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Week of April 15, 2013

 

LAW OFFICES
IN-HOUSE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Applications for the Fall 2013 Law Offices are now available. They are located outside of the third floor cafeteria, in the Law Offices reception area (Suite 600), and online. Applications are due on Wednesday, April 17 at 5:00 p.m.

IN THE NEWS

Clinical Professor Ed Kraus spoke with Peoria's WEEK-TV about the needs of diabetic children in schools and the necessity of accommodation from and education of school staff, for a story about a local couple whose 10-year old son has struggled to perform needed care on the bus: http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Mom-says-son-denied-to-properly-treat-diabetes-is-life-or-death-issue-200679431.html

IIT Chicago-Kent Legal Fellow/Research Associate Sarah Blenner, who works with Clinical Professor Ed Kraus in the Health & Disability Law Clinic, discussed privacy and discrimination concerns surrounding a new policy in which CVS drugstores will require employees to submit to body weight and BMI testing or face higher health insurance premiums, in an ABC 7 News story. View the video.

 
Summer/Fall 2013 Judicial Externship
Part of For-Credit Summer/Fall 2013 Judicial Externship Program (4 credit hours)

Cook County Domestic Relations Court
2Ls and 3Ls

Enjoy this exciting opportunity to be an 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.

Students who have either taken Family Law or Family Law Clinic or who will be enrolled in Family Law in the Fall are preferred.

If you are interested in either a Summer or Fall Domestic Relations Court externship, please contact Professor Gross (vgross@kentlaw.edu) as soon as possible to set up a meeting and to submit your resume and transcript.

Summer Application Deadline: April 15th

Fall Application Deadline: April 29th


ACCESS2PRACTICE
LEGAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM

A2P Legal Externship 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 approved in-house corporate legal counsel.

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.

Application Process:

Information and application packets for Summer and Fall 2013 are available in the Law Offices reception area (Room 600), online, in the Career Services Office, and in front of the Spakateria.

If you would like more information, please check the Externship web page.

Legal Externship Applications can be found here

 

Fall 2013 Semester: 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 to, or discrimination against, any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America. Successful law extern candidates will work with OCR attorneys and investigators on one or more teams in the Chicago Office to resolve discrimination complaints.

The law 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 law 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.

Interested applicants must submit a letter of interest, law school transcript, resume and writing sample by Friday, April 19, 2013 to:

Miguel Figueras
U. S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Citigroup Center
Suite 1075
500 W. Madison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661

Applications may also be submitted by email to: Miguel.Figueras@ed.gov.

Please notify Prof.Gross (vgross@kentlaw.iit.edu) if you are selected as an extern and wish to receive credit.
 

Fall 2013 Semester: Externships with U.S. Attorney's Office
Northern District of Illinois

The USAO for the Northern District of Illinois is responsible for prosecuting all federal crimes within the district. The Office also represents the United States and its departments and agencies in civil proceedings filed in federal court and in the Seventh Circuit.

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 and want to apply, please go to the following web site: http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/interns.html.

You must submit an application to the Fall Legal Externship Program by August 2, 2013. Externship applications for Fall 2013 are available in the Law Offices reception area (Room 600), in the Career Services Office, and in front of the Spakateria.

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.
 

For a complete description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices' Home Page at http:\\www.kentlaw.iit.edu/academics/jd-program/practical-skills-training/legal-clinics 

 

 

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