For the LADR and Criminal Litigation Certificate Programs
Throughout LADR (the Litigation and Alternative Dispute
Resolution Certificate Program), you will learn legal doctrine,
lawyering skills, professional values, and work in Chicago-Kent's
teaching law firm, supervised by clinical professors who
are expert practitioners and mentors. You will learn the
art of lawyering through intensive skills and clinical training.
Your experience will teach you how to become a competent,
ethical, and socially responsible lawyer.
The Certificate Program in Criminal Litigation is designed
to give students a comprehensive and balanced professional
education to prepare them adequately for the practice of
criminal law. The program will enable students who earn
the certificate to successfully compete for one of the limited
number of defender or prosecutor jobs that are available
in the Chicago area. In addition this proposed certificate
program represents an opportunity to synthesize the goals
of Chicago-Kent's academic program in Criminal Law with
those of Trial Advocacy and the Law Offices.
Both of these programs require students to submit an application.
There are a limited number of spots available. You may contact
Prof. Gary Laser, Room 631, for more information or pick
up an application and curriculum memorandum in Room 600
or outside of the 3rd floor cafeteria.
APPLICATIONS FOR THESE PROGRAMS MUST BE SUBMITTED
BY 5:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, March 9, 2009
Please submit your application to the Law Offices Receptionist
in Room 600.
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.
Information about Summer/Fall 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.
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.
Listed below are some available for-credit externship
placement opportunities:
Summer 2009: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
The Department of Enforcement of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is currently seeking interested
first, second and third year law students to apply for its
Externship Program for the 2009 Summer session. The selected
student will work approximately 32 hours a week from May
2009 through July 2009 and must receive school credit to
be eligible to participate in the Program..
The Department of Enforcement was created through the consolidation
of NASD and the member regulation, enforcement, and arbitration
functions of the NYSE. It is the largest non-governmental
regulator for all securities firms doing business in the
United States and is dedicated to investor protection and
market integrity through effective and efficient regulation.
The Externship Program for the Department of Enforcement
is designed for students who have an interest in securities
law and regulation. Externs will perform research, writing,
investigative work and analysis as part of preliminary and
formal investigations being conducted by FINRA. These investigations
cover all areas of the securities industry including customer-initiated
sales practice complaints, market manipulation, insider
trading, member firm financial operations and trading violations.
Externs will attend hearings and depositions over the course
of the semester.
Interested students should submit a resume as soon as possible
for the position entitled "Enforcement Extern – Chicago"
via the FINRA website at: http://www.finra.org/CareerOpportunities/index.htm.
Please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if you are selected as an extern.
Summer and Fall 2009 Externships: 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 should include a 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.
Fall 2009 Semester: Externships with U.S. Attorney's
Office
Northern District of Illinois
If you are interested in exposure to and possible participation
in federal trial and appellate practice while assisting
the U.S. Attorney's Office in handling its multitude of
important cases, please pick up an application in Room 612
from Carole Ross, administrative assistant to Professor
Gross.
Completed applications must be received at the Office of
the U.S. Attorney by Friday, April 17, 2009. The
reason for this accelerated date is because each accepted
extern must go through a security clearance, which takes
several weeks.
To receive law school credit for this externship, should
you be selected by the U.S. Attorney's Office, you must
enroll in the law school's Legal Externship Program.
The law school's externship applications for Fall semester
2009 are available in Room 600 Law Offices reception area,
outside of the cafeteria, and in the Career Services office.
Professor Gross will be happy to answer any questions you
may have about either the Legal Externship Program and/or
the externship position with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Summer 2009: Externship with the Cook County State's
Attorneys Office, Worker's Compensation Division
Exciting opportunity with the Worker's Compensation Litigation
Unit of the Cook County State's Attorneys 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
To receive externship credit, please contact Prof. Gross
(vgross@kentlaw.edu).
Summer 2009: Externships with 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 Monday, March 23, 2009
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.
Summer 2009: Externships with Chicago Transit Authority
Legal Department
CTA Legal Department is a general in-house legal department
doing labor law, corporate law, workman’s compensation and
tort defense. Those students who are eligible for 711 licenses
may appear in criminal and traffic court as well as arbitration
proceedings.
If you are interested in applying and wish an application
form, contact Ms. Barbara Dunigan, Executive Assistant,
at (312) 681-2831, or email her at bdunigan@transitchicago.com
for an application form.
All applications must be completed and submitted as soon
as possible, but by no later than Monday, March 23, 2009.
Please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if and when you are selected as an extern.
Summer 2009: 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 timeframes 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 March 27, 2009 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 and when you are selected as an extern.
Spring 2009 Employment Opportunity – Clerk to Special
Master in Federal Court, (Northern District of Illinois)
A former federal judge has been appointed by the court
to serve as a Special Master in three intellectual property
cases. The judge seeks to hire a law clerk to assist him
in those matters. Salary: $20-25 per hour.
3Ls are preferred (no 1Ls). Student must have a strong
academic law school record and be enrolled in the C-K IP
Certificate Program.
Please submit your resume and transcript to Prof. Vivien
Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
. Prof. Gross will forward your material to the judge, who
will make his own selection.
Summer 2009 Semester: U.S. Department of Justice – Immigration
Court
An extern will assist a panel of seven immigration judges
by writing legal memoranda, conducting in-depth legal research
and analysis, and drafting judicial decisions. This position
offers extensive exposure to asylum and deportation law
and an excellent opportunity to improve research, writing
and analytical skills.
Location:
U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Immigration Court
55 East Monroe Street, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60603
Qualifications:
– 2L or 3L
– Coursework and/or experience in immigration law preferred
– United States citizenship required
Application: Please submit a cover letter, resume, copy
of recent transcript (unofficial is accepted), and unedited
writing sample (5-10 pages) via email or mail (Attention:
Greta Hendricks, Judicial Law Clerk) to the address listed
above. Applications must be received by March 2, 2009.
Interviews will be conducted in person.
Inquiries should be directed to Greta Hendricks at (312)
353-7313, ext. 232 or greta.hendricks@usdoj.gov.
To receive credit, please contact Professor Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu).
JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS: FALL 2009 SEMESTER
CURRENT 1L APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM G.P.A. OF 3.33
CURRENT 2L APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM G.P.A. OF 3.28
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.
Judicial Externship enables a student to become involved
in particular legal problems through research and writing,
and to contribute to the resolution of those problems by
writing memoranda and drafting opinions. Depending upon
the judge, an extern may have the opportunity to observe
the day-to-day routine of a judge and discuss with the judge
or the judge's law clerk those legal problems which attorneys
face in their profession, as well as the specific problems
confronted in the courtroom.
Take advantage of this prestigious learning opportunity
while enhancing your marketability in the legal world.
Application Process
Applications for the 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 Fall Externships should be
submitted to Ms. Carole Ross, Secretary to Professor Gross,
Room 612 of Law Offices, by Wednesday, March 18th, at
5:00 p.m.
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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