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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