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*Please complete our new climate survey, prepared by members of our faculty Diversity Committee, by March 14, 2021, at 11:59 PM.

Announcements

• The ACLU of Illinois will be holding our Annual Lunch on March 19, 2021 at 12:00PM. Please join us for this virtual event, where we will come together to celebrate and support the ongoing work to defend civil rights and civil liberties and hear directly from keynote speaker Stacey Abrams on the role that each of us can play in the movement to increase access to the ballot. There will also be an additional Q&A session with Ms. Abrams afterwards. Although this is a ticketed event (currently priced at $50 per ticket), you are invited free of charge! To attend the event please register here! The deadline to register is Monday, March 8th, at 3pm! Register soon!

• Last week the Labor and Employment Law Society and the ACLU hosted a panel addressing the intersection of policing, collective bargaining agreements, and labor law. We had a wonderful discussion featuring a police union-side attorney, a police management-side attorney, and a federal mediator, each of whom spoke on a variety of important issues. Please feel free to watch last week’s panel here! We hope you enjoy the panel as much as we did!

Events for This Week

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

Tuesday, March 9

• 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.: Bar Essay Basics – this program will be recorded and posted to the bar support web page. View the information and links to review sessions here. You may contact Professor Kari Johnson with questions.

Wednesday, March 10

• 12:00 p.m.: Writing an Effective All-Purpose Cover Letter: A How-To Workshop; sign up here.

• 3:00-4:00 p.m.: ACS Presents A Discussion on the Insurrection & More. Prof. Shapiro, Prof. Schmidt, and Prof. Heyman will discuss the January 6th insurrection and the evident display of a racial double standard. Zoom here.

• 4:30 p.m.: J.D. Certificate Programs Fair – Interested in any of Chicago-Kent’s numerous certificate programs? The school’s broad offering of certificate programs provide students with a specialized course of study and training in a particular area of law, under the director of leading faculty, scholars and practitioners. Join faculty from the various certificate programs for this info session. There will be brief introductory presentations for each program and then students will have the opportunity to ask more detailed questions in breakout rooms for each certificate.

Thursday, March 11

• 12:00 p.m.: IPLS Loyola Patent Fair Panel Discussion. Come join us to learn about the Loyola Patent Fair on Thursday, March 11 at 12PM. We will be presenting a primer on what the Loyola Patent Fair is and discuss how IP students can be successful. The zoom details are on the SBA calendar.

Friday, March 12

• 12:00 p.m.: Polish Law Student Kent Association will be holding a general body meeting on Friday, March 12th at 12pm. We will be discussing our May 3rd event and the future of PoLSKA. Click here for the link.

• 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.: Case Western Reserve Law School presents via Zoom “New Models of Mental Health for the Legal Profession” featuring John Thor Cornelius, MD and Candela Bonaccorso, PsyD, with Makela Hayford, 2L at Case Western Reserve Law School. REGISTER TO ATTEND

  • Do you have questions about how to stay sane in the face of the triple threat of challenges posed by COVID, social upheaval and work stress? Bring them, and your fellow law students and lawyers, to this two-hour panel discussion led by seasoned clinicians. Open to all, including legal professionals. CLEs for mental health/substance abuse will be offered.

    • This is the first in a series of co-sponsored CLE webinars dedicated to addressing the questions legal professionals often have around mental health, but can be afraid to ask, including:

    • How do I identify quality treatment, for myself and my clients? And how do I find it?

    • Can I really afford the time to invest in my mental health? Can I really afford not to?

    • Why do people “self-medicate?” How can they stop?

    • How can therapies of depth, insight and relationship go beyond band-aid interventions and lead to better outcomes for my clients and myself?

    • What makes for optimal collaboration between legal and mental health professionals?

• 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.: SBA Open Door At 4 pm on Fridays through April 30, SBA Secretary Kat Hanson has committed to launching an unrecorded SBA Zoom session to lend an ear to students who wish to hang out, vent, problem solve, mingle, ask questions – whatever our peers might need to feel heard. Students and faculty are encouraged to swing by.

Deadlines for this Week

The deadline to complete our new climate survey, prepared by members of our Diversity Committee, is March 14, 2021, at 11:59 PM.

Writing Competitions

(we have so many that we now have a heading!)

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.

The ACLU & ACPLS will be hosting a Creative Writing Contest! This will be an opportunity to engage in a more creative and enjoyable part of writing. The topic or guiding purpose of this contest is to write about freedom, fellowship, community, and the purpose of our work. We are also interested in hearing about helping others, the value in volunteering, and why we do the work we do. The theme of this contest is broad, such that you can write about what speaks to you most. To learn more about this contest, please see the flyer below! The deadline for submissions is March 17!

The Black Law Students Association and the Student Bar Association are pleased to announce the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition. In 2018, we lost a fellow classmate and BLSA member. This writing prize in Nickolas Johnson’s memory is to encourage students to tackle issues of mental health on campus and propose an idea to be implemented by BLSA and SBA for the upcoming school year. Click here for the application. Students can download the application by clicking on the documents in the guide, or find it attached to this newsletter.. The competition funding is donation based, and if you would like to donate, there is information provided below on how to do so. The hope is to raise $1,000 each year, which will allow the student who wins to be awarded $500, with the other $500 going to implementing the student’s proposal. The writing prize will take place from March 1 to April 19. A panel of judges will read the proposals from April 19 to May 10 and announce the winner on the May 10.

If you would like to donate to the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition, please go to arogers11.

Future Events

Monday, March 15

• 5:30 – 6:30: A Fireside Chat with Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. Please join the SBA Career Committee, Society of Women in Law, and Black Law Students Association as we host Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for a fireside chat on March 15, 5:30-6:30pm. SA Foxx is the first African American woman to lead the CCSAO – the second largest prosecutor’s office in the country. Prior to being elected State’s Attorney, she served as Chief of Staff to the Cook County Board President where she was the lead architect of the county’s criminal justice reform agenda to address racial disparities in the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Attendees will hear about SA Foxx’s journey through the law, receive an overview of the functions of the CCSAO, and have a chance to ask questions to State’s Attorney Foxx. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome. RSVP here: https://forms.gle/bcFhPnHwPbrJ5gaaA

Friday, March 19

• SBA Open Door will not take place due to Break.

• 12:00 p.m.: The ACLU of Illinois will be holding our Annual Lunch on March 19, 2021 at 12:00PM. Please join us for this virtual event, where we will come together to celebrate and support the ongoing work to defend civil rights and civil liberties and hear directly from keynote speaker Stacey Abrams on the role that each of us can play in the movement to increase access to the ballot. There will also be an additional Q&A session with Ms. Abrams afterwards. Although this is a ticketed event (currently priced at $50 per ticket), you are invited free of charge! To attend the event please register here! The deadline to register is Monday, March 8th, at 3pm! Register soon!

Friday, March 26

• 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.: SBA Open Door At 4 pm every Friday through April 30, SBA Secretary Kat Hanson has committed to launching an unrecorded SBA Zoom session to lend an ear to students who wish to hang out, vent, problem solve, mingle, ask questions – whatever our peers might need to feel heard. Students and faculty are encouraged to swing by.

Monday, March 29

• 5:00 p.m.: Please join the Land Use and Real Estate Society for an alumni happy hour! On March 29th at 5 PM, alumni from throughout the real estate industry will be attending a virtual happy hour. This will be a great opportunity to network with current attorneys and other students interested in real estate & land use law. lure.

Tuesday, April 6

• 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.: Bar Performance Test Basics – this program will be recorded and posted to the bar support web page. View the information and links to review sessions here. You may contact Professor Kari Johnson with questions.

Future Deadlines

Monday, March 15

• Judicial Externship – Fall Application Process: Applications for Fall 2021 Judicial Externships are now available online. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Fall applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Monday, March 15, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Resources

From ASP:

• How to improve second semester grades: Leveraging your first semester to fuel success.

From the Library:

• As part of the Chicago-Kent Law Library’s mission to support the needs of faculty, students, and staff of the law school, our newest library guide highlights resources to support the work being done to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Chicago-Kent: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources. In the guide, find links to books, specialized digital collections, study guides, and journals, with many titles you can access digitally through our collections even if you’re not visiting our library in person or requesting books via I-Share at this time. You’ll also find recommendations for antiracism books and authors to support the ongoing work of the Chicago-Kent Antiracism Statement from 2020.

• We hope you’ll review the resources and use the CK Suggests page if you have suggestions, reviews, or content you’d like to see in the guide in the future.

American Bar Association:

• Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – March:

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

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*check out our SBA Instagram this week for your chance to win ONE of THREE $5.00 Starbucks gift cards!

2021 Diversity Week – Putting Words Into Action

See “Events for The Week” for more Details

Announcements

Congratulations to Chicago Kent’s Phi Alpha Delta – Blackstone Chapter’s Team Blackstone 1 for advancing to finals and ultimately placing fourth in the PAD 2021 Mock Trial Competition

this weekend. Team Blackstone includes Rigo Fernandez, Emily Motin, Madison Wheeler, and Patrick Bovie, coached by Professor Sheldon Solow.

Law Students Needed for You(th) Decide: ISCOTUS and the Constitutional Democracy Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law are seeking law student volunteers to help us

with You(th) Decide: A High School Student Forum on the U.S. Supreme Court. This real-time discussion of a current case before the Supreme Court of the United States will be held via ZOOM on Friday, March 5, 9:00 AM-1:30 PM.If you wish to participate or if you have any questions, please contact Dee Runaas (Project Director).

The ACLU is sponsoring a team for the Fifth Annual Notre Dame National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom. This competition will be taking place from April 9th, 2021 through April 11, 2021. We are currently accepting applications! To be considered, please submit a writing sample and a brief statement of interest to aclu. Please see the attached flyer below to learn more. We look forward to seeing our university represented at this event!

Events for This Week

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

Monday – March 1, 2021

• 5:00-7:00 pm: Diversity Week Kick off event: “Can I Ask That?” Panel – Register

  • Are there conversations you’d like to have with diverse colleagues but are unsure if you should bring it up or how to approach the situation? Are there questions you’re tired of answering? Build your cultural competence and learn about microaggressions in professional spaces and personal relationships. Please submit questions via this question submission form

  • Event link

Tuesday – March 2, 2021

• 2:15-3:00 pm: Diversity Week APALSA – A Conversation with Tammy Duckworth – Register

  • A webinar on breaking the glass and bamboo ceiling with Sen. Duckworth

  • Event link

• 5:00-7:00 pm: Diversity Week DALSA & Lambdas – LGBTQ+ Disability and Elder Justice in Action – Register

  • A presentation on providing compassionate care to clients.

  • Event link

Wednesday – March 3, 2021

• 12:00 – 1:00: International Law Moot Court Honors Society will host an interest meeting via Zoom.

• 3:00 – 4:00 pm: Diversity Week Career Services Office – Diversity Job Fairs & Affinity Groups: Chicago-Kent Alumni Speak – Register

  • Hear from a group of successful Chicago-Kent alumni as they discuss how they navigated diversity job fairs, joined and led affinity student groups and bar associations, and now give back to support law students seeking to pave their way in the legal profession.

  • Event link

• 4:00 – 5:00pm: Diversity Week First-Gen Panel- Navigating Law School & The Legal Profession – Register

• The Honorable Justice Jesse G. Reyes will speak regarding support systems and opportunities for diverse law students and about the importance of first-generation visibility in the profession. Law student panelists will provide personal insight into their experiences as first-gen law students.

• Registration link

Thursday – March 4, 2021

• 1:00-2:00/2:30 pm:Diversity Week MLSA/APALSA – AAAJ/CAIR Bystander Intervention Workshop – Register

  • “[A]n aggressive scaling up of locally-led bystander hate incident intervention training for community members.”

  • Event link

• 5:00-6:30 pm: Diversity Week HLLSA – "Spanish for Lawyers” w/ Salvador Cicero – Register

  • Topics include: creating a competent and compassionate experience for clients, language accessibility in the legal system, and tips on becoming a bilingual attorney.

  • Registration link

Friday – March 5, 2021

• 12:00 p.m.: ACPLS Presents: Art Law Panel. Please join us for this unique opportunity to learn about how law and the creative arts intertwine. Panelists are Christopher Johson from Chicago’s Lawyers for the Creative Arts and Nicole Chimienti, a lawyer practicing trademark and design patent. Click here to Zoom to the event.

• 2:00 – 3:00 pm: Diversity Week REAA – Never Fully Free: The Continuous Vice Grip of the Criminal Legal System

  • A presentation demonstrating how criminal records and post conviction relief is racial justice work.

  • Please look for the link in the SBA Newsletter

• 4:00 – 5:00 pm: Diversity Week WIL – Reading Discussion with Prof. Batlan on Intersectional Feminism – Register
  • A discussion of two short readings on feminism and intersectionality by Mari J. Matsuda, an American lawyer, activist, and law professor. The discussion will be facilitated by Professor Batlan.
  • Event Link

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Writing Competitions

(we have so many that we now have a heading!)

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.

The ACLU & ACPLS will be hosting a Creative Writing Contest! This will be an opportunity to engage in a more creative and enjoyable part of writing. The topic or guiding purpose of this contest is to write about freedom, fellowship, community, and the purpose of our work. We are also interested in hearing about helping others, the value in volunteering, and why we do the work we do. The theme of this contest is broad, such that you can write about what speaks to you most. To learn more about this contest, please see the flyer below! The deadline for submissions is March 17!

The Black Law Students Association and the Student Bar Association are pleased to announce the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition. In 2018, we lost a fellow classmate and BLSA member. This writing prize in Nickolas Johnson’s memory is to encourage students to tackle issues of mental health on campus and propose an idea to be implemented by BLSA and SBA for the upcoming school year. Click here for the application. Students can download the application by clicking on the documents in the guide, or find it attached to this newsletter.. The competition funding is donation based, and if you would like to donate, there is information provided below on how to do so. The hope is to raise $1,000 each year, which will allow the student who wins to be awarded $500, with the other $500 going to implementing the student’s proposal. The writing prize will take place from March 1 to April 19. A panel of judges will read the proposals from April 19 to May 10 and announce the winner on the May 10.

If you would like to donate to the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition, please go to arogers11.

Future Events

Tuesday, March 9

• 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.: Bar Essay Basics – this program will be recorded and posted to the bar support web page. View the information and links to review sessions here. You may contact Professor Kari Johnson with questions.

Wednesday, March 10

• 12:00 p.m.: Writing an Effective All-Purpose Cover Letter: A How-To Workshop; sign up here.

• 4:30 p.m.: J.D. Certificate Programs Fair – Did you know that Chicago-Kent offers 12 different certificates? Are you curious about how a certificate could help you achieve your career goals? Join certificate program directors at a virtual fair on Wednesday, March 10, at 4:30 p.m. to learn more about these optional programs. Following a brief presentation from the directors, you will have an opportunity for Q&A in separate breakout rooms.

  Please register in advance, indicating the breakout room you’d like to start in first (you can move between breakout rooms once the Q&A starts). We hope to see you there! Register here.

Friday, March 12

• 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.: Case Western Reserve Law School presents via Zoom “New Models of Mental Health for the Legal Profession” featuring John Thor Cornelius, MD and Candela Bonaccorso, PsyD, with Makela Hayford, 2L at Case Western Reserve Law School. REGISTER TO ATTEND

  • Do you have questions about how to stay sane in the face of the triple threat of challenges posed by COVID, social upheaval and work stress? Bring them, and your fellow law students and lawyers, to this two-hour panel discussion led by seasoned clinicians. Open to all, including legal professionals. CLEs for mental health/substance abuse will be offered.

    • This is the first in a series of co-sponsored CLE webinars dedicated to addressing the questions legal professionals often have around mental health, but can be afraid to ask, including:

    • How do I identify quality treatment, for myself and my clients? And how do I find it?

    • Can I really afford the time to invest in my mental health? Can I really afford not to?

    • Why do people “self-medicate?” How can they stop?

    • How can therapies of depth, insight and relationship go beyond band-aid interventions and lead to better outcomes for my clients and myself?

    • What makes for optimal collaboration between legal and mental health professionals?

Tuesday, April 6

• 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.: Bar Performance Test Basics – this program will be recorded and posted to the bar support web page. View the information and links to review sessions here. You may contact Professor Kari Johnson with questions.

Future Deadlines

Monday, March 15

• Judicial Externship – Fall Application Process: Applications for Fall 2021 Judicial Externships are now available online. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Fall applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Monday, March 15, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Resources

From ASP: How to improve second semester grades: Leveraging your first semester to fuel success.

From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home.

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – March:

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

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*check out our SBA Instagram this week!

Announcements

Law Students Needed for You(th) Decide: ISCOTUS and the Constitutional Democracy Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law are seeking law student volunteers to help us

with You(th) Decide: A High School Student Forum on the U.S. Supreme Court. This real-time discussion of a current case before the Supreme Court of the United States will be held via ZOOM on Friday, March 5, 9:00 AM-1:30 PM.If you wish to participate or if you have any questions, please contact Dee Runaas (Project Director).

The ACLU is sponsoring a team for the Fifth Annual Notre Dame National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom. The prompt for the tournament will be made available February 26, and the competition will be taking place from April 9th, 2021 through April 11, 2021. We are currently accepting applications! To be considered, please submit your resume, a writing sample, and a brief statement of interest to aclu. The deadline to submit your documents and be considered for the team is by 9 a.m. on February 25, 2021. Please see the attached flyer below to learn more. We look forward to seeing our university represented at this event!

Events for This Week

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

Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture: Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace, in partnership with the Chicago Federation of Labor presents our Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture on Wednesday, February 24 at 3 p.m. The speaker will be Elizabeth Shuler who, as Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO is the highest ranking woman in AFL-CIO history and in line to become the first woman president of the AFL-CIO when current president Rich Trumka retires. She will speak on Breaking Barriers at the AFL-CIO. Register here.

Policing Today: The Use of Collective Bargaining Agreements and the Role of Management: The Labor and Employment Law Society and the ACLU will be hosting a panel on modern day policing, the use of collective bargaining agreements, and the role of management. This event will be happening on Thursday, February 25th, at 12:00pm to 1:15pm. Please join us for a discussion by an exceptional panel featuring:

• Tamara Cummings, General Counsel for Fraternal Order of Police

• Yvette Heintzelman, Attorney for Municipalities and Police Departments

• Michael Green, Professor of Law and Incoming Director for the Labor Program at Kent Law

• Emil Totonchi, Professor of Law and esteemed Mediator and Arbitrator

To attend the event, please register here using the link below and the Zoom information will be forwarded to your email address. We look forward to seeing you there!

Corporate Counsel Night: Corporate Law Society and APALSA are hosting Corporate Counsel Night on February 25th from 5:30-7:30pm! We have an incredible lineup of attorneys who will come to discuss their careers and impart some wisdom on all of us about practicing in-house. After the panel, we will break into breakout rooms for networking and more question/answer time. This is a great event to both hear from some experienced attorneys and make some connections! (And, it’ll be fun!)

Please RSVP cls.

PACCK General Body Meeting, February 26, 2021 at 12:00 pm CST: Please join Parents and Caregivers of Chicago Kent “PACCK” for our first General Body Meeting of the 2021 Spring Semester. At this meeting, we will discuss upcoming events and opportunities for students to become more involved with PACCK initiatives. Details are in the SBA Calendar. We hope to see you there!

1Ls: Planning for What’s Next: The SBA Curriculum Committee and upper-level students will host TWO panels on Friday, February 26, 2021, to help 1Ls plan for what comes next after Spring. They’ll cover a range of institutional resources to guide 1Ls, and discuss clinic, externships, extracurriculars, certificate programs, credits, planning for future coursework, the MPRE, and more!

• The Day Division presentation will take place at 3:30 pm via Zoom.

• The Evening Division event is tentatively scheduled for 6 pm via Zoom.

Zoom links are in the SBA Calendar, and students are encouraged to submit questions ahead of time via this Google Form. They must access the form with their IIT gmail to complete it.

Environmental Law Society Game Night: Join the Environmental Law Society for our first event of the semester this Friday, February 26th, from 5-7PM via Zoom. Join us for game night to hang out, play games and raffle off $100 worth of prizes for a good cause: All proceeds supports the ELS scholarship fund, which is awarded to a student doing an unpaid, public interest summer internship in environmental law. How it works:

• There will be one silent auction item from Patagonia, two raffle prizes and gift cards for Grubhub, Starbucks, and more.

• The silent auction will go live when the event begins, and will close at 6:45PM.

• In addition, the raffle will take place at the end of the night–and you can buy tickets throughout the night. To enter the Zoom Event, we ask that you please donate any amount towards the ELS Scholarship. This will also automatically get you one raffle ticket! Once you have entered, you can always purchase more raffle tickets, at $2 for one ticket and $3 for two tickets!

• We will play virtual Bingo (everyone will be able to get free cards through a link we send out) and National Parks and Parks and Rec Trivia! Compete for your chance to win one of several gift cards above. Bring your beer, come hang out with your friends, play some games, and raise money during a happy hour event to raise money for ELS. We look forward to seeing everyone!

• We will release details about the times each game will start and end, and about how to participate in the silent auction and raffle. We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday! Zoom link: https://kentlaw.zoom.us/j/8457085696

Writing Competitions

(we have so many that we now have a heading!)

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.

The ACLU & ACPLS will be hosting a Creative Writing Contest! This will be an opportunity to engage in a more creative and enjoyable part of writing. The topic or guiding purpose of this contest is to write about freedom, fellowship, community, and the purpose of our work. We are also interested in hearing about helping others, the value in volunteering, and why we do the work we do. The theme of this contest is broad, such that you can write about what speaks to you most. To learn more about this contest, please see the flyer below! The deadline for submissions is March 17!

This year BLSA and SBA are presenting the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition. In 2018, we lost a fellow classmate and BLSA member. This writing prize in Nickolas Johnson’s memory is to encourage students to tackle issues of mental health on campus and propose an idea to be implemented by BLSA and SBA for the upcoming school year. The competition funding is donation based, and if you would like to donate please donate here, arogers11.

Future Events

Diversity Week will take place the week of March 1, 2021. Stay tuned for more information on upcoming events!

PracticePro’s 2021 East Coast (Virtual) Career Conference will take place on Friday, April 2. Early registration is open through February 28 at midnight, subject to availability.

Whether you’re looking for summer or post-graduate jobs, or already have something great lined up, join us to learn both the framework and tools to develop a sustainable and fulfilling practice. Conference attendees will also be invited to participate in:

• Summer webinar series focused on business frameworks, professional branding, strategic career planning, advanced networking and interviewing techniques, and other topics this summer. The webinars will be conducted on Saturdays and will also be available for on-demand viewing.

• Recruiting and networking (virtual) receptions with our law firm partners this spring and summer.

• (Virtual) PracticePro Job Fair this summer with our law firm partners.

• Can’t make it to the East Coast Conference? Check out the Southern Conference (March 12) and West Coast Conference (March 19).

Future Deadlines

Judicial Externship – Fall Application Process: Applications for Fall 2021 Judicial Externships will be available online by Thursday, February 25, 2021. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Fall applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Monday, March 15, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Resources

From ASP: How to improve second semester grades: Leveraging your first semester to fuel success.

From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home.

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – February:

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

Policing Today Flyer.pdf
Creative Writing Contest.pdf
Religious Freedom Tournament.pdf
Youth Decide Contest.pdf
02-24-2021 Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture with Elizabeth Schuler.pdf

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*check out our SBA Instagram this week!

Announcements

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.

This year BLSA and SBA are presenting the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition. In 2018, we lost a fellow classmate and BLSA member. This writing prize in Nickolas Johnson’s memory is to encourage students to tackle issues of mental health on campus and propose an idea to be implemented by BLSA and SBA for the upcoming school year. The competition funding is donation based, and if you would like to donate please donate here, arogers11.

Events for This Week

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

Immigration Law Society: ILS will have its first meeting of the semester on Wednesday, February 17 at 2pm via Zoom. Meeting ID: 876 7505 1461 Password: 905047

Judicial Clerkship Panel – Wednesday, February 17 at 3:00pm. Clerking for a judge after graduation is an excellent way to build your legal skills, and position yourself for a great career. This panel will feature five Chicago-Kent graduates who are clerking, or have clerked, for judges at the federal, state, and local levels. Second-year law students can set up an account in OSCAR (Online System for Clerkship and Application Review) now, and begin building their applications for Federal Clerkships. There are opportunities for 3rd year/graduating students to apply for clerkships as well. To join, use this Zoom link. Sponsored by the Faculty Judicial Clerkship Committee and the Career Services Office.

DALSA General Meeting: DALSA will have a general meeting February 17, 2021 from 3 pm to 4 pm. We will discuss recent social media posts, professionalism, diversity week events, other upcoming events, outline banks, and election information for the 2021-2022 DALSA eboard. We will also spend some time catching up with each other and answering any questions 1Ls have around classes, interviewing, summer work, study advice, requesting accommodations, and more. This meeting will be held virtually through Google Meet.

Illinois Tech’s Office of Community Affairs and Outreach has planned events this February that will provide our community with more opportunities to explore Black history and better understand the challenges that prevent equity. These include a film screening and discussion of The Color Tax: Origins of the Modern Day Racial Wealth Gap, which will be held on February 18, as well as a February 26 screening of 40th: The Story of Bishop Robert Williams and Roberts Temple, which documents Bishop William Roberts and the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, located just south of the university’s Mies Campus.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP Panel: Career Exploration, Networking, and the First-Generation Focus: 2/19/2021 5-7pm CST: The First-Generation Law Student Association invites you to join us for a panel with four Seyfarth Shaw LLP attorneys who will guide us through career exploration, networking, and provide valuable advice to students navigating the legal field. Our panelists are: Whitney Schmidt, partner in the Corporate practice group; Briana Mayes, associate in the Real Estate practice group; Robert Szyba, partner in the Labor & Employment practice group; and Marlin Duro, associate in the Labor & Employment practice group. Students will be given the opportunity to ask questions and network with panelists. Please register here and join us on Friday, February 19th at 5pm via Zoom.

Deadlines for this Week

Judicial Externship – Summer Application Process: Applications for Summer 2021 Judicial Externships are available online and in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Summer applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Friday, February 19, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Future Events

Policing Today: The Use of Collective Bargaining Agreements and the Role of Management: The Labor and Employment Law Society and the ACLU will be hosting a panel on modern day policing, the use of collective bargaining agreements, and the role of management. This event will be happening on Thursday, February 25th, at 12:00pm to 1:15pm. Please join us for a discussion by an exceptional panel featuring:

• Tamara Cummings, General Counsel for Fraternal Order of Police

• Yvette Heintzelman, Attorney for Municipalities and Police Departments

• Michael Green, Professor of Law and Incoming Director for the Labor Program at Kent Law

• Emil Totonchi, Professor of Law and esteemed Mediator and Arbitrator

To attend the event, please register here using the link below and the Zoom information will be forwarded to your email address. We look forward to seeing you there!

PACCK General Body Meeting, February 26, 2021 at 12:00 pm CST: Please join Parents and Caregivers of Chicago Kent “PACCK” for our first General Body Meeting of the 2021 Spring Semester. At this meeting, we will discuss upcoming events and opportunities for students to become more involved with PACCK initiatives. We hope to see you there!

Diversity Week will take place the week of March 1, 2021. Stay tuned for more information on upcoming events!

Future Deadlines

Judicial Externship – Fall Application Process: Applications for Fall 2021 Judicial Externships will be available online by Thursday, February 25, 2021. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Fall applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Monday, March 15, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Resources

From ASP: How to improve second semester grades: Leveraging your first semester to fuel success.

From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home.

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – February:

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

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*check out our SBA Instagram this week!

Announcements

Student Speak Survey: IIT Center for Research and Service, in partnership with Chicago-Kent SBA and IIT students, developed the 2020 Student Speak survey to assess student challenges in the pandemic. The Center for Research and Service shared this email with students in late January. Please check your email for the link to the survey, and complete before February 14, 2020. This survey will inform university leadership about how you were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and what you think of Illinois Tech’s response to it. By completing this survey you will get a chance to win one of many $20 electronic gift cards.

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.

This year BLSA and SBA are presenting the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition. In 2018, we lost a fellow classmate and BLSA member. This writing prize in Nickolas Johnson’s memory is to encourage students to tackle issues of mental health on campus and propose an idea to be implemented by BLSA and SBA for the upcoming school year. The competition funding is donation based, and if you would like to donate please donate here, arogers11.

The Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property is currently accepting applications for next year’s Associate Editor positions! If you are interested in Intellectual Property or are interested in gaining Bluebook editing experience, this would be a great opportunity. As an Associate Editor, you would assist Executive Article Editors in reviewing Journal articles for quality and accuracy. The Journal is a student-run publication, which publishes two issues per year. These publications offer in-depth analyses of fundamental issues affecting intellectual property rights and timely, succinct reviews of current issues in the field. The Journal is the official publication of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Bar Association. To apply, please email a resume and a statement of interest to journal or apply via our website.

Events for This Week

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

Judicial Externship Informational Session: On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 12p.m. via Zoom, Professor Gross will conduct an informational meeting for students interested in participating in the Summer and/or Fall 2021 Judicial Externship Programs. For additional information about JEP, you may also refer to the Law School Website externship page. If you have any questions about the Program or the application itself, please contact Professor Vivien Gross.

The Chicago-Kent Racial Equity and Advocacy Alliance (REAA) will host a General Body Meeting on Tuesday, February 9th, at 12:00 p.m. Email reaa to join the mailing list.

Kent Justice Foundation will be having its first General Body Meeting of the Spring semester on Tuesday, February 9th, at 12:00pm. We will be discussing our annual Spring Auction and ways to get involved in planning, including volunteer hours to log toward your Summer Fellowship application. An email will go out to the KJF general body with a Zoom link. Please email kjf if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

Future Events

Illinois Tech’s Office of Community Affairs and Outreach has planned events this February that will provide our community with more opportunities to explore Black history and better understand the challenges that prevent equity. These include a film screening and discussion of The Color Tax: Origins of the Modern Day Racial Wealth Gap, which will be held on February 18, as well as a February 26 screening of 40th: The Story of Bishop Robert Williams and Roberts Temple, which documents Bishop William Roberts and the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, located just south of the university’s Mies Campus.

Future Deadlines

Judicial Externship – Summer Application Process: Applications for Summer 2021 Judicial Externships will be available online by Friday, February 5, 2021. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Summer applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Friday, February 19, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Judicial Externship – Fall Application Process: Applications for Fall 2021 Judicial Externships will be available online by Thursday, February 25, 2021. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Fall applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Monday, March 15, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Resources

From ASP: How to improve second semester grades: Leveraging your first semester to fuel success.

From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home.

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – February:

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

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*check out our SBA Instagram this week, featuring “Get to know your SBA Executives.”

Announcements

Don’t forget to apply for graduation! Applications are due on Tuesday, February 2. Access the form via Web for Students or contact the Registrar’s office for more information.

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.

This year BLSA and SBA are presenting the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition. In 2018, we lost a fellow classmate and BLSA member. This writing prize in Nickolas Johnson’s memory is to encourage students to tackle issues of mental health on campus and propose an idea to be implemented by BLSA and SBA for the upcoming school year. The competition funding is donation based, and if you would like to donate please donate here, arogers11.

Events for This Week

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

Chicago-Kent Centennial Visitor Lecture, The Trauma of Injustice: Join us on February 3 at 3 p.m. for Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig’s lecture. “The Trauma of Injustice” will discuss cultural trauma experienced by Blacks as a group in response to legal outcomes in cases involving the killings of unarmed Blacks by police and quasi-police officers. Dean Onwuachi-Willig is a leader in scholarship and teaching related to race and the law, and it is a privilege to have her join us. For more information, including information on how to register, visit this link.

Celebrating Black History Month: A Conversation with Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig – Dean & Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law: To celebrate Black History Month, you are invited to join a student-centric conversation about 21st Century lawyering led by Chicago-Kent’s 2021 Centennial Speaker, Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig. Dean Onwuachi-Willig is dean of Boston University School of Law and a renowned legal scholar and expert in critical race theory. She is also a co-founder of the Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project, which contains resources and information related to addressing racism in law and legal education. Immediately after her public Centennial lecture—The Trauma of Injustice—she will host an informal conversation with Kent students in a separate Zoom session. No need to register—we hope to see you there on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 4:15 p.m., via Zoom.

Chicago-Kent ACPLS (Art and Cultural Property Law Society) General Body Meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 3 from 3-4 p.m. Click here to attend.

Career Services Presents: Why Mindset Matters in Law School, in Practice, and Beyond – February 5. Grades have come out, and for some of you, the disappointment may be sinking in. Come learn about the concept of mindset and how it influences the way we learn and how we respond to successes and challenges in law school. The concept, developed from an extensive body of educational psychology research by Stanford professor Carol Dweck, focuses on how success can be dramatically influenced by how we perceive our most basic qualities, such as our abilities or talent. Professor Young will take a closer look into two mindsets from Dweck’s findings by discussing the underlying beliefs about intelligence that can affect the overall law school experience. She will also offer strategies law students can use to cultivate a growth mindset for law school and professional success.

Deadlines for this Week

Graduation applications for eligible students are due on Tuesday, February 2. Access the form via Web for Students or contact the Registrar’s office for more information.

Future Events

Judicial Externship Informational Session: On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom, Professor Gross will conduct an informational meeting for students interested in participating in the Summer and/or Fall 2021 Judicial Externship Programs. For additional information about JEP, you may also refer to the Law School Website externship page. If you have any questions about the Program or the application itself, please contact Professor Vivien Gross.

Kent Justice Foundation will be having its first General Body Meeting of the Spring semester on Tuesday, February 9th, at 12:00 p.m. We will be discussing our annual Spring Auction and ways to get involved in planning, including volunteer hours to log toward your Summer Fellowship application. An email will go out to the KJF general body with a Zoom link. Please email kjf if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

Future Deadlines

Judicial Externship – Summer Application Process: Applications for Summer 2021 Judicial Externships will be available online by Friday, February 5, 2021. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Summer applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Friday, February 19, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Judicial Externship – Fall Application Process: Applications for Fall 2021 Judicial Externships will be available online by Thursday, February 25, 2021. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Fall applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Monday, March 15, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Resources

From ASP: How to improve second semester grades: Leveraging your first semester to fuel success.

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From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home.

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – February:

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

Summer21 JEP info session – Record announcement.pdf

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*Welcome back students!

*check out our SBA Instagram this week, featuring “Get to know your SBA Executives.”

Announcements

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.

Events for This Week

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

The Health Law Society workshop will take place on Monday, January 25, 2021 from 3-4PM. Stephanie Altman from the Shriver Center will be speaking about building patient advocacy skills and tackling racial inequities in health care. Click here for Zoom.

Bar Exam Basics: Graduating in May? Join Profs Johnson and Aleisa for Bar Exam Basics this Tuesday, 1/26, at noon in this zoom room. We will cover the format of the bar exam, what subjects are tested, how the exam is scored, how to start shopping for a prep program, what it takes to study for the bar, why it’s good to start early, how to start early, extra bar support provided by CK, and more. There will also be time for questions. Hope to see you there!

Career Services Presents: Illinois State Bar Association Rural Practice Initiative Presentation. Join the CSO on January 29 for a presentation on the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Rural Practice Fellowship Program. All students who attend will be entered into a drawing to win a $30 Visa gift card. This great program aims to connect law students and new attorneys with rural practitioners and address the severe gap in legal services in rural communities. Speakers will include Krista Appenzeller, Assistant Counsel with ISBA; Cindy Buys, Professor of Law, Southern Illinois University School of Law; and Lois Wood, Rural Practice Fellowship Program Co-Chair, retired Executive Director of Land of Lincoln Legal Aid.

• To learn more about the Rural Practice program go to https://www.isba.org/ruralpractice.

• Look for the Zoom link in the CK Career Connector newsletter and the SBA Calendar.

Chicago-Kent Centennial Visitor Lecture, The Trauma of Injustice: Join us on February 3 at 3 p.m. for Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig’s lecture. “The Trauma of Injustice” will discuss cultural trauma experienced by Blacks as a group in response to legal outcomes in cases involving the killings of unarmed Blacks by police and quasi-police officers. Dean Onwuachi-Willig is a leader in scholarship and teaching related to race and the law, and it is a privilege to have her join us. For more information, including information on how to register, visit this link.

Future Events

Career Services Presents: Why Mindset Matters in Law School, in Practice, and Beyond – February 5. Grades have come out, and for some of you, the disappointment may be sinking in. Come learn about the concept of mindset and how it influences the way we learn and how we respond to successes and challenges in law school. The concept, developed from an extensive body of educational psychology research by Stanford professor Carol Dweck, focuses on how success can be dramatically influenced by how we perceive our most basic qualities, such as our abilities or talent. Professor Young will take a closer look into two mindsets from Dweck’s findings by discussing the underlying beliefs about intelligence that can affect the overall law school experience. She will also offer strategies law students can use to cultivate a growth mindset for law school and professional success.

Resources

From ASP: How to improve second semester grades: Leveraging your first semester to fuel success

From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – January:

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

Jan 26 Poster.pdf
Chicago-Kent Health Law Society Workshop.pdf

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*Welcome back students!

As a reminder, if you have information to include in the newsletter, please send to sba by 3 p.m. Friday of the week preceding the event date.

Announcements

Spring Online Request: Please fill out the Spring 2021 Online Request Form if you would like to request taking your courses completely online in the Spring.

Spring Upass Information: Full-time students who wish to purchase a UPass must request one. You can do so by completing the Spring 2021 UPass Opt-In Form by Friday, January 15 at Noon. The cost is $145 for the semester.

PracticePro and its generous law firm and corporate diversity partners are excited to announce they have extended the application deadline until January 18, 2021. The program accepts applications from the Class of 2023 for admission to the 1L Diversity Scholar Program. Admitted students enjoy the following perks:

• Free tuition to attend a PracticePro Career Conference (Spring 2021)*

• Participation in exclusive recruiting receptions or virtual job fair (Spring/Summer 2021)

• Career coaching package, including full revision of application materials and networking emails, customized coaching sessions, and email coaching (April – September 2021)

• Free admission to webinars on topics covering resumes and cover letters, advanced interviewing techniques, networking, project management, and more (Spring & Summer 2021)

• Recommendations for employment and scholarships to our firm partners (list below)

• Free admission to New Attorney Basics seminar after graduation

• Mentorship match to in-house corporate counsel to learn client collaboration and business development (after bar admission)

Visit here for more information.

Events for This Week

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

Black Homes Matter virtual event: Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Dr. Cornel West, and Rev. Barber will come together for a #BlackHomesMatter virtual event to stop the illegally inflated property taxes, which are ravaging Detroit. Professor Bernadette Atuahene and her research will be featured. The event will take place on January 13, 2021 at 6 PM ET/5 PM CST. Register here: https://illegalforeclosures.org/blackhomesmatter/

Future Events

The Sixth Annual MLK Forum presents "From Equity Talks to Action," featuring Leslie Hairston, Chicago 5th Ward Alderwoman, and leaders from local organizations sharing opportunities to take action this year. The event will take place on Friday, January 22, 2021 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Stay tuned for the Zoom link!

Resources

From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home

http://blogs.kentlaw.iit.edu/library/2020/09/improving-your-internet-connection-at-home/

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – January:

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

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*This is the last SBA Newsletter for 2020. We’ll see you in January–and we wish you all a safe and relaxing Winter Break.

Exam Information

Review the Fall 2020 Exam Quick Guide here.

Access General Procedures for Exams here. This document addresses procedures for:

• Fixed Exams

• Self-Scheduled Exams

• Take Home Exams

Announcements

Checkout the SBA Instagram account @sbachicagokentlaw

The Preliminary Spring Class Schedule is now available here.

Spring 2021 Student Activity Fee: As many of you know, SBA voted to waive the activity fee for all students in the fall semester given the state of the pandemic. As the semester progressed, events and programming became more streamlined leaving us with the need to reimpose the activity fee. After careful consideration of your best interests, SBA has decided that while we will be imposing the fee, we will be reducing it to half of the normal amount, and that this will be sufficient for the remainder of this academic year. We thank you for your continued support and hope for an incredible Spring semester.

The Judicial Resources Committee and Just the Beginning – a Pipeline Organization are now taking applications for their Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project. Please see the attached flyer for more details. Applications are due by January 10, 2020.

PracticePro and its generous law firm and corporate diversity partners are excited to announce they are now accepting applications from Class of 2023 for admission to the 1L Diversity Scholar Program. Admitted students enjoy the following perks:

• Free tuition to attend a PracticePro Career Conference (Spring 2021)*

• Participation in exclusive recruiting receptions or virtual job fair (Spring/Summer 2021)

• Career coaching package, including full revision of application materials and networking emails, customized coaching sessions, and email coaching (April – September 2021)

• Free admission to webinars on topics covering resumes and cover letters, advanced interviewing techniques, networking, project management, and more (Spring & Summer 2021)

• Recommendations for employment and scholarships to our firm partners (list below)

• Free admission to New Attorney Basics seminar after graduation

• Mentorship match to in-house corporate counsel to learn client collaboration and business development (after bar admission)

Visit here for more information.

Events for This Week

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

There are no reported events for this week. Good luck on exams!

Future Deadlines

Applications for Spring 2021 Legal Externships should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by January 4, 2020.

Applications for the The Judicial Resources Committee and Just the Beginning – a Pipeline Organization Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project are due by January 10, 2020. See the attached flyer for more information.

Resources

From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home

http://blogs.kentlaw.iit.edu/library/2020/09/improving-your-internet-connection-at-home/

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – December:

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

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Announcements

Checkout the SBA Instagram account @sbachicagokentlaw

The Preliminary Spring Class Schedule is now available here.

Spring 2021 Student Activity Fee: As many of you know, SBA voted to waive the activity fee for all students in the fall semester given the state of the pandemic. As the semester progressed, events and programming became more streamlined leaving us with the need to reimpose the activity fee. After careful consideration of your best interests, SBA has decided that while we will be imposing the fee, we will be reducing it to half of the normal amount, and that this will be sufficient for the remainder of this academic year. We thank you for your continued support and hope for an incredible Spring semester.

Ascend Justice Winter Immersion Program 2020-2021: Experience an immersive introduction to domestic violence litigation by spending one or more weeks helping self-represented litigants petition the court for order of protection through Ascend Justice’s Emergency Protection Project. Three one-week sessions are available over the Winter Break. This experience is currently Remote. Please see attached for more information on this program. *This opportunity is normally held in-person at the Domestic Violence Courthouse on Harrison, only 3 blocks from Chicago-Kent. Once you are trained to volunteer, this can be an on-going volunteer opportunity for you.

Spring 2021 Student Activity Fee: As many of you know, SBA voted to waive the activity fee for all students in the fall semester given the state of the pandemic. As the semester progressed, events and programming became more streamlined leaving us with the need to reimpose the activity fee. After careful consideration of your best interests, SBA has decided that while we will be imposing the fee, we will be reducing it to half of the normal amount, and that this will be sufficient for the remainder of this academic year. We thank you for your continued support and hope for an incredible Spring semester.

Seeking Applications for the HNBA Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition:

HLLSA is looking for 2L, 3L, and 4L students interested in participating in the Hispanic National Bar Association’s 26th Annual Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition. The competition brings together 32 teams of law students from the nation’s top law schools to argue a case currently before the United States Supreme Court. The 2021 competition will take place virtually on March 9-12, 2021 (note: this will occur during dates scheduled for regular class sessions).

• Each school may send one team of up to three students. The application process is open to any student in their second year of law school and above, regardless of their involvement in HLLSA. The moot court team is selected by a committee of HLLSA board members and Moot Court Honor Society board members. If you are interested please submit the following materials directly to hllsa:

  • A legal writing sample (PDF format, full appellate brief from Legal Writing II preferred, but all submissions welcome)

  • Your resume (not necessary to list GPA)

  • A brief statement on why you are interested in competing in a moot court competition, which includes whether you are able to work on the brief over winter break

• The selection committee intends on following this timeline:

  • Applications open: November 2nd

  • Deadline to submit application materials: Monday November 30th at 11:59pm

  • Selected applicants will be notified by December 7th

  • Register the selected team for through the HNBA website (week of December 7th)

  • The competition is March 9-12th. The competition will take place virtually.

• For questions about the application or the expectations of participating, please contact the HLLSA President, Roberto Martinez.

The Judicial Resources Committee and Just the Beginning – a Pipeline Organization are now taking applications for their Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project. Please see the attached flyer for more details. Applications are due by January 10, 2020.

PracticePro and its generous law firm and corporate diversity partners are excited to announce they are now accepting applications from Class of 2023 for admission to the 1L Diversity Scholar Program. Admitted students enjoy the following perks:

• Free tuition to attend a PracticePro Career Conference (Spring 2021)*

• Participation in exclusive recruiting receptions or virtual job fair (Spring/Summer 2021)

• Career coaching package, including full revision of application materials and networking emails, customized coaching sessions, and email coaching (April – September 2021)

• Free admission to webinars on topics covering resumes and cover letters, advanced interviewing techniques, networking, project management, and more (Spring & Summer 2021)

• Recommendations for employment and scholarships to our firm partners (list below)

• Free admission to New Attorney Basics seminar after graduation

• Mentorship match to in-house corporate counsel to learn client collaboration and business development (after bar admission)

Visit here for more information.

Events for This Week

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

Yoga on IG Live every Tuesday at 8:00 AM and available throughout the day.

Join HLLSA members Mariah and Stephanie every Tuesday morning at 8:00 AM for a completely virtual yoga class to jumpstart your day! Just go to our HLLSA Instagram Page where one of our all-star instructors will share the class on IG Live. The class will also be posted to our page for 24 hours. There is a suggested $5 donation (Venmo: @Mariah-Mata) which will go towards the HLLSA Moot Court Competition and Judge’s Night.

C-K Mental Health Coffee Talks: Coffee Talks offer a forum for students to discuss mental health and stress management. 3L students will talk about their experiences in law school and take questions from any students in attendance. The goal of the event is to provide 1L students with an opportunity to discuss the stresses of law school and hear about study strategies, personal organization tips, and mental health practices that helped older students succeed in law school. The next Coffee Talks will take place on:

• Wednesday, December 2 from 3 – 4 pm.

First Wednesday Series: An Introduction to National Security Cyber Law featuring James Dever, M.A., J.D., a U.S. Air Force Professor of Cyber Warfare. This event will occur on December 2, 2020 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (CST). Approved for 1 hour of Illinois MCLE credit. THIS EVENT IS FREE. To register: ckcle.ce21.com

Fall 2020 Entertainment Law Panel: Join SELS and IPLS on Wednesday, December 2 at 5 pm for an informative panel on Entertainment Law. Panelists include:

• Vicki Cherkas, Law Offices of Vicki Cherkas

• Hayden Goldblatt, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C.

• Ryan Jacobsen, SmithAmundsen

• Jared Bloch, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson LLP

Zoom link for the event is in the SBA Calendar.

SBA Curriculum Committee Discussion on 1L Exams and Exam Preparation: Join SBA Curriculum Committee Members in a discussion on exam formats, preparation, and approaches on Sunday, December 6 at 11 AM. Students may RSVP to this event and submit advance questions here.

Future Deadlines

HNBA Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition applications due Monday, November 30th at 11:59pm. HLLSA is looking for 2L, 3L, and 4L students interested in participating in the Hispanic National Bar Association’s 26th Annual Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition. Details are in Announcements above. For questions about the application or the expectations of participating, please contact the HLLSA President, Roberto Martinez.

Applications for Spring 2021 Legal Externships should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by January 4, 2020.

Applications for the The Judicial Resources Committee and Just the Beginning – a Pipeline Organization Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project are due by January 10, 2020. See the attached flyer for more information.

Resources

From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home

http://blogs.kentlaw.iit.edu/library/2020/09/improving-your-internet-connection-at-home/

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – December:

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

2021 SJID Project Flyer.pdf
National Security Cyber Law.pdf
Ascend Justice Winter Immersion 2020-2021.pdf
Meditation and Stretching Flyer.pdf
Preparing for Exams.pdf