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| Office
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- April 8: 30th annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture.
- April 11: Dean's Roundtable featuring Scott H. Gendell '82.
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| Student Services |
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- Summer 2008 registration.
- Spring 2008 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests: April 2-11.
- Exam method registration: April 2-11.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests: April 2-11.
- Exam method registration: April 2-11.
- May 2: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.
- Office hours.
- TA applications for fall 2008.
- Counseling services.
- Summer 2008 financial information.
- Chicago-Kent spring disbursement.
- Beyond Grades: Preparing for Diversity Job Fairs.
- Immigration Law Careers & Opportunities.
- Updated Diversity Job Fair dates and deadlines.
- April 15: Kent Justice Foundation Fellowship applications due by noon.
- Mandatory Fall On-Campus Interview (OCI) Orientation.
- April 1: Registration begins for Cook County Bar Association Minority Job Fair.
- Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!
- Graduation information for the Class of 2008:
- Announcing the commencement keynote speaker.
- April 21: Deadline to request special assistance seating.
- Your commencement timeline.
- 2008 Class Gift:
- Giving update.
- Give today!
- April 15: Section contest ends.
- Thank you to our donors.
- Apply by April 10 for the Illinois Judicial Council Foundation Scholarship!
- Apply by April 11 for the NAWJ Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholarship!
- Apply by May 15 for the National Bar Institute African-American Law Student Fellowships!
- Laptop locks.
- Bargain books have been marked down.
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| Academics
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- Part-time employment opportunity: Chicago-Kent Law Offices.
- Fall 2008 In-House Clinic: Applications available now.
- Fall 2008 semester: Externships with U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois.
- Fall 2008 semester: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
- Fall 2008 externship: Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel.
- Fall 2008 semester: Illinois Attorney General's Office.
- Fall 2008 semester: Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Workers' Compensation Division.
- Fall 2008 semester: City of Chicago Department of Consumer Services.
- Fall 2008 semester: Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.
- Summer/fall 2008 semester: Resurrection Health Care.
- Fall 2008 semester: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement.
- Fall 2008 judicial externship: Immigration Court.
- Summer/fall legal externships: Cook County Domestic Relations Court.
- Law Offices attorneys help free innocent man.
- Law Offices professor admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court.
- 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 students.
- Reminder: OPT deadlines!
- Opportunity for free master's degree at the University of Copenhagen.
- New global justice study abroad program.
- Summer 2008 internships available in China and Poland.
- Important U.S. income tax information for international students.
- "International" clerkship opportunity for J.D. students.
- International Bar Association Conference scholarship opportunity.
- No new entries this week.
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| Computing
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- April 21: SofTest registration and download site for spring 2008 final exams opens.
- 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 sdat5267.
- 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 for finals period.
- A reminder about security in the library!
- Pardon the noise on the eighth floor.
- Spring library hours.
- Featured resource: BNA Intellectual Property Library.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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| Faculty |
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- Wanted: Research assistant in international law and international criminal law.
- Summer research assistant positions.
- Exam review sessions for last fall's Employee Benefits Law and Estates and Trusts courses.
Faculty Newsletters
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| Institutes
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- Attend the Public Interest class-picking session.
- Apply for the CAJT Summer Fellowship.
- Sign up to volunteer at the Self-Help Web Center.
- Submit letter of intent for the Certificate in Public Interest Law.
- April 18: "Diabetes: Solutions for the 21st Century -- Research, Economics, Policy and Ethics."
- Research associates wanted.
- Institute for Law and the Humanities paper prize.
- April 8: 30th annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture.
- College of Labor and Employment Lawyers 2008 Writing Competition.
- April 7: Join us for a lunch talk with author Judy Norsigian.
- 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.
- April 8: "Corporate Self-Regulation and the Future of Workplace Governance" -- 30th annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture.
- 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:
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to use for creating Record announcement pages. More information is available on the
About the Record page.
- April 23: Guantanamo litigation with Tom Sullivan, 3 p.m.
- April 21: "Every Day is Earth Day on Earth." Earth Week kick-off raffle with prizes, organic pizza and organic beer.
- April 22: "Every Day is Earth Day in the U.S." Effects of Factory Farming on the Environment speaker event.
- April 23: "Every Day is Earth Day in Illinois." Combating Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Regulation speaker event.
- April 24: "Every Day is Earth Day in Chicago." Eco-Friendly Design and Development in Chicago speaker event.
- April 25: "Every Day is Earth Day at Chicago-Kent." Park cleanup service project, with breakfast and picnic lunch provided.
- Buy your Evening Law Student Society T-shirt on the ELSS Web site.
- Fun legal factoid: Apple pie cannot be served in Wisconsin without a cheese topping.
- April 10: "Building and Defending a Biotech/Pharmaceutical Portfolio," presented by Dr. Clough, noon to 2 p.m. in room 580. Lunch provided.
- Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the auction to help make it a huge success! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported KJF!
- April 15: KJF Fellowship applications due by noon in KJF mailbox on the second floor.
- Donate-a-Day Pledge Drive.
- KJF elections are coming up soon, so keep your eye on your e-mail box for descriptions of the positions and deadlines for candidate statements!
- April 22: Bake sale benefiting Dress for Success, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Spak.
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