Headlines for the Weeks of July 13 & 20, 2009

Assistant Dean Steve Sowle  »

• Spring 2009 class ranks/GPA cut-offs.
• Spring 2009 CALI awards.
• New Chicago-Kent Law Review members.
• Summer 2009 exams:
• Exam schedule.
• Exam reschedule requests.
• Exam method registration.
• Notice to graduating seniors:
• E-mail and network accounts.
• Clearing out lockers.

Registrar  »

• Summer hours.

Student Services  »

• Student business cards.
• Student organization transitioning.
• Orientation leaders.
• Counseling services.

Financial Aid  »

• New promissory note required for 2009-10.
• Stuart scholarships for summer.
• Accepting summer awards.
• 2009-10 scholarship status.
• 2009-10 financial aid deadline.
• Summer office hours.
• Newly updated lender list.
• Summer financial aid deadline.

Career Services  »

• July 14: "How to Land a Clerkship: Practical Advice from Judges."
• July 15: Deadline for law scholarship video contest from Access Group.
• Attention transfer students: Orientation program.
• Update on Cook County Bar Association (CCBA) Minority Law Student Job Fair.
• CSO seeks part-time student worker(s).
• July 28: Save the date for mandatory OCI meeting.
• Preliminary employer lists are now available on Symplicity.
• Mock interviews for fall recruiting.
• July 27: Registration deadline for Rocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair.
• July 29: Deadline for resume review for OCI.
• July 31: Application deadline for Reed Smith Diverse Scholars Program.
• August 1: Registration deadline for Tri-State Diversity Recruitment Program.
• Student debt relief webinar series: "Getting Your Student Loans Forgiven: How Government and Nonprofit Employees Can Earn Public Service Loan Forgiveness."
• Video on "Managing a Legal Career Transition in Tough Times."
• 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.
• Urban Debate Advocacy Fellowship for recent graduates.
• Additional resources and potential opportunities for recent graduates.
  

Student Announcements from Alumni Relations  »

• Announcements for the Class of 2009:
• Welcome to the Chicago-Kent Alumni Association!
• Attention: E-mail and network accounts for the Class of 2009 expire
  August 3.
• 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!
• Thank you to our donors: Final list.
• Career Advisor Network.
• Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!

Scholarships  »

• Apply now for the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship.
• Apply now for the Access Group's $10,000 Scholarship Video Contest.
  
• Apply now for the Jeremy Protas LGBT Patent Law Scholarship.

IIT Center for Law and Business Bookstore  »

• Greeting cards are back in stock.

Law Offices/Clinic/Externships  »

• Fall 2009 for-credit legal externship opportunity.
• For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
  

International Law and Policy -- Assistant Dean Lydia Lazar  »

• July 13: Welcome SWUPL students participating in Chicago-Kent's "Introduction to the American Legal System" summer program!
• July 17: Screening and discussion of "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court."

Writing competitions  »

• No new entries this week.

Center for Law and Computers  »

• Reminder: SofTest registration and download site for summer 2009 final exams opened June 29.
• Spam and phishing e-mails.
• Print account balances will be reset on July 20.
• 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 sdat5670.
• CLC Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/clc.
  

Library  »

• Library hours for read period, summer final exams and bar study, July 10 to 27.
• Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
• Secure your personal property in the library!
• Featured resource: Mergent Online.
• General library policies.

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)  »

• Free CALI lessons available to law students.

Center for Access to Justice and Technology  »

• Student volunteers needed for the Self-Help Web Desk at the Daley Center.
• Submit letter of intent for the Certificate in Public Interest Law.

Institute for Law and the Humanities  »

• Institute for Law and the Humanities paper prize.