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April 25, 2022

Announcements

Interested in being an ASP TA for the summer term? If yes, submit an online TA APPLICATION by APRIL 29, 2022. TA positions are available for the following courses:

• Criminal Law – Dean Sowle

• Business Organizations – Prof. Batlan

• Evidence – Prof. Kling

• Trial Evidence – Prof. Farr Capizzi

Questions? Contact Prof. Young at dyoung. Join the ASP Facebook Group – we’re a community of learners!

What’s Next for Rising 2Ls – Monday, April 25 at 2:00 pm in room C20

Join CSO counselors Jackie Russell, Roger Rozanski and Michelle Vodenik for food an informative presentation on the next steps in career planning for current 1Ls who are rising to 2L. We will briefly go over OCI and discuss other hiring opportunities in both the private and public sectors.

What’s Next for Rising 3Ls – Thursday, April 28 at 12:00 pm in room C20

All current 2Ls are invited to join CSO counselors Jackie Russell, Roger Rozanski and Michelle Vodenik for lunch an informative presentation on how to plan for your 3L year. We will discuss how to put yourself in the best position to secure post-graduate employment and start your legal career off on the right foot.

SBA Awards Reception: Please join us at the SBA Awards Reception luncheon this Wednesday, April 27. All students/faculty/staff are welcome to attend, we just ask that you RSVP here.

2022 Class Bash: All Class of 2022 graduates (including Fall and Winter) are invited to join SBA on Saturday, April 30th from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a graduation celebration in the C-K Lobby. There will be food, a special Class of 2022 gift*, a photo booth, and other graduation goodies for attendees! We encourage everyone to bring their regalia to take photos in.

All graduates are welcome to bring any guests/family to join the celebration, we just ask that you let us know by RSVPing here by next Wednesday, April 27th at 12:00 p.m. so we can plan accordingly.

We look forward to celebrating with you!

*If our order does not come in time, we will provide information on where to pick up this gift at a later date. Students who have elected to participate in graduation virtually will be contacted separately to coordinate shipping the gift.

SBA Bike & Brew:

Legal Externship Program: All Summer Legal Externship Program applications are due on or before Monday, May 2, 2022, and Summer Judicial Externship Program (if you secured your own) by Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Information on the programs and the application forms themselves can be found on Symplicity and the externship website.

Bar Exam Panel with recent CK grads and bar takers: Join us for an all things bar exam discussion, featuring recent CK graduates on Wednesday, April 20th at 3PM in room C50. The graduate panelists will discuss their experiences, provide their thoughts on how best to prepare for and take a bar exam, and will be available for questions. This is a great opportunity to learn more about bar prep from those that have recently experienced it. Please sign up here to attend (signing up does not commit you, it’s to help us get an idea for numbers). Contact Erin Crist, Director of Bar Success, with questions.

LLM Students: LLM Bar Exam Info Session! Join us for a discussion about the New York, California, and Illinois Bar Exams and for answers to questions you may have about other states bar exams. We will meet in room 520 on Wednesday, April 27th at 3PM. You are encouraged to attend in person, but a zoom option will be available. Please register here to attend. Contact Erin Crist, Director of Bar Success, with questions.

2022 Public Interest Awards Night – Wednesday, April 27

At the Public Interest Awards Night each spring, Chicago-Kent celebrates students, alumni, and a public interest partner who devote their time to public interest and pro bono work. Attached is a flyer with additional information about this year’s celebration.

Pre-reception: 5:00pm – 5:30pm (Lobby)

Awards: 5:30pm – 6:30pm (Auditorium)

Reception: 6:30pm – 8:00pm (Lobby)

REGISTER HERE for Chicago-Kent’s 2022 Public Interest Awards Night – our 15th Annual Celebration!

Please join us either in-person or virtually to celebrate:

Ronald W. Staudt Public Interest Partner Award

Certificate in Public Interest Law

Center for Access to Justice & Technology: Self-Help Web Center

Public Interest Center: Certificate of Service & Dean’s Distinguished Public Service Award

Justice Stevens Public Interest Fellows

Alvin H. Baum Fellows

Outstanding Pro Bono/Community Service Leadership

Kent Justice Foundation Fellowships

Chicago-Kent Patent Hub

…and more!

Student Organizations

New Organization Starting Fall 2022

Want a break from law school stress? An all-levels fun run might be just what you need. If you would be interested in joining or leading a running group, please fill out this edalsanto.

ACPLS: ACPLS is excited to announce our Spring Art Show! It will be held from 5-8pm in the main lobby on April 28.

All students and faculty are welcome to submit art they want shown by using this form.

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:

• ABA Discounts

• Free Membership in up to 5 Sections, Divisions, and Forums

• Access to ABA Advantage Programs

• Free content

And if you go for the premium $25/year membership, you also get:

• ABA Career Forward Powered by Korn Ferry Advance

• After the Bar digital publication

• ABA Bar Bundle Prep (discounts to various prep services)

• ABA Legal Ethics Bundle (MPRE Prep)

• 90 Day Free Trial of Quimbee Gold Plan with up to 50 case briefs

• Free JD Advising 1L sheets, discounts on tutoring and law school resources

• Access to leadership opportunities and national competition

Don’t want to miss out on ABA news or events? Make sure to get your copy of the ABA Journal! It’s totally free for ABA Members. And if you want to get it straight to your phone, you can download the free ABA Journal app from iTunes, Google Play or Amazon.

ABA Writing Competition: The goal of the Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law student writing contest is to encourage and reward law student writing on the subjects of real property or trust and estate law. It is designed to attract students to these law specialties, and to encourage scholarship and interest in these areas. Articles submitted for judging are encouraged to be of timely topics and have not been previously published. This contest is open to all J.D. and LL.M students currently attending an ABA-accredited law school.

See the official contest rules and entry form for details. Entries must be received by the Section no later than May 31, 2022.

Prizes include:

• Award money of $1,000 – $2,500

• A full-tuition scholarship to the University of Miami School of Law’s Heckerling Graduate Program in Estate Planning OR Robert Traurig-Greenberg Traurig Graduate Program in Real Property Development for the 2022–2023 or 2023-2024 academic year. *

• Free round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations to the next in person RPTE meeting. This is an excellent meeting to network with RPTE leadership!

• 1 year of free RPTE membership

• Consideration for publication in The Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal, the Section’s law review journal, which is mailed to 18,000 RPTE members.

• Name and essay title will be published in the eReport, the Section’s electronic newsletter

Virtual Law Day Event for Young Adults: Toward a More Perfect Union, Perspectives on Practice and the Constitution

4/27 @ 11 AM

Register Here

What is the role of the Constitution, especially in turbulent times? Should the Constitution be subject to more frequent change or be an unwavering source of guidance regardless of issues of the day? Join us as we explore these questions and discuss the role and impact of lawyers in society.

Co-Sponsors

• Young Lawyers Division

• ABA Division for Public Education

• Law Student Division

Chicago-Kent Law Review: The Chicago-Kent Law Review’s Summer Write-On Program will be from May 29nd, 2022, to June 12th, 2022. Please note the date change! More information is forthcoming, but save the date. We will hold three informational sessions before the Write-On. The sessions will cover the write-on, general information about Law Review, and some Bluebook basics—find the Zoom link on the SBA Calendar. Questions? Email cklawreview.

Informational Sessions:

Wednesday, April 27th at 4:00 PM

Thursday, April 28th at 12:00 PM

Tuesday, May 17th at 8:00 PM

If you can’t make it, don’t worry. We will distribute a recording of the session before the Write-On!

Chicago Bar Association (CBA): Are you looking to expand your professional network? Maybe you’re searching for a mentor or just want to be more involved and get your name out there. Through the Chicago Bar Association, you can establish yourself and develop professional relationships throughout the Chicago legal community. Law students can become members for just $12/year. Memberships include entry to networking events (galas, holiday parties, outings, and more), access to fascinating educational events and materials developed by top attorneys, and the opportunity to make new friends with other law students and professionals. rsalem).

Decalogue Mentorship Program: Decalogue Society of Lawyers has officially launched its mentorship program! Decalogue will match law students and young lawyers with well-established lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals. The program will be an amazing networking opportunity and learning experience. The mentors and mentees can choose to meet in-person or via Zoom.

Please take the survey to participate in the program. https://forms.gle/hovA7r5HfsJmDeMe6

Environmental Law Society (ELS):

Join Chicago-Kent Environmental Law Society (ELS) for our biggest fundraiser of the year on Thursday, April 28! We have secured a drink package at Ranalli’s Lincoln Park — $20 for two hours of beer, wine, and liquor — to network with your peers in the environmental and energy spaces while supporting a great cause. All proceeds from the event support the ELS Summer Fellowship, which we award to one or more students every summer who are participating in an unpaid or underpaid public interest position.

We will also be holding a raffle and silent auction. Your $20 ticket includes two raffle tickets, and additional tickets will be on sale throughout the night. We will also simultaneously have a silent auction, for which we are offering two sets of four Cubs tickets (to two different games) in the lower deck! Please see the attached flyer for details and the registration link, or visit this link: https://chicagokentels.aidaform.com/earth-month-fundraiser.

*NOTE: You must have a ticket to attend, per venue rules.

The basic info:

• WHAT: ELS Earth Month Fundraiser

• WHEN: Thursday, April 28, 6:30-8:30p (the length of the drink deal, though folks are of course welcome to stay longer)

• WHERE: Ranalli’s Lincoln Park, 1925 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

• WHY: Support the ELS Summer Fellowship fund, network with peers and alumni.

If you cannot or do not wish to attend but would still like to support ELS, we accept in-kind donations. Payment may be made via:

Venmo: @Isabelle-Abbott

Zelle: 414-477-2413

PayPal: isabelle.s.abbott

Women in Law (WIL): A Conversation About Domestic Violence Panel

Sponsored by WIL and ACS

Friday April 29 at Noon-1pm Room 345

Zoom Link: https://kentlaw.zoom.us/s/84196816513

Please join WIL and ACS in recognition of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month for a panel focusing on Domestic Violence legal work, the history and recent changes to laws impacting clients in domestic violence situations, and how the pandemic has impacted client services. This event will feature Professor Kari Johnson, recent alumni Joey Carrillo, and Director of Ascend Justice Domestic Violence Legal Clinic Danielle Parisi Ruffatto. This event is hybrid and will take place on Friday April 29, 12:00PM-1:00PM in room 345.

Upcoming Events

More events may be found on the SBA calendar. Please make sure you are accessing via your Kent email address.

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.

Important Events:

April – Ramadan

On behalf of the Muslim Law Student Association, we would like to extend a warm Ramadan Mubarak to the Chicago-Kent community. Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, marks the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. This year, Ramadan will run for the full month of April. Every day for 30 days, Muslims around the world will abstain from eating and drinking from dawn until sunset. This is a time of year dedicated to worship, spiritual reflection, and community. To our non-Muslim brothers and sisters: after just closing out a Diversity Month focused on solidarity on campus, we’re excited to carry that mission into the final month of the semester, and we’re grateful for and humbled from the showing of support from our peers thus far. Below we’ve answered some common questions Muslims frequently get during Ramadan, as well as heads-up for the coming month: Yes, not even water! For Muslims, fasting means no food or drink from sunrise to sunset. Yes, you can eat and drink in front of us. Although your Muslim peers will be fasting these next 30 days, please don’t feel obligated to let this affect your daily life. (We do, however, ask that you please ignore our growling stomachs.) Yes, you can absolutely fast with us! Many non-Muslims participate in Ramadan alongside their Muslim friends and family, and those days of fasting are by far the most fun. Fasting is a physically and mentally challenging experience, and if you are curious about it, please feel free to join us. But always remember to listen to your body and to only fast if you are physically able! Yes, you can say “Happy Ramadan.” Ramadan Mubarak translates directly to Happy Ramadan, and Muslims are glad to hear either one. We will likely be night owls for the next month. Muslims tend to stay up later in the night and wake up later in the morning due to prayer during Ramadan (if possible). So if you receive an email or text at 3:00am, just pretend it’s regular business hours! There are times Muslims cannot fast. Any Muslim who is very young, elderly, sick, pregnant, menstruating, actively in need of medication, or not able-bodied, does not fast for Ramadan. This exclusion extends to those who are traveling, and many others. Essentially, whenever physical or mental health presents any concern, Muslims do not fast. We wish you a fruitful month full of blessings and happiness and a successful rest of the school year.

Birthdays & Special Days – March

April 1st	Isabelle Abbott, 2L
April 6th	Joe Popely, 3L
April 8th	Marrell Williams, 2L
April 11th	Shana Dandinashira, 1L
April 15th	Joshua Kibert, 2L
April 20th	Daniel Abraham, 2L
April 21st	Megan Warshawsky, 2L
April 25th	Taylor Shuman, 3L
April 26th	Joey Zawacki, 3L

*if you wish to share your special date with the student body, click here

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