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Headlines for the Week of April 30, 2007
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| Office
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- ABA conference.
- May 3: Dean for a Day Karaoke Event.
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| Special Announcement from IIT |
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- May 3: Luncheon, followed by special program, begins at 12:15 p.m.
in Hermann Hall.
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| Student Services |
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- Academic calendar reminder.
- Fall 2007 registration.
- Spring 2008 preliminary schedule.
- Intensive Trial Advocacy.
- Spring 2007 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam emergencies.
- Cell phones during exams.
- Consulting laptops during exams.
- Access to computer labs during exams.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- May 3: Dean for a Day Karaoke Event.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Office hours.
- Spring 2007 exams:
- Read period.
- Exam schedule.
- Fall 2007 registration.
- Summer 2007 registration.
- May 4: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.
- Spring 2007 financial aid deadlines.
- Summer award information.
- April 30: TA applications due.
- Orientation coordinator needed.
- May 4: Registration deadline for Cook County Bar Association (CCBA) Minority Job Fair.
- IMPACT Career Fair for Law Students and Lawyers with Disabilities.
- Commencement ticket distribution ends Wednesday!
- More commencement information.
- 2007 class gift update.
- Register for the Bright Future sweepstakes.
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| Academics
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- April 30: TA applications due.
- 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 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).
- Exam information for LL.M. and exchange students.
- Graduation information for LL.M. and exchange students.
- May 20: Graduation party for LL.M. students, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Venus.
- “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.
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| Computing
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- SofTest registration and downloads for spring 2007 final exams began 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 sdat5018.
- 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
- Restricted access to the library: Bring your ID.
- Exam library hours.
- Spring library hours.
- Guard your valuables.
- IM reference service.
- General library policies.
- Featured resource: PROMT (Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology).
- 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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| Faculty |
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- Research assistant needed.
Faculty Newsletters
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| Institutes
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- May 1: CAJT Appreciation and Award Event, noon to 1 p.m. in room 590.
- Employment opportunity:
CAJT seeks manager.
- Public interest certificate program letters of intent available.
- Students interested in the Public Interest Certificate should register for Public Interest Law & Policy in the fall.
- Self-Help Web Center at the Daley Center seeks volunteers.
- May 21: Who Owns Your Body? Legal and Social Issues in Michael Crichton’s NEXT.
- Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Humanities paper.
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| Administrative
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- Weekly activities schedule.
- Spring 2007 building and library hours through May 4.
- Exam building and library hours, May 5 through May 20.
- Commencement weekend building and library hours, Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20.
- 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.
- Upcoming CLE programs in 2007.
- Last Record issue for the spring term is May 14.
- Summer biweekly Record publication begins with May 21 issue.
- Record templates available for students and administrators.
- Farewell Salute to President Collens on May 3.
- 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.
- This week's legal factoid.
- THANKS to all the panelists for our "Where Do We Go From Here" program.
- May 1: Meet IPLS Members lunch, noon to 1 p.m. in room 580.
- May 1: Meet IPLS Members ice cream social, 4 to 5 p.m. in room 580.
- If you have any remaining KJF expenses to be reimbursed, please e-mail Sheila Caplis.
- May 3: End-of-year pizza party, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in room 580.
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