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Headlines for the Week of August 24, 2009 |
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| Student Services |
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- General announcements:
- September 2: Student Organization Fair.
- New Chicago-Kent Law Review members.
- Chicago-Kent master calendar.
- Bursar announcement: New TouchNet billing service.
- Notice about recording of classes.
- Disability resources.
- Counseling services.
- Student health insurance.
- Private area for contemplation.
- FERPA rights and notification of access to educational records.
- Notice to students in substance abuse recovery (or who want to be).
- Reminder about IIT's political activity policy.
- Furniture in the classrooms.
- To entering students:
- Student handbook and code of conduct.
- Amendments to your applications for admission.
- Academic Support Program.
- ID and U-Pass distribution.
- Immunization records.
- To returning students:
- Welcome back!
- Fall 2009 semester information:
- Initial reading assignments and course materials.
- Course information updates.
- Revised fall schedule (with classroom assignments).
- Trial Advocacy section assignments.
- Adding and dropping courses.
- Exam schedule.
- Bookstore hours.
- 2009-10 academic calendar.
- Spring 2010 preliminary schedule.
- Fall U-Pass distribution.
- Spring 2009 CALI winners.
- Spring 2009 class ranks/GPA cut-offs.
- Change in curve for upper-level elective courses.
- Academic counseling.
- Tuition discount for graduating students taking more than 87 credits.
- September 1 and 2: Information sessions on language study at Chicago-Kent.
- Joke of the week.
- Welcome back.
- Pass/fail deadline.
- Registration deadline.
- FERPA rights and notification of access to educational records.
- Graduation application deadline.
- Office hours and contact information.
- Welcome back!
- Student health insurance information.
- Academic Support Program.
- Academic Resource Library.
- CTA U-Pass program.
- Student business cards.
- Upcoming programs.
- Financial Aid Title IV funds disbursement.
- Perkins Loan promissory note information.
- Don't forget to accept your awards.
- Fall 2009 disbursement schedule.
- Fall loan disbursement process: Step-by-step.
- Federal work study information.
- 2009-10 scholarship status.
- Chase removed from lender list.
- New promissory note required for 2009-10.
- 2009-10 financial aid deadline.
- OCI update.
- Illinois Attorney General's Office seeking law student externs/clerks.
- August 24: CSO open house--snacks and prizes!
- Career programs on government, public interest law, small and mid-sized firms, and alternative careers begin on August 26 and run through September 30.
- August 26: Do Your Legal Career Justice: Opportunities for Attorneys and Law Students at the U.S. Department of Justice.
- September 1: Opportunities in Federal Government.
- September 8: Careers in Legal Aid.
- September 9: Careers in Public Defense.
- September 18: Cook County State's Attorney's Office Minority Law Student Reception.
- 2009 Conference of the National Latino/a Law Student Association.
- September 8: Deadline for U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General Honors Program and Summer Internship Opportunity Program.
- Fall judicial externship opportunities in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
- 2009-10 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.
- Latham & Watkins Diversity Scholars Program.
- K&L Gates "Change Your World" trivia challenge.
- Army Court of Criminal Appeals oral argument and reception.
- Video on "Managing a Legal Career Transition in Tough Times."
- Judicial clerkship opportunity with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- Urban Debate Advocacy Fellowship for recent graduates.
- A list of resources for 2009-10 graduates with start-date deferrals from large law firms.
- Free national training for attorneys beginning volunteer public interest placements.
- Chicago-Kent is now LinkedIn!
- 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.
- Bookstore news:
- August 21 to 29: Red Shirt sale.
- Eco-friendly tote bags for sale.
- August 17 to 29: Champion clothing sale.
- August 17 to 29: Enter to win a free study aid.
- Discounts on general reading materials.
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| Academics
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- Job opportunity in the Chicago-Kent Law Offices' Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic.
- Spring 2010 semester: Externships with U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- First administrative memo.
- Stipend-supported summer program in Germany for 2010.
- September 1 and 2: Information sessions on language study at Chicago-Kent.
- No new entries this week.
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| Computing
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- Welcome, Chicago-Kent students.
- Additional CLC laptop configuration classes.
- New support and services documents for Apple computers.
- CLC monthly network maintenance schedule.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat5715.
- CLC Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/clc.
- Library hours for the fall semester.
- Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
- Featured resource: Welcome to Chicago Guide.
- Secure your personal property in the library!
- General library policies.
- Free CALI lessons available to law students.
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| Faculty |
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- Research assistants needed to work on projects involving international criminal law and international human rights law.
- 2L or 3L student needed to assist with research on juries.
Faculty Newsletters
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| Institutes
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- 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 paper prize.
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| Administrative
Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Building and library fall hours, effective August 17.
- Fall 2009 student hiring procedures.
- Discount parking: DTC faculty, staff and students for the fall 2009 semester.
- Downtown Campus safety tips.
- Shuttle bus schedule.
- DTC Bursar's Office hours.
- Administration and Finance office hours.
- Online room reservation form.
- Student assistant needed for Office of Admissions.
- Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
- Admissions office hours.
- Upcoming CLE conferences.
- Record templates available for students and staff.
- Tuesday Human Resources office hours now held in room 656.
- 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: Student organizations that need assistance with posting Record announcements at the beginning of the term may submit their full announcements to record@kentlaw.edu by noon on Wednesdays until training sessions are held. (Information on Record training will be sent to student organization presidents soon.) 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.)
- Invitation to join the Environmental Law Moot Court Team.
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