Headlines for the Week of November 18, 2019 |
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- Congratulations to our trial advocacy team for finishing in the final four in the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition regional tournament!
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| Student Services |
- Academic calendar reminder: Thanksgiving break.
- Pass/fail revocation deadline.
- Teaching evaluations.
- Spring 2020 course schedule.
- Fall 2019 final exams:
- Exam schedule and exam numbers.
- Exam types and distribution.
- Exam conflict/reschedule requests.
- Exam method registration.
- Availability of professors' old exams.
- Notices about exams on computer.
- 1L Your Way.
- Joke of the week.
- Office hours.
- Fall 2019 exams.
- Enrollment verifications.
- Pass/fail revocation deadline.
- Replacement ID cards.
- Official student withdrawal process.
- Fall graduates: Federal loan exit counseling requirement.
- 2019-20 FAFSA available now.
- Information and Announcements:
- Welcome, 1Ls! You can now make an appointment with your career advisor!
- Welcome back, 2Ls and 3Ls! Make an appointment with your career advisor!
- Interview preparation and mock interviews available through the CSO.
- Free ABA memberships for students.
- Programming:
- November 13: Small and Medium Firm Networking Event.
- November 13: Environmental Law Career Panel.
- November 14: Immigration Law Career Panel.
- November 19: ABA Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP) and Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Diversity Legal Internship Program information session.
- November 19: Dress for Success.
- November 20: Opportunities at the United State's Attorney's Office.
- Employment Opportunities:
- Federal Work Study applications open for fall 2019.
- A2P Legal Externships.
- Institute for the Future of Legal Practice: Applications are open. Deadline is November 30.
- Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship, Protecting Workers' Rights. Application open soon.
- Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI): Applications open for spring 2020 and summer 2020.
- ABA Section of Litigation Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP).
- Diversity Opportunities:
- ABA Section of Litigation Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP).
- DAPP Direct 1L Job Placement Fair.
- Just the Beginning 2020 Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project. The application deadline is January 3, 2020.
- ABA Business Law Section Diversity Clerkship. The application deadline is January 8, 2020.
- Resources:
- 2019-20 Chicago-Area Law Firm List. Updated and available.
- Updated Résumé and Cover Letter Guides are now available in the Symplicity Document Library.
- Government Honors & Internship Handbook and Public Policy Handbook: Updated version available.
- ABA Student Loan Best Practices in the Face of Political Change.
- ABA Law Student Podcast: Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
- CareerShift.
- Practising Law Institute (PLI).
- CSO resources.
- Resources provided by the Chicago Bar Association.
- PracticeTracks videos.
- @theBar Podcast for Young Lawyers.
- Sign up for the Alumni Advisor Network to connect with alumni throughout the world.
- Student-Alumni Board.
- Connect with the Chicago-Kent College of Law Alumni Association on LinkedIn.
- Student Organizations: Want to connect with alumni?
- Find volunteer opportunities through the Public Interest Resource Center.
- Apply now for the Henry A. Gentile Memorial Scholarship.
- Apply now for the Samuel Buckwalter III Scholarship.
- Apply now for the National Tax Law Scholarship Award.
- Apply now for the For the People Scholarship Award.
- Apply now for the Branch Out Scholarship Award.
- Apply now for the Morgan Law Group Scholarship Award.
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| Academics & Student Programs |
- C-K Law Group clinic spring applications are due on Tuesday, November 19, at noon.
- Legal Externship Program applications are now available.
- Judicial Externship Program: Information for students who secured their own externship.
- New Immigration Law Clinic.
- Follow us on social media.
- Certificate Programs: You can still apply.
- Gary Laser Professionalism Award.
- Fleischman Award.
- Professor Kling is interviewed on WGN-TV.
- Reggie the Cat!
- Intensive Clinic.
- Law Offices Newsletter.
- In the news: Articles featuring clinical faculty.
- For a description of all in-house clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at www.kentlaw.iit.edu/legal-clinics.
- For a description of all externship programs, please visit the Externship Program home page at www.kentlaw.iit.edu/externships.
- International Center Downtown Campus hours and travel signatures.
- Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
- Volunteer Opportunity: Self-Help Web Center.
- Current entries:
- New: Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association Student Writing Contest.
- Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition in Labor and Employment Law.
- Marshall M. Schulman Criminal Law Writing Competition.
- American Indian Law Review National Writing Competition.
- Dukeminier Awards for Best Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity articles.
- Companion Animal Law Writing Contest.
- American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.
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| Computing & Information Services |
- Help Desk fall hours.
- Student print/scan/copy accounts reset.
- Office 2016 Windows available for download.
- Symantec Endpoint Protection now available for Windows 10.
- Microsoft Office 365 download information.
- ITS announcements.
- Best Practices: Safeguarding your computer from phishing attacks, hackers, etc.
- Connect to IIT-Secure wireless network with your Chicago-Kent email address.
- Eduroam available at Chicago-Kent.
- Student printing from remote locations available.
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus available for student use.
- Service alerts and news.
- Security updates and spam.
- IIT print channel is for Main Campus printing only and not for use at the Downtown Campus.
- Weekly maintenance schedule.
- Library hours.
- Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
- General library policies.
- CALI Lessons: Free study materials for law students.
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| Faculty |
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| Institutes & Centers |
- Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law.
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| Administrative Offices/General |
- Weekly activities schedule.
- Building and library hours.
- Spakateria hours.
- Farmer's Fridge.
- Bookstore hours.
- Fall 2019 procedures for hiring students and part-time and temporary "non-benefits-eligible" staff.
- 2019 biweekly pay calendar.
- 2019 monthly pay calendar.
- Fall 2019 discount parking rates for DTC faculty, staff and students.
- Defibrillator at the Downtown Campus.
- Downtown Campus safety tips.
- Administration and Finance office hours.
- Online room reservation form.
- Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
- Admissions office hours.
- November 15: 35th annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference.
- December 6: Institute for Law and the Workplace Employment Law Conference.
- Record templates available for staff.
- New Human Resources hours at the Downtown Campus.
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| Student Organizations |
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.
- The SBA and the Career Services Office are pleased to invite students to "Dress for Success," a joint collaboration with Nordstrom. Attendance is free.
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