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Headlines for the Week of January 26, 2009 |
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Office
of the Dean
- January 28: Memorial service for Manan Shah.
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Student Services |
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- Adding and dropping classes.
- U-Pass distribution.
- Legal Writing ethics guidelines.
- Notice to students in substance abuse recovery (or those who want to be).
- Counseling services.
- Reminder about IIT's political activity policy.
- Joke of the week.
- Poem of the week.
- Grading deadlines and class ranks.
- Graduation application deadline.
- Pass/fail election deadline.
- Making up an incomplete grade.
- Spring 2009 schedule and registration.
- Office hours.
- Welcome back.
- Insurance information.
- U-Pass information.
- Academic Support Program: Spring 2009.
- Chicago-Kent and Stuart scholarship update.
- Spring disbursement process: Step-by-step.
- Spring 2009 disbursement schedule.
- 2009-10 FAFSA application available.
- Spring financial aid reminder.
- January 27: Preparing for Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference (MPILCC).
- January 28: Careers in Law Networking Night.
- January 29: Practice Tracks Career Fair Program.
- January 30: Application deadline for Association of Corporate Counsel Minority Law Student Summer Internship Program.
- January 30 and 31: Husch Blackwell Sanders Annual Symposium for Clerkship and Career Development.
- February 2: Deadline for Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington (VABAW) Law Student Clerkship Program in Vietnam.
- February 4: U.S. Army JAG Corps interviews for 3L and 1L students.
- February 7: Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference (MPILCC).
- February 10: Immigration Law Careers and Opportunities.
- Mock interviews for the Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference (MPILCC).
- Finnegan Diversity Scholarship.
- Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) Foundation is accepting applications for funding of unpaid legal internships at government agencies.
- Registration is open for the "Working in the Public Interest: Advancing Social Justice" conference at the University of Georgia School of Law.
- Online registration for the Rebellious Lawyering Conference is now open.
- Political and civil service appointments in the Obama administration.
- Department of Justice volunteer legal internship opportunities for spring and summer 2009.
- NALP summer apartment exchange.
- Jenner & Block summer apartment sublet service.
- Commencement information for the Class of 2009:
- Required graduation forms.
- Commencement photo sign-up.
- Join the 2009 Class Gift Committee.
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Career Advisor Network.
- Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!
- March 1: Deadline to apply for Chicago Lesbian and Gay Bar Association Scholarship.
- March 2: Deadline to apply for ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship.
- April 1: Deadline to apply for Illinois Government Bar Association Scholarship.
- April 15: Deadline to apply for iModules Educational Scholarship Program.
- Apply now for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Scholarship.
- 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.
- January 20 to February 1: All Champion apparel is 25 percent off.
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Academics
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- Spring 2009 employment opportunity: Clerk to special master in federal court, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Summer 2009 semester: Externship with U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration Court.
- Summer/fall 2009 semesters: Judicial externships.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- January 27: Reception for new LL.M. and exchange students.
- January 27: Language Loop information session.
- Administrative memo number 8.
- February 5: Lunar New Year party sponsored by the Chinese Bar Association of Chicago.
- Deak Award for best student article on international law.
- March 15: Deadline to apply for study abroad in summer or fall 2009.
- 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
& Information Services |
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- Print account balances were reset on January 9.
- Printing and e-mail/network accounts for December 2008 graduates.
- Kentlaw e-mail forwarding now available.
- AppleMac support.
- CLC monthly network maintenance schedule.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat5503.
- CLC Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/clc.
- Library spring hours.
- Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
- A reminder about security in the library!
- Featured resource: New library Web site.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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Faculty |
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- Student research assistant needed.
Faculty Newsletters
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Institutes
& Centers |
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- 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.
- Spring 2009 semester building and library hours, effective January 20.
- Spring 2009 student hiring procedures.
- Discount parking: DTC faculty, staff and students for 2009 spring and summer semesters.
- 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.
- February 1: Student organization budgets due.
- February 8: Student Bar Association meeting, 5 p.m. in room 305.
- February 11: American Red Cross Blood Drive, 1 to 6:30 p.m.
- February 18: Nominations due for the Bar & Gavel Society, Faculty Member of the Year Award, Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year Award, and Staff Member of the Year Award.
- SBA President Office Hours: Tuesdays, 3 to 4 p.m. in the SBA room on the concourse level.
- January 27: General body meeting, noon in room 170. Come find out about this semester's events and opportunities and have some free lunch.
- January 28: Tax assistance program volunteering training, 3 p.m. in room 510.
- January 30: Happy hour, 5 p.m. at Poag Mahone's. Wind down the week and celebrate a new semester!
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