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Headlines for the Week of February 17, 2020

Office of the Dean

Dean Anita K. Krug  »

Student Services

Assistant Dean Stephen Sowle  »

  • March 10: Informational fair for J.D. certificate programs.
  • Academic resource library.
  • Joke of the week.

3L Bar Prep  »

  • Check out the Chicago-Kent Bar Prep website.
  • 2020 Spring Bar Prep Sessions & Workshops for 3Ls.

Registrar  »

  • Office hours.
  • Enrollment verifications.
  • Replacement ID cards.
  • Official student withdrawal process.

Financial Aid  »

  • 2020-21 student budget survey.
  • 2020-21 FAFSA available now.

Student Accounting Office  »

  • Financial aid refunds.

Career Services  »

  • Information and Announcements:
    • 1Ls: You can now make an appointment with your career advisor!
    • 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:
    • February 18: Tools for Finding a Legal Position.
    • February 19: Voting Access Chicago: Ensure the Right to Vote, pro bono opportunity for the March primary election.
    • February 19: FINRA Compliance Chat.
    • February 25: Summer/Fall 2020 Legal Externship Information Meeting.
    • February 26: Judicial Clerkship Panel.
    • February 26: Lawyer's Club of Chicago.
    • February 27: Husch Blackwell Winter Open House for First-Year Law Students.
  • Employment Opportunities:
    • Federal Work Study applications open for spring 2020.
    • Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI): Applications open for summer 2020.
    • Immigration Summer Legal Corps Program. Application deadline is February 18.
  • Resources:
    • Symplicity app.
    • 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.
    • CareerShift.
    • Practising Law Institute (PLI).
    • CSO resources.
    • Resources provided by the Chicago Bar Association.
    • PracticeTracks videos.
    • @theBar Podcast for Young Lawyers.

Student Announcements from Alumni Relations  »

  • 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?

Public Interest Resource Center  »

  • Find volunteer opportunities through the Public Interest Resource Center.

Scholarships  »

  • Apply now for the Central Illinois Women's Bar Association Scholarship Award.
  • Apply now for the Danny Errico Scholarship Award.
  • Apply now for the Mike Eidson Scholarship Award.
  • Apply now for the Charles E. Joseph Employment Law Scholarship Award.
  • Apply now for the National Tax Law Scholarship Award.
  • Apply now for the National Business Law Scholarship Award.
  • Apply now for the Illinois Government Bar Association Scholarship Award.
  • Apply now for the Morgan Law Group Scholarship Award.
Academics & Student Programs
  • C-K Law Group clinic: Summer and fall 2020 information.
  • Legal Externship Program: Summer and fall 2020 information.
  • Judicial Externship Program: Summer and fall 2020 information.
  • 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.
  • Volunteer Opportunity: Self-Help Web Center.
  • New: Willis R. Tribler Law Student Writing Competition.
  • American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Writing Prize.
  • American Indian Law Review National Writing Competition.
  • Epstein Becker Green Health Law Writing Competition.
  • LSAC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Writing Competition.
  • Marshall M. Schulman Criminal Law Writing Competition.
Computing & Information Services

Information Technology Services (ITS)  »

  • Tech upgrade in classrooms C20 and C40.
  • Windows 7 end of life.
  • Help desk 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  »

  • New library hours for spring 2020.
  • Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
  • General library policies.

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)  »

  • CALI redesigns website for better experience.
  • CALI Law School Success Fellows releases new CALI lessons.
  • Get free, unlimited access to CALI Lessons in less than five minutes.
Faculty
Institutes & Centers
  • No current announcements.
Administrative Offices/General

Administration and Finance  »

  • Weekly activities schedule.
  • Building and library hours.
  • Spakateria hours.
  • Farmer's Fridge.
  • Bookstore hours.
  • Spring 2020 procedures for hiring students and part-time and temporary "non-benefits-eligible" staff.
  • 2020 biweekly pay calendar.
  • 2020 monthly pay calendar.
  • Spring 2020 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.

Admissions  »

  • Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates.
  • Admissions office hours.

Continuing Legal and Professional Education  »

  • April 23 to 24: 37th annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference.

Marketing and Communications »

  • Record templates available for staff.

Special Notices  »

  • New Human Resources hours at the Downtown Campus.
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.

Chicago-Kent Lambdas  »

  • Volunteer opportunity with the Transformative Justice Law Project's Name Change Mobilization.

Disability Advocacy Law Student Association  »

  • February 17: Comfort food sale.
  • February 19: Voting access training with Equip for Equality.

 

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