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Headlines for the Week of April 1, 2013 |
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Office of the Dean
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- April 11: We're honored to welcome ACLU President Susan N. Herman to Chicago-Kent for the Palmer Prize Lecture.
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Student Services |
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- Summer 2013 class schedule.
- April 4: Faculty-student happy hour.
- Change of division requests: March 28 to April 5.
- Spring 2013 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests: March 28 to April 5.
- Exam method registration: March 28 to April 5.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Trial team tryouts.
- Joke of the week.
- Office hours.
- Change of division requests: March 28 to April 5.
- Spring 2013 final exams:
- Exam schedule.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests: March 28 to April 5.
- Exam method registration: March 28 to April 5.
- Pass/fail revocation: Deadline is May 3.
- Official student withdrawal process.
- Student health insurance information.
- Academic Support Program.
- Academic Resource Library.
- Student business cards.
- Counseling Center information.
- Summer financial aid.
- 2013-14 FAFSA.
- May 1: Federal loan exit counseling workshop.
- Office name change: We are now the Student Accounting Office.
- Financial aid refunds.
- How to receive your Perkins Loan.
- Make-up procedures for 2Ls for "What's Next for Fall: Rising 3Ls" program.
- Make-up procedures for 3Ls for mandatory "Recent Graduates Find Success" program.
- Résumé Books for spring semester: Opt in today!
- Mandatory meetings for current 2Ls and 3Ls.
- New CSO resource: "J.D. Careers Out There."
- New CSO resource: Videoconferencing for video interviews.
- CSO program videos now available online!
- Job fairs: Please report job offers to the CSO.
- "How to Succeed" programs began in February.
- Weeks of April 1 and April 8: Mock interviews.
- April 2: Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkship Information Program.
- April 3: Preparing for Diversity Job Fairs.
- April 3: ELS program: "Critical Issues in Intellectual Property."
- April 3: Lecture by David Chaves, senior FBI agent.
- April 4: Intellectual Property Law Society Reception.
- April 6: CCBA Job Fair Preparedness Workshop.
- April 9: Federal Job Applications Program. RSVP required.
- April 9: Mandatory for current 1Ls: "What's Next for Fall."
- April 9: SELS "Representing Athletes and Entertainers in Family Law Matters."
- April 10: "How to Succeed in a Public Interest/Legal Aid Organization."
- April 10: "Get Ready, Get Set, Get Hired" Program & Small and Midsize Firm Reception.
- April 11 to 13: Commercial Law League of America Convention. RSVP today!
- April 13: Save the date: Asian American Bar Association of Chicago Law Student Career Forum.
- April 13: Government Service Career Fair.
- April 23: Edwards Wildman's Spring 2013 Distinguished Speaker Series and Reception for Diverse Law Students.
- Video on "Managing a Legal Career Transition in Tough Times."
- Justice Entrepreneurs Project: Applications for recently admitted lawyers due April 5.
- Reed Smith's 2013 Diverse Scholars Program.
- Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund for Progressive Social Change.
- Zelle Hofmann 2013 Diversity in Law Scholarship.
- April 2013 Law Student Writing Contest: Tax Law.
- Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Summer Fellowship Program.
- DRI Annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship.
- College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law: Annual Law Student Writing Competition for 2012-13.
- Save the date: 2013 IndyBar Diversity Job Fair, August 7 and 8.
- Save the date: 2013 Vault/MCCA Legal Diversity Career Fair.
- Save the date: 2013 Cook County Bar Association Minority Law Student Job Fair.
- Spring 2013 ConneKtions @ Dinner. Additional dinners have been added.
- Commencement information:
- Cap and gown orders due April 1.
- 2013 Grad Survey due April 30.
- May 7: Grad Fest.
- Hotel and visitor information for Commencement weekend.
- Commencement ceremony: Sunday, May 19.
- 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 2013 Class Gift Committee:
- Announcing the 2013 Class Gift Project! Make a gift today.
- Committee members.
- Chicago-Kent Alumni Advisor Network: Login instructions for students.
- Student organizations: Want to connect with alumni?
- Apply now for the Grand Rapids Community Foundation Scholarships.
- Apply now for the Kane County Bar Foundation Scholarship.
- Apply now for the American Association for Justice Scholarship Programs.
- Apply now for the Illinois Government Bar Association Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Nadrich & Cohen LLP Emergency Scholarship Fund.
- Apply now for the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Mike Eidson Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Buckfire & Buckfire Diversity Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Darleen J. and Robert L. Walker Scholarship Fund.
- Apply now for the Michigan Auto Law Diversity Scholarship.
- Apply now for CustomMade Law Scholarships.
- Apply now for the NerdWallet Law Scholarship.
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Academics & Student Programs |
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- Due date for summer 2013 Law Offices In-House Clinics is April 3 at 5 p.m.
- Law Offices: Applications for the fall and summer semesters are now available.
- Law Offices staff attorney on ABC News.
- Summer/fall 2013 judicial externship: Cook County Domestic Relations Court.
- Legal Externship Program applications are now available.
- Fall 2013 semester externships:
- U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
- Commercial law externship with Accenture/DLA Piper.
- IP legal externship with Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
- Externships with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Summer 2013: Legal externship with the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel (for credit only).
- For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at www.kentlaw.iit.edu/legal-clinics.
- International Center hours and travel signatures.
- Call for Legal Research and Writing teaching assistants for 2013-14.
- No new entries this week.
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Computing & Information Services |
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- Student home directories removed.
- IIT-565 wireless name to be replaced with IIT-Secure.
- Spring help desk hours.
- Outlook no longer supported.
- SofTest no longer available for Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard).
- Student printing from remote locations available.
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus available for student use.
- Windows and Office media available for students to purchase online.
- Service requests.
- Service alerts and news.
- myIIT password reset tool.
- IIT print channel is for Main Campus printing only and not for use at the Downtown Campus.
- Apple computer support and services documents.
- Weekly maintenance schedule.
- 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 for law students.
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Faculty |
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- April 19: Film screening and discussion of Sifuna Okwethu (We Want What's Ours).
- Summer research assistant needed. (Please note new application deadline.)
- Justice Stevens Public Interest Summer Fellowship.
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Institutes & Centers |
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- April 8: Come meet CAJT and find out what we are all about!
- Standardized Court Forms come to Illinois!
- CALI and CAJT unveil new course project.
- Sign up now for a spring position at the Self-Help Web Center.
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Administrative Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Spring 2013 building and library hours.
- 2013 spring Chicago-Kent student hiring procedures.
- 2013 biweekly pay calendar.
- 2013 spring 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 for admissions office.
- Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
- Admissions office hours.
- April 18 and 19: 30th anniversary Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference. Volunteers wanted!
- May 2 and 3: 32nd annual Federal Tax Institute. Volunteers wanted!
- 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: Please send your Record headlines and the full announcements to record@kentlaw.iit.edu by noon on Thursdays for the following Monday's issue.
- Barristers Ball ticket sales.
- Bar & Gavel Society nominations.
- SBA Awards nominations.
- April 2: "Citizens United and Campaign Finance Reform."
- Got art? Show it at Gallery Night II on April 24. Email us by April 4.
- April 5 and 6: Trial team tryouts.
- April 25: Save the date for the ELS Trivia Night Fundraiser!
- April 22: NRDC "Brewers for Clean Water" event.
- Openlands internship opportunity.
- New issue!
- Designers wanted!
- April 11: Kent Justice Foundation Spring Auction.
- April 2: Introductory meeting. Food will be served.
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