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Headlines for the Week of November 22, 2010 |
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Office
of the Dean
- Chicago-Kent advances to national finals in ABA Labor and Employment Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition.
- Oyez Project moves to Chicago-Kent.
- November 24: "Alumni in Alternative Careers" Roundtable (formerly Dean's Roundtable), featuring alumnus Marc Korman '89.
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Student Services |
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- Academic calendar reminder: Thanksgiving break, November 25 to 28.
- Spring 2011 schedule and registration:
- Final spring 2011 schedule and registration bulletin.
- Registration instructions.
- Registration for first-year students.
- Graduating students: Reduced loads and tuition discounts.
- Student survey to improve Chicago-Kent's website.
- Fall 2010 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests.
- Exam method registration.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Teaching evaluations.
- Joke of the week.
- Office hours.
- Spring 2011 registration.
- Exam schedule.
- Official student withdrawal process.
- ASP spring teaching assistants.
- Student health insurance information.
- Academic Resource Library.
- CTA U-Pass program.
- Student business cards.
- Counseling Center information.
- Fall financial aid deadlines.
- Attention fall graduates: Federal loan exit counseling.
- 2011-12 FAFSA renewal reminder.
- Bar study loan information.
- Did you miss the financial aid workshops?
- Updated tuition refund policy.
- How to receive your Perkins Loan.
- Harter Secrest & Emery 2011 Diversity Scholarship.
- Vedder Price Diversity Scholarship for 1Ls.
- McAndrews, Held & Malloy 2011 Diversity in Patent Law Summer Fellowship Program for 1Ls.
- Spring community-based federal work study.
- Make-up procedures for mandatory 1L orientation and résumé/cover letter programs.
- November 30: "The Job Search over Winter Break."
- December 9: Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference (MPILCC) registration deadline.
- Attention 2Ls: 2011 summer PILI student internship application now open.
- Summer 2011 Judicial Intern Opportunity Program.
- American Bar Association Mentoring Program.
- Summer experience surveys.
- Résumé Books sign-ups continue.
- 2010-11 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.
- Class of 2011 Class Gift Committee:
- Contact Tanya Pietrkowski for more information.
- Fall 2010 graduates: Complete your mandatory graduate survey.
- Commencement information:
- Out-of-town graduates.
- Have a family member who's a graduate? Ask him or her to be your Alumni Legacy Hooder.
- Apply now for the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area Law Foundation Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Institute for Humane Studies Scholarship Programs.
- Apply now for the Honorable Dean Sodaro Memorial Scholarship.
- Apply for the Joseph Roddy Scholarship.
- JanSport sale: Buy one JanSport item and get another JanSport item at 50 percent off.
- Buy the books you need for final exams now. The bookstore is beginning to return overstocked books to the publishers.
- Greeting card sale: Buy one card and get another free.
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Academics
& Student Programs |
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- Legal Externship Program information.
- Spring 2010 semester legal externship opportunities:
- Mitsui Rail Capital LLC (for credit only).
- Externship with the William J. Clinton Foundation.
- Summer 2011 semester legal externship opportunities:
- Externships with the 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.
- Fall 2010 final exam information.
- Thanksgiving building and library hours: Wednesday, November 24, through Saturday, November 27.
- IIT Thanksgiving Program.
- I-Center hours and travel signatures.
- First administrative memo.
- 2010-11 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
- The College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers 2010 Law Student Writing Competition.
- No new entries this week.
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Computing
& Information Services |
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- Exam information.
- Student e-mail storage capacity increase.
- Reminder: New wireless available.
- Help Desk hours.
- 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 revised.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat6173.
- Restricted access to library.
- Take a virtual tour of the library.
- Group study room improvements.
- Fall library hours.
- 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.
- Information about WestlawNext.
- Westlaw student representatives' schedule.
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Faculty |
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Institutes
& Centers |
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- Apply for the CAJT internship.
- Volunteer this fall at the Self-Help Web Center.
- Join the A2J Student Editorial Board.
- Submit your letter of intent for the Certificate in Public Interest Law.
- 2010-11 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
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Administrative
Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Thanksgiving building and library hours: Wednesday, November 24, through Saturday, November 27.
- Final exam building and library hours: Saturday, December 4, through Monday, December 20.
- Fall building and library hours.
- Scheduled elevator maintenance.
- 2010 fall Chicago-Kent student hiring procedures.
- Reminder: A new payroll authorization must be completed each term for international student workers.
- 2010 fall semester discount parking for DTC faculty, staff and students.
- 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.
- December 3: 26th annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference.
- Upcoming conferences.
- Thanksgiving Record reminder: Headlines for the November 29 issue are due at noon on Tuesday, November 23.
- Record templates available for students and staff.
- Sing with the Chicago Bar Association Chorus at Symphony Center!
- 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 may submit their full announcements to record@kentlaw.edu by noon on Wednesdays. 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.)
- November 23: Informal lunch chat with Sara Schumann.
- November 30: ILW Faculty Appreciation Event.
- December 3: 26th annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference.
- November 22: Bake sale, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the front lobby. All donations will be used to send care packages to troops in Afghanistan.
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