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Week of January 19, 2009

Law Offices: In-House Clinics

Orientation for new clinic students will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 3:00pm in Room C20. Attendance at this meeting is mandatory for beginning students in all of the In-House Law Offices programs. Please bring your class schedule with you as you will be choosing your office duty time slot.

 

Legal Externship Program

What is the 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.

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.

Information about Spring 2009 Legal Externships and an accompanying application form are available in the Law Offices reception area (Room 600), in the Career Services Office, and in front of the Spakateria.

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.

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.

If you would like more information about externships, please e-mail Professor Vivien Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu) to set up an appointment. There are lots of different types of opportunities in which you might be interested.

 
Spring 2009 Semester: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago Division of Legal and Compliance Services

This externship will provide practical experience working closely with attorneys in an in-house legal department for a not-for-profit social service organization. Catholic Charities offers a broad range of services from locations throughout Cook and Lake Counties. Law student externs will gain experience in legal research and writing, court filings and legal intake. Externs will work with in-house counsel on a variety of corporate law, litigation, employment and real estate issues. The Catholic Charities office is located at 721 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, and is easily accessible via public transportation.

If you are interested in this externship opportunity, please submit a copy of your resume and a cover letter indicating the hours you are available to work during the Spring semester to:

Karen O'Mara
komara@catholiccharities.net

If you are accepted by Catholic Charities, please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu) to receive credit for this externship.


Spring 2009 Semester: Resurrection Health Care

Resurrection Health Care is seeking motivated volunteer Legal Externs to work at least two days a week in a busy and dynamic legal and regulatory environment during the Spring 2009 terms. 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 other health care facilities and providers.

Resurrection Health Care’s externship opportunity is in the Office of Legal Affairs and open to J.D. students who will:

• Work closely with the system General Counsel and other attorneys in the Office of Legal Affairs;
• Engage in a broad range of legal activities, including research and legal analysis, writing, preparation of legal documents and contract review;
• Gain exposure to numerous types of legal matters, including regulatory, contracts, medical staff, estate and gifts, corporate transactional, non-profit, employment and labor, governmental relations, real estate, corporate compliance, HIPAA and litigation that arises in a health care setting;
• Have the opportunity to attend and observe significant meetings, depositions, mediations, court hearings, and other events as may be available during the term. Parking and lunch are free for volunteer externs.

To apply for an externship:

Please submit your resume and a cover letter that specifies (a) the semester for which you are applying, and (b) which days of the week you would work at RHC, if known. Students will be asked to come to RHC for an interview and to submit a writing sample. 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.

Location and Transportation:

The Office of Legal Affairs is located at:

Resurrection Health Care
7435 W. Talcott Avenue, #345, Chicago, IL 60631
(Near Harlem Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway)

If you are accepted, to receive credit and enroll in Legal Externship, please contact Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu).

 
Spring 2009 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/jobs/index.html.

Inquiries may also be directed to Adelaida Otero, Professional Development and Attorney Recruitment, Office of the Attorney General, 312 814-5197 or email her at aotero@atg.state.il.us.

If you are interested in externing at the Illinois Attorney General’s Office during the Spring 2009 semester, you must submit your application as soon as possible. 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.

 

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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