.
If interested in externing at CLAIM, please send your
resume and cover letter to Molly Sharma (mollysharma@aol.com).
In addition, to receive law school credit for Kent’s Summer
Externship Program, please contact Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up a meeting.
Public Interest Positions - Paid Opportunities
There are openings for current Chicago-Kent students who
are eligible for work study. The Advice
Desk at the Daley Center is now hiring students through
a work study program to work in paralegal/administrative
positions. The candidates will have an opportunity to work
in a fast-paced, public interest environment while helping
to provide administrative and paralegal help to make the
Desk more efficient and therefore allow more clients to
receive pro bono legal assistance. Some of the duties might
include: greeting and identifying eligible clients, filling
out or updating forms, database entry and administrative
support, assisting elderly and disabled clients in retrieving
their court files or finding a courtroom, etc.
The Advice Desk provides interviewing, counseling, and
limited representation to indigent defendants who seek assistance
at the Circuit Court of Cook County. Approximately sixty
percent of the cases involve eviction defense and forty
percent involve tort, contract, personal injury and collection
matters.
This position pays $10 an hour. You must be eligible
for work study and your eligibility will be verified upon
receipt of your letter of interest. Past completion of the
Advice Desk class is a plus, but not required. If you do
have previous Advice Desk experience, you will get paid
at a rate of $12 per hour. Please submit a letter
of interest to Tracy Kish (tkish@kentlaw.edu)
in the Law Offices. When we receive your letter, we will
check to see if you are work study eligible.
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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