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Headlines for the Week of May 14, 2007

Office of the Dean

Dean Harold J. Krent  » 

  • Finals.

Student Services

Assistant Dean Steve Sowle  » 

  • Have a nice summer!
  • 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.
  • Notice to graduating seniors:
    • E-mail and network accounts.
    • Clearing out lockers.
  • Summer 2007 term information:
    • Classroom assignments.
    • Initial reading assignments.
  • Fall 2007 registration.
  • Fall 2007 initial reading assignments and course materials.
  • Joke of the week.
  • Poem of the week.

Registrar  »

  • Office hours.
  • Spring 2007 exams:
    • Exam schedule.
  • Fall 2007 registration.
  • Summer 2007 registration.

Financial Aid  »

  • Accepting summer awards.

Student Services  »

  • Good luck on exams and enjoy the summer!
  • U-Pass activation period.
  • Student health insurance information.

Career Services  »

  • Client Development and Client Relationship Management: The Key to Your Success as a Lawyer.
  • Law Bulletin Legal Career Day 2007.
  • Vault Legal Diversity Fair.
  • AmeriCorps Attorney Positions available in the 2007-08 Pro Bono Legal Corps.

Student Announcements from Alumni Relations  »

  • Commencement updates.
  • July 25: Post bar party.
  • 2007 class gift update.

Scholarships  »

  • New scholarships!

IIT Center for Law and Business Bookstore »

  • Register for the Bright Future sweepstakes.
Academics & Student Programs
  • Entertainment law externship.
  • Summer In-House Clinic: Orientation information.
  • Summer 2007 externship: City of Chicago, Department of Consumer Services.
  • Fall 2007 externship: City of Chicago, Department of Consumer Services.
  • 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: 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.
  • Exam information for LL.M. and exchange students.
  • Graduation information for LL.M. and exchange students.
  • Alumni 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.
  • Chicago-Kent Institute for Law and the Humanities Student Paper Prize.
  • American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Writing Competition.
  • ABA Section of Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal Writing Competition.
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association George Hutchinson Writing Contest.
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Fellows Award Competition.
Computing & Information Services

Center for Law and Computers  »

  • SofTest registration and downloads for spring 2007 are officially open.
  • 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 sdat5029.
  • 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.
  • Exam library hours.
  • Summer library hours.
  • Memorial Day hours.
  • Guard your valuables.
  • IM reference service.
  • General library policies.
  • Featured resource: Electronic Information System from International Law (EISIL).

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

From Professor Joan Steinman  »

  • Research assistant needed.

Faculty Newsletters

Institutes & Centers

Center for Access to Justice and Technology  »

  • 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.

Institute for Law, Science and Technology  »

  • May 21: Who Owns Your Body? Legal and Social Issues in Michael Crichton’s NEXT.

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.
  • Exam building and library hours, May 5 through May 20.
  • Commencement weekend building and library hours, Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20.
  • Summer session building and library hours, May 21 through July 23.
  • 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  »

  • Upcoming CLE programs in 2007.

Public Affairs  »

  • 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.

Special Notices  »

  • Human Resources schedule online.

Employment: CAJT seeks manager

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.

Kent Justice Foundation

  • Support the KJF Donate-A-Day Pledge Drive by donating a day of your summer pay to KJF to hep students working for the underserved.

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