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| Office
of the Dean
- October 13: Dean's Roundtable featuring Lee D. Augsburger, Class of 1987.
- October 15: Order of the Coif Distinguished Visitor lecture featuring David Wilkins.
- October 17: Dean's Roundtable featuring Ted Koenig, Class of 1983.
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| Student Services |
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- October 14 and 15: ASP workshops on outlining.
- January 22: Illinois bar exam informational sessions.
- Intensive Trial Advocacy (January session): Seats still available.
- October 15: Order of the Coif Distinguished Visitor lecture featuring David Wilkins.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Enrollment verifications: New procedure.
- Replacement ID cards.
- Office hours.
- Weekly staff meeting.
- Insurance cards.
- Upcoming events.
- Don't forget to accept your awards.
- Attention: Bank of America borrowers.
- Disbursement process step-by-step.
- Staff changes and additions.
- October 21: "From the Courtroom to the Boardroom: Using Your Law Degree in the Business World."
- CBA Young Lawyers Section Pro Bono and Community Service Fair.
- Apply now for the Alumni Board of Directors Scholarship. The deadline is December 12.
- Commencement information:
- Fall 2008 graduates.
- Spring 2009 graduates.
- Out-of-town graduates.
- October 28 to 30: Commencement photo sittings.
- Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!
- Apply now for the Alumni Board of Directors Scholarship. The deadline is
December 12.
- Halloween contest.
- Rock the Vote t-shirts.
- Shop for the Cure: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
- Greeting cards are 50 percent off while they last.
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| Academics
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- Spring 2009 semester: Judicial Externship with U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration Court.
- Spring 2009 semester: Externship with U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
- Spring 2009 semester: Intellectual Property (IP) Legal Externship for IP Certificate participants.
- Spring 2009 semester: Corporate Law Externship.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- November 7: Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour speaking at Chicago Humanities Festival.
- New LL.M. administrative memo for week five.
- Concentration option for Special Program LL.M. students.
- Women's rights fellowship opportunities at Georgetown Law for international and domestic lawyers.
- IIT Thanksgiving Dinner Program.
- English Conversation Program at IIT.
- European Commission launches new guide to studying in Europe.
- October 13: Welcome back pizza party!
- Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
- 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: LexisNexis Congressional.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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| Faculty |
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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.
- October 13: Welcome back pizza party!
- 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.
- Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
- Admissions office hours.
- November 14: Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference.
- Record templates available for students and administrators.
- 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.
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.)
- October 13 to 17: Kids Korner Book Drive in the lobby.
- Dean review student meetings:
- October 14: Noon to 1 p.m. in room 305.
- October 15: 3 to 4 p.m. in room 370.
- October 20: 4 to 6 p.m. in room C50.
- Cook County State's Attorney forums:
- October 16: Tony Peraica (R), noon in the auditorium.
- October 21: Anita Alvarez (D), noon in the auditorium.
- October 13: Chinese food sale, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the lobby.
- October 25: 2008 Career Panel and Resume Workshop, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- October 28: Korean American Bar Association happy hour, 6 p.m.
- October 28: Environmental Law Careers speaker panel featuring the EPA's regional counsel.
- If you are interested in joining IPLS, there are membership forms on the IPLS bulletin board on the Concourse.
- October 14: Dog Adoption Day, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the lobby. We will have dogs for adoption, items for sale by donation and free food.
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