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| Student Services |
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- Elective courses subject to mandatory curve.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Office hours.
- Pass-fail election deadline.
- Making up an incomplete grade.
- Spring U-Pass distribution.
- Spring health insurance enrollment period.
- Waiving/canceling health insurance for the spring.
- Summer 2008 financial information.
- Chicago-Kent spring disbursement.
- American Society of International Law's law school fair.
- The Fund for American Studies' Legal Studies Institute.
- Women’s Rights Advocacy Careers: A conversation with Chicago-Kent alums.
- February 12: ILSA and ABA present "Pathways to Employment in International Law."
- Graduation information for the Class of 2008:
- Required graduation forms.
- February 12 to 14: Composite photo sessions.
- 2008 Class Gift:
- Make your pledge or gift today.
- February 20: Wine, cheese and chocolate reception.
- Join the Class Gift Committee.
- Apply now for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Scholarship.
- Bookstore hours for spring semester.
- Come in and check out our bargain books.
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| Academics
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- February 25: Certificate program informational reception, 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in the 10th floor event room.
- LADR program information.
- Criminal Litigation certificate program information.
- February 12: Summer and fall 2008 judicial externship information and informational meeting.
- Law Offices attorneys help free innocent man.
- Law Offices professor admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court.
- Summer legal externship information.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- February 12: ILSA and ABA present "Pathways to Employment in International Law."
- Important U.S. income tax information for international students.
- "International" clerkship opportunity for J.D. students.
- International Bar Association Conference scholarship opportunity.
- Study abroad program of the month: Study at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China!
- Rotary International: International peace and conflict resolution seminars.
- Serve as a mentor to an international student.
- Global Youth Connect: Summer 2008 international human rights training program.
- New entries this week:
- ABA Section of Science & Technology Law.
- Houston Journal of International Law.
- Notre Dame Law School Legal Ethics Writing Competition.
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| Computing
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- Printing and e-mail/network accounts for December 2007 graduates.
- Chicago-Kent wireless network reference.
- Duplex printing is available in labs 900, 700 and 760.
- CLC Help Desk ticket tracking system.
- Print accounting system on KENTNET.
- 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 sdat5226.
- 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
- A reminder about security in the library!
- Pardon the noise on the eighth floor.
- Spring library hours.
- Featured resource: ProQuest Wall Street Journal.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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| Faculty |
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- Research assistants needed.
Faculty Newsletters
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| Institutes
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- CAJT wins the 2008 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access.
- February 19: Louis M. Brown Award Celebration, 5 to 6 p.m. in the 10th floor event room.
- Self-Help Web Center at the Daley Center seeks volunteers.
- March 1: Deadline for submitting applications for the Certificate in Public Interest Law.
- Research associates wanted.
- Institute for Law and the Humanities paper prize.
- February 25: Certificate program informational reception, 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in the 10th floor event room.
- College of Labor and Employment Lawyers 2008 Writing Competition.
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| Administrative
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- Weekly activities schedule.
- Building and library hours for spring 2008, effective January 22.
- Spring 2008 student employment hiring procedures.
- Discount parking: DTC faculty, staff and students for spring/summer 2008.
- Downtown Campus safety tips.
- Shuttle bus schedule.
- DTC Bursar’s Office hours.
- Administration and Finance office hours.
- Online room reservation form.
- Upcoming programs in CLE.
- Record templates available for students and administrators.
- Expanded Human Resources hours at the Downtown Campus.
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| Student
Organizations |
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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.
- February 13: Deadline for Bar and Gavel nominations.
- February 15: SBA "bar review" at Duffy’s.
- February 20: ABA networking event.
- March 29: Save the date for the SBA Barristers Ball!
- April 23: Guantanamo litigation with Tom Sullivan, 3 p.m.
- February 13: Paul Finkelman to speak on "Regulating the African Slave Trade."
- February 13: Important general membership meeting, 3 to 4 p.m.
- February 21: Alumni career panel and reception.
- February 11: Patent informational session with speaker John White, 3:30 p.m. in room C40.
- February 12: ILSA and ABA present "Pathways to Employment in International Law" at 4 p.m. in room C50. Reception at 5 p.m. in the 10th floor event room.
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