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Headlines for the Week of October 15, 2007
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- October 17: "Racial Profiling: Policing, Terrorism and Equality," Professor David Rudovsky, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3 p.m.,
followed by a reception at 4:30 p.m.
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| Student Services |
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- Illinois bar exam: Informational sessions.
- October 23: Flu shots.
- Intensive Trial Advocacy (January session): Seats still available.
- October 22: Performance of "An Arsonist's Dream, A Short Play About the First Woman Attorney in the State of California."
- October 17: "Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Criminal Justice" with Professor David Wexler.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Office hours.
- FERPA rights and notification of access to educational records.
- Perkins Loan promissory notes.
- Fall disbursement schedule.
- Loan disbursement process, step by step.
- Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) summer grants.
- 1L mandatory resume workshop.
- ABA Trust & Estate and Real Property Careers Program.
- 1L orientation to Career Services.
- Take a Break Series: Big Firm versus Small Firm.
- Preparing your Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) application.
- Networking at receptions.
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of General Counsel's Legal Honors Program 2008-09.
- November 16: Diversity Networking Reception.
- Take a Break speaker series:
- October 23: Big Firm versus Small Firm.
- November 27: Sole Practitioners.
- October 19: Deadline to sign up for composite photos.
- Commencement information:
- Fall 2007 graduates.
- Spring 2008 graduates.
- Join us in the fight against breast cancer during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
- Pumpkin Candy Contest.
- Come in and check out our bargain books.
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| Academics
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- Paid public interest opportunity: Advice Desk.
- Legal Externship Program information.
- Spring 2008 semester: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement.
- Spring 2008 semester: Office of the Illinois Attorney General.
- Spring 2008 externship: Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel.
- Spring 2008 semester: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
- Spring 2008 externship: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
- Spring 2008 semester: Judicial Externships.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- October 15: Deadline to apply for spring semester 2008 study abroad.
- October 17: "Transitions to Democracy" panel discussion, 3 to 4 p.m. in room 570.
- October 22: Intercultural Communication Networking Program, 4:30 to 5 p.m. in the 10th floor event room.
- ISBA to publish papers from four Chicago-Kent LL.M. students
- Diplomas and composite pictures for the Class of 2007.
- Alumni information for LL.M. and exchange students.
- New entry this week:
- 2007-08 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
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| Computing
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- Duplex printing is available in labs 900 and 700.
- CLC Help Desk ticket tracking system.
- Print accounting system on KENTNET.
- Print account balances were reset on July 23.
- Account termination.
- Free e-mail available to Chicago-Kent alumni at alum.iit.edu.
- CLC Policy: 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 sdat5138.
- 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
- Be on the alert!
- LL.M. Lexis and Westlaw passwords.
- Fall semester library hours.
- Featured resource: NBER Working Papers.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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- December 1: Deadline to apply for the ABA Division for Public Services 2007-08 clerkship.
- Self-Help Web Center at the Daley Center seeks volunteers.
- Public interest certificate program letters of intent available.
- November 30: Second annual Nanopolicy Conference - "Faces of Risk: Nanopolicy and the Agenda for Safety and Society."
- Research associates wanted.
- Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Humanities paper.
- October 15: Welcome Back pizza party, 4:30 to 5:50 p.m. in room C50.
- 2007-08 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
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| Administrative
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- Weekly activities schedule.
- Fall 2007 building and library hours, effective August 20.
- Fall 2007 student hiring and employment requirements.
- Discount parking for DTC faculty, staff and students: Fall 2007 semester.
- Downtown Campus safety tips.
- Shuttle bus schedule.
- DTC Bursar’s Office hours.
- Administration and Finance office hours.
- Online room reservation form.
- Attention: All students interested in Illinois public sector labor and employment law.
- Upcoming programs in CLE.
- Record templates available for students and administrators.
- Tuesday afternoon Human Resources office hours now held in room 654.
- 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.
- Needed: Members interested in writing.
- October 17: "Racial Profiling: Policing, Terrorism and Equality," Professor David Rudovsky, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3 p.m.
- October 31: "From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half,"
Professor Peter Edelman, Georgetown University Law Center, 3 p.m.
- November 16: Professor Sheldon Nahmod's Supreme Court Review, noon.
- November 28: "Appellate Litigation in the States" panel, featuring Chicago-Kent faculty alum Michael Scodro, solicitor general of Illinois, 3 p.m.
- October edition: Get the first full issue of the year!
- Psst... You don't need your coupon for Salad Creations.
- Publicize your student organization events!
- Fall 2007 publication deadlines.
- Join The Commentator.
- IPLS reminder: Patent bar info sessions on October 17.
- 12:30 to 1 p.m. in room 170.
- 5 to 5:30 p.m. in room 510.
- October 17: "Racial Profiling: Policing, Terrorism and Equality," Professor David Rudovsky, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3 p.m.
- Thank you to everyone who helped out at last week's bake sale!
- October 18: Garba and Raas, a South Asian holiday celebration, 6:30 to 10 p.m. in the 10th floor event room.
- October 16: General chapter meeting, 12:30 p.m. in room C25.
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