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Headlines for the Weeks of May 18 & 25, 2009 |
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| Office
of the Dean
- Advanced Legal Studies certificate program for graduating students and alumni.
- Enjoy the summer!
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| Student Services |
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- Notice to graduating seniors:
- E-mail and network accounts.
- Clearing out lockers.
- Summer 2009 term information:
- Classroom assignments.
- Initial reading assignments.
- Research assistant opportunities for continuing students.
- Fall 2009 registration.
- Fall 2009 initial reading assignments and course materials.
- Joke of the week.
- Fall 2009 registration.
- Spring 2010 preliminary schedule.
- Office hours.
- Student business cards.
- Student organization transitioning.
- Orientation leaders.
- Counseling services.
- Newly updated lender list.
- Spring financial aid deadline.
- Summer financial aid deadline.
- Summer financial aid awards available.
- Did you miss the repayment plan workshop?
- Summer awarding information.
- Graduate PLUS loan repayment answers.
- Registration deadline for the Cook County Bar Association Minority Job Fair extended to May 22.
- Temporary judicial clerkship or externship opportunity with the Illinois Appellate Court.
- May 19: Idealist.org Chicago Nonprofit Career Fair.
- May 20: Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section networking event.
- Chicago Bar Association: Recession Recovery Career Series.
- Reed Smith is accepting applications for its Diverse Scholars Program.
- Baker Donelson is accepting applications for its diversity scholarship.
- LexisNexis ASPIRE program for deferred law firm hires and other 2009 graduates pursuing public service work.
- Judicial clerkship opportunity with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- Web access for policy, political and human rights jobs.
- Urban Debate Advocacy Fellowship for recent graduates.
- Additional resources and potential opportunities for recent graduates.
- Password-protected sites now available through Symplicity.
- Announcements for the Class of 2009:
- Welcome to the Chicago-Kent Alumni Association!
- Alumni Online Community and e-mail forwarding.
- Commencement video and photos online.
- July 29: Post-Bar party at Rock Bottom Brewery.
- 2009 Class Gift:
- Congratulations. Your final total is more than $6,700!
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Career Advisor Network.
- Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!
- Apply now for the American Association for Justice Scholarship Program.
- Apply now for the Attorney CPA Foundation Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Kane County Bar Foundation Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Minority Corporate Counsel Association Scholarship.
- Apply now for the DuPage County Justinian Society of Lawyers Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Defense Research Institute Diversity Scholarship.
- Enter now for the Nonsmokers' Rights Essay Contest.
- Apply now for the Knights of Dabrowski Scholarships.
- Apply now for the Jeremy Protas LGBT Patent Law Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Polish Women's Civic Club Scholarship. The deadline is July 1.
- The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Essay Contest.
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| Academics
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- Summer 2009 Law Offices In-House Clinic information.
- Fall 2009: Corporate externship.
- Summer/fall 2009: For-credit legal externships with Chicago Transit Authority Office of the President.
- Fall 2009: Externships with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago--new due date.
- Fall 2009: Externships with Cook County Domestic Relations Court.
- Fall 2009: Externships with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
- Fall 2009: Externships with Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel.
- Fall 2009: Externships with Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Workers' Compensation Division.
- Fall 2009: Externships with Chicago Transit Authority Legal Department--new due date.
- Fall 2009: Externships with U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement--new due date.
- Fall 2009: Externships with U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights--new due date.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- Administrative memo number 11.
- Council for American Students in International Negotiations (CASIN) official newsletter.
- Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution call for papers.
- No new entries this week.
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| Computing
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- Print account balances will be reset on May 19.
- Printing and e-mail/network accounts for May 2009 and December 2008 graduates.
- E-mail forwarding for Chicago-Kent alumni available through the Office of Alumni Relations.
- CLC monthly network maintenance schedule.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat5615.
- CLC Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/clc.
- Library summer hours.
- Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
- A reminder about security in the library!
- Featured resource: Downtown Campus Library Research Guides.
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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| Faculty |
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- Summer 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.
- Institute for Law and the Humanities paper prize.
- Research assistants needed for summer 2009.
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| Administrative
Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Building and library hours during Commencement 2009, May 16 and May 17.
- Building and library summer hours, effective May 18.
- 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.
- June 5: 28th annual Conference on Not-For-Profit Organizations.
- Upcoming CLE programs.
- Summer 2009 Record publication schedule.
- Record templates available for students and staff.
- 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.
- Congratulations to Jessica Collett for being re-elected ESLS co-chair of external affairs!
- Congratulations to the 2009-10 LELS executive board!
- Be an LELS class representative in 2009-10.
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