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Headlines for the Week of November 21, 2005

Office of the Dean

Dean Harold J. Krent »

  • Rovner Moot Court Competition.
  • Lecture featuring Dr. Akbar Ahmed on Tuesday, November 29.
Student Services

Assistant Dean Steve Sowle  »

  • Spring 2006 schedule and registration.
  • Academic calendar reminder.
  • Fall 2005 final exams.
  • Intensive Trial Advocacy: Seats still available in January 2006 session. 
  • Teaching evaluations.
  • Joke of the week.
  • Poem of the week.

Registrar  »

  • Office hours and contact information.
  • Exams on Computer sign-up.
  • Change of division petition.
  • Pass/fail revocation - deadline December 6.

Financial Aid  »

  • Federal loan exit counseling for December 2005 graduates.
  • Refund checks.

Student Services  »

  • Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Important building emergency information.
  • Answers to library brain teasers.
  • 2L evening student volunteers needed.

Career Services  »

  • 1Ls: Summer environmental law internship at the Shedd Aquarium.
  • The Summer Honors Legal Program at the SEC.
  • Intern at the Office of the State Appellate Defender.
  • Office of General Counsel at the University of Arizona: One-year fellowship in higher education law.
  • Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference (MPILCC).

Scholarships  »

  • No new awards listed.
Academics & Student Programs

Law Offices/Clinic  »

  • Law Offices: Spring 2006 lottery results are in.
  • State Appellate Defender - winter/spring externship.
  • Legal Externship Program - more information.
  • Refugee & Asylum Law Externship.
  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Externship.
  • Opportunity - Asian Human Services.
  • Opportunity - Illinois Community College Board.
  • City of Chicago - regulatory and aviation litigation.
  • Illinois Attorney General law clerk positions.
  • For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/.

International Law and Policy -- Assistant Dean Lydia Lazar  »

  • Fall 2005 events:
    • Patriot Act debates - archive link.
    • November 28: Lecture and reception featuring Judge Steve Adler.
    • November 29: "The Importance of Jewish/Muslim Dialogue" - Dr. Akbar Ahmed.
  • "Stop the Genocide in Darfur."
  • Study abroad in France this spring or Hungary in the fall.

Writing competitions  »

  • No new entries this week.
Computing & Information Services

Center for Law and Computers  »

  • How to transfer your existing Chicago-Kent e-mail to your new alumnae/i account.
  • Free e-mail available to Chicago-Kent alumnae/i at http://alum.iit.edu.
  • Speed of the upgraded Webmail system.
  • Chicago-Kent's wireless network.
  • Loaner laptop policy.
  • Procedure at CLC Help Desk: All students are required to show their Chicago-Kent ID card.
  • Anti-SPAM system for Chicago-Kent.
  • Web page naming conventions.
  • Computer acceptable 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 sdat4630.
  • Office hours.
  • Contact us.

Library  »

  • Fall library hours.
  • Thanksgiving holiday library hours.
  • General library policies.
  • New library exhibit - Montgomery, 1955: Rosa Parks, MLK & the Boycott That Changed the South.
  • Featured resource: Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA).

LexisNexis  »

  • LexisNexis training classes.
  • Get outlines for your classes.
  • Tip of the Week.
  • LexisNexis representative contact information.
Faculty

Read the latest Faculty Newsletter for information about the Chicago-Kent faculty's recent speaking engagements, forthcoming publications, new research projects and other activities.

  • No announcements in this issue.
Institutes & Centers

Center for Access to Justice and Technology  »

  • Opportunities at Self-Help Web Center at the Daley Center.
  • A2J Author Student Editorial Board.
  • Public Interest Certificate Program.

Institute for Law and the Humanities  »

  • Chicago-Kent Institute for Law and the Humanities Paper Prize.

Institute for Law and the Workplace  »

  • 2005-06 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.

Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future  »

  • IBHF/Nano & Society Meet and Greet.
  • Research assistants wanted.
Administrative Offices/General

Administration and Finance  »

  • Weekly activities schedule.
  • Thanksgiving and final exams building and library hours: Wednesday, November 23, to Saturday, November 26.
  • Building and library hours through Tuesday, November 23, and from November 27 to December 6.
  • Final exam building and library hours: Wednesday, November 27, to Wednesday, December 21.
  • Building and library hours for fall semester.
  • Student employment for fall 2005 semester.
  • Discounted public parking rates for fall 2005 semester.
  • Downtown Campus safety tips.
  • Traffic alert! Washington Boulevard bridge closed through December 2005.
  • Shuttle bus schedule.
  • DTC Bursar’s Office hours.
  • Administration and Finance office hours.
  • Online room reservation form.

Admissions  »

  • Admissions office hours.

Continuing Legal and Professional Education  »

  • Upcoming CLE programs in 2006.

Public Affairs  »

  • Deadline for submitting headlines for November 28 Record issue is Tuesday, November 22, at noon, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
  • Record templates available for students and administrators.

Special Notices  »

  • Human Resources schedule online.
Student Organizations

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Student Bar Association

  • ISBA is looking for volunteers for high school mock trial teams.

American Constitution Society

  • American Constitution Society hosts faculty panel discussion, Thursday, November 29, 3 p.m., room C40.

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

  • Bake sale on Monday, November 21.
  • Immigration: Policy, Advocacy and Practice - lunchtime speaker event on Tuesday, November 22.  Lunch provided!

Chicago-Kent Lambdas

  • "Learning as We Go: Responding to the Legal Needs of Chicago Immigrants with HIV/AIDS" - speaker event Tuesday, November 22, noon, room 570.
  • Latham Watkins Diversity Scholars - for 2Ls.
  • Judicial Intern Opportunity Program.

International Law Student Association

  • Final discussion group for fall semester.

Moot Court Honor Society

  • All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the final round of the Ilana Diamond Rovner Competition on Monday, November 21, at 4 p.m.

National Lawyers Guild

  • National Lawyers Guild Film Festival.
  • General meeting for all members or interested students.

Phi Alpha Delta

  • Raffle results and winners.
  • Phi Alpha Delta and Chicago-Kent Lambdas speaker event discussing AIDS and legal issues surrounding the disease, November 22, noon - 1 p.m., room 570.

Public Interest Resource Center

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