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Headlines for the Week of April 23, 2007

Office of the Dean

Dean Harold J. Krent » 

  • Public Interest Reception.
  • 24th annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference.
  • Kudos to Professor Sungjoon Cho.
  • Special announcement from soon-to-be Dean for a Day Kiran Ali.
Student Services

Assistant Dean Steve Sowle  » 

  • Academic calendar reminder.
  • Summer 2007 registration.
  • Fall 2007 registration.
  • "Where Do We Go From Here?" program: April 23 and 24.
  • Intensive Trial Advocacy.
  • Graduating senior outing to Six Flags.
  • Spring 2007 final exams.
    • Exam schedule.
    • Availability of professors' old exams.
  • Dean's certificate for Illinois bar.
  • Bar exams in other jurisdictions.
  • Teaching evaluations
  • Joke of the week.
  • Poem of the week.

Registrar  »

  • Office hours.
  • Spring 2007 exams.
  • Fall 2007 registration.
  • Summer 2007 registration.
  • May 4: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.

Financial Aid  »

  • Spring 2007 financial aid deadlines.
  • Summer award information.

Student Services  »

  • TA applications for fall 2008.
  • Counseling services.

Career Services  »

  • Career counselors not available this week.

Student Announcements from Alumni Relations  »

  • Commencement ticket distribution is this week.
  • More commencement information.
  • Giving to your class gift.

Scholarships  »

  • New scholarships!

IIT Center for Law and Business Bookstore »

  • Register for the Bright Future sweepstakes.
Academics & Student Programs
  • TA applications for fall 2008.
  • Law Offices: Fall applications for the in-house clinic are due on Tuesday, April 24, at 5 p.m.
  • Fall 2007 externship: Internal Revenue Service.
  • 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: 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 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, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
  • Fall 2007 externship: Resurrection Health Care.
  • 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.
  • SmithAmundsen Excellence in Legal Writing Award (for first-year Chicago-Kent students).

International Law and Policy -- Assistant Dean Lydia Lazar  »

  • Exam information for LL.M. and exchange students.
  • April 23-27: Distribution of commencement tickets.
  • Graduation information for LL.M. and exchange students.
  • May 20: Graduation party for LL.M. students from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
  • “Sustainability and Democracy.”
  • Chicago-Kent semester study abroad programs.
  • China exchange - fall semester 2007.
  • Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law: Call for papers.
  • Rotary World Peace Fellowships.
  • No new entries this week.
Computing & Information Services

Center for Law and Computers  »

  • SofTest registration and downloads for spring 2007 final exams begin on Monday, April 23.
  • 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 sdat5012.
  • 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

Library  »

  • Restricted access to the library: Bring your ID.
  • Spring library hours.
  • Guard your valuables.
  • IM reference service.
  • General library policies.
  • PowerDomes.
  • Career books have moved.
  • Featured resource: United Nations Treaty Collection.

LexisNexis  »

  • Get student-prepared outlines for your classes.
  • Submit your own outline to the LexisNexis Outline Bank.
  • Tip of the week.
  • LexisNexis representative contact information.
Faculty

Faculty Newsletters

Institutes & Centers

Center for Access to Justice and Technology  »

  • Employment opportunity: CAJT summer fellowship.
  • Public interest certificate program letters of intent available.
  • Self-Help Web Center at the Daley Center seeks volunteers.

Institute for Law and the Humanities  »

  • Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Humanities paper.

 

Administrative Offices/General

Administration and Finance  »

  • 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.

Admissions  »

  • Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
  • Admissions office hours.

Continuing Legal and Professional Education  »

  • Attention: All students interested in civil rights litigation.
  • Attention: All students interested in current federal tax issues.
  • Upcoming CLE programs in 2007.

Public Affairs  »

  • Record templates available for students and administrators.

Special Notices  »

  • Human Resources schedule online.

Employment: CAJT summer fellowship

Student Organizations

Student Organizations: Click here for the template to use for creating Record announcement pages. More information is available on the About the Record page.

Student Bar Association  »

  • Congratulations to the 2007 SBA Award winners!

Chicago-Kent Law Review  »

  • April 24: Informational meeting, room C40 at 4 p.m.
  • April 26: Informational meeting, room C40 at noon.

Evening Law Student Society  »

  • April 25: Upperclass students share insights on succeeding after the first year of law school, 5 to 5:50 p.m. in room 590.
  • April 28: ELSS executive board meeting, 3 to 4 p.m. in room 583. All evening students welcome to attend.
  • Interested in moot court, but think it isn't open to working evening students? Hear from a 2L evening student about her moot court experiences.
  • Five-credit survey update.
  • Legal Trivia 101.

Intellectual Property Law Society  »

  • April 24: Chicago IP Colloquium speaker, Professor Pamela Samuelson, 4 p.m. at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Kent Justice Foundation  »

  • Congratulations to the new 2007-08 KJF executive board!

Phi Alpha Delta  »

  • April 24: Class selection session with professors in room C50.

Public Interest Resource Center  »

  • April 24: Come to PIRC's annual awards reception!

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