LAW OFFICES IN-HOUSE CLINICAL PROGRAM
Applications for the Summer semester
of the in-house clinics are due TODAY at noon and are
available on the table outside of the 3rd floor cafeteria
or in the Law Offices, room 600. They can be turned into
the Law Offices in room 600. For more information on the
in-house clinics, please visit our website: http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/areas.html.
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:
Fall 2009 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
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 April 27, 2009 to:
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.
Fall 2009: Externships with 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 Fall semester
by April 24, 2009, 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.
Fall 2009: Externships with U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division
Students 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.
Qualifications:
– 2L or 3L
– Previous or concurrent coursework in immigration law helpful
– United States citizenship required
To apply, interested students should submit a resume, transcript,
and writing sample to:
occchiapplications@fins3.dhs.gov
or via regular mail to:
Lynn K. Hollander, Assistant Chief Counsel
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security – ICE
55 E. Monroe St., Suite 1700
Chicago, Illinois 60603
All electronically submitted documents must be in MSWord
or Adobe Acrobat format.
Applications must be received no later than May 8, 2009.
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 and when you are selected as an extern.
Fall 2009 Semester: Intellectual Property (IP) Legal
Externship for IP Certificate Participants
2L and 3L applicants must have a minimum G.P.A. of 3.28.
A well-known Chicago-based national firm will select a
qualified Kent IP Certificate student for a Spring externship
in their IP division.
To apply:
Submit your resume and transcript to Prof. Gross by Tuesday,
April 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).
Fall Externships – Cook County Domestic Relations Court
(4 credit hours)
Open to 2L and 3L 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.
Enjoy this exciting opportunity to be a legal extern to
a judge in the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit
Court of Cook County at the Daley Center. You will not only
be able to observe and participate in the day-to-day operations
of a busy domestic relations courtroom but will also assist
your judge in researching law, drafting orders, and resolving
disputes.
There are currently two judges who are seeking a student
extern for Summer and Fall. If you are interested in either
a Summer or Fall externship, please contact Professor Gross
(vgross@kentlaw.edu)
as soon as possible to set up a meeting and to submit your
resume and transcript.
Fall 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.
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.
Fall 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).
Fall 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 for Fall, interested students should e-mail a
cover letter, resume and writing sample by Friday, April2
24, 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.
Fall 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, April 13, 2009.
Please notify Prof. Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu)
if and when you are selected as an extern.
Fall 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 Monday, April 20, 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.
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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