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Headlines for the Week of December 12, 2011 |
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Office
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Student Services |
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- Fall 2011 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Exam emergencies.
- Consulting laptops during exams.
- Cell phones during exams.
- Access to computer labs during exams.
- Exam method notices.
- Accessing your grades.
- Spring 2012 registration.
- Spring 2012 initial reading assignments and course materials.
- January 19: Illinois bar exam informational sessions.
- Joke of the week.
- Office hours.
- Transcript processing time during exam period.
- Fall 2011 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Exam emergencies.
- Consulting laptops during exams.
- Cell phones during exams.
- Access to computer labs during exams.
- Exam method notices.
- Accessing your grades.
- Spring 2012 registration.
- Graduating students: Reduced loads and tuition discounts.
- January 19: Illinois bar exam informational sessions.
- Official student withdrawal process.
- Student health insurance information.
- Academic Resource Library.
- Student business cards.
- Fall U-Pass information.
- Counseling Center information.
- Planning to study abroad in spring 2012?
- A note for 3L students.
- Financial aid refunds.
- How to receive your Perkins Loan.
- Make-up procedures for mandatory 1L orientation.
- Deadline extended: Mandatory fall meetings for 2Ls and 3Ls.
- OCI: Don't forget to report callbacks and offers!
- Milwaukee-area "Home for the Holidays" 1L Receptions.
- 2012 City of Chicago Mayor's Office Fellowship Program.
- Association of Corporate Counsel Diversity Summer Internship Program.
- Twin Cities Diversity in Practice 1L Summer Rotation Clerkships.
- Just the Beginning Foundation Diversity Judicial Externships.
- 1L Minnesota Minority Clerkship Program: Deadline to apply is January 20.
- 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.
- Kegler, Brown 2011 Minority Merit Scholarship for 1Ls.
- Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project Summer 2012.
- Perkins Coie Diversity Fellowship for 1Ls.
- Harter Secrest & Emery LLP 2012 1L Diversity Scholars Program.
- Vedder Price 1L Diversity Scholarship.
- Chicago Schweitzer Fellows Program.
- McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd. 2012 Diversity in Patent Law Fellowship Program.
- 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!
- PSLawNet: Public interest job postings and summer funding resource.
- Updated Vermont Guide to State Judicial Clerkships.
- 2011-12 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.
- Commencement information:
- Sign up for spring 2012 composite photo dates: February 7 to 9.
- 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:
- January 26: Join us for the Class Gift Kick-Off Event.
- Your 2012 Class Gift Committee.
- Alumni Career Advisor Network: Search for an advisor.
- Apply now for the Roddy Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Gates Memorial Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Honorable Dean Sodaro Memorial Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Kessler Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Rubenstein Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Geri and Ron Yonover Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Nordic Law Club of Chicago Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Michigan Auto Law Diversity Scholarship.
- Submit essays now for the Institute for Justice Center for Judicial Engagement Law Student Essay Contest.
- Submit essays now for the 2012 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest.
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Academics
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- Professor Edward Kraus appointed to the HHS Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines.
- Access2Practice Legal Externship Program information.
- 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
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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.
- Service alerts and news.
- Latest McAfee DAT file is sdat6553.
- Take a virtual tour of the library.
- Library hours.
- Final exam library hours: Saturday, December 3, through Saturday, December 17.
- Restricted access during final exams.
- 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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- 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.
- 2011-12 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
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Administrative
Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Final exam building and library hours: Saturday, December 3, through Saturday, December 17.
- 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.
- Student assistant needed in Admissions Office for spring 2012.
- Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
- Admissions office hours.
- Upcoming CLE conferences.
- Note the Record publication schedule for late December and early January.
- 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.)
- Save the date! The 2012 Great Lakes Environmental Law Symposium is on March 30, 2012.
- JURIST call for content: Environmental law op-ed.
- Apply for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Legal Externship.
- Enter the 2012 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest.
- Apply for the Environmental Law Institute Postgraduate Fellowship 2012-13.
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