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Headlines for the Week of April 28, 2008 |
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Office
of the Dean
- Party with the Dean-for-a-Day.
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Special Announcement from IIT |
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- Submit your ideas by May 7 as part of IIT's Many Voices, One Vision institutional planning process.
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Student Services |
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- Academic calendar reminder.
- April 25 to 29: Fall 2008 registration.
- Spring 2009 preliminary schedule.
- Intensive Trial Advocacy.
- Spring 2008 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam emergencies.
- Consulting laptops during exams.
- Cell phones during exams.
- Access to computer labs during exams.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- May 2: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.
- Office hours.
- Orientation leaders for fall 2008.
- Women's Bar Public Service Award.
- Counseling services.
- Finals stress relief!
- Using the myIIT Portal to view your financial aid award.
- Graduating students: Upcoming loan payments.
- April 29: Managing Debt for a Public Interest Career.
- Introduction to McDermott Will & Emery.
- Reed Smith Fellowship for 1Ls.
- Tri-State Diversity Recruiting Program.
- Graduation information for the Class of 2008:
- Commencement ticket distribution ends this Friday.
- May 5: Additional ticket purchase begins.
- May 5: Last day to order cap and gown without rush fee.
- Your commencement timeline.
- July 30: Post-bar party.
- 2008 Class Gift:
- Thank you to our donors.
- Give today!
- Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!
- 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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- Fall 2008 semester: Litigation technology externship.
- 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.
- Fall 2008 semester: Resurrection Health Care.
- Fall 2008 semester: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement.
- Fall 2008 judicial externship: Immigration 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.
- May 1: Steven Greenhouse to discuss his book The Big Squeeze.
- SmithAmundsen Excellence in Legal Writing Award for first-year students.
- LL.M. and EXC exam information.
- Reminder: OPT deadlines!
- "International" clerkship opportunity for J.D. students.
- 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 sdat5281.
- 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
- Take the library Web site survey!
- Westlaw summer 2008 password extension policy.
- Restricted access for finals period.
- A reminder about security in the library!
- Spring library hours.
- Featured resource: Business Insights.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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Faculty |
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Institutes
& Centers |
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Administrative
Offices/General |
Administration and Finance »
- 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.
Admissions
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Continuing Legal and Professional Education »
- May 1 and 2: 27th annual Federal Tax Institute.
- Upcoming programs in CLE.
Public Affairs »
- Record templates available for students and administrators.
Special Notices »
- 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.
Environmental Law Society »
- Chicago-Kent inaugurates new International Environmental Law Moot Court team! Competitor applications are due May 2.
Evening Law Student Society »
- Buy your Evening Law Student Society T-shirt on the ELSS Web site.
Kent Justice Foundation »
- April 29: Managing Debt for a Public Interest Career, panel discussion co-sponsored with Career Services Office, noon to 1 p.m. in room 270.
- April 30: KJF volunteer appreciation lunch, noon to 1 p.m. in room 580.
- Congratulations to the recently elected 2008-09 KJF Executive Board.
- Congratulations to the KJF Fellowship recipients.
Labor and Employment Law Society »
- Congratulations to the 2008-09 LELS Board.
South Asian Law Students Association »
- Thanks to everyone who contributed to last week's clothing drive!
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