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Headlines for the Week of March 19, 2007
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- Additional fall 2006 CALI Award winner.
- SmithAmundsen Excellence in Legal Writing Award.
- Security reminder: Watch your valuables.
- Trial team success.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Office hours.
- May 2: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.
- Exit counseling sessions for spring graduates.
- "Pleading for the Future."
- CTA changes - "L" riders.
- "Creative Job Search Strategies for Labor & Employment Law."
- Alternative Careers for Lawyers: The Business Sector.
- Internship opportunity this summer in Bangkok.
- Cook County Bar Association: 2007 Minority Law Student Job Fair.
- Dress for Success at Ann Taylor.
- New legal services positions in D.C.
- If you have a Legal Aid position this summer: Apply for $1,000 education grant from Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps.
- If you have a Legal Aid position this summer: Apply for an Equal Justice America Fellowship.
- Attention Class of 2007: Update on Commencement.
- Class gift update.
- All students: Apply for the Berman Arts Award.
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- Fall 2007 externship: City of Chicago Law Department's Building and Land Use Litigation Division.
- Fall 2007 externship: Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM).
- Fall 2007 externship: Workers' Litigation Unit, Civil Division, Cook County State's Attorney's Office.
- Fall 2007 externship: U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
- Fall 2007 externship: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Fall 2007 externship: Resurrection Health Care.
- Fall 2007 externship: Litigation Technology.
- Fall 2007 externship: Intellectual Property.
- Summer 2007 externship: Resurrection Health Care.
- Summer 2007 externship: In-house corporate legal externship.
- Summer 2007 externship: Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM).
- Paid public interest positions.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- Babel in Bangkok?
- March 23: Deadline for fall 2007 study abroad.
- Summer internship opportunities in China and Thailand.
- Interested in peace?
- March 29 to 31: ILSA spring conference in Washington, D.C.
- International student organization seeks volunteers.
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law: Call for papers.
- James Baker Hughes prize: $500.
- Announcing the Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program.
- Rotary World Peace Fellowships.
- All students are invited to join the Chicago Bar Association Chorus.
- Donate your used legal textbooks.
- ABA International Internships.
- New entries this week:
- SmithAmundsen Excellence in Legal Writing Award.
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- Windows Vista and Office 2007 information.
- Print accounting system on KENTNET.
- Free e-mail available to Chicago-Kent alumni at alum.iit.edu.
- How to transfer your existing Chicago-Kent e-mail to your new alumni account.
- CLC Policies: Students are required to show C-K photo ID card for loaner computer equipment.
- Computer acceptable use policy.
- Windows Update.
- Remove unnecessary files on network.
- CLC monthly network maintenance schedule.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat4984.
- CLC contact information and office hours.
- Office of Technology Services at the main campus: Dell computer purchases.
- http://ots.iit.edu/computer equipment/purchase.php
- Opportunity knocks!
- Spring library hours.
- General library policies.
- PowerDomes.
- Featured resource: LexisNexis Congressional.
- Get student-prepared outlines for your classes.
- Submit your own outline to the LexisNexis Outline Bank.
- Tip of the week.
- LexisNexis representative contact information.
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- April 2: Deadline for legal writing teaching assistant positions for 2007-08.
Faculty Newsletters
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- Public interest certificate program letters of intent available.
- Self-Help Web Center at the Daley Center seeks volunteers.
- Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Humanities paper.
- March 20: ABA Outreach: "Career Opportunities in Labor and Employment Law," room C40 from noon to 1:45 p.m. New panel member added.
- "Risky Business? Risk Perception & Nano Business" forum on Wednesday, March 21.
- Research assistants wanted.
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- Weekly activities schedule.
- Spring 2007 building and library hours: Effective January 22.
- Student employment.
- Discounted public parking rates.
- Downtown Campus safety tips.
- Shuttle bus schedule.
- DTC Bursar’s Office hours.
- Administration and Finance office hours.
- Online room reservation form.
- Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
- Admissions office hours.
- March 27: The 29th annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture, "Religion and the Workplace."
- Upcoming CLE programs in 2007.
- Record templates available for students and administrators.
- Human Resources schedule online.
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Student Organizations:
Click here for the template
to use for creating Record announcement pages. More information is available on the
About the Record page.
- Nominations for Faculty Member of the Year Award.
- Law Week schedule.
- Participate in Diversity Day on March 29.
- Barrister's Ball 2007.
- Spring SBA election schedule.
- March 22: Environmental law career panel discussion at 5 p.m.
- March 22: Environmental Law Society student/alumni reception at 5:45 p.m.
- March 20: Guest speaker Balázs Bodó will talk about file sharing at noon.
- March 21: IPLS spring alumni-student reception from 5 to 7 p.m.
- March 27: Chicago IP Colloquium speaker, Professor Robin Feldman, at 4 p.m.
- Upcoming IPLS election.
- March 25: Volunteer with KJF at Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN)!
- Auction tickets on sale in the Spak after spring break: $10 if purchased in advance and $12 at the door.
- Visit the KJF Web site for an updated list of auction packages.
- Sign up on TWEN in Westlaw to volunteer for the auction.
- March 20: ABA Outreach: "Career Opportunities in Labor and Employment Law," room C40 from noon to 1:45 p.m. New panel member added.
- April 5: "Creative Job Search Strategies for Labor & Employment Law," room 580 from noon to 1 p.m.
- March 23: Practitioner's lunch with Fran Maher, CEO, American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, from noon to 1 p.m.
- March 22: "Dress for Success" sponsored by Ann Taylor.
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