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Headlines for the Week of April 2, 2007
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- Congrats to SBA and KJF.
- Talk on April 5 with Adm. Hank White, executive director of the ABA.
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- Academic calendar reminder: No classes, Friday, April 6.
- Early bird bar review program.
- Bar preparation courses.
- Trial Team tryouts.
- Summer 2007 schedule.
- Spring 2007 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam reschedule requests: April 3 - April 16.
- Exams on computer sign-up: April 3 - April 16.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Change of division requests: March 28 - April 13.
- Student Services office move.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Office hours.
- May 2: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.
- Change of division.
- Exam conflicts/reschedule requests.
- Exams on computer sign-up.
- Additional exit counseling sessions.
- Student Services office move.
- Exam rescheduling.
- Bar preparation information.
- Early bird bar prep lectures
- CTA slowdown.
- Conversation and networking essentials.
- "Beyond Grades: How to Obtain a Summer Position Through Minority Job Fairs."
- Fellowships in Public Interest Law, focus on Skadden Fellowships.
- Exploring your career options through personality type.
- April 1: Registration begins for Cook County Bar Association Minority Job Fair.
- April 13: Registration deadline for Northwest Minority Job Fair (Seattle).
- Attention Class of 2007: Update on Commencement.
- Class gift update.
- All students: Apply for the Berman Arts Award.
- Bookstore closings:
- April 6: Good Friday.
- April 13: Inventory.
- Register for the Bright Future sweepstakes.
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| Academics
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- Student Resource Library: Exam prep materials.
- Law Offices: Summer and fall 2007 applications are available in room 600.
- Summer 2007 externship: Office of the State's Attorney, DuPage County.
- Fall 2007 externship: Office of the State's Attorney, DuPage County.
- Summer 2007 externship: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement.
- Fall 2007 externship: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement.
- Summer 2007 externship: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago).
- Fall 2007 externship: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago).
- Summer 2007 externships in family law: Cook County Domestic Relations Court.
- Fall 2007 externships in family law: Cook County Domestic Relations Court.
- Fall 2007 externship: In-house Corporate Legal Externship.
- Summer 2007 externship: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- 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' Compensation 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.
- Summer 2007 externship: Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM).
- Summer 2007 externship: Resurrection Health Care.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- Deadline extended for study abroad.
- Chicago-Kent semester study abroad programs.
- China exchange - fall semester 2007.
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law: Call for papers.
- Rotary World Peace Fellowships.
- New entries this week:
- ABA Section on Family Law Essay Contest.
- International Association of Defense Counsel Writing Contest.
- American Judges Association/American Judges Foundation Essay Competition.
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| Computing
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- CLC debuts a new Help Desk ticket tracking system.
- 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 sdat4995.
- 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
- Guard your valuables.
- Spring library hours.
- General library policies.
- PowerDomes.
- Career books have moved.
- Featured resource: ECOLEX.
- 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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| Institutes
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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.
- Research assistants wanted.
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| Administrative
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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.
- Attention: All students interested in civil rights litigation.
- Upcoming CLE programs in 2007.
- Record templates available for students and administrators.
- Human Resources schedule online.
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| Student
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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.
- SBA spring election schedule.
- April 11: U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky - "Advancing Women's Rights: An Agenda for the 110th Congress," at 2 p.m. in the auditorium.
- April 13 - 14: "Law and Economic Development in Latin America: A Comparative Approach to Legal Reform."
- Last chance to take survey on changing 5-credit courses.
- Legal factoid of the week.
- April 10: Chicago IP Colloquium speaker, Professor James Thuo Gathii, at 4 p.m.
- IPLS election.
- Thank you for your support at the KJF Auction!
- April 10: Deadline for KJF Fellowship applications is noon.
- April 20: Interested in volunteering at H.O.M.E.?
- April 5: "Creative Job Search Strategies for Labor & Employment Law," room 580 from noon to 1 p.m.
- 2007-08 LELS executive board election schedule.
- April 5: "Lawyer as a Public Servant" with Adm. Hank White, executive director of the ABA, noon to 1 p.m. in room 570.
- April 3: General meeting and elections, room C40 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- April 5: "Lawyer as a Public Servant" with Adm. Hank White, executive director of the ABA, noon to 1 p.m. in room 570.
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