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Headlines for the Week of September 22, 2008 |
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- September 22: Lewis Collens Atrium Unveiling.
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| Student Services |
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- Academic calendar reminder: No classes September 29, 4 p.m. and later, and no classes September 30.
- Summer 2008 CALI Awards.
- September 25: Presentation by the Honorable Patrick Higginbotham.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Office hours.
- Weekly staff meeting.
- October 4: Family and Friends Day.
- Insurance information.
- Lactation/milk expression room available.
- How to get a replacement U-Pass.
- Other programming.
- Don't forget to accept your awards.
- Title IV authorization form now available!
- Full-tuition scholarships and Honors Scholars update.
- Fall disbursement schedule.
- Disbursement process step-by-step.
- Attention: Bank of America borrowers.
- September 23: Alternatives to OCI: Small & Mid-Sized Firms.
- September 24: Small & Mid-Sized Firm Job Search/Networking Strategies.
- September 25: International law presentation on "Distinguishing Yourself Through International Law Opportunities."
- September 25: Government Agency Career Expo.
- September 26: Equal Justice Works annual Career Fair and Conference registration deadline.
- September 30: Cook County Bar Association First-Year Minority Law Students Reception.
- October 1: Presidential Management Fellowship Program.
- October 4: Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund Inc. Seminar on Real Estate Transactions.
- October 6: Microsoft Women & Minority Law Student IP Summit.
- Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!
- Apply now for the Jack Carey Scholarship from the Cook County Public Defender’s Office.
- Rock the Vote t-shirts.
- Shop for the Cure: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
- Greeting card sale.
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| Academics
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- Spring 2009 semester: Corporate Law Externship.
- September 23: Judicial externships informational meeting at noon.
- Judicial externships: Spring 2009 semester information.
- Spring 2009 semester: Externships with U.S. Attorney's Office.
- Awards for Law Offices clinical professors.
- 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.
- OILP looking for part-time file clerk (not open to LL.M. or 1L students).
- Concentration option for Special Program LL.M. students.
- December grads: File a graduation application with the Registrar's Office!
- November 7: Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour speaking at Chicago Humanities Festival.
- Women's rights fellowship opportunities at Georgetown Law for international and domestic lawyers.
- LL.M. administrative memo (week three): See important deadlines!
- European Commission launches new guide to studying in Europe.
- No new entries this week.
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| Computing
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- Library fall hours.
- Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
- Improved lighting in the library.
- A reminder about security in the library!
- Featured resource: Chicago City Council Journal of the Proceedings.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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| Faculty |
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- Student with NVivo coding experience needed.
Faculty Newsletters
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| Institutes
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- Student associate needed for Self-Help Web Center!
- Student associate needed for the Center for Access to Justice & Technology!
- Submit letter of intent for the Certificate in Public Interest Law.
- Institute for Law and the Humanities paper prize.
- Research assistants needed.
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| Administrative
Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Fall semester building and library hours, effective August 18.
- Fall 2008 student hiring procedures.
- Discount parking: DTC faculty, staff and students for fall 2008.
- Downtown Campus safety tips.
- Shuttle bus schedule.
- DTC Bursar's Office hours.
- Administration and Finance office hours.
- Online room reservation form.
- Student assistant needed for Office of Admissions.
- Admissions office hours.
- November 14: Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference.
- Public Affairs offers assistance in posting student organization Record announcements for the beginning of the fall term.
- Record templates available for students and administrators.
- Human Resources hours at the Downtown Campus.
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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.
NOTE: Each student organization will be responsible for posting its own announcements beginning with the October 13 issue of the Record. Information about training sessions has been sent to student organization presidents. Through the October 6 Record issue, announcements from those student organizations not posting their own Record pages will be collected together on one page. (Follow the links below to organization announcements.)
- September 25: Academic Success Workshop, 4 to 6 p.m. in room 590.
- SBA President Office Hour: Wednesdays, 5 to 6 p.m. in room C88.
- September 23: Alternatives to OCI: Small and Mid-Sized Firms, noon to 1 p.m. in room 270. Free food!
- September 25: Mentor/mentee social, 3:30 p.m.
- September 23: Baked goods and fresh fruit sale.
- September 27: Join Chicago-Kent and Race for the Cure, 8:30 a.m. in Grant Park.
- September 23: General meeting, noon in room C40. Join the Immigration Law Society for our first meeting of the year!
- September 25: General meeting, noon in room C40. Lunch will be provided.
- If you are interested in joining IPLS, there are membership forms on the IPLS bulletin board on the Concourse.
- September 23: First meeting, 11:45 a.m. in room 345. Snacks and drinks provided.
- September 23: Associate editor training, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
- September 24: Associate editor training, 3 to 3:50 p.m.
- October 1: First meeting for new student organization, 5 p.m., second floor of the Spak.
- October 3: Phi Alpha Delta boat cruise, 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Everyone's invited!
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