Important Record Announcement

• New Record headline contact is Tom Shipley. Send all Record submissions to record@kentlaw.edu

Dean Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

• American Red Cross.
• Award announcements.

Assistant Dean Stephen D. Sowle

• Fall 1999 registration.
• 1999 summer session:
  • New section of Professional Responsibility.
  • Adding and dropping courses.
  • Initial reading assignments.
• Intensive Trial Advocacy: seats available.
• Teaching evaluations.

Registrar

• Fall registration forms available.
• Intensive Trial Advocacy.
• Undergraduate transcript.
• Insurance waiver.
• Exams on computer
  • The ExamSoft software is the approved word processor for spring 1999 exams.
• Class ranks.
• May 1999 graduates.

Administration and Finance

• Weekly activities schedule.
• Third parking lot for Downtown Campus.

Student Services

• TA application deadline extended.
• Final exam reschedule deadline.
• Orientation volunteers needed.

Financial Aid

• Exit interviews.
• 1998-1999 financial aid deadline.
• Summer 1999.
• Bar exam loans.
• 1999-2000 financial aid.
• Office hours.

Career Services

• Good news from 1998 graduate employment statistics!
• Patent Law Interview Program: Pick up information packet in CSO and send to Loyola by April 30.
• CSO seeking Student Worker for 10-20 hours/week.
• Upcoming Programs:
  • April 27 and 29: Introduction to Fall On-Campus Interview Program.
  • April 28: 1999 Graduate Career Services Open House.
• Members of CSO staff to represent school at national NALP Conference with legal employers April 20-24th.
• KJF Public Interest Fellowship Applications due April 26.
• CSO summer hours to begin May 3rd.
• Job opportunities and other Record handouts:
  • Internships/Clerkships
  • Fellowships
  • Judicial clerkships
  • Miscellaneous

Admissions

• Office of Admissions hours.

Information Center

• Legal newspapers tutorial.
• New library system on the way.
• Media Services Department.

Law Offices

• Lottery results for the fall 1999 semester will be posted on the bulletin board outside suite 600 at 12pm on April 20, 1999.
• For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/

Center for Law and Computers

• New look of computers at Chicago-Kent!
• New lab is open--conveniently located on the fifth floor in room 545.
• New virus detection software.
• The student directory is now available online.
• Student printing deadlines.
• Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions.
• Network maintenance schedule.

Scholarships

• Critical information regarding Chicago-Kent merit-based and need-based scholarships and awards for the 1999-2000 academic year.
• 1998-99 external scholarships.

Continuing Legal Education

• ATTENTION-- All students interested in federal taxation.
• ATTENTION-- All students interested in labor law.
• Upcoming programs in 1999.

Office of Development

• 13th annual Scholarship Appreciation Luncheon.
  • Videos of student speeches.

Writing Contests

• New entry this week.

Employment Opportunities

• Legal writing teaching assistant applications.
• Student worker position available in Career Services.

From Professor Suzanne Ehrenberg

• Legal writing and teaching assistant applications.

From Professor Jeffrey Sherman

• Professor Sherman seeks research assistant.

Serving Our Society (SOS)

• Tutoring.
• Domestic violence.

LEXIS-NEXIS

• LEXIS Day: Thursday, April 22.
• LEXIS summer associate training: April 26-29.
• Shepard's.
• REMINDER on free outlines.

Westlaw

Program in Environmental and Energy Law

• Speaker Rion Schmidt: "Alaska Rainforest...An Inspiring Journey into the Wild"-- Tuesday, April 20 from 12pm to 1pm in room 570.

Program in Intellectual Property Law

• Chicago-Kent students reach semi-finals of the National Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition.
• Participate in the IP Program.

Amnesty International

• Spring Lecture Series on Feminism, Gender Politics and the Law.
• Elections of the 1999-2000 executive board.

Chicago Bar Associaton

• CHICAGO-KENT WINS BLOOD DRIVE!!!
• Volunteer Night at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, April 22.
• Friends of the Park Earth Day Clean-Up, April 25.
• 6th annual Dining-Out for Life Event: Battle AIDS by going out to lunch or dinner on May 13.
• Upcoming YLS events and committee meetings:
  • Wednesday, April 21: Mental health and disabilities law.
  • Thursday, April 22: Legal rights of lesbians and gay men.
  • Thursday, April 22: Estate planning.
  • Wednesday, April 28: Career assistance.

Computer Law Association

• See the new links on the Sample Justice Web Collaboratory page.

Criminal Justice Society

• Professor David Thomas speaker event, Tuesday, April 20.
• Elections to be held at speaker event on April 20.

Environmental Law Society

• Spring Street Clean-Up: 10:30am on Saturday, April 17-- Free pizza for lunch.
• Elections: Tuesday, April 20.
• Speaker Rion Schmidt: "Alaska Rainforest...An Inspiring Journey into the Wild"-- Tuesday, April 20 from 12pm to 1pm in room 570.
• Earth Day reception Thursday, April 22 on the 10th floor.
  • Buy your raffle tickets in the cafeteria for great prizes.
• Minutes of Tuesday, April 13 meeting.

Health Law Society

• Spring symposium-- Wednesday, April 21.
  • HMO: Friend or Foe?
• Elections.

Justinian Society

• Note on upcoming elections.

Kent Association of Trial Lawyers of America

• Speaker: Dr. Lisnek (jury consultant)-- Tuesday, April 20, 3pm in the Auditorium.
• Mock trial participants needed.
• Elections for executive board.

Kent Justice Foundation

• Fellowship applications now available.
• Elections for executive board.
• Raffle!
• General meeting (voting too): Wednesday, April 21 3pm in room 170.

Labor and Employment Law Society

• Thanks to everyone for making the panel discussion and reception a success!
• Calendar of upcoming events.
• Outlines!!!

• Tryouts for international moot court will take place during the first three weeks of the fall semester.
• Requirements: Candidates must have a 2.75+ GPA and have taken or be enrolled in international research or international law.
• Candidacy tryouts will consist of a single issue brief for one side and an oral argument on that issue. Anyone having difficulty signing-up for the prerequisite classes should talk to Professor Molly Lien. Good Luck.

Muslim Law Students Association

• Speaker event.
• Kosova awareness.
• Chicago area events.

Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity

• 1999-2000 election notice.
• Class outlines.
• Resume review.
• Happy hour?
• Not a member yet?

Women in Law

• REMINDER: WIL Spring Reception April 27, 4pm to 7pm-- guest speaker Alan Zenoff. Find out election, fellowship and Rothstein Award winners!
• Bake sale and elections a success!