In-House Clinic Applications
Applications for the Spring 2008 In-House Clinic are now
available in the Law Offices, Suite 600, or outside of the
Cafeteria on the 3rd floor. The due date will be announced
at a later date but it is normally a few days before spring
registration begins. The clinic is open to students who
have completed at least one full year of law school. Please
contact Tracy Kish
if you have any questions.
Spanish Translator
There is an opening for a current Chicago-Kent student
who is eligible for work study. The Advice Desk at the Daley
Center is now hiring a student through a work study program
to work as a Spanish translator for clients who come into
the Advice Desk. The candidate will have an opportunity
to provide translation and administrative support to make
the Desk more readily available to clients who speak only
Spanish and need pro bono legal assistance.
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 application.
Please submit a letter of interest to Tracy Kish (tkish@kentlaw.edu)
in the Law Offices.
Public Interest Position - Paid Opportunity
There is an opening 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 a paralegal/administrative position.
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 maintenance, assisting elderly and disabled clients
in retrieving their court files or finding a courtroom,
etc.
The hours for the position are as follows: Monday afternoons
and/or Wednesday afternoons and/or all day Fridays.
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 application. Please submit a letter of interest
to Prof. Pam Kentra (pkentra@kentlaw.edu)
in the Law Offices.
LEGAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
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 State’s Attorneys 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.
The information about Spring 2008 Legal Externships and
an accompanying application form will be available in late
October in the Law Offices reception area (Room 600), in
the Career Services Office, and in front of the Spakateria.
Please e-mail Professor Vivien Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up an appointment for more information about externships.
For-credit Spring Externship opportunities with application
deadlines:
Spring 2008 Semester: Intellectual Property (IP) Legal Externship for IP Certificate Participants
2L applicants must have a minimum G.P.A. of 3.2
3L applicants must have a minimum G.P.A. of 3.3
A well-known Chicago-based national firm will select a
qualified Chicago-Kent IP Certificate student for a Spring
externship in their IP division.
To apply:
Submit your resume and transcript to Prof. Gross by Wednesday,
November 7, at noon. Professor Gross will then forward
the information to the participating firm to make its selection.
For more information about intellectual property externship
opportunities generally, please contact Professor Vivien
Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu).
Spring 2008 Semester: Litigation Technology Externship
Adjunct Professor Mike Rogers, in his capacity as President
of Ronin Consulting, Ltd. is interested in interviewing
qualified Chicago-Kent students for a Spring 2008 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, by Friday, November
15, 2007. Interviews will occur thereafter. Students
should have a portfolio of demonstrative presentations ready
to display at the time of the interview.
Spring 2008 Semester: U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement
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, November 9, 2007
to:
Ms. Ava Gould
Trial Team Leader
Commodities Futures Trading Commission
525 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60661
agould@cftc.gov
Please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if and when you are selected as an extern.
Spring 2008 Semester: Illinois Attorney General’s Office
The Illinois Attorney General’s Office provides excellent
opportunities for law students to improve their skills and
knowledge in a wide range of subject areas, including consumer
protection, government representation, civil rights, environmental
enforcement, antitrust, complex civil litigation, civil
and criminal appeals, and criminal law enforcement.
Working closely with attorneys in the Chicago office,
externs investigate facts, review documents, research legal
issues, and draft legal memoranda, correspondence, and pleadings.
Students who qualify for a 711 licensed may appear in court
under the supervision of an Assistant Attorney General.
For further information, and to download an application
form, please visit the Illinois Attorney General’s website
at: http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/index.html.
Inquiries may also be directed to Ruta Stropus at 312/814-5328,
rstropus@atg.state.il.us.
If you are interested in externing at the Illinois Attorney
General’s Office during the Spring 2008 semester, you must
submit your application before Thursday, November 1,
2007. In addition, to receive law school credit for
Kent’s Spring Externship Program, please contact Prof. Gross
(vgross@kentlaw.edu)
to set up a meeting.
Spring 2008 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 Monday, November 5, 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
Please see Professor Gross, Room 617, if you are accepted
or for more information about this externship opportunity.
Spring 2008 Semester: U.S. Dept. Of Homeland Security,
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
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, October 26, 2007 to:
Ms. Debra Gordon
Associate Regional Counsel, USCIS
101 W. Congress Pkwy.
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 239-5942
debra.gordon@dhs.gov
Please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if and when 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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