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Headlines for the Week of November 7, 2011 |
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Office
of the Dean
- Congratulations to the Moot Court Honor Society members who swept all the awards in the ALA's 2011 National Moot Court Competition this weekend!
- Bar results best in state.
- Questions about the law school's budget.
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Student Services |
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- Change of division requests: October 27 to November 7.
- Fall 2011 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests: October 27 to November 7.
- Exam method registration: October 27 to November 7.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- November 8: ASP workshop: Preparing for and taking exams.
- Spring 2012 preliminary schedule.
- Joke of the week.
- Office hours.
- Change of division requests: October 27 to November 7.
- Fall 2011 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests: October 27 to November 7.
- Official student withdrawal process.
- Student health insurance information.
- Academic Resource Library.
- Student business cards.
- Fall U-Pass information.
- Counseling Center information.
- November 8: Loan repayment and personal budgeting workshop.
- A note for 2L students.
- A note for 3L students.
- Don't forget to accept your awards.
- Missing required documentation.
- New student checklist.
- Tuition refund disbursement.
- How to receive your Perkins Loan.
- Make-up procedures for mandatory 1L orientation.
- Deadline extended: Mandatory fall meetings for 2Ls and 3Ls.
- Fall Résumé Book sign-ups continue.
- OCI: Don't forget to report callbacks and offers!
- November 8: Meet the Public Service Employers Reception.
- November 9: "Preparing Your PILI Application." (Please note new date.)
- November 9: "The Out-of-State Job Search."
- November 15: Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP) and Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Minority Law Student Panel.
- November 15: Child and Family Law Society Networking Reception.
- November 16: Schweitzer Fellowship Workshop.
- Summer 2011 Judicial Intern Opportunity Program.
- Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI): Applications opened for 2Ls on October 15.
- Access to Practice Externship and Federal Work Study: Application deadline is December 16.
- AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Minority Outreach Program.
- Chicago Schweitzer Fellows Program.
- McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd. 2012 Diversity in Patent Law Fellowship Program.
- 2012-13 Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program at Georgetown University Law Center.
- Georgetown Law Clinical Teaching Fellowships.
- Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference (MPILCC) student registration: Deadline is December 8.
- Job fairs: Don't forget to report callbacks and offers!
- Updated Vermont Guide to State Judicial Clerkships.
- 2011-12 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.
- Commencement information:
- Fall 2011 graduates: Complete your mandatory Graduate Survey by December 1.
- Information for out-of-town graduates.
- Have a family member who's a graduate? Ask him or her to be your Alumni Legacy Hooder.
- Class of 2012 Class Gift:
- Class Gift update: Be on the lookout for a 2012 Class Gift survey in your email!
- Your 2012 Class Gift Committee.
- November 19: Alumni Awards & Recognition Luncheon:
- Student tickets available for only $20.
- Alumni Career Advisor Network: Search for an advisor.
- Apply now for the Asian American Bar Association Law Foundation Scholarships. Deadline extended to December 1.
- Submit essays now for the Institute for Justice Center for Judicial Engagement Law Student Essay Contest.
- Apply now for the South Suburban Bar Association Henry A. Gentile Memorial Scholarship.
- Apply now for the 2012 Richard Linn American Inn of Court's Mark T. Banner Scholarship.
- Submit essays now for the 2012 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest.
- Deals! Deals! Deals!
- Raffle for free books!
- Help wanted.
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Academics
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- Law Offices spring 2012 applications are now available.
- Professor Edward Kraus appointed to the HHS Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines.
- Access2Practice Legal Externship Program information.
- Spring 2012 for-credit legal externship opportunities:
- Disability and elder law legal externship.
- Real estate development externship at Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim Ltd.
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
- International Center hours and travel signatures.
- 2011-12 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
- No new entries this week.
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Computing
& Information Services |
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- Student printing from remote locations now available.
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus available for student use.
- Using webmail in Internet Explorer 9.
- Windows upgrade and Office media now available for students to purchase online.
- Helpdesk hours.
- Wireless connectivity.
- Service requests.
- Service alerts and news.
- Web access for student Mac users.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat6519.
- Take a virtual tour of the library.
- Library hours.
- Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
- Secure your personal property in the library!
- General library policies.
- CALI Lessons: Free study materials upgraded for 2011-12.
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Faculty |
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Institutes
& Centers |
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- November 16: Public interest course-picking session with Professor Staudt! Pizza will be served.
- Get valuable legal experience over winter break at the Self-Help Web Center.
- Submit your letter of intent for the Certificate in Public Interest Law.
- The Institute for Law and the Humanities announces 2011 paper prize winners.
- 2011-12 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
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Administrative
Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Fall semester building and library hours.
- 2011 fall Chicago-Kent student hiring procedures.
- 2011 biweekly pay calendar.
- 2011 fall semester discount parking for DTC faculty, staff and students.
- Defibrillator at the Downtown Campus.
- 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.
- 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.
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 11: Join us for the "Kent Connection: JD & LLM Social," 8 to 10 p.m. at the LaSalle Power Co. Spots are limited; RSVP by November 9.
- November 15: Child and Family Law Society Networking Mixer, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- JURIST call for content: Environmental law op-ed.
- Enter the 2012 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest.
- Apply for the Environmental Law Institute Postgraduate Fellowship 2012-13.
- November 10: Brown Bag Lunch with Professor Lee, noon to 1 p.m. in room 370.
- November 16: GastroIntellectual Property Law Symposium, featuring chef Homaro Cantu, 6 to 9 p.m. (Please note new date.)
- November 15: The Anti-Shariah Movement panel discussion with Professors Heyman and Rosen and Amina Sharif from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, noon to 1 p.m. in room 580. Food will be served.
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