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January 24, 2022
Announcements
Welcome back, students! Please continue to send all Newsletter submissions to sbanewsletter.
Fitness Center Lockers: Please note that the fitness center lockers are not for overnight use. The lockers are only to be used while you are using the Fitness Center. Items left overnight may be thrown out.
Barristers’ Ball Survey #2: We wanted to send out one more survey to reassess interest in the Barristers’ Ball. With everything that has happened with COVID-19 in the past couple months, we want to assess students’ thoughts before making any final plans. If you could take a minute and complete this survey so the Barristers’ Committee can plan as carefully as possible, I know we would all greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
Tech Guide: Attached to this email is SBA’s Tech Guide. Please reference it for any technology-related problems you might encounter this semester.
Student Organizations
American Bar Association (ABA):
If you would like to be more involved in the ABA or make the most out of your free membership, register for an account here and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions! Some benefits of that account include:
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Free Membership in up to 5 Sections, Divisions, and Forums
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Access to ABA Advantage Programs
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Free content
And if you go for the premium $25/year membership, you also get:
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ABA Career Forward Powered by Korn Ferry Advance
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After the Bar digital publication
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ABA Bar Bundle Prep (discounts to various prep services)
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ABA Legal Ethics Bundle (MPRE Prep)
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90 Day Free Trial of Quimbee Gold Plan with up to 50 case briefs
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Free JD Advising 1L sheets, discounts on tutoring and law school resources
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Access to leadership opportunities and national competition
Cook County Bar Association (CCBA):
Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA):
Young Lawyers Division February Book Club – 2/3/2022 6pm via zoom. Book: Group: How one Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved my Life by Christie Tate. https://www.isba.org/sections/younglawyersdivision/bookclub
Rural Practice Initiative- $5,000 fellowship for law clerks $10,000 fellowship for new Associates willing to relocate to a rural county in Illinois. Mentorship program geared specifically to law students and young attorneys interested in rural practice. APPLICATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 4th https://www.isba.org/ruralpractice
Muslim Law Student Association (MLSA): The Muslim Law Student Association (MLSA) at Chicago-Kent needs your help. For years, Muslim students have led conversations about the exclusion of Islamic holidays on our academic calendar. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism make up the Abrahamic religions and are statistically the three most-followed faiths in the US. However, Islam is the only Abrahamic religion excluded from Chicago-Kent’s academic calendar. 1.8 billion Muslims across the world celebrate Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha, the two main holidays in Islam. While Chicago-Kent does offer Muslim students accommodations for Eid, these accommodations are neither realistic nor satisfactory. Each year, Muslim students are forced to choose between celebrating their holidays with family and friends, or attending lectures, events, and essential class discussion, ultimately compromising either their religious observances or law studies.
For this reason, MLSA is requesting your support by signing a petition to present to our school’s administration, highlighting the importance of and our community’s solidarity for this cause. Chicago-Kent is a law school committed to advancing diversity and inclusion, and resolving this issue is a necessary step toward that mission. Please sign this petition to show your support, and consider sending this petition to any current Chicago-Kent student. Thank you for your support. Peace and Blessings.
Upcoming Events
More events may be found on the SBA calendar. Please make sure you are accessing via your Kent email address.
Important Dates to Remember
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Thursday, January 27th – International Holocaust Rememberance Day |
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. https://www.ushmm.org/remember/international-holocaust-remembrance-day |
Resources
Writing Competitions: Interested in submitting a paper to a competition? The law library has created a guide to student legal writing competitions. For more information, please see the library blog post about the guide.
From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI
Grades weren’t quite what you expected? No need to panic! The ABA and Themis Bar Review have partnered up to host a free webinar with Prof. Young and other academic skills faculty this Thursday, January 27, at 12:00 PM. In this webinar, panelists will discuss how to proceed after less-than-ideal first semester grades. Register here:https://bit.ly/ABA-Themis-Webinar
Birthdays & Special Days – January/February
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January 2 |
Amber Damerow, 2L |
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January 4 |
Emily Barraza, 2L |
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January 12 |
Laura Bradley-Hufford, 3L |
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January 13 |
Samantha Musick, 3L |
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January 15 |
Charlie J. Johnson, 1L |
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January 19 |
Jacob Kaplan, 2L |
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January 26 |
Kaitlyn Kloss, 2L |
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January 30 |
Alana Hirsch, 2L |
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January 30 |
Lynne Johnson, 2L |
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January 31 |
Lauren Ehardt, 3L |
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February 1 |
Patrick Owens, 2L |
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February 2 |
Maeghan Hoal, 2L |
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February 4 |
Sophia Lischewski, 2L |
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February 11 |
Ryan Martin, 2L |
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February 16 |
Patrycia Piaskowski, 2L |
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February 16 |
Anastasia Redmond, 2L |
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February 19 |
Cassidy Aranda, 1L |
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February 25 |
Chloe Bell, 3L |
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February 25 |
Professor Laurie Silvestri |
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February 27 |
Christian Sanchez, 3L |
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February 29 |
Anna Ylitalo, 1L |
*if you wish to share your special date with the student body, click here