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October 24, 2022
Announcements
Exit Escort Service: In the evening hours, a Public Safety officer is available to provide a walking escort for those with concerns about their personal safety. This service applies to any location within a two block radius of the Conviser Law Center, including Union Station and many adjacent parking locations. Please see the officer(s) on duty at the front desk, or call the Public Safety number, 312-906-5030. Please also see the below survey!
SBA Building Exit Survey: Is leaving the building after dark giving you the creeps this spooky season? SBA wants to help set up a building exit system so students can walk together when departing the building to promote safety. Let us know what dates/times you exit the Law Center after dark if you’d like to exit with a group! Please fill out the below, 2 minute survey by Saturday, October 29.
https://forms.gle/1emAQgEpJVkHTcsM6
Quiet Study in Library: As our community returns to in-person study and instruction at the Conviser Law Center, the Law Library, in conjunction with the Student Bar Association, wants to remind students that the Law Library is a quiet study space. Talking is discouraged in open seating areas where, if necessary, conversations should be brief and very quiet. For group study and discussion, the Law Library offers ten study rooms students can reserve at the Service Desk on the 9th floor.
Volunteers Needed – 1 hour Commitment – Role play a Client: Professor Contento is looking for volunteers to play a client for her LLM students to interview.
The Zoom interviews will take place Friday, Oct. 28 at 11:30.
The total time commitment for JD students would be about 1 hour. Professor Contento will send a short "client fact sheet" for the students to read, and then on Oct. 28, the students will role-play a client for approximately 20 minutes. There’s an optional feedback session afterward, that the JD students can attend if they wish.
This is a great way for our JD students to interact with our international students and a great way for the JDs to have some creative fun.
This semester, there is also another incentive: After the interviews, Professor Contento will raffle off a prize (which the JD student can pick up at her office). The raffle prize is worth over $60. In addition, students will earn 1 hour of community service. This hour of service also counts as a Pro Bono/Community Service Hour too.
If you are interested, please email Professor Contento directly at LContento
Center for Research and Service (CRS): The Center for Research and Service (CRS) at IIT conducts the Student Voices Survey, a tool to collect data from students about their experiences at the university. We are seeking a student to represent Chicago-Kent to help craft the survey and analyze the results, ensuring that the survey/results are tailored to include concerns of our law students.
The Student Voices Survey is a student-led committee with oversight from CRS. The time commitment would likely be a few hours per month, varying based on building the survey initially and analyzing the results in the spring.
Please email SBA right away if interested!
Fundamentals of Banking Law: Chicago-Kent College of Law is pleased to sponsor Fundamentals of Banking Law (formerly Banking Law Basics) on November 9-10, 2022, an intensive 2-day program designed to familiarize participants with the basics of bank regulatory law, including the critical policies, concepts, and regulations that have shaped banking law over the years.
Chicago-Kent student registration is complimentary — click here to register and use code CKCLE1.
If you have any questions regarding registering, please contact events.
Spring 2023 Semester Law Firm Associate Program:
38th Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Labor Relations and Labor Law Conference: Please join us for the following upcoming conference. As faculty and staff of Chicago-Kent, you will receive complimentary registration. Enter the discount code: CKCLE1 at checkout.
Illinois Public Sector Labor Labor Relations and Labor Law Conference | December 2, 2022
The 38th Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference, sponsored by Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Malin Institute for Law & the Workplace, will be held in-person for the first time since 2019. Join us for our annual updates from both Illinois public sector labor boards, as well as a wide variety of plenary and breakout panels tackling topics such as incivility in the workplace, employee discipline, privacy issues, lessons learned from recent strikes, and many other issues facing labor lawyers and labor relations specialists in the industry today. Register Today!
Illinois Human Rights Commission:
Yoga in the Fitness Center: There will be yoga in the fitness center on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00am-10:00am throughout the semester. Yoga mats and blocks will be provided!
Resources
Academic Calendar for 2022-2023: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2022-2023 is available by clicking here.
COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.
How to stay connected at Chicago-Kent: Here are a few things we recommend you do NOW to stay connected throughout the year:
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Add the SBA Calendar to your Google Calendar by following these instructions.
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Read the SBA Newsletter, which will be sent to your email every Monday morning.
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Follow the SBA Instagram account: @sbachicagokentlaw.
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Subscribe to receive notifications from the SBA Event Calendar. Instructions are here.
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Reach out to SBA at any time with any questions.
Student Organizations
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA): Come and meet lawyers from different areas at APALSA’s first ever Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Mixer!!
APALSA Bring-Your-Own-Lunch Tuesdays: Join APALSA every Tuesday at 12PM on the 6th Floor for lunch! All members are welcome, and at least one APALSA board member will be present each week. Whether you want someone to talk to, rant to, or just eat with, we will be there. Note: the 6th floor has one big room with a lot of seating areas on the opposite side of the bathrooms. You will see it as soon as you get off the elevator!
Brown Bag Lunch w/ Lam Nguyen Ho of Beyond Legal Aid: Join us for the next installment of NLG’s Brown Bag Lunch series, with Lam Nguyen Ho of Beyond Legal Aid on Tuesday, November 1 at 12pm in Room 780! Beyond Legal Aid provides a wide variety of legal services on a community lawyering model, by partnering with local organizations and activist groups in order to empower social justice movements. Bring your lunch and your questions!
Cook County Bar Association (CCBA):
Chicago Bar Association (CBA): The Chicago Bar Association is the place for law students seeking to build a legal career in the Chicagoland area. Discover practice areas, practice settings and get a glimpse of day-to-day life as a lawyer through our mentoring and shadowing programs. Student members meet lawyers and judges from all backgrounds and create relationships that may lead to mentors and future employers. Our active Young Lawyers Section has educational and social events specifically geared to new lawyers (that are fun, too!). For only $12 per year you can get started on your path to becoming a lawyer. Visit jspellman)
CK Law Review: On November 11th & 12th, 2022, the Chicago-Kent Law Review will host the 4th International & Comparative Insolvency Symposium. Join symposium chairs Laura Coordes, Christoph Henkel, and Adrian Walters for a weekend exploring developments in insolvency and restructuring law with renowned legal experts from around the world at a time of considerable uncertainty in the global economy.
The symposium will be in person and virtual; speakers will participate in both formats. Attendance is free. Register atcklawreview.me) with any questions. We hope you will join us!
First-Generation Law Student Association:
Join First-Gen as we bring you our first career panel event of the year: The Power of Mentorship and Networking. As First-Gen students, we know that mentors are crucial to our academic and career success. That’s why we’ve invited a panel of legal professionals who value mentorship who will be giving their advice on how to develop lasting and meaningful mentorship relationships.
Our panel includes practicing attorney Edwin Reyes, Esq., the Honorable Jesse G. Reyes, and Professor Felice Batlan. Dessert and beverages will be provided! This event will be held on November 1st at 6:30pm in Morris Hall (10th floor library). Please RSVP here before Sunday, October 23rd at 5pm.
Immigration Law Society:
NYU National Immigration Law Competition: The Immigration Law Society is looking for
2Ls and 3Ls who are interested in participating in the NYU Immigration Law Moot Court Competition. This competition focuses on issues in the field of immigration law and is judged by panels of distinguished NYU alumni and legal practitioners. The final round is judged by federal appellate and district court judges. The competition will be in person at NYU School of law and will take place February 3rd to February 5th, 2023. Please see the flyer below for more information on how to apply. If you have any questions please email us at ILS.
Justinian Society of Italian Lawyers:
South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA): The Chicago-Kent South Asian Law Students Assn. (S.A.L.S.A.) is looking for Awesome Members to Join their Amazing Organization:
SALAAM NAMASTE! Whether you are South Asian or simply a fan of South Asian culture (and food!), S.A.L.S.A. is the group for you! Join us for philanthropy, socials, and networking events.
The Chicago-Kent chapter of the South Asian Law Students Assn. (S.A.L.S.A.) was founded to provide academic support and professional development opportunities for South Asian students. The organization’s current focus is on expansion and investment in its members by creating opportunities to network with other law school students and professionals of South Asian descent within the legal community. The organization is committed to community service work, involvement with the Indian American Bar Association, and continued assistance of the South Asian community in need of legal aid.
So come join us! Email Sambhaji Raje at salsa.
Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELS): SELS is organizing teams to compete in three sports competitions held at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. These competitions are a mixture of moot court, trial team, and statistical analysis. For anyone interested in sports negotiations and sharpening your oral and written advocacy skills, these competitions may interest you! There is the International Baseball Arbitration Competition (dates not released, likely mid January), the Football Negotiation Competition (February 3-4), and the Basketball Negotiation Competition (February 23-24). All current students are welcome and encouraged to apply, but space is limited. If interested, please submit SELS for any questions.
Student Diversity Council: Join us in the lobby for Divers-A-Fest on Monday, October 31st from 4-6PM. We look forward to an evening of building community, mingling between organizations, and fun! Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Women in Law MSU Gender + Sexuality Moot Court Comp: The Society of Women in Law is accepting applications for the 2023 MSU Gender + Sexuality Moot Court competition. This competition is an opportunity to research and argue a current legal issue concerning gender and sexuality, and will allow students to meet other law students and legal scholars around the country. We encourage interested 2Ls and 3Ls to apply; you do not need to be a member of Women in Law to apply. Please send in a resume (GPA omitted), writing sample (appellate brief preferred), and a short statement of interest to wil and ckeller by October 30th, 2022. Feel free to reach out to either email with any questions. See additional details regarding the competition here: https://www.law.msu.edu/gender-sexuality/index.html
Upcoming Events
OCTOBER 24: Spring 2023 Semester Law Firm Associate Program Applications Due
OCTOBER 25: Yoga in the Fitness Center
OCTOBER 25: APALSA Bring-Your-Own-Lunch Tuesdays
OCTOBER 27: APALSA’S Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship Mixer
OCTOBER 30: Deadline to Apply for Women in Law MSU Gender + Sexuality Moot Court Comp
OCTOBER 31: Divers-A-Fest
NOVEMBER 1: First-Gen Career Panel
NOVEMBER 1: Brown Bag Lunch w/ Lam Nguyen Ho of Beyond Legal Aid
NOVEMBER 3: Cook County Bar Association (CCBA) November Joint Dinner
NOVEMBER 3: Deadline to Apply for SELS Sports Competitions
NOVEMBER 9-10: Fundamentals of Banking Law
NOVEMBER 11-12: CK Law Review 4th International & Comparative Insolvency Symposium
DECEMBER 2: 38th Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Labor Relations and Labor Law Conference
More events may be found on the SBA calendar. Please make sure you are accessing via your Kent email address.
Birthdays & Special Days – September:
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10/3 |
Gillian Kimmons, 2L |
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10/09 |
Allison Rymek, 3L |
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10/10 |
Indigenous Peoples’ Day |
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10/11 |
Matthew Pacyna, 1L |
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10/12 |
Dean Sowle |
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10/13 |
Kaitlyn McCaskill, 1L |
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10/14 |
Erin Gallagher, 2L |
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10/15 |
Jonathan Panton, 2L |
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10/17 |
Sydney Weiss, 3L |
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10/19 |
Nancy Whaley, 2L |
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10/19 |
Shelby Wilson, 2L |
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10/20 |
Catherine Arnpriester, 3L |
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10/24 |
Breck Radulovic, 1L |
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10/27 |
Noah Ramirez, 2L |
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10/31 |
Jordan Farber, 3L |
*if you wish to share your special date with the student body, clickhere