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Headlines for the Week of March 10, 2008 |
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| Office
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- Chicago-Kent’s 2008 Julia Beveridge Award recipients.
- 18th annual Henry Morris Lecture in International and Comparative Law.
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| Student Services |
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- Academic calendar reminder: Spring break, March 15 to 23.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Office hours.
- May 2: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.
- Program: FAQs on H-1B visas and green cards.
- U-Pass information.
- Counseling Center information.
- Women’s History Month.
- Defibrillator at the Downtown Campus.
- Summer 2008 financial information.
- Chicago-Kent spring disbursement.
- ABA Section of Antitrust Law Fellowship Award.
- March 13: The International Criminal Court: Pursuing Justice or Threatening Sovereignty?
- March 11: Take a Break series -- Alternative Summer Opportunities.
- Graduation information for the Class of 2008:
- Your commencement timeline.
- April 1: Graduate info form due.
- April 1: Cap and gown form due.
- March 26 and 27: Composite photos. Sign up today!
- 2008 Class Gift:
- Giving update.
- Give today!
- Thank you to our donors.
- March 15: Deadline for Berman Arts Award applications.
- Textbook return begins March 14.
- Laptop locks.
- Bargain books have been marked down.
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| Academics
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- Summer 2008 In-House Clinic: Applications available now.
- Fall 2008 In-House Clinic: Information on availability of applications.
- Fall 2008 judicial externship: Immigration Court.
- Summer/fall legal externships: Cook County Domestic Relations Court.
- March 10: LADR applications due by 4 p.m.
- March 10: Criminal Litigation certificate program applications due by 5 p.m.
- Fall 2008 Judicial Externship Program information and application process.
- Law Offices attorneys help free innocent man.
- Law Offices professor admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court.
- Summer Legal Externship Program information.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- March 13: The International Criminal Court: Pursuing Justice or Threatening Sovereignty?
- Nominate a student for the Deak Writing Award.
- Wanted: Part-time student file clerk for OILP. (Sorry, not open to current LL.M. students.)
- Important U.S. income tax information for international students.
- "International" clerkship opportunity for J.D. students.
- International Bar Association Conference scholarship opportunity.
- April 1: Informational meeting on the Program in Environmental and Energy Law.
- No new entries this week.
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| Computing
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- March 15: Internet connection will be temporarily down.
- 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 sdat5247.
- 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: Chicago Public Library’s new Web site and catalog.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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| Faculty |
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- Call for legal research and writing teaching assistants for 2008-09.
- Wanted: Research assistant in international law and international criminal law.
Faculty Newsletters
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| Institutes
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- CAJT wins the 2008 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access.
- Apply for the CAJT Summer Fellowship.
- CAJT is looking for student fellows to start immediately.
- Apply for the Iowa Legal Aid internship.
- Sign up to volunteer at the Self-Help Web Center.
- April 1: Deadline for submitting applications for the Certificate in Public Interest Law.
- Research associates wanted.
- Institute for Law and the Humanities paper prize.
- College of Labor and Employment Lawyers 2008 Writing Competition.
- Part-time and full-time summer research assistants needed.
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| Administrative
Offices/General |
- 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.
- March 29: Save the date for the SBA Barristers Ball!
- March 11: Academic Freedom, the First Amendment and Garcetti v. Ceballos: A luncheon discussion with Professor Sheldon Nahmod, noon.
- April 23: Guantanamo litigation with Tom Sullivan, 3 p.m.
- Congratulations to those Law Review members selected for the 2008-2009 executive board.
- March 25: ABA Outreach at Chicago-Kent, noon to 1:45 p.m. in room 580.
- March 10: SALDF speaker event at noon. Don't buy a dog before you come and hear about puppy mills and breeder abuses.
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