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Headlines for the Week of April 9, 2007
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- Wonderful News -- National Trial Competition and National Appellate Advocacy Competition Results.
- Visit from U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
- Law and Economic Development in Latin America Symposium.
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| Student Services |
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- Trial Team tryouts.
- 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 16.
- Summer 2007 registration: April 11 - April 16.
- Fall 2007 preliminary schedule.
- Teaching evaluations.
- Student Services office move.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Office hours.
- Summer 2007 registration.
- May 2: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.
- Change of division.
- Exam conflicts/reschedule requests.
- Exams on computer sign-up.
- Additional exit counseling sessions.
- Exam rescheduling closes April 16.
- Final early bird bar lectures.
- Introduction to Fall On-Campus Interview (FOCI) program.
- Paths in civil rights law.
- Careers in legislation, lobbying and policy-making.
- U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals: Oral arguments at Chicago-Kent.
- Don't miss deadlines: Register for minority/diversity job fairs.
- Bootcamp for Summer Jobs program.
- Cook County Bar Association Minority Job Fair.
- Fellowships in Public Interest Law, focus on Skadden Fellowships.
- Attention Class of 2007: Update on Commencement.
- Class gift update.
- Bookstore closing:
- 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.
- April 17: "34 Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)," featuring co-founder Jane Roberts, at noon in room 305.
- Chicago-Kent semester study abroad programs.
- China exchange - fall semester 2007.
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law: Call for papers.
- Rotary World Peace Fellowships.
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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 sdat5001.
- 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: A-Z Journal List.
- 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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- Employment opportunity:
CAJT summer fellowship.
- 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 current federal tax issues.
- 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 Organizations:
Click here for the template
to use for creating Record announcement pages. More information is available on the
About the Record page.
- April 17: Take a Break – Alternative Legal Careers.
- April 19: Final SBA social.
- Congratulations to the 2007 SBA Award Winners!
- 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."
- April 9: Submission deadline for the last issue of the year.
- Get your April 2007 issue -- on newsstands now!
- April 13: Deadline for Seniors' Last Words.
- April 13: Deadline for Senior Superlatives.
- Staff needed for 2007-08.
- Thanks to everyone who completed our survey on 5-credit course offerings.
- This week's interesting legal information: Important dates in Chicago-Kent's history of diversifying legal education.
- April 10: Chicago IP Colloquium speaker, Professor James Thuo Gathii, at 4 p.m.
- April 17: Trademark Law Roundtable with Jonathan Jennings, Bill Niro and Rich Renner, noon.
- April 18: IP course selection session, at 3 p.m.
- IPLS election.
- Auction volunteers: If you still have receipts to be reimbursed, e-mail Sheila Caplis.
- April 11: Visit the final KJF study aid and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Spak.
- April 10: KJF Fellowship applications are due by noon.
- 2007-08 LELS election schedule.
- April 11: Informational session with Lt. Brooks, U.S. Navy JAG, at noon in room 580.
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