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Headlines for the Week of March 15, 2010 |
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Office
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Student Services |
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- Academic calendar reminder: Spring break is March 13 to 21.
- Independent research opportunity with adjunct professor Eric Greenberg.
- Joke of the week.
- April 30: Deadline for revoking pass/fail.
- Office hours.
- Notice about H1N1 (swine flu).
- Spring U-Pass information.
- Insurance information.
- Academic Resource Library.
- Academic Support Program: Spring 2010.
- Attention spring graduates: Federal loan exit counseling.
- New requirements for private loans.
- 1098T information.
- 2010-11 FAFSA now available.
- Government hiring fair for persons with disabilities.
- Volunteers needed for American Immigration Lawyers Association Mid-Year Conference.
- Sports Law Career Conference.
- Summer public interest funding through the Curtin Justice Fund Legal Internship Program.
- 2010 Chicago Legal Pipeline Symposium: "What is the Future of Diversity in the Law?"
- March 15: Application deadline for summer clerkships at the City of Chicago Law Department.
- March 23: "Assessing Your Alternative Career Options."
- March 23: Alternative Career Day activities.
- March 24: ABA presents "Networking and Interviewing Successfully."
- March 24: "ABA Day on Campus" activities.
- March 25: Small and Midsize Firm Reception.
- March 30: Professionalism, Part 5: "How to Be Successful in Your Summer Job."
- April 16: Informational law firm interviews for students from Michigan.
- April 20 and 21: Mandatory Fall On-Campus Interview (OCI) orientation.
- April 21: Boot Camp for Summer Jobs.
- April 1: Application deadline for summer internships at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.
- Save the date: Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair.
- Save the date: Indianapolis Bar Association 2010 Diversity Job Fair.
- APALSA LL.M. Networking Night.
- AT&T 2010 Diversity Summer Internship.
- 2010 DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship.
- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area: Opportunities for volunteer attorneys and deferred associates.
- Ms. JD Fellowship for 2Ls.
- NSBA Council of School Attorneys Annual School Law Seminar.
- NALP Summer Apartment Exchange Web site.
- U.S. Department of Justice volunteer legal internships for summer 2010.
- Equal Justice Works $1,000 Summer Corps Education Voucher application.
- March 19: Application deadline for Summer 2010 Legal Studies Institute in Washington, D.C.
- Fredrikson & Byron Minority Scholarship.
- March 24: Deadline for Black Women Lawyers Association Spring 2010 Essay Scholarship.
- Federal work study at community-based organizations.
- 2009-10 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.
- Institute for Justice Summer Law Clerk Program.
- Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) paid summer internships.
- A list of resources for 2009-10 graduates with start-date deferrals from large law firms.
- Commencement information:
- Your Commencement is Sunday, May 16, 2010.
- Attention May graduates: Required forms.
- Photo proofs must be returned by April 1.
- IIT Commencement Ceremony.
- Have a family member who's a graduate? Ask him or her to be your Alumni Legacy Hooder.
- Your Commencement timeline.
- 2010 Class Gifts:
- Section contest runs through April 16!
- J.D. project.
- LL.M. project.
- Students, faculty and staff: Half-price Bulls tickets.
- Students, faculty and staff: Half-price White Sox tickets.
- Career Advisor Network.
- Chicago-Kent is LinkedIn!
- Apply now for the Rubenstein Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Crusade for Education Financial Aid Program.
- Apply now for the Polish Women's Civic Club Inc. Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati William A. McClain Scholarship.
- Apply now for the 2010 Justinian Scholarship Award.
- Apply now for the Central Illinois Women's Bar Association Scholarship Program.
- Apply now for the Grand Rapids Community Foundation Scholarships.
- Apply now for the DuPage County Bar Foundation Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Illinois Government Bar Association Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Fredrikson & Byron Minority Scholarship.
- Seventh World Conference on Nonsmokers' Rights Writing Contest.
- The bookstore will begin returning textbooks to the publishers the week of March 15.
- March 8 to 19: T-shirt sale.
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Academics
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- Summer 2010 Law Offices In-House Clinic Applications now available.
- Summer 2010 Legal Externship Program:
- Externship opportunity in New Orleans.
- Summer/fall 2010 semester externships:
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (for credit only).
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (for credit only).
- Fall 2010 Judicial Externship Program information.
- Fall 2010 semester:
- Externships with U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois.
- Intellectual property (IP) legal externship for IP Certificate participants (for credit only).
- Accenture/DLA Piper Corporate Law Externship (for credit only).
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- Call for Legal Writing I and II teaching assistants: 2010-11.
- The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers Writing Competition for Law Students 2009-10.
- Fifth administrative memo for LL.M. and exchange students.
- March 16: Deadline to apply for summer internships in China.
- Study abroad applications due by March 15.
- National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations summer internship program in Washington, D.C. Apply by March 15.
- Summer 2010 program at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City.
- Scholarship possibilities for studying at Leiden Law School, the Netherlands.
- Using a credit card to make tuition payments: New rules went into effect in November 2009.
- Stipend-supported summer program in Germany for 2010.
- The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers Writing Competition for Law Students 2009-10.
- New entries this week:
- Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation Excellence in Legal Writing Award.
- Customs and International Trade Bar Association/Brooklyn Law School Writing Competition.
- American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Writing Competition.
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Computing
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- March 18: Student printing and network file share maintenance.
- New myIIT password reset tool.
- IIT Print Channel on myIIT is for Main Campus printing only and not for use at the Downtown Campus.
- Revised Web hosting policies.
- Reminder: Apple Computer support and services documents.
- CLC monthly network maintenance schedule.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat5916.
- Library hours for the spring semester.
- Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
- 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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- Call for Legal Writing I and II teaching assistants: 2010-11.
- Documentary film organization seeking a student intern.
Faculty Newsletter
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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.
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Administrative
Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Building and library hours for spring 2010.
- 2010 spring Chicago-Kent student hiring procedures.
- Reminder: A new payroll authorization must be completed each term for international student workers.
- 2010 spring/summer semester discounted parking rates for DTC faculty, staff and students.
- Downtown Campus safety tips.
- Shuttle bus schedule.
- Additional evening shuttle bus added to schedule.
- DTC Bursar's Office hours.
- Administration and Finance office hours.
- Online room reservation form.
- Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
- Admissions office hours.
- April 6: 32nd annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture: "Family Responsibilities Discrimination in the Great Recession: Impact of EEOC Guidelines."
- Upcoming CLE conferences.
- 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.
- April 6: Come have lunch with State Representative Greg Harris.
- March 24: Oral argument prep panel.
- Stay tuned for upcoming ELSS events!
- Volunteer opportunities with American Immigration Lawyers Association.
- March 25: Immigration law networking event.
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