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Headlines for the Weeks of November 29, 2004

Office of the Dean

Dean Harold J. Krent

Student Services

Assistant Dean Steve Sowle

  • Spring 2005 registration starts Monday, November 22.
    • Final spring 2005 schedule and registration bulletin.
    • Registration instructions.
    • Registration for first-year students.
  • Academic calendar reminder.
  • Fall 2004 final exams.
    • Exam schedule.
    • Rescheduling exams.
    • Availability of professors' old exams.
    • Exams on computer sign-up.
  • Grade distributions for spring 2004.
  • CALI award winners for summer 2004.
  • New smoking policy for front of building.
  • Teaching evaluations.
  • Joke of the week.

Registrar

  • Office hours.
  • Exams on computer sign-up.
  • Change of division petition.
  • Pass/fail revocation deadline.

Financial Aid

  • Refund checks.
  • Updating contact information with Department of Education.
  • 2004-05 loan processing.

Student Services

  • Study breaks and snacks!
  • Spring U-Pass distribution.
  • Fall U-Pass activation period.
  • Spring health insurance enrollment period.
  • Waiving/canceling health insurance for the spring.

Career Services

  • Good luck on exams!
  • What to do over your winter break.
  • Foley & Lardner's annual holiday reception for 1Ls.
  • Summer volunteer opportunity in Tampa, Florida.

Scholarships

  • New awards listed for external scholarship list.
    • Kankakee County Society of Women in Law scholarships.
    • Nordic Law Club scholarship.
    • Jewish Vocation Service, Gertrude and Harry G. Fins Scholarship.
  • Important information for 2004-05 Chicago-Kent scholarship recipients.
Academics & Student Programs

Law Offices/Clinic

  • December 10 deadline for exciting opportunities for current 2Ls.
  • Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (LADR) Certificate Program.
  • Spring 2005 Legal Externship Program.
  • New opportunities: Illinois Attorney General Public Utilities Bureau, refugee and asylum law.
  • Spring 2005 Law Offices in-house clinic results are posted outside of room 600.
  • Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (LADR) Certificate Program.
  • 2Ls and 3Ls: Hotline Clinic Program.
  • The Intellectual Property Patent Clinic.
  • The Immigration Law Clinic.
  • Chicago-Kent Family Law Clinic.
  • Web site for Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic.
  • For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/

Legal Research and Writing Program

  • Attention 1Ls: Legal Writing I & II assignment due dates are online.

International Law and Policy

  • New Chicago-Kent summer study-abroad program in Germany.

Writing competitions

  • No new entries this week.
Computing & Information Services

Center for Law and Computers

  • Installation instructions for Examsoft SofTest.
  • Dell laptop adapters could catch fire and cause shock.
  • Dell Inspiron 1150 laptops critical performance update.
  • Loaner laptop policy.
  • All students required to show student ID at CLC Help Desk.
  • New anti-SPAM system for Chicago-Kent.
  • Web page naming conventions.
  • Computer use policy.
  • Top three ways to stop SPAM.
  • Windows Update instructions.
  • Remove unnecessary files on network.
  • Standard monthly network maintenance reminder.
  • Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat4410.
  • Office hours.
  • Contact us.

Library

  • Library hours.
  • General library policies.
  • Featured resource.
  • Restricted access to library for finals.
  • Universal borrowing.
  • Feedback for the library.

LexisNexis

  • Be better prepared for finals with LexisNexis.
  • Tip of the week.
  • Forgot your Lexis ID?
  • Contact information.
Faculty

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  • No announcements in this issue.
Institutes & Centers
Institute for Law and the Workplace
  • Louis Jackson Writing Competition.
Administrative Offices/General

Administration and Finance

  • Weekly activities schedule.
  • Thanksgiving and final exam period building and library hours.
  • Student employment for fall term 2004.
  • Building and library hours for the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
  • Downtown Campus safety tips.
  • Shuttle bus schedule.
  • Administration and Finance office hours.
  • Online room reservation form.

Admissions

  • Admissions office hours.

Continuing Legal and Professional Education

  • Student volunteer opportunities.
  • Upcoming 2004-05 programs.

Public Affairs

  • December 13 is the last Record issue for the fall term.
  • January 17 is the first Record issue for the spring term.
  • Record templates available for students and administrators.

Special Notices

  • Human Resources schedule online.
Student Organizations

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International Law Students Association

  • Pizza with a British diplomat, Tuesday, November 30, at noon.

Kent Justice Foundation

  • Blood drive.
  • CARPLS.
  • Web desk.

Moot Court Honor Society

  • Teams sweep awards in fall competitions.

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