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Week of February 4, 2019

 

JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
SUMMER 2019 SEMESTER

Judicial Externship Program (JEP) 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 designated Illinois appellate or circuit court judges.

JEP enables a student to become involved in particular legal problems through research and writing, and to contribute to the resolution of those problems by participating in drafting memoranda and opinions. Depending upon the judge, an extern may also have the opportunity to observe the judge's day-to-day routine and to discuss with him/her the issues and problems that judges confront. Take advantage of this prestigious learning opportunity while enhancing your marketability in the legal world.

Summer Application Process

Applications for Summer 2019 Judicial Externships are now available in the C-K Law Group reception area (Room 600), in the Career Services Office, online, and on the table by the third floor elevators.

Completed applications should be submitted in hard copy to Suzanne in Room 618, by Tuesday, February 19, 2019, no later than 5 p.m.

Informational Meeting

On Tuesday, February 5, at 12:00 p.m., in Room 345, Professor Gross will conduct an informational meeting for students interested in participating in the Summer/Fall 2019 Judicial Externship Programs.

For additional information about JEP, you may also refer to the Law School Website externship page.

If you have any questions about the Program or the application itself, please contact Professor Vivien Gross (vgross@kentlaw.iit.edu).

 

PROFESSOR KLING IN THE MEDIA

Clinical Professor Richard Kling, who supervises the Criminal Clinic, was interviewed by several news outlets regarding the verdict in the Van Dyke case. Watch his interview on WTTW
 

C-K Law Group Expands Into Cat Law??

Always looking for new and interesting cases, our clinic now represents Reggie The Cat (or more accurately Reggie’s owner) in a dispute with an animal adoption agency that won’t give Reggie back!

We are just happy Professor Gonzalez finally decided on a specialty!

Article here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-cat-dispute-social-media-20180123-story.html

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

C-K Law Group administers three certificate programs: Litigation and Dispute Resolution (LADR), Criminal Litigation and a Workplace Litigation and Dispute Resolution LADR) Certificate Program. These are great programs if you want to get more exposure to Litigation and/or employment law or other experiential learning.

For more information, please visit the Certificate program website. You can email Tracy at tkish@kentlaw.iit.edu if you would like further information. Applications for these certificate programs can be found on the table on the third floor by the elevators, in the C-K Law Group reception area (Suite 600) or online:

Litigation and Dispute Resolution (LADR)

Criminal Litigation

Workplace Litigation and Dispute Resolution (LADR)
 

GARY LASER PROFESSIONALISM AWARD

Alanna Elinoff '18 and Stefanie Ferrari '18 receive the 2018 Gary Laser Professionalism Award! Read more.


FLEISCHMAN AWARD

Former criminal clinic students Laura Reichel, Nicole Murphy and Nicholas Pangere receive 2017 Fleischman Family Awards for Excellence in Criminal Clinic. Read more.

PROFESSOR KLING IN THE NEWS

Clinical Professor Richard Kling was interviewed by WGN-TV about the legal bills incurred for Drew Peterson's legal defense.
 

C-K LAW GROUP NEWSLETTER

View the latest C-K Law Group newsletter to find out what is currently happening and hear from students who talk about their clinic experiences.

INTENSIVE CLINIC

Intensive clinic is a twelve credit, one semester course in which the students will receive an enhanced, closely supervised and graded clinical experience and, in addition, satisfy their senior seminar paper requirement. Intensive Clinic has the potential to be the optimal means for law students to transition from law school to the practice of law in that it provides a natural progression from theory (doctrinal classes) to simulations to clinic to Intensive Clinic, where students engage in sophisticated lawyering activities on a full-time basis for an entire semester, with a safety net in place. The program will be available for a select number of senior law students. Each student enrolled in Intensive Clinic will receive ten graded clinical education credits and a separate grade of two credits for writing a paper that will satisfy the Senior Seminar paper requirement under the close supervision of the clinical faculty member who selected the student.

Areas of Law: Plaintiffs Employment Law, Civil Litigation, Vaccine Injury Litigation, Criminal Law, Entrepreneurial Law, Family Law and Tax Law.

To Apply:

Students will apply to Intensive Clinic via a written submission detailing their qualifications and their reasons for seeking admission. This submission will be the basis for discussion during a subsequent individual interview with each applicant. Please direct all written submissions to Tracy Kish at tkish@kentlaw.iit.edu.


In The News

Clinical Professor of Law Pamela Kentra, supervisor of the Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic, explains a Seventh Circuit decision that could chip away at the private arbitration system in Crain's Chicago Business.


Clinical Professor of Law Richard Kling, supervisor of the Criminal Clinic, is interviewed by CBS 2 Chicago about the special prosecutor appointed in the Laquan McDonald murder case.

Chicago-Kent College Clinical Professor of Law Richard Kling is interviewed in the Chicago Sun-Times about former Governor Rod Blagojevich’s resentencing hearing. Read Chicago-Kent's Richard Kling's comments in the Chicago Sun-Times.

Center for Open Government Director Clint Krislov spoke to Investigators’ Notebook about his client’s taxpayer action to enforce school district anti-nepotism policies. Read Clint Krislov's comments in the Investigators' Notebook, the blog of the Better Government Association's Investigative Unit.

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin published an article focusing on the legal writing and clinical education programs.
 


For a complete description of all clinical programs, please visit the C-K Law Group Home Page at http://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/legal-clinics

For a description of all externship programs, please visit the Externship home page at https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/academics/jd-program/practical-skills-training/externships

 

 

 

 

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