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Headlines for the Week of November 17, 2008 |
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- November 19: Dean's Roundtable featuring Jonathan Bloom, Class of 1990.
- November 19: "Wet with Blood" -- Professor Lori Andrews and Russell Lewis, vice president and chief historian at the Chicago History Museum.
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| Student Services |
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- Academic calendar reminder: Thanksgiving break, November 27 to 30.
- Fall 2008 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests.
- Exam method registration.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Spring 2009 preliminary schedule.
- Financial crisis primer.
- Teaching evaluations.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- December 6: Deadline for revoking pass-fail.
- Enrollment verifications: New procedure.
- Replacement ID cards.
- Office hours.
- Weekly staff meeting.
- Spring teaching assistants.
- Insurance card information.
- Upcoming events.
- Fall financial aid deadline.
- 2009-10 FAFSA reminder.
- November 19: Labor & Employment Law Professional Association Panel.
- December 10: Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference (MPILCC) registration deadline.
- December 15: New deadline for Vedder Price Diversity Scholarship. (Deadline has been extended.)
- ABA Section of Antitrust Law Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project (summer 2009).
- 2009 Dorsey & Whitney Diversity Fellowship.
- Seeking volunteers: 2009 Class Gift Committee.
- Commencement information:
- Fall 2008 graduates: Mandatory graduation survey.
- Spring 2009 graduates.
- Out-of-town graduates.
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Career Advisor Network.
- Apply now for the Alumni Board of Directors Scholarship. The deadline is
December 12.
- Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!
- Apply now for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Alumni Board of Directors Scholarship. The deadline is
December 12.
- The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Scholarship.
- 2009 Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest.
- Institute of Management Accountants Scholarships.
- The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Essay Contest.
- Champion clothing sale: Buy one item and get the second at 50 percent off.
- Greeting cards are 50 percent off while they last.
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| Academics
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- Spring 2009 Law Offices In-House Clinic applications.
- Spring 2009 semester: Externship with Cook County Domestic Relations Court.
- Spring 2009 semester: Externship with Resurrection Health Care.
- Spring 2009 semester: Externship with Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel. 3Ls preferred.
- Spring 2009 semester: Externship with Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Workers' Compensation Division.
- Summer 2009 semester: Externships with U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois.
- Spring 2009 semester: Externship with Illinois Attorney General.
- Spring 2009 semester: Externship with U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- New LL.M. administrative memo for week 10.
- July 19 to August 15: 2009 Bucerius Summer Program in International Business Law.
- European Commission launches new guide to studying in Europe.
- 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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- AppleMac support.
- CLC monthly network maintenance schedule.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat5434.
- CLC Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/clc.
- Thanksgiving hours.
- Extended hours for finals.
- Library fall hours.
- Restricted access for exams.
- Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
- A reminder about security in the library!
- Featured resource: World Bank Documents and Reports.
- 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.
- Part-time student research assistant needed.
- Institute for Law and the Humanities paper prize.
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| Administrative
Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Thanksgiving building and library hours, Wednesday, November 26, through Saturday, November 29.
- Regular fall building and library hours will be in effect from Sunday, November 30, through Friday, December 5.
- Final Exam building and library hours beginning Saturday, December 6, through Monday, December 22.
- 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.
- 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.
- November 10 to 25: Chicago-Kent's annual canned food drive.
- November 20: SBA social at Krem, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- SBA President Office Hour: Wednesdays, 5 to 6 p.m. in room C88.
- November 20: Happy hour with Korean American Coalition, 7 to 9 p.m. at Korean Seoulfood Cafe.
- November 21: Speaker event: "Peaceful Reunification of Two Koreas," 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Rosemont.
- November 18: Short introductory talk about school law by Professor Nancy Hablutzel, noon in room C35. Lunch provided!
- December 2: Sale of baked goods, coffee, fresh fruit, CFL light bulbs, ELS shirts and reusable mugs.
- November 19: Exam prep panel, 5 p.m. in room C50. Exam tips for 1Ls.
- November 19: IPLS Patent Lunch Panel Discussion: Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa, noon to 1:30 p.m. in room 305.
- Check our Web site for helpful info!
- November 18: Final bake sale of the semester!
- November 23: "Knit One, Save One" event.
- Surviving Law School with Kids: A Student Discussion Panel.
- November 24: 5 p.m.
- November 25: Noon.
- November 10 to 25: Chicago-Kent's annual canned food drive.
- November 18: Samosa sale, 11:30 a.m. in the Spak.
- January 4 to 9: Winter break trip to New Orleans to perform recovery and social justice work.
- Opportunity to get involved with the National Student Hurricane Network: Represent Chicago-Kent on membership calls.
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