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November 1, 2021

Announcements

A haunting on West Adams Halloween Costume Contest Winners! Thank you for voting in the Black Law Students Association’s Halloween costume contest: A Haunting On West Adams! Voting has officially concluded.

This year’s contest winners are:

1. Best costume overall: Elizabeth Cannon as Maize the Candy Corn Monster

2. Second best costume overall: Aleathea Williams as Poison Ivy

3. Third best costume: Trial Team and Trash Pandas.

We hope you enjoyed this year’s A Haunting On West Adams. Stay tuned for future events hosted by BLSA! ~C-K BLSA Executive Board

Barristers’ Ball Survey! We are very excited to announce that the Barristers’ Ball is a GO this year! For those who do not know, the Barristers’ Ball is an annual event held at most law schools towards the end of the school year. The event is hosted by SBA as a school-wide formal affair- you might have heard it referred to as "Law School Prom." This year is very special, especially to all of the 3Ls, since this event has been canceled for the past two years. That being said, we want to make this year’s Barristers’ the biggest celebration it can be while ensuring it is as safe as possible for every student in attendance. We all deserve a special night to celebrate our accomplishments throughout this crazy covid law school experience we have all had. If you could take a minute and complete this survey so the Barristers’ Committee can plan as carefully as possible, I know we would all greatly appreciate it. Thanks and see you all at Barristers’!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctf0z0q_Vgh001ozBgmJIXV_Z2E9hwi_3FYJMiQ3oogogb9g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Class of 2022 Composite Photo Sessions: THIS WEEK: November 3-4, 2021

You may have seen the dozens of past class composite photos hanging on the walls on the 3rd floor – now is your chance to be part of your class photo! Composite photo sittings for the Class of 2022 composite photo will take place next week. These sessions are free and take only a few minutes. In addition to being part of the composite photo, this is a great opportunity to have your professional headshots taken prior to graduation! Digital images of both your individual portrait and the composite photo will be provided free of charge, courtesy of the Alumni Association.

• Wednesday, November 3 – Thursday, November 4 | 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.: https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/vnsab

All photos will be taken in the Auditorium in the lobby level of the law school, with social distancing and safety protocols in place. Graduating students from the Class of 2022 may sign up for any available slot though this fall session is primarily reserved for Fall graduates; additional sessions will take place in the Spring semester. More information is available on the Composite Photo page.

Bar Exam Information Session: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15 from 5:00-6:00 PM in room 210

If you plan to take the July 2022 or Feb 2023 bar exam, I encourage you to attend this session. We will review the bar application and admission process as well as discuss your Character & Fitness application, the subjects tested on the bar exam, and what you need to do now to prepare for next year’s exam.

Sign up to attend here. (Signing up does not commit you to attending- it just allows me to get an idea of where you plan to sit for the bar and if you have questions.)

As always, please don’t hesitate to contact Erin Crist if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing you on November 15th.

C-K Law Group – Spring Semester: Work under the supervision of an attorney to gain practical legal experience in addition to earning law school credit!! Applications for the spring 2022 semester are now available and can be found here: https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/academics/jd-program/practical-skills-training/legal-clinics/legal-clinic-application

Fall Clothing Drive, now through 12/4/2021: Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK), The Chicago-Kent Racial Equity and Advocacy Alliance (REAA), and Women in Law (WIL)—in partnership with the Design Museum of Chicago—are pleased to sponsor a Fall Clothing and Toy Drive to benefit The Women’s Treatment Center (TWTC) in Chicago. TWTC served as the sole substance abuse treatment center in Illinois focused solely on women and specializing in treatment framed and informed by women’s issues. However, the pandemic forced TWTC to shutter its physical space, and many women were displaced. While TWTC has found new arrangements for many of the women and children it serves, these women and their children remain in need of clothing in general—and toys (!) for this upcoming holiday season. PACCK, REAA, and WIL ask you to open your hearts (and your closets!) and donate this fall to support these women and their families as they transition through recovery. The Design Museum will accept donations now through December 4, 2021. You may donate via drop-off, delivery, or mail, directly to:

TWTC

c/o Design Museum of Chicago

72 E. Randolph St.

Chicago, IL 60601

Upcoming Conferences:

Please join the Office of Continuing Legal & Professional Education virtually for these upcoming webinars! They are all free to Chicago-Kent students but registration is required. Click links below to register.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 | 5:00 – 6:00 PM

First Wednesday Series – U.S. Secret Service Statutory Obligations and Investigative Scope

This program is eligible for 1.0 hour of general CLE credit, pending approval.

Thursday, December 2 – Friday, December 3, 2021

37th Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference

This program is eligible for up to 7.5 hours of general CLE credit, including 1.0 hour of Mental Illness Awareness credit, pending approval. This event is free to Chicago-Kent students when you enter the discount code CKCLE1 during checkout.

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

If you would like to be more involved in the ABA or make the most out of your free membership, register for an account here and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions! Some benefits of that account include:

• 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

ABA Events

• Law student tax challenge

  • An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, this is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyer’s Form

  • Asks 2 person teams of students to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice

  • Problem Release Date: September 7, 2021, released by 5pm ET

  • Submission Deadline: November 8, 2021, by or before 5pm ET

American Constitution Society (ACS): ACS x Demand Justice Event on Supreme Court Reform Friday, 11/5! Join Chicago-Kent’s chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS) in partnership with Demand Justice on Friday, 11/5 at 12 p.m. (noon) CDT via Zoom here or in-person in Room 345 for a conversation with their Co-Founder and Chief Counsel Christopher Kang. Representatives from Demand Justice will discuss their efforts to build a progressive movement to restore ideological balance and legitimacy to our nation’s courts!

Black Law Students Association (BLSA): A Haunting on West Adams Costume Contest! See who won in the “Announcements” section above.

Child & Family Law Society (CFLS): Child and Family Law Society will be hosting our first General Body Meeting on Tuesday, November 2nd from 12:00-1:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please join us to learn more about CFLS! If you have any questions or want to be added to group updates, please reach out at cfls. The zoom link will be sent out closer to the event date. We hope to see you there!

Land Use & Real Estate Society (LURE): Please join Land Use and Real Estate society (LURE) this Wednesday, November 3rd at 2:00 pm in CK Room 165 as we host Nicholas Pratten, an attorney at JMC Law Group. Nicholas primarily works on transactional real estate projects – both commercial and residential – and is also a Kent alum. If you cannot make the meeting in person or would prefer to join online, please use this link: https://kentlaw.zoom.us/j/88209026414?pwd=MGVRcHc1UDZZM2dVemIvVEpFVmUwdz09. We hope to see you there!

Students for Sensible Drug Policy: Students for Sensible Drug Policy is a newly formed student organization at Chicago-Kent that focuses on drug policy and harm reduction. For our first event, we will be holding a workshop on how to respond to and reverse an opioid overdose. The presentation will also include some basic information on harm reduction practices and concepts. The event will be held over zoom and in person at room 704 on November 5, at 12:30 PM. There will be pizza for our in person attendees. In order for us to purchase an appropriate amount of food and disseminate the zoom link to attendees, we ask that you please RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkFcvJrstVvlKMna0a1e3g7if_nbwfcDT_KiH6RnJE-Sy2jQ/viewform?usp=sf_link . The event is also on the SBA calendar. Thank you, Alex White!

Upcoming Events

NOVEMBER 1st & 2nd: ASP “Tackling Exams” Session

NOVEMBER 2nd: Child & Family Law Society General Body Meeting

NOVEMBER 3rd: LURE Presentation by Real Estate Attorney Nicholas Pratten

NOVEMBER 3rd & 4th: Class of 2022 Photo Session

NOVEMBER 4th: SBA’s Paint n Sip Event (Registration Closed)

NOVEMBER 5th: Students for Sensible Drug Policy Workshop

NOVEMBER 5th: ACS Reform the Supreme Court

NOVEMBER 15th: July 2022/February 2023 Bar Exam Information Session

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.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

ASP Session – "Tackling Exams": With finals fast approaching, get ahead of the curve and attend ASP’s upcoming workshop on "Tackling Exams." Join Professor Young, Dean Sowle, and Dean Abhijeet as they unpack law school exams and strategies for effective exam prep. Students may attend either session – whatever session is most convenient for their schedules. The material covered will be the same. ASP workshops are always open to LL.M. students.

• Tackling Exams

  • Evening students: Monday, November 1, 2021, 7:30 – 8:30 pm – via Zoom

  • Day students: Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 pm – in person, Room 590

Career Services:

Events to Remember:

Birthdays & Special Days – November/December:

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

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October 25, 2021

Announcements

Barristers’ Ball Survey! We are very excited to announce that the Barristers’ Ball is a GO this year! For those who do not know, the Barristers’ Ball is an annual event held at most law schools towards the end of the school year. The event is hosted by SBA as a school-wide formal affair- you might have heard it referred to as "Law School Prom." This year is very special, especially to all of the 3Ls, since this event has been canceled for the past two years. That being said, we want to make this year’s Barristers’ the biggest celebration it can be while ensuring it is as safe as possible for every student in attendance. We all deserve a special night to celebrate our accomplishments throughout this crazy covid law school experience we have all had. If you could take a minute and complete this survey so the Barristers’ Committee can plan as carefully as possible, I know we would all greatly appreciate it. Thanks and see you all at Barristers’!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctf0z0q_Vgh001ozBgmJIXV_Z2E9hwi_3FYJMiQ3oogogb9g/viewform?usp=sf_link

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

Exciting and Prestigious Law Firm Externship Opportunities for Spring 2022

Legal Externship Program: Applications to 4-credit special legal externship opportunities at Hinshaw & Culbertson and Seyfarth Shaw are due on or before Wednesday, October 27, 2021. See announcement for more detailed information on requirements and how to apply.

Now Accepting Applications to the Spring 2022 Semester Law Firm Associate Program (“SLFAP”): Applications to the 6-credit SLFAP opportunities are due on or before Wednesday, October 27, 2021. See announcement for more detailed information on requirements and how to apply to one or all of the 5 participating firms.

C-K Law Group – Spring Semester: Work under the supervision of an attorney to gain practical legal experience in addition to earning law school credit!! Applications for the spring 2022 semester are now available and can be found here: https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/academics/jd-program/practical-skills-training/legal-clinics/legal-clinic-application

Fall Clothing Drive, now through 12/4/2021: Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK), The Chicago-Kent Racial Equity and Advocacy Alliance (REAA), and Women in Law (WIL)—in partnership with the Design Museum of Chicago—are pleased to sponsor a Fall Clothing and Toy Drive to benefit The Women’s Treatment Center (TWTC) in Chicago. TWTC served as the sole substance abuse treatment center in Illinois focused solely on women and specializing in treatment framed and informed by women’s issues. However, the pandemic forced TWTC to shutter its physical space, and many women were displaced. While TWTC has found new arrangements for many of the women and children it serves, these women and their children remain in need of clothing in general—and toys (!) for this upcoming holiday season. PACCK, REAA, and WIL ask you to open your hearts (and your closets!) and donate this fall to support these women and their families as they transition through recovery. The Design Museum will accept donations now through December 4, 2021. You may donate via drop-off, delivery, or mail, directly to:

TWTC

c/o Design Museum of Chicago

72 E. Randolph St.

Chicago, IL 60601

Writing Competition Winners!

The winner of the inaugural A More Perfect Union: A Racial Justice Writing Competition is Chloe Bell, for her paper entitled The Lasting Impact of Housing Discrimination on Industrial Development, Environmental Justice, and Land Use. Read all about Chloe’s impactful article here.

Congratulations also go to Anthony Hao, who was awarded an honorable mention for his paper entitled Litigating Bivens Actions On Behalf of Asylum Seekers In Family Separation Context. Finally, congratulations to Jaylin McClinton for winning the naming contest for the new competition for his submission, A More Perfect Union.

Establishing the writing competition was a commitment from the faculty in its 2020 Antiracism Statement, and is meant to encourage papers that shine a light on issues of racial injustice. Submissions for the 2022 A More Perfect Union writing competition, with a $1,000 prize for the winning submission, will be solicited in January!

Upcoming Conferences:

Please join the Office of Continuing Legal & Professional Education virtually for these upcoming webinars! They are all free to Chicago-Kent students but registration is required. Click links below to register.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 | 5:00 – 6:00 PM

First Wednesday Series – U.S. Secret Service Statutory Obligations and Investigative Scope

This program is eligible for 1.0 hour of general CLE credit, pending approval.

Thursday, December 2 – Friday, December 3, 2021

37th Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference

This program is eligible for up to 7.5 hours of general CLE credit, including 1.0 hour of Mental Illness Awareness credit, pending approval. This event is free to Chicago-Kent students when you enter the discount code CKCLE1 during checkout.

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

If you would like to be more involved in the ABA or make the most out of your free membership, register for an account here and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions! Some benefits of that account include:

• 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

ABA Events

• Pro Bono National Celebration 10/24 – 10/30

  • During the 2021 National Celebration of Pro Bono, October 24-30, 2021, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service encourages programs to sponsor a book club for your members and volunteers and invites all programs to highlight “A Knock at Midnight.” On October 27, 2021 at 4pmET/3pmCT, join us for a complimentary webinar discussion with Brittany K. Barnett, Author of “A Knock at Midnight”. Register Here!

• Law student tax challenge

  • An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, this is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyer’s Form

  • Asks 2 person teams of students to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice

  • Problem Release Date: September 7, 2021, released by 5pm ET

  • Submission Deadline: November 8, 2021, by or before 5pm ET

• Just The Beginning Scholar Prep Program

  • OUR MISSION is to encourage students of color and from other underrepresented groups to pursue career and leadership opportunities in the law.

  • Scholar Prep is a fun and educational virtual program designed to introduce middle and high students to the legal field.

  • Kids learn about different areas of law during a one-hour session which would involve a 45-minute interactive activity and a 10-minute Q&A session.

Black Law Students Association (BLSA):

1L Success Workshop on Friday, 10/29

On Friday, October 29th, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT, join BLSA in partnership with APALSA, First-Gen, HLLSA, MLSA, and Women in Law as we welcome Professor Peter T. Wendel to lead a workshop focused on tips, study strategies, and note-taking methods that are catered towards first-year law students. Pizza will be served!

A Haunting on West Adams Costume Contest! The Black Law Students Association is excited to announce our upcoming costume contest fundraiser: A Haunting on West Adams. The contest is open to the entire Chicago-Kent community from October 25th to 27th. The entry fee is only $10 for a chance to win the $100 first-place prize! We look forward to seeing your spookiest costumes. The official rules are attached to this email.

Child & Family Law Society (CFLS): Child and Family Law Society will be hosting our first General Body Meeting on Tuesday, November 2nd from 12:00-1:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please join us to learn more about CFLS! If you have any questions or want to be added to group updates, please reach out at cfls. The zoom link will be sent out closer to the event date. We hope to see you there!

Corporate Law Society: What is Corporate Law?

Please join Corporate Law Society on Tuesday, October 26, from 4pm – 5pm in room 704 to learn from prominent Chicago-Kent professors on the topic of corporate law, what it means to be a business lawyer, and how the Business Law Certificate at CK can help shape your future career. Great information for 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls will be covered. This will be an awesome opportunity to meet with professors you’ll likely take classes with, and meet other students from CLS!

Insomnia cookies & coffee will be provided!

Keep scrolling to learn about our panelists!

Please RSVP and contribute to the conversation with the professors here.

If you can’t join us in person, join us via Zoom here.

Meeting ID: 874 8371 3606

Passcode: 085928

Criminal Law Society: Women in Crim Law Panel Event! Join the Criminal Law Society and Women in Law Society on Thursday, October 28th at 5 pm for a panel discussion with panelists ranging from a Judge, State’s Attorney, and Public defender. The event will be hybrid — be on the lookout for more information!

ILS Immigration Law Career Panel: ILS will be hosting an Immigration Law Career Panel on October 27 from 6-8pm. The career panel is open to any law students interested in learning about the different areas of immigration law. We encourage anyone to drop by even if you are unsure about whether you want to practice immigration law, this is the perfect opportunity to find out if it’s the right area of law for you!The panel will answer questions from the E-Board and our members. We will have attorneys from employment-based immigration to non-profit work (detailed in the attached flyer). Hope to see you there! The event will be entirely remote to allow all attorneys and students for an engaging experience. Zoom link is provided in the flyer attached!

SBA’s Social Committee:

Halloween Trivia! Take a break from the law and instead test your knowledge of all that goes bump in the night. Join us for virtual halloween trivia Tuesday night at 8 PM….if you dare! The competition will be free, individual, and fully online, hope to see you there!

Join Zoom Meeting: https://kentlaw.zoom.us/j/87026018616?pwd=SHI2QVVlcEJVTDIvU2ZYU0MwQ0RPZz09

Paint & Sip Event! The paint n sip event is officially back November 4th 7-9pm with a Hybrid option to participate either in the Pinot’s Palette studio located at 2768 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL or Virtually in the comfort of your own home on Zoom. For only $5 you get everything you need to paint a Van Gogh masterpiece!

Please click this link to sign up by October 31st:

https://www.pinotspalette.com/logansquare/event/576139

Upcoming Events

OCTOBER 25th-27th: BLSA’s Halloween Costume Contest

OCTOBER 26th: Halloween Trivia

OCTOBER 26th: Diversity Summer Programs Information Session

OCTOBER 26th: “What is Corporate Law?” Panel

OCTOBER 28th: Women in Crim Law Panel Event

OCTOBER 29th: APALSA & BLSA 1L Success Workshop

NOVEMBER 1st & 2nd: ASP “Tackling Exams” Session

NOVEMBER 2nd: Child & Family Law Society General Body Meeting

NOVEMBER 4th: SBA’s Paint n Sip Event

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.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

ASP Session – "Tackling Exams": With finals fast approaching, get ahead of the curve and attend ASP’s upcoming workshop on "Tackling Exams." Join Professor Young, Dean Sowle, and Dean Abhijeet as they unpack law school exams and strategies for effective exam prep. Students may attend either session – whatever session is most convenient for their schedules. The material covered will be the same. ASP workshops are always open to LL.M. students.

• Tackling Exams

  • Evening students: Monday, November 1, 2021, 7:30 – 8:30 pm – via Zoom

  • Day students: Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 pm – in person, Room 590

Career Services:

Diversity Summer Programs Information Session – Tuesday, October 26 at 12:00 pm: Join CSO on October 26 for a run down of diversity summer program opportunities. We will discuss programs such as the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Diversity Summer Internship Program, The Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP), the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 1L Scholars Program, and others. We will also have a panel of students who have participated in or interviewed for these programs in the past to give tips on preparing applications. This is a can’t miss program if you are planning to apply for any of these opportunities.

Events to Remember:

Birthdays & Special Days – October :

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

A Haunting on West Adams Contest Rules and Regulations (1).pdf
Special Law Firm Externship Announcement (1).pdf
Announcement Spring 2022 SLFAP (1).pdf

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October 18, 2021

Announcements

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

Spring 2022 Legal Externship Program Informational Meeting: Professor Gross will conduct an informational meeting on Spring 2022 Legal Externships at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 via Zoom and in Room 580 for those of you who prefer to attend in-person. Please email Suzanne if you have any questions.

Exciting and Prestigious Law Firm Externship Opportunities for Spring 2022

Legal Externship Program: Applications to 4-credit special legal externship opportunities at Hinshaw & Culbertson and Seyfarth Shaw are due on or before Wednesday, October 27, 2021. See announcement for more detailed information on requirements and how to apply.

Now Accepting Applications to the Spring 2022 Semester Law Firm Associate Program (“SLFAP”): Applications to the 6-credit SLFAP opportunities are due on or before Wednesday, October 27, 2021. See announcement for more detailed information on requirements and how to apply to one or all of the 5 participating firms.

C-K Law Group – Spring Semester: Work under the supervision of an attorney to gain practical legal experience in addition to earning law school credit!! Applications for the spring 2022 semester are now available and can be found here: https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/academics/jd-program/practical-skills-training/legal-clinics/legal-clinic-application

Fall Clothing Drive, now through 12/4/2021: Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK), The Chicago-Kent Racial Equity and Advocacy Alliance (REAA), and Women in Law (WIL)—in partnership with the Design Museum of Chicago—are pleased to sponsor a Fall Clothing and Toy Drive to benefit The Women’s Treatment Center (TWTC) in Chicago. TWTC served as the sole substance abuse treatment center in Illinois focused solely on women and specializing in treatment framed and informed by women’s issues. However, the pandemic forced TWTC to shutter its physical space, and many women were displaced. While TWTC has found new arrangements for many of the women and children it serves, these women and their children remain in need of clothing in general—and toys (!) for this upcoming holiday season. PACCK, REAA, and WIL ask you to open your hearts (and your closets!) and donate this fall to support these women and their families as they transition through recovery. The Design Museum will accept donations now through December 4, 2021. You may donate via drop-off, delivery, or mail, directly to:

TWTC

c/o Design Museum of Chicago

72 E. Randolph St.

Chicago, IL 60601

Writing Competition Winners!

The winner of the inaugural A More Perfect Union: A Racial Justice Writing Competition is Chloe Bell, for her paper entitled The Lasting Impact of Housing Discrimination on Industrial Development, Environmental Justice, and Land Use. Read all about Chloe’s impactful article here.

Congratulations also go to Anthony Hao, who was awarded an honorable mention for his paper entitled Litigating Bivens Actions On Behalf of Asylum Seekers In Family Separation Context. Finally, congratulations to Jaylin McClinton for winning the naming contest for the new competition for his submission, A More Perfect Union.

Establishing the writing competition was a commitment from the faculty in its 2020 Antiracism Statement, and is meant to encourage papers that shine a light on issues of racial injustice. Submissions for the 2022 A More Perfect Union writing competition, with a $1,000 prize for the winning submission, will be solicited in January!

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

• Pro Bono National Celebration 10/24 – 10/30

  • During the 2021 National Celebration of Pro Bono, October 24-30, 2021, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service encourages programs to sponsor a book club for your members and volunteers and invites all programs to highlight “A Knock at Midnight.” On October 27, 2021 at 4pmET/3pmCT, join us for a complimentary webinar discussion with Brittany K. Barnett, Author of “A Knock at Midnight”. Register Here!

• Law student tax challenge

  • An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, this is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyer’s Form

  • Asks 2 person teams of students to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice

  • Problem Release Date: September 7, 2021, released by 5pm ET

  • Submission Deadline: November 8, 2021, by or before 5pm ET

• Just The Beginning Scholar Prep Program

  • OUR MISSION is to encourage students of color and from other underrepresented groups to pursue career and leadership opportunities in the law.

  • Scholar Prep is a fun and educational virtual program designed to introduce middle and high students to the legal field.

  • Kids learn about different areas of law during a one-hour session which would involve a 45-minute interactive activity and a 10-minute Q&A session.

APALSA: Join APALSA as we acknowledge World Mental Health Day on October 10th through a panel we are hosting on October 19th via Zoom at 4:30pm. Mental health is already heavily stigmatized, but every culture treats it differently; APALSA would like to address the stress put on the Asian American community to suppress their mental health concerns, thereby invalidating their mental well-being.

The panel will feature DJ Ida, Executive Director of National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association; Ailin Chang, Program Coordinator of Midwest Asian Health Association, Jonas Ginsburg, Clinical Supervisor of Midwest Asian Health Association, and attorneys from McGuireWoods. Each member will speak about how they advocate for mental health, followed by a Q&A with the panelists, so please feel free to submit questions to APALSA regarding anything.

Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Association: The Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Association is excited to announce that our first general body meeting will be on Tuesday, October 19th at 12:00 PM onbira if you have any questions.

Black Law Students Association (BLSA):

1L Success Workshop on Friday, 10/29

On Friday, October 29th, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT, join BLSA in partnership with APALSA, First-Gen, HLLSA, MLSA, and Women in Law as we welcome Professor Peter T. Wendel to lead a workshop focused on tips, study strategies, and note-taking methods that are catered towards first-year law students. Pizza will be served!

Cook County Bar Association: See the flyers below for some upcoming events!

Child & Family Law Society (CFLS): Child and Family Law Society will be hosting our first General Body Meeting on Tuesday, November 2nd from 12:00-1:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please join us to learn more about CFLS! If you have any questions or want to be added to group updates, please reach out at cfls. The zoom link will be sent out closer to the event date. We hope to see you there!

Criminal Law Society: Women in Crim Law Panel Event! Join the Criminal Law Society and Women in Law Society on Thursday, October 28th at 5 pm for a panel discussion with panelists ranging from a Judge, State’s Attorney, and Public defender. The event will be hybrid — be on the lookout for more information!

First Generation Law Student Association: Building Success: A First-Gen and Women in Law Panel, Friday, Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m.: Join the First-Generation Law Student Association and Women in Law for an evening with a panel of successful female attorneys in a broad spectrum of fields. Marlén Cortez Morris is a Labor & Employment litigator and shareholder at Ogletree Deakins; Maria Martinez is Legislative Counsel at the City of Chicago; Amy Peña is in house General Counsel at the Chicago Community Trust; and Laurie Silvestri is the Director of the C-K Upper-Level Legal Writing Program. The panel will focus on career exploration as well as strategies for building firs-gen and female success. Please register for the event here. Join us on zoom by using this link. This is a virtual event.

ILS Immigration Law Career Panel: ILS will be hosting an Immigration Law Career Panel on October 27 from 6-8pm. The career panel is open to any law students interested in learning about the different areas of immigration law. We encourage anyone to drop by even if you are unsure about whether you want to practice immigration law, this is the perfect opportunity to find out if it’s the right area of law for you!The panel will answer questions from the E-Board and our members. We will have attorneys from employment-based immigration to non-profit work (detailed in the attached flyer). Hope to see you there! The event will be entirely remote to allow all attorneys and students for an engaging experience. Zoom link is provided in the flyer attached!

Kent Justice Foundation (KJF): Join Kent Justice Foundation for our second annual Justice Walk! On Saturday, October 23rd, KJF will host an in-person walk-a-thon event at 10 a.m. at Skinner Track in West Loop followed by a happy hour event at Emporium from 1-3 pm. If you would like to participate in the Justice Walk, either virtually through social media or in-person, there is a kjf. There are COVID-19 guidelines that will be required, so please make sure to bring a mask and social distance as much as possible. We hope to see you there!

Land Use and Real Estate Society (LURE): LURE is hosting land use attorney and Mayor of Deerfield, Dan Shapiro, for a webinar on Thursday, October 21st at 5:30 pm. Dan is the owner and founder of Shapiro & Associates Law and has over 30 years of experience, from working in big law to starting his own law firm. Please join us for an engaging discussion by using this link: https://kentlaw.zoom.us/j/87902929930?pwd=U3doWk50OXF2MFovbUR3ZVFSUjhlZz09

Upcoming Events

OCTOBER 19th: BIRA General Body Meeting

OCTOBER 19th: APALSA Mental Health Advocacy Panel

OCTOBER 19th: Mayoral Fellowship Program Information Session

OCTOBER 20th: Spring 2022 Legal Externship Program Informational Meeting

OCTOBER 21st: LURE Webinar with Dan Shapiro of Shapiro & Associates Law

OCTOBER 22nd: Building Success: A First-Gen and Women in Law Panel

OCTOBER 23rd: KJF Justice Walk

OCTOBER 26th: Diversity Summer Programs Information Session

OCTOBER 28th: Women in Crim Law Panel Event

OCTOBER 29th: APALSA & BLSA 1L Success Workshop

NOVEMBER 2nd: Child & Family Law Society General Body Meeting

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.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

Career Services:

2022 City of Chicago Mayoral Fellowship Program Information Session

Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Room: 345

Also viewable live on Zoom (Link)

Interested in municipal law and policy-making? The City of Chicago’s Mayoral Fellowship program is a unique and interdisciplinary paid summer experience that allows students to get a first-hand look at the inner workings of a city government. Join us for an informational session with previous Chicago-Kent Mayoral Fellows:

• Nick Kohler, 2021 Fellow – 2L

• Sylvia Wolak, 2021 Fellow – 3L

• Erin Monforti, 2020 Fellow – 3L

Save the Date! Diversity Summer Programs Information Session – Tuesday, October 26 at 12:00 pm: Join CSO on October 26 for a run down of diversity summer program opportunities. We will discuss programs such as the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Diversity Summer Internship Program, The Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP), the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 1L Scholars Program, and others. We will also have a panel of students who have participated in or interviewed for these programs in the past to give tips on preparing applications. This is a can’t miss program if you are planning to apply for any of these opportunities.

Events to Remember:

Birthdays & Special Days – October :

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

Special Law Firm Externship Announcement (1).pdf
Announcement Spring 2022 SLFAP (1).pdf

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October 11, 2021

Announcements

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

Spring 2022 Legal Externship Program Informational Meeting: Professor Gross will conduct an informational meeting on Spring 2022 Legal Externships at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 via Zoom and in a room for those who prefer to attend in-person TBA (check the Record for a future update on the room). Please email Suzanne if you have any questions.

Fall Clothing Drive, now through 12/4/2021: Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK), The Chicago-Kent Racial Equity and Advocacy Alliance (REAA), and Women in Law (WIL)—in partnership with the Design Museum of Chicago—are pleased to sponsor a Fall Clothing and Toy Drive to benefit The Women’s Treatment Center (TWTC) in Chicago. TWTC served as the sole substance abuse treatment center in Illinois focused solely on women and specializing in treatment framed and informed by women’s issues. However, the pandemic forced TWTC to shutter its physical space, and many women were displaced. While TWTC has found new arrangements for many of the women and children it serves, these women and their children remain in need of clothing in general—and toys (!) for this upcoming holiday season. PACCK, REAA, and WIL ask you to open your hearts (and your closets!) and donate this fall to support these women and their families as they transition through recovery. The Design Museum will accept donations now through December 4, 2021. You may donate via drop-off, delivery, or mail, directly to:

TWTC

c/o Design Museum of Chicago

72 E. Randolph St.

Chicago, IL 60601

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

• Pro Bono National Celebration 10/24 – 10/30

  • During the 2021 National Celebration of Pro Bono, October 24-30, 2021, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service encourages programs to sponsor a book club for your members and volunteers and invites all programs to highlight “A Knock at Midnight.” On October 27, 2021 at 4pmET/3pmCT, join us for a complimentary webinar discussion with Brittany K. Barnett, Author of “A Knock at Midnight”. Register Here!

• Law student tax challenge

  • An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, this is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyer’s Form

  • Asks 2 person teams of students to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice

  • Problem Release Date: September 7, 2021, released by 5pm ET

  • Submission Deadline: November 8, 2021, by or before 5pm ET

• Just The Beginning Scholar Prep Program

  • OUR MISSION is to encourage students of color and from other underrepresented groups to pursue career and leadership opportunities in the law.

  • Scholar Prep is a fun and educational virtual program designed to introduce middle and high students to the legal field.

  • Kids learn about different areas of law during a one-hour session which would involve a 45-minute interactive activity and a 10-minute Q&A session.

APALSA: Join APALSA as we acknowledge World Mental Health Day on October 10th through a panel we are hosting on October 19th via Zoom at 4:30pm. Mental health is already heavily stigmatized, but every culture treats it differently; APALSA would like to address the stress put on the Asian American community to suppress their mental health concerns, thereby invalidating their mental well-being.

The panel will feature DJ Ida, Executive Director of National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association; Ailin Chang, Program Coordinator of Midwest Asian Health Association, Jonas Ginsburg, Clinical Supervisor of Midwest Asian Health Association, and attorneys from McGuireWoods. Each member will speak about how they advocate for mental health, followed by a Q&A with the panelists, so please feel free to submit questions to APALSA regarding anything

Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Association: The Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Association is excited to announce that our first general body meeting will be on Tuesday, October 19th at 12:00 PM in room 704 and on Zoom. Lunch will be provided! This meeting is open to any and all students interested in bankruptcy law issues. The e-board will provide an overview of bankruptcy and restructuring law and discuss our plans for this semester and opportunities for involvement. Please contact bira to receive the Zoom link or for any other questions.

Black Law Students Association (BLSA):

1L Success Workshop on Friday, 10/29

On Friday, October 29th, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT, join BLSA in partnership with APALSA, First-Gen, HLLSA, MLSA, and Women in Law as we welcome Professor Peter T. Wendel to lead a workshop focused on tips, study strategies, and note-taking methods that are catered towards first-year law students. Pizza will be served!

Criminal Law Society: Women in Crim Law Panel Event! Join the Criminal Law Society and Women in Law Society on Thursday, October 28th at 5 pm for a panel discussion with panelists ranging from a Judge, State’s Attorney, and Public defender. The event will be hybrid — be on the lookout for more information!

First Generation Law Student Association: Building Success: A First-Gen and Women in Law Panel, Friday, Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m.: Join the First-Generation Law Student Association and Women in Law for an evening with a panel of successful female attorneys in a broad spectrum of fields. Marlén Cortez Morris is a Labor & Employment litigator and shareholder at Ogletree Deakins; Maria Martinez is Legislative Counsel at the City of Chicago; Amy Peña is in house General Counsel at the Chicago Community Trust; and Laurie Silvestri is the Director of the C-K Upper-Level Legal Writing Program. The panel will focus on career exploration as well as strategies for building firs-gen and female success. Please register for the event here. Join us on zoom by using this link. This is a virtual event, and the flyer is attached.

ILS Immigration Law Career Panel: ILS will be hosting an Immigration Law Career Panel on October 27 from 6-8pm. The career panel is open to any law students interested in learning about the different areas of immigration law. We encourage anyone to drop by even if you are unsure about whether you want to practice immigration law, this is the perfect opportunity to find out if it’s the right area of law for you!The panel will answer questions from the E-Board and our members. We will have attorneys from employment-based immigration to non-profit work (detailed in the attached flyer). Hope to see you there! The event will be entirely remote to allow all attorneys and students for an engaging experience. Zoom link is provided in the flyer attached!

Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK): Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence, Tuesday, October 12 at 6:30 p.m.: Join Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK), First-Generation Law Student Association (First-Gen), and the Labor and Employment Law Society (LELS) for an evening with Ronda Muir, author of Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence. Statistics show that individuals with higher emotional intelligence are happier at work and in their personal lives, experience better success in collaborative settings, and have higher self-regulation, empathy, self-awareness, motivation, and social skills. Ms. Muir will share where lawyers typically stand in these areas and provide ways to assess, develop, and market your emotional intelligence in your lives and careers. Ms. Muir is an attorney with both Big Law and inside counsel experience in the U.S. and overseas, and is one of the country’s leading authorities on the personal attributes of lawyers and the application of behavioral science to the legal workplace. She counsels firms, academics, and global organizations on ways to maximize individual and organizational law practice performance. Assess your emotional intelligence here, and please RSVP here for a link. We will share the Zoom link on Tuesday 10/12 at 5 p.m.

Upcoming Events

OCTOBER 12th: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence

OCTOBER 11th & 12th: ASP Outlining Session

OCTOBER 16th: PILI Program

OCTOBER 19th: BIRA General Body Meeting

OCTOBER 19th: APALSA Mental Health Advocacy Panel

OCTOBER 20th: Spring 2022 Legal Externship Program Informational Meeting

OCTOBER 22nd: Building Success: A First-Gen and Women in Law Panel

OCTOBER 26th: Diversity Summer Programs Information Session

OCTOBER 28th: Women in Crim Law Panel Event

OCTOBER 29th: APALSA & BLSA 1L Success Workshop

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.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

ASP Session – "Outlining Your Courses": What are outlines? Do I really need them? Learn more at the ASP outlining workshop! Professor Young will discuss outlining strategies and techniques. For evening students, the workshop will take place on Monday, 10/11/21 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. For day students, the workshop will take place in person on Tuesday, 10/12/21 at 12 p.m. in Room 510 and for remote day students via Zoom at the same time.

Career Services:

Explore the Possibilities: Public Interest Law – Saturday, October 16 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Save the Date! Diversity Summer Programs Information Session – Tuesday, October 26 at 12:00 pm: Join CSO on October 26 for a run down of diversity summer program opportunities. We will discuss programs such as the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Diversity Summer Internship Program, The Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP), the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 1L Scholars Program, and others. We will also have a panel of students who have participated in or interviewed for these programs in the past to give tips on preparing applications. This is a can’t miss program if you are planning to apply for any of these opportunities.

Events to Remember:

Birthdays & Special Days – October :

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

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October 4, 2021

Announcements

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

Spring 2022 Legal Externship Program Informational Meeting: Professor Gross will conduct an informational meeting on Spring 2022 Legal Externships at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 via Zoom and in a room for those who prefer to attend in-person TBA (check the Record for a future update on the room). Please email Suzanne if you have any questions.

2021 Palmer Civil Liberties Prize Lecture:

• Tuesday, October 5, 2021

• 3:00pm to 4:00pm

• Hybrid – Lecture will be in the auditorium. A zoom link will be sent to registered attendees.

Join Chicago-Kent faculty, students, and alumni for the 2020 Palmer Prize Lecture. In this lecture, Thomas Crocker, winner of the 2020 Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize, will present the ideas in his award-winning book Overcoming Necessity: Emergency, Constraint, and the Meanings of American Constitutionalism (Yale University Press 2020).

The annual $10,000 Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize was established in 2007 by Roy C. Palmer ’62 and Susan Palmer to encourage and reward public debate among scholars on current issues affecting the rights of individuals and the responsibilities of governments throughout the world.

Two autographed copies of Professor Crocker’s prize winning book will be raffled to students that register for the event.

https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/events/2021/2020-palmer-civil-liberties-prize-lecture

Fall Clothing Drive, now through 12/4/2021: Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK), The Chicago-Kent Racial Equity and Advocacy Alliance (REAA), and Women in Law (WIL)—in partnership with the Design Museum of Chicago—are pleased to sponsor a Fall Clothing and Toy Drive to benefit The Women’s Treatment Center (TWTC) in Chicago. TWTC served as the sole substance abuse treatment center in Illinois focused solely on women and specializing in treatment framed and informed by women’s issues. However, the pandemic forced TWTC to shutter its physical space, and many women were displaced. While TWTC has found new arrangements for many of the women and children it serves, these women and their children remain in need of clothing in general—and toys (!) for this upcoming holiday season. PACCK, REAA, and WIL ask you to open your hearts (and your closets!) and donate this fall to support these women and their families as they transition through recovery. The Design Museum will accept donations now through December 4, 2021. You may donate via drop-off, delivery, or mail, directly to:

TWTC

c/o Design Museum of Chicago

72 E. Randolph St.

Chicago, IL 60601

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

• Pro Bono National Celebration 10/24 – 10/30

  • During the 2021 National Celebration of Pro Bono, October 24-30, 2021, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service encourages programs to sponsor a book club for your members and volunteers and invites all programs to highlight “A Knock at Midnight.” On October 27, 2021 at 4pmET/3pmCT, join us for a complimentary webinar discussion with Brittany K. Barnett, Author of “A Knock at Midnight”. Register Here!

• Law student tax challenge

  • An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, this is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyer’s Form

  • Asks 2 person teams of students to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice

  • Problem Release Date: September 7, 2021, released by 5pm ET

  • Submission Deadline: November 8, 2021, by or before 5pm ET

• Just The Beginning Scholar Prep Program

  • OUR MISSION is to encourage students of color and from other underrepresented groups to pursue career and leadership opportunities in the law.

  • Scholar Prep is a fun and educational virtual program designed to introduce middle and high students to the legal field.

  • Kids learn about different areas of law during a one-hour session which would involve a 45-minute interactive activity and a 10-minute Q&A session.

Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Association: The Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Association is excited to announce that our first general body meeting will be on Tuesday, October 19th at 12:00 PM in room 704 and on Zoom. Lunch will be provided! This meeting is open to any and all students interested in bankruptcy law issues. The e-board will provide an overview of bankruptcy and restructuring law and discuss our plans for this semester and opportunities for involvement. Please contact bira to receive the Zoom link or for any other questions.

Black Law Students Association (BLSA):

1L Success Workshop on Friday, 10/29

On Friday, October 29th, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT, join BLSA in partnership with APALSA, First-Gen, HLLSA, MLSA, and Women in Law as we welcome Professor Peter T. Wendel to lead a workshop focused on tips, study strategies, and note-taking methods that are catered towards first-year law students. Pizza will be served!

Chicago Bar Association:

The Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association invites you to attend our Back to School Bash on October 7!

Sponsored by LexisNexis and Themis Bar Review

Join us at Hubbard Inn, 2nd Floor, 110 W. Hubbard Street, from 4-6pm to meet fellow law students from the Chicagoland area, mingle with the Young Lawyers Section officers to find out how CBA membership can help your future career!

Visit tinyurl.com/21StuBash to sign up. The event is FREE for CBA law student members, $20 for non-members. If you are not a member yet, click here to join the CBA for $12!

Pre-registration and proof of COVID-19 vaccination required to attend. Click here to upload a photo of your COVID-19 vaccination card.

Questions? Ask Rana Salem (rsalem), or reach out to Young Lawyers Section Director Lindsay Wunrow at lwunrow. We look forward to seeing you there!

Federalist Society: “Free speech Online, Section 230 and the First Amendment” On Tuesday, October 5th at 1:00pm in Room C35, and online via Zoom (here), join the Federalist Society as we host Ashkhen Kazaryan in a discussion on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which generally provides immunity for website platforms with respect to third-party content. Ms. Kazaryan is a tech policy expert and works at Facebook* as Content Policy Manager, Regulation. She will speak on the history of Section 230, its common misconceptions, and proposals to amend it, as well as content moderation, free speech online, and the global aspects of the Internet. Come to learn about this oft-cited provision and have your questions answered by an expert in the field. All are welcome, and none will be censored! * Ms. Kazaryan will speak in her capacity as an expert: none of her views will represent her employer’s.

Labor & Employment Law Society (LELS):

THE GIG IS UP Film Screening and Q&A Panel

The Institute for Law and the Workplace and the Labor & Employment Law Society are co-hosting a free advance virtual screening of the film THE GIG IS UP, a new documentary releasing in theaters and on-demand on October 8. THE GIG IS UP uncovers the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of people working for companies around the world, including Uber, Amazon, and Deliveroo.

On Thursday, October 7 at 6:30 p.m. Central Time, we will be joining the Labor Law Student Association at George Washington University for a Zoom Q&A with the film’s director and cast.

We will be sharing a link with attendees a few days in advance of the panel to screen the film on their own time and on their own devices. To register to screen the film and attend the Q&A Panel, please sign up here!

You can watch the trailer here: https://thegigisup.ca

Join us for the Labor & Employment Certificate Program Welcome Back Event!

On Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 4:00 p.m., the Institute for Law and the Workplace will be hosting its Labor & Employment Law Certificate Program Welcome Event! The event will include a discussion about the certificate program as well as a moderated panel featuring Chicago-Kent alumni and practicing attorneys.

On-campus students can attend the Zoom meeting in Room 345, where it will be projected on the big screen for group viewing.

The Zoom link can be found on the SBA calendar. We look forward to seeing you there!

Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK): Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence, Tuesday, October 12 at 6:30 p.m.: Join Parents and Caregivers at Chicago-Kent (PACCK), First-Generation Law Student Association (First-Gen), and the Labor and Employment Law Society (LELS) for an evening with Ronda Muir, author of Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence. Statistics show that individuals with higher emotional intelligence are happier at work and in their personal lives, experience better success in collaborative settings, and have higher self-regulation, empathy, self-awareness, motivation, and social skills. Ms. Muir will share where lawyers typically stand in these areas and provide ways to assess, develop, and market your emotional intelligence in your lives and careers. Ms. Muir is an attorney with both Big Law and inside counsel experience in the U.S. and overseas, and is one of the country’s leading authorities on the personal attributes of lawyers and the application of behavioral science to the legal workplace. She counsels firms, academics, and global organizations on ways to maximize individual and organizational law practice performance. Assess your emotional intelligence here, and please RSVP here for a link. We will share the Zoom link on Tuesday 10/12 at 5 p.m.

Student Humanitarian Network: General Body Meeting is Wednesday, October 6th @12:15pm in Room 704.

Upcoming Events

OCTOBER 5th: 2021 Palmer Civil Liberties Prize Lecture

OCTOBER 5th: Labor & Employment Law Certificate Program Welcome Event

OCTOBER 5th: Free speech Online, Section 230 and the First Amendment

OCTOBER 6th: Spring 2022 Judicial Externship Information Session

OCTOBER 6th: Student Humanitarian Network General Body Meeting

OCTOBER 7th: THE GIG IS UP Film Screening and Q&A Panel

OCTOBER 7th: U.S. Air Force JAG Information Session

OCTOBER 12th: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence

OCTOBER 11th & 12th: ASP Outlining Session

OCTOBER 19th: BIRA General Body Meeting

OCTOBER 20th: Spring 2022 Legal Externship Program Informational Meeting

OCTOBER 29th: APALSA & BLSA 1L Success Workshop

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.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

ASP Session – "Outlining Your Courses": What are outlines? Do I really need them? Learn more at the ASP outlining workshop! Professor Young will discuss outlining strategies and techniques. For evening students, the workshop will take place on Monday, 10/11/21 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. For day students, the workshop will take place in person on Tuesday, 10/12/21 at 12 p.m. in Room 510 and for remote day students via Zoom at the same time.

Career Services:

Labor & Employment Law Certificate Program Welcome Back Event

Learn more about Chicago-Kent’s well-known Labor and Employment Law Certificate Program. This event will feature a panel of attorneys working in labor & employment law.

Zoom link: https://kentlaw.zoom.us/j/81843606117?pwd=dFlsb3dLQkYwZFRDZTM2TEcwZHZoUT09

Air Force JAG Information Session

Meet with Major Jonathon Hoover to learn more about legal experiences with Air Force JAG, including opportunities for post-grad commission and a spring 2022 externship.

This event will be located in the Career Services Office

Birthdays & Special Days – October :

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

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BacktoSchoolBash_2021.pdf
Ronda Muir Event.pdf

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September 27, 2021

Announcements

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

Judicial Externship Program – Spring 2022: Professor Gross will be holding an informational session on the Spring 2022 Judicial Externship Program on October 6th at 3 p.m. Application packets will be posted in Symplicity and on the externship home page by September 23rd. If you have any questions, please feel free to Sizane Blaz (in Room 618 or via email/phone) or Professor Gross via email/phone. Professor Gross will be speaking via Zoom, but Room 580 is reserved for students in person.

Chicago-Kent’s Pro Bono Forum: Attention all students! Join us in-person or via zoom for our first annual Chicago-Kent Pro Bono Forum. Learn about opportunities to engage in pro bono and community service here at the law school and in the Chicago legal community! We will have speakers from Chicago-Kent based projects like the Self-Help Resource Center, Center for Constitutional Democracy, and Chicago Property Tax Appeal Project, as well as many community-based projects such as Ascend Justice – Order of Protection Winter Immersion Project; John Howard Association – Prison Response Unit Volunteer; Chicago Volunteer Legal Services – Juvenile Guardianship Project + so much more!

When: Wednesday, September 29th, 3:00pm – 4:15pm

Where: Room 210 or via zoom here

Sponsored by: Chicago-Kent’s Public Interest Resource Center, the Student Bar Association, and the Career Services Office

Banned Book Week Book Donation Drive: The ACLU, ACPLS, and CLS are having a book donation drive to celebrate Banned Books Week! A box will be placed at the Security Desk on the first floor where students and faculty can drop off any books they would like! The books donated do not have to be "banned". Please note that we cannot accept magazines, journals, moldy books, or books that are falling apart.

Event: Banned Books Week Book Donation Drive

Date and Time: September 27 to October 1

Location: Security Desk

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

• Equity Summit: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

  • 9/27-9/30

  • Free for law students

  • Workshops, ted talks, and networking opportunities to educate folks on best practices, concepts, and strategies for addressing DEI gaps in the community

• 2021 National Celebration of Pro Bono Law Student Video Contest

  • The ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is sponsoring a video contest for law students to increase participation in pro bono work and raise awareness of pro bono efforts, programs, and providers. Videos are due October 1, 2021.

  • The contest winner will receive one law student registration (approximate value $250, does not include lodging or travel expenses) to the 2022 Equal Justice Conference in Minneapolis, MN, May 10-14, 2022.

• Pro Bono National Celebration 10/24 – 10/30

  • During the 2021 National Celebration of Pro Bono, October 24-30, 2021, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service encourages programs to sponsor a book club for your members and volunteers and invites all programs to highlight “A Knock at Midnight.” On October 27, 2021 at 4pmET/3pmCT, join us for a complimentary webinar discussion with Brittany K. Barnett, Author of “A Knock at Midnight”. Register Here!

• Law student tax challenge

  • An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, this is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyer’s Form

  • Asks 2 person teams of students to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice

  • Problem Release Date: September 7, 2021, released by 5pm ET

  • Submission Deadline: November 8, 2021, by or before 5pm ET

• Just The Beginning Scholar Prep Program

  • OUR MISSION is to encourage students of color and from other underrepresented groups to pursue career and leadership opportunities in the law.

  • Scholar Prep is a fun and educational virtual program designed to introduce middle and high students to the legal field.

  • Kids learn about different areas of law during a one-hour session which would involve a 45-minute interactive activity and a 10-minute Q&A session.

American Constitution Society (ACS): ACS will host their first general body meeting of the semester this Friday, October 1st at 12 p.m. (noon) CDT or via Zoom at the link below. They look forward to seeing general body members there as they acquaint you with the organization and promote fellowship amongst their members!

Supreme Court Term Preview on Tuesday, 9/28 at 1 p.m. CDT

Tomorrow, Tuesday, 9/28, at 1 p.m. CDT in Room 704 or via Zoom here, join the American Constitution Society (ACS) in collaboration with the Federalist Society as they host a panel discussion about the upcoming Supreme Court docket and term. Panelists include our very own Professors Carolyn Shapiro and Christopher Schmidt in addition to Misha Tseytlin, a representative for FedSoc, and Professor Darrell Miller, a representative from ACS.

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA): The deadline has been extended for the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition and applications will be due by September 30th at 5pm. The registration deadline to sign up for our teams is October 1st, so we need to review your applications and choose our teams ASAP! The problems will not be released until AFTER the teams have signed up. We’re trying to sign up as TBD so we can hopefully have the briefs assigned to us prior to choosing the teams, but I would recommend submitting an application anyway if interested.

As a reminder, please email your resume and writing sample (preferably an appellate brief) to Jennifer Lind, President of APALSA, at APALSA, and to Professor Cherish Keller at ckeller.

Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Association: The Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Association is excited to announce that our first general body meeting will be on Tuesday, October 19th at 12:00 PM in room 704 and on Zoom. Lunch will be provided! This meeting is open to any and all students interested in bankruptcy law issues. The e-board will provide an overview of bankruptcy and restructuring law and discuss our plans for this semester and opportunities for involvement. Please contact bira to receive the Zoom link or for any other questions.

Black Law Students Association (BLSA):

BLSA at the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, 9/28

Tomorrow, Tuesday, 9/28, at 7:10 p.m. CDT join BLSA for their final night out at a Chicago White Sox baseball game! The Chicago White Sox will play against the Cincinnati Reds at Guaranteed Rate Field, which is located at 333 West 35th Street Chicago, Illinois 60616. Interested law students can sign-up for a ticketblsa.

BLSA Joint Bonfire with the UIC School of Law on Friday, 10/1

This Friday, October 1st, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. CDT join our BLSA for a joint bonfire in partnership with the UIC School of Law’s BLSA at Promontory Point located at 5491 South Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60615 in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

BLSA Out of Darkness Walk on Saturday, 10/2

This Saturday, October 2nd, 2021, join BLSA for the Out of Darkness Chicagoland Walk. BLSA participates each year to promote suicide prevention in honor of the late Nick Johnson, one of our members, from the Class of 2021. This walk will celebrate Nick’s life and bring us all together for the common goal of fighting suicide. You can sign-up to join or make a donation to our teamlanderson3) with any questions.

1L Success Workshop on Friday, 10/29

On Friday, October 29th, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT, join BLSA in partnership with APALSA, First-Gen, HLLSA, MLSA, and Women in Law as we welcome Professor Peter T. Wendel to lead a workshop focused on tips, study strategies, and note-taking methods that are catered towards first-year law students. Pizza will be served!

Chicago-Kent Law Review: Join the Chicago-Kent Law Review for an afternoon examining the Administrative Procedures Act. Keynote guest Doug Letter, General Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, will discuss the role of the APA in congressional litigation against the Trump administration. The afternoon will feature presentations discussing the conception of law and policy under the Act, comparing the benefits of evolutionary interpretation against originalism, offering critical examination into ratemaking and rulemaking hearings, and exploring the role of the APA in the advancement of civil rights. Register here.

Corporate Law Society (CLS): *Rescheduled* Please join CLS on Friday, October 1, from 1-2:30pm next door at Taco Lulu (601 W Adams St.) for our General Body Meeting! There will be food and drink deals just for us. To join us, please RSVP here! Please note this event is open to any and all CK students, so bring your friends! If your friends are not yet in CLS, but want to be, they can sign up using this form.

Environmental Law Society (ELS): The Environmental Law Society invites you to join us for our first general body meeting on September 28 on Tuesday, September 28th at 12:00 PM. We will still be meeting both in-person (Room 270) and on Zoom (register here). This meeting is open to any and all students at Chicago-Kent interested in environmental law issues, so please tell your friends!! We will get to hear from Prof. Keith Harley on the Environmental and Energy Law Certificate Program, discuss 1L and upper-level involvement opportunities for both ELS and the Journal of Environmental and Energy Law (JEEL), and will discuss our upcoming ELS events.

Additionally, if you’re interested in becoming a 1L Class Representative, please attend the meeting, or follow the link on the flyer for more information. We look forward to meeting everyone!

Health Law Society: Join the Health Law Society general body meeting on Zoom this Wednesday, September 29 at 5:30 PM where we’ll discuss our goals and plans for the fall semester. Email healthlawsociety with any questions. See you there!

https://kentlaw.zoom.us/j/83665836142?pwd=K21aTmpHWnFick5ieTkrYzMydXRPQT09

Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS): Event: What is IP? Tuesday, September 28th at 12:30pm in Room C50. Join IPLS on Tuesday, September 28th for an introduction to Intellectual Property law with Professor Gregory Reilly. The lecture will focus on the three main categories of IP law: patents, copyrights, and trademarks. This is a great primer for anyone interested in IP!

Labor and Employment Law Society (LELS): Labor and Employment Law Society Logo Contest!

Whether you are super creative or just want a fun non-law-school detour, LELS is looking for a new logo! Designs must be submitted to lels by Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Board members will vote on the designs, with Professor Aleisa stepping in as our tiebreaker. The winning design will be announced on Friday, October 1, 2021, and the winner will receive a $15 gift card to their choice of Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.

Racial Equity and Advocacy Alliance (REAA): Please join us for the Racial Equity and Advocacy Alliance’s first general body meeting on September 28th at 1 PM in Room 580!

You can also attend the meeting using the below Zoom meeting information:

Meeting ID: 844 7897 9393

Passcode: 373461

See you there!

Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBER 27th – 30th: ABA Equity Summit

SEPTEMBER 28th: ELS General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 28th: Supreme Court Term Preview

SEPTEMBER 28th: What is IP? Event

SEPTEMBER 28th: REAA General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 29th: Health Law Society General Body Meeting

OCTOBER 1st: ACS General Body Meeting

OCTOBER 1st: Law Review Virtual Symposium: 75th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act

OCTOBER 1st: BLSA Joint Bonfire with the UIC School of Law

OCTOBER 1st: CLS General Body Meeting

OCTOBER 2nd: BLSA AFSP Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk

OCTOBER 6th: Spring 2022 Judicial Externship Information Session

OCTOBER 11th & 12th: ASP Outlining Session

OCTOBER 29th: APALSA & BLSA 1L Success Workshop

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

Future Deadlines

OCTOBER 1st: Deadline to apply for The 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition.

• Cash Prizes

• Free to Apply

Resources

From Admissions: Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates! Would you like to make an impact on recruiting next year’s class? Joining the Chicago-Kent Advocates is a great opportunity! The Office of Admissions is looking for enthusiastic students to join the Chicago-Kent Advocates program. This is a student group created to promote Chicago-Kent to prospective students. Your experience with the law school admissions process and insight as a law student is invaluable.

If you are interested in learning more about becoming an Advocate, you can join us on Tuesday, September 21 at 12:30-1:30 p.m. in room 210 or on Tuesday, September 28th at 12:30-1:30 p.m. in room 210.

You can also email us at admissions to learn more about what it entails.

We hope you will be able to join us!

Writing Competitions: Interested in submitting a paper to a competition? The law library has created a guide to student legal writing competitions. For more information, please see the library blog post about the guide.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

ASP Session – "Outlining Your Courses": What are outlines? Do I really need them? Learn more at the ASP outlining workshop! Professor Young will discuss outlining strategies and techniques. For evening students, the workshop will take place on Monday, 10/11/21 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. For day students, the workshop will take place in person on Tuesday, 10/12/21 at 12 p.m. in Room 510 and for remote day students via Zoom at the same time.

From the Library: Illinois Women’s Bar Foundation (“WBF”) Scholarship Application Solicitation

All nominations, applications, and supporting documents are due by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021. Each applicant must submit the following: (1) law school transcript; (2) resume; (3) letter of recommendation (from you or another faculty-member or administrator); and (4) a completed 2021 Scholarship Application (attached). Applicants should email their applications and supporting documentation directly to wbfscholarship. Recommenders may submit their letters directly to the Foundation at wbfscholarship or may provide their letters to the scholarship applicant for submission.

Once we receive the applications from each school, the WBF Board will choose at least two applicants to interview from each Illinois law school. Interviews will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2021 via Zoom. Applicants must be available for an interview to be eligible for a scholarship. We will inform the applicants of whether they have been selected for an interview and of the precise time and location of the interview no later than Monday, October 11, 2021. We anticipate that we will award at least one scholarship to a student from each Illinois law school.

If you have any questions about the application, scholarship criteria, or selection process, please feel free to contact Amy O’Conner at amy.oconner or by phone at 586-242-0968. We look forward to meeting this year’s outstanding applicants from Kent!

Birthdays & Special Days – September :

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

CLS General Body Mtg (Online Version) (1).pdf

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September 20, 2021

Announcements

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

How to stay connected at Chicago-Kent: Here are a few things we recommend you do NOW to stay connected throughout the year:

1. Add the SBA Calendar to your Google Calendar by following these instructions.

2. Attend the student organization fair tomorrow, Tuesday, August 31st.

3. Read the SBA Newsletter, which will be sent to your email every Monday morning.

4. Follow the SBA Instagram account: @sbachicagokentlaw.

5. Subscribe to receive notifications from the SBA Event Calendar. Instructions are here.

6. Reach out to SBA at any time with any questions.

The Dean’s Forum: Please join Dean Krug and Assistant Deans Sowle and Abhijeet to tell them what you believe they need to know, and let them know what information you need from them. The three deans will hold an open meeting for all students on Tuesday, September 21 at 1:00 pm, in the Auditorium and on Zoom. Submit questions in advance using this form.

Judicial Externship Program – Spring 2022: Professor Gross will be holding an informational session on the Spring 2022 Judicial Externship Program on October 6th at 3 p.m. Application packets will be posted in Symplicity and on the externship home page by September 23rd. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (in Room 618 or via email/phone) or Professor Gross via email/phone.

Chicago-Kent’s Pro Bono Forum: Attention all students! Join us in-person or via zoom for our first annual Chicago-Kent Pro Bono Forum. Learn about opportunities to engage in pro bono and community service here at the law school and in the Chicago legal community! We will have speakers from Chicago-Kent based projects like the Self-Help Resource Center, Center for Constitutional Democracy, and Chicago Property Tax Appeal Project, as well as many community-based projects such as Ascend Justice – Order of Protection Winter Immersion Project; John Howard Association – Prison Response Unit Volunteer; Chicago Volunteer Legal Services – Juvenile Guardianship Project + so much more!

When: Wednesday, September 29th, 3:00pm – 4:15pm

Where: Room 210 or via zoom here

Sponsored by: Chicago-Kent’s Public Interest Resource Center, the Student Bar Association, and the Career Services Office

Banned Book Week Book Donation Drive: The ACLU, ACPLS, and CLS are having a book donation drive to celebrate Banned Books Week! A box will be placed at the Security Desk on the first floor where students and faculty can drop off any books they would like! The books donated do not have to be "banned". Please note that we cannot accept magazines, journals, moldy books, or books that are falling apart.

Event: Banned Books Week Book Donation Drive

Date and Time: September 27 to October 1

Location: Security Desk

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

• Law School Outlining Webinar

  • Free/Virtual

  • 9/23 @ 1pm

• Equity Summit: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

  • 9/27-9/30

  • Free for law students

  • Workshops, ted talks, and networking opportunities to educate folks on best practices, concepts, and strategies for addressing DEI gaps in the community

BLSA: Our first general body meeting will take place on Friday, September 24th, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. CDT. Join us in person in Rm. 704 or virtually on Zoom.

Join BLSA for the AFSP’s Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk Saturday, October 2nd. This walk and message have always been important, but BLSA participates in the Out of Darkness Walk each year to promote suicide prevention in honor of the late Nick Johnson from the Class of 2021. This walk will celebrate his life and bring us all together to fight suicide.

You can sign up to join or donate to our team via the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention website. Please note that donations can only be made to individual team members, but the donations go towards our overall team goal. Online registration closes on Friday, October 1, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.

In addition to the in-person walk, there is a virtual option. If you want to participate virtually, there will be an app with an hour-long program so you can walk in your community. Feel free to share your walk on social media, then tag #TogetherToFightSuicide and #CKBLSA.

If you choose to participate in person, the walk will take place on Saturday, October 2nd from 9am-1pm. We will all meet at Montrose Harbor. Everyone must abide by the COVID-19 guidelines, so please bring a mask and social distance as much as you can.

If you have any questions, please email Lorianna Anderson at landerson3. Thank you!

Chicago-Kent Law Review: Join the Chicago-Kent Law Review for an afternoon examining the Administrative Procedures Act. Keynote guest Doug Letter, General Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, will discuss the role of the APA in congressional litigation against the Trump administration. The afternoon will feature presentations discussing the conception of law and policy under the Act, comparing the benefits of evolutionary interpretation against originalism, offering critical examination into ratemaking and rulemaking hearings, and exploring the role of the APA in the advancement of civil rights. Register here.

Corporate Law Society (CLS): Please join CLS on Friday, September 24, from 1-2:30pm next door at Taco Lulu (601 W Adams St.) for our General Body Meeting! There will be food and drink deals just for us. To join us, please RSVP here! Please note this event is open to any and all CK students, so bring your friends! If your friends are not yet in CLS, but want to be, they can sign up using this form.

Criminal Law Society: Join Criminal Law Society on Tuesday, September 21st from 12:30-1:30 PM for its General Body Meeting. Room 704, and Zoom here.

Environmental Law Society (ELS): The Environmental Law Society invites you to join us for our first general body meeting on September 28 on Tuesday, September 28th at 12:00 PM. We will still be meeting both in-person (Room 270) and on Zoom (register here). This meeting is open to any and all students at Chicago-Kent interested in environmental law issues, so please tell your friends!! We will get to hear from Prof. Keith Harley on the Environmental and Energy Law Certificate Program, discuss 1L and upper-level involvement opportunities for both ELS and the Journal of Environmental and Energy Law (JEEL), and will discuss our upcoming ELS events.

Additionally, if you’re interested in becoming a 1L Class Representative, please attend the meeting, or follow the link on the flyer for more information. We look forward to meeting everyone!

Federalist Society: Informational Meeting, Tuesday September 21, 12:00pm, Room 580. D’Amato’s subs will be served for lunch as we briefly review the organization, upcoming events, and opportunities to participate on the Board. Our guest speaker will be Andrew Willis, class of ’19 and previous C-K Federalist Society President, who will speak on his post-graduate career. Andrew is currently an associate attorney at Mauck & Baker, LLC, handling transactional issues for non-profits, religious institutions, businesses, and individuals in the Chicago area.

Immigration Law Society (ILS): Immigration Law Society will be having their first general body meeting Tuesday, September 21st at 12:00pm. You can attend in person or via zoom! Details about room number and zoom information will be sent out soon, so be on the lookout for that email. Lunch will be provided for those attending in-person, as well!

Kent Justice Foundation (KJF): Learn more about Kent Justice Foundation at our General Body Meeting at noon on Wednesday, September 22. Join us kjf to be added to our mailing list!

Labor and Employment Law Society (LELS): The Labor and Employment Law Society is looking for Class Representatives! LELS has two open positions for each 1L section (including evening division), and 1 each for 2L, 3L, and 4L classes (daytime and evening students are welcome to run!). Please submit a brief (one paragraph) statement of interest to lels, introducing yourself and explaining why you want to be a class representative, by Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. If you have any questions, please let us know!

Labor and Employment Law Society Logo Contest!

Whether you are super creative or just want a fun non-law-school detour, LELS is looking for a new logo! Designs must be submitted to lels by Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Board members will vote on the designs, with Professor Aleisa stepping in as our tiebreaker. The winning design will be announced on Friday, October 1, 2021, and the winner will receive a $15 gift card to their choice of Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.

Muslim Law Student Association (MLSA): Salaam! MLSA will hold its first General Body Meeting of the year on Tuesday, September 21st at 12pm in room 590. Please RSVP via this google form. For anyone who would prefer to join us online, please let us know and we will provide you with a zoom link. Join us to meet our exec board, hear about some events we have planned for the semester, and to get any general law school questions answered. We hope to see you there!

National Lawyers Guild: The NLG will hold this year’s first General Body Meeting on Tuesday, September 21st at 12 PM in room 165. Anyone who prefers to be online can join us via zoom with this link. We will do introductions to the NLG and our board, discuss upcoming events, and will give time to answer any questions you may have. Please email us (NLG@kentlaw.iit.edu) with any questions or concerns. We are excited to see you there!

National Security Law Society: The National Security Law Society (“NSLS”) is inviting all students with an interest—or even curiosity—in the most consequential issues facing America today. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a non-partisan group that explores and raises awareness about the legal issues in vital sectors like data privacy, the international community, the military, space exploration, and the intelligence community, to name a few. The NSLS works closely with the Center for National Security and Human Rights, which puts on conferences that regularly attract some of the world’s preeminent national security practitioners and scholars. Additionally, we are a relatively new group on campus, so this is your chance to get in, make an impact, make connections, and set yourself apart from others.

The NSLS seeks to foster its members’ professional careers and leadership capabilities. We give our members intellectual and creative freedom, by encouraging members to research, and then write about a diverse range of national security issues. Students’ writings will be published on our blog, which demonstrates your abilities, interest, and knowledge to prospective employers. You will get to network with our counterparts in other law schools in the Chicago community. Additionally, you will have access to speakers, current, and retired members of the broader national security community, who are eager to assist our members’ personal and career growth.

Roman Law Society: The Roman Law Society’s focus is to develop a deeper understanding on the origins of our legal system, founded in Ancient Rome. Roman Law, along with the Roman system of government, was essential to the foundation of the United States Congress and the justice system used to this day. The Society’s purpose is to explore and share this knowledge about the ancient legal system outside of a classroom setting; to use the organization as a platform to learn from the past and understand what it can tell us about the present state of our legal system and where it may be heading. Overall, this society’s intent is to promote the principles of democratic society, a Republic governed by the will of the people.Those who are interested in joining the club or have question should reach out to either Daniel Gomez (dgomez11) or Jon Walz (jwalz). Alternatively, our faculty-sponsored advisor, Alexandra Franco (afranco2) can also answer any questions that you may have.

Society of Women in Law: The Society of Women in Law and the American Constitution Society invite all students to join their organizations for an engaging Reproductive Rights Panel event on Tuesday, September 21 at 3:00 PM. Speakers, Professor Carolyn Shapiro and Jennifer Welch, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, will share their insight into the legal underpinnings of reproductive rights in American law, as well as the impact recent restrictive legislation has had on a person’s right to determine their reproductive future. This event will be held in Room 270 at the Conviser Law Center, with a concurrent Zoom meeting for students who cannot attend in person.

Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBER 21st: ILS General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 21st: MLSA General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 21st: Reproductive Rights Panel

SEPTEMBER 21st: National Lawyers Guild General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 21st: Federalist Society General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 21st: Criminal Law Society General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 22nd: KJF General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 23rd: ABA Outlining Webinar

SEPTEMBER 24th: Corporate Law Society General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 24th: BLSA General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 27th – 30th: ABA Equity Summit

SEPTEMBER 28th: ELS General Body Meeting

OCTOBER 1st: Law Review Virtual Symposium: 75th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act

OCTOBER 2nd: BLSA AFSP Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk

OCTOBER 6th: Spring 2022 Judicial Externship Information Session

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

Future Deadlines

OCTOBER 1st: Deadline to apply for The 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition.

• Cash Prizes

• Free to Apply

Resources

From Admissions: Join the Chicago-Kent Advocates! Would you like to make an impact on recruiting next year’s class? Joining the Chicago-Kent Advocates is a great opportunity! The Office of Admissions is looking for enthusiastic students to join the Chicago-Kent Advocates program. This is a student group created to promote Chicago-Kent to prospective students. Your experience with the law school admissions process and insight as a law student is invaluable.

If you are interested in learning more about becoming an Advocate, you can join us on Tuesday, September 21 at 12:30-1:30 p.m. in room 210 or on Tuesday, September 28th at 12:30-1:30 p.m. in room 210.

You can also email us at admissions to learn more about what it entails.

We hope you will be able to join us!

Writing Competitions: Interested in submitting a paper to a competition? The law library has created a guide to student legal writing competitions. For more information, please see the library blog post about the guide.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

From the Library: Illinois Women’s Bar Foundation (“WBF”) Scholarship Application Solicitation

All nominations, applications, and supporting documents are due by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021. Each applicant must submit the following: (1) law school transcript; (2) resume; (3) letter of recommendation (from you or another faculty-member or administrator); and (4) a completed 2021 Scholarship Application (attached). Applicants should email their applications and supporting documentation directly to wbfscholarship. Recommenders may submit their letters directly to the Foundation at wbfscholarship or may provide their letters to the scholarship applicant for submission.

Once we receive the applications from each school, the WBF Board will choose at least two applicants to interview from each Illinois law school. Interviews will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2021 via Zoom. Applicants must be available for an interview to be eligible for a scholarship. We will inform the applicants of whether they have been selected for an interview and of the precise time and location of the interview no later than Monday, October 11, 2021. We anticipate that we will award at least one scholarship to a student from each Illinois law school.

If you have any questions about the application, scholarship criteria, or selection process, please feel free to contact Amy O’Conner at amy.oconner or by phone at 586-242-0968. We look forward to meeting this year’s outstanding applicants from Kent!

From Career Services: Welcome back, students! A number of employers have elected to conduct their formal recruiting efforts later in the fall. Their opportunities will be posted in the OCI section of Symplicity and each employer will have a recruiting session labeled by the employer’s name. Currently, there are several new recruiting opportunities that have been posted this week. Some additional opportunities will be added moving forward over the next several months.

Birthdays & Special Days – September :

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

ELS Class Rep (1).pdf
CLS General Body Mtg (Online Version) .pdf
ELS Gen Body F2021 (1).pdf
General body Meeting.pdf
Reproductive Rights Panel (2).pdf
FedSoc Informational Meeting-3.pdf

2021 WBF Letter to Dean A. Krug Re Scholarship Applications [Kent].pdf
Banned Books Week.pdf
PIRC CK Pro Bono Forum 9.29.21.pdf
LURE Call Meeting.pdf

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September 13, 2021

Please be reminded that there are no classes after 4 PM on Wednesday, September 15th and all day on Thursday, September 16th due to the Yom Kippur holiday.

Announcements

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

How to stay connected at Chicago-Kent: Here are a few things we recommend you do NOW to stay connected throughout the year:

1. Add the SBA Calendar to your Google Calendar by following these instructions.

2. Attend the student organization fair tomorrow, Tuesday, August 31st.

3. Read the SBA Newsletter, which will be sent to your email every Monday morning.

4. Follow the SBA Instagram account: @sbachicagokentlaw.

5. Subscribe to receive notifications from the SBA Event Calendar. Instructions are here.

6. Reach out to SBA at any time with any questions.

Judicial Externship Program – Spring 2022: Professor Gross will be holding an informational session on the Spring 2022 Judicial Externship Program on October 6th at 3 p.m. Application packets will be posted in Symplicity and on the externship home page by September 23rd. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (in Room 618 or via email/phone) or Professor Gross via email/phone.

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

• Law School Outlining Webinar

  • Free/Virtual

  • 9/23 @ 1pm

• Equity Summit: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

  • 9/27-9/30

  • Free for law students

  • Workshops, ted talks, and networking opportunities to educate folks on best practices, concepts, and strategies for addressing DEI gaps in the community

BLSA: Join BLSA for the AFSP’s Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk Saturday, October 2nd. This walk and message have always been important, but BLSA participates in the Out of Darkness Walk each year to promote suicide prevention in honor of the late Nick Johnson from the Class of 2021. This walk will celebrate his life and bring us all together to fight suicide.

You can sign up to join or donate to our team via the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention website. Please note that donations can only be made to individual team members, but the donations go towards our overall team goal. Online registration closes on Friday, October 1, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.

In addition to the in-person walk, there is a virtual option. If you want to participate virtually, there will be an app with an hour-long program so you can walk in your community. Feel free to share your walk on social media, then tag #TogetherToFightSuicide and #CKBLSA.

If you choose to participate in person, the walk will take place on Saturday, October 2nd from 9am-1pm. We will all meet at Montrose Harbor. Everyone must abide by the COVID-19 guidelines, so please bring a mask and social distance as much as you can.

If you have any questions, please email Lorianna Anderson at landerson3. Thank you!

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA): Learn more about APALSA at our first General Body Meeting of the year. Meet in Room 520 on September 14th at 12:30 PM. We will be providing food from Chiu Quon Bakery.

Chicago-Kent Law Review: The Law Review and Professor Harold Krent would like to invite all students to join us during our virtual symposium on October 1, 2021 beginning at 12:15 PM CST. This year’s topic is the 75th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act and will contain exciting panels from various legal scholars and professionals. Please keep an eye out for a sign up form and corresponding Zoom link!

Corporate Law Society (CLS): If you’re interested in being a 1L Representative for CLS, please fill out this form by noon on Friday, September 17. 1L Representatives will join the CLS Executive Board and are responsible for relaying important org information to their respective sections as well as assisting the executive board in content and event creation. We are looking for two reps per section! In addition, please keep an eye out for more information regarding Corporate Law Society’s Meet the Board event which is scheduled for Friday, September 24, from 1pm-2:30pm. We are planning on meeting at a local restaurant for some great food and drinks, and are so excited to meet you (tell your friends + mark your calendars)! This year, we want to provide CLS members with a variety of events. From panels with professors and current corporate firm-bound students, to fundraising events and resume review sessions, we’ve got some great ideas. Stay tuned!

First-Generation Law Student Association: First-Gen will hold this year’s first General Body Meeting on Tuesday September 14th at 1:30 PM in room 700. Anyone who prefers to be online can join us via zoom with this link. We will be providing numerous First-Gen resources and giving a short presentation of very helpful information (especially for the 1Ls). We also will give time to answer any questions you may have. Please email us (firstgen@kentlaw.iit.edu) with any questions or concerns. We are excited to see you there!

Immigration Law Society (ILS): Immigration Law Society will be having their first general body meeting Tuesday, September 21st at 12:00pm. You can attend in person or via zoom! Details about room number and zoom information will be sent out soon, so be on the lookout for that email. Lunch will be provided for those attending in-person, as well!

Muslim Law Student Association (MLSA): Salaam! MLSA will hold its first General Body Meeting of the year on Tuesday, September 21st at 12pm in room 590. Please RSVP via this google form. For anyone who would prefer to join us online, please let us know and we will provide you with a zoom link. Join us to meet our exec board, hear about some events we have planned for the semester, and to get any general law school questions answered. We hope to see you there!

National Security Law Society: The National Security Law Society (“NSLS”) is inviting all students with an interest—or even curiosity—in the most consequential issues facing America today. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a non-partisan group that explores and raises awareness about the legal issues in vital sectors like data privacy, the international community, the military, space exploration, and the intelligence community, to name a few. The NSLS works closely with the Center for National Security and Human Rights, which puts on conferences that regularly attract some of the world’s preeminent national security practitioners and scholars. Additionally, we are a relatively new group on campus, so this is your chance to get in, make an impact, make connections, and set yourself apart from others.

The NSLS seeks to foster its members’ professional careers and leadership capabilities. We give our members intellectual and creative freedom, by encouraging members to research, and then write about a diverse range of national security issues. Students’ writings will be published on our blog, which demonstrates your abilities, interest, and knowledge to prospective employers. You will get to network with our counterparts in other law schools in the Chicago community. Additionally, you will have access to speakers, current, and retired members of the broader national security community, who are eager to assist our members’ personal and career growth.

Roman Law Society: The Roman Law Society’s focus is to develop a deeper understanding on the origins of our legal system, founded in Ancient Rome. Roman Law, along with the Roman system of government, was essential to the foundation of the United States Congress and the justice system used to this day. The Society’s purpose is to explore and share this knowledge about the ancient legal system outside of a classroom setting; to use the organization as a platform to learn from the past and understand what it can tell us about the present state of our legal system and where it may be heading. Overall, this society’s intent is to promote the principles of democratic society, a Republic governed by the will of the people.Those who are interested in joining the club or have question should reach out to either Daniel Gomez (dgomez11) or Jon Walz (jwalz). Alternatively, our faculty-sponsored advisor, Alexandra Franco (afranco2) can also answer any questions that you may have.

Society of Women in Law: Please join the Society of Women in Law for its first General Body Meeting of the 2021–2022 academic year TODAY, September 13, at 12:00 PM! We will be hosting this meeting via Zoom only, and we invite you to join us by clicking this link. If you are unable to attend, don’t worry! We will send an email to provide a recap to everyone on the Women in Law listserv, and will put the meeting recording in the shared folder for the Society of Women in Law. Have a wonderful week!

Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBER 13th:Society of Women in Law General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 14th:APALSA General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 14th: First-Generation Law Student General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 21st: ILS General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 21st: MLSA General Body Meeting

SEPTEMBER 23rd: ABA Outlining Webinar

SEPTEMBER 27th – 30th: ABA Equity Summit

OCTOBER 1st: Law Review Virtual Symposium: 75th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act

OCTOBER 2nd: BLSA AFSP Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk

OCTOBER 6th: Spring 2022 Judicial Externship Information Session

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

Future Deadlines

OCTOBER 1st: Deadline to apply for The 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition.

• Cash Prizes

• Free to Apply

Resources

Writing Competitions: Interested in submitting a paper to a competition? The law library has created a guide to student legal writing competitions. For more information, please see the library blog post about the guide.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

From the Library: Welcome from the Law Library – Your Allies for Success!

The Library staff is looking forward to working with you as you begin your fall 2021 semester as a 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, LLM, or JSD student. Are you working on a seminar paper, looking for a form, or writing a journal article?

The librarians can train you to develop research strategies using the over 100 databases available to you as a Chicago-Kent student. The library staff at our service desk can help you reserve a study room or assist you in checking out resources.

For tips on succeeding in law school and electronic study aids for your classes, check out West Academic Study Aids (WASA). Use the Create An Account link and register with your Chicago-Kent Law email. You can access these at any time – and add your own notes and highlights.

For 1L and LLM students: If you haven’t already set up your Westlaw and Lexis accounts, please check your email for a message from Mandy Lee. It was sent on August 16, 2021, and contains information on setting up your Westlaw, Lexis, West Academic Study Aids, and more library database accounts.

We look forward to seeing you in many classes helping you develop legal research skills and technical competence to prepare you for the legal marketplace.

Visit us in the library or contact refreq with your questions. Have a great year!

From Career Services: Welcome back, students! A number of employers have elected to conduct their formal recruiting efforts later in the fall. Their opportunities will be posted in the OCI section of Symplicity and each employer will have a recruiting session labeled by the employer’s name. Currently, there are several new recruiting opportunities that have been posted this week. Some additional opportunities will be added moving forward over the next several months.

Birthdays & Special Days – September :

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

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September 6, 2021

Please be reminded that there are no classes today, September 6th or tomorrow, September 7th due to the Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah holidays.

Announcements

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Add/Drop Period: The add/drop period for Fall 2021 ends on Wednesday, September 8, at 9:00pm. You may add an open course without special permission until the end of the first week of classes. During the second week, however, you may add an open course only with permission of the instructor. You may not add a course after Wednesday, September 8, at 9:00pm.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

Lockers: Returning students, if you forgot your locker number and combination, please email jabhijeet for that information. Thank you!

How to stay connected at Chicago-Kent: Here are a few things we recommend you do NOW to stay connected throughout the year:

1. Add the SBA Calendar to your Google Calendar by following these instructions.

2. Attend the student organization fair tomorrow, Tuesday, August 31st.

3. Read the SBA Newsletter, which will be sent to your email every Monday morning.

4. Follow the SBA Instagram account: @sbachicagokentlaw.

5. Subscribe to receive notifications from the SBA Event Calendar. Instructions are here.

6. Reach out to SBA at any time with any questions.

Student Organizations

American Bar Association (ABA):

• The ABA Section of Intellectual Property will be hosting a virtual networking event for students at Midwestern law schools on Wednesday, September 8th at 11am CT on Zoom. Link to the event registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interested-in-intellectual-property-law-come-network-with-us-tickets-166186112135. This is a great opportunity to hear from experienced IP attorneys and get your questions answered!

• Law School Outlining Webinar

  • Free/Virtual

  • 9/23 @ 1pm

• Equity Summit: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

  • 9/27-9/30

  • Free for law students

  • Workshops, ted talks, and networking opportunities to educate folks on best practices, concepts, and strategies for addressing DEI gaps in the community

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA): APALSA Day Out! Join APALSA for our first event of the semester! Get to know the APALSA community in an off-campus setting at Joy Yee (1335 S Halsted St). We are meeting at Joy Yee at 12:30 PM on September 7th.

Immigration Law Society (ILS):

• ILS General Body Meeting: Immigration Law Society will be having their first general body meeting Tuesday, September 21st at 12:00pm. You can attend in person or via zoom! Details about room number and zoom information will be sent out soon, so be on the lookout for that email. Lunch will be provided for those attending in-person, as well!

• 1L Representatives: ILS will start accepting submissions for 1L Representatives for the 2021-2022 academic school year. The primary role of our 1L Representatives is to serve as a bridge between your respective section and the ILS executive board. If you are a 1L (Day or Evening) and are interested in being a representative for Immigration Law Society, please email ils with the following:

• Name and Kent email

• A short (1 paragraph) candidacy statement

• Section (A, B, or C)

• Division (Day or Evening)

Please submit these by Friday, September 10, 2021

Roman Law Society: The Roman Law Society’s focus is to develop a deeper understanding on the origins of our legal system, founded in Ancient Rome. Roman Law, along with the Roman system of government, was essential to the foundation of the United States Congress and the justice system used to this day. The Society’s purpose is to explore and share this knowledge about the ancient legal system outside of a classroom setting; to use the organization as a platform to learn from the past and understand what it can tell us about the present state of our legal system and where it may be heading. Overall, this society’s intent is to promote the principles of democratic society, a Republic governed by the will of the people.Those who are interested in joining the club or have question should reach out to either Daniel Gomez (dgomez11) or Jon Walz (jwalz). Alternatively, our faculty-sponsored advisor, Alexandra Franco (afranco2) can also answer any questions that you may have.

National Security Law Society: The National Security Law Society (“NSLS”) is inviting all students with an interest—or even curiosity—in the most consequential issues facing America today. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a non-partisan group that explores and raises awareness about the legal issues in vital sectors like data privacy, the international community, the military, space exploration, and the intelligence community, to name a few. The NSLS works closely with the Center for National Security and Human Rights, which puts on conferences that regularly attract some of the world’s preeminent national security practitioners and scholars. Additionally, we are a relatively new group on campus, so this is your chance to get in, make an impact, make connections, and set yourself apart from others.

The NSLS seeks to foster its members’ professional careers and leadership capabilities. We give our members intellectual and creative freedom, by encouraging members to research, and then write about a diverse range of national security issues. Students’ writings will be published on our blog, which demonstrates your abilities, interest, and knowledge to prospective employers. You will get to network with our counterparts in other law schools in the Chicago community. Additionally, you will have access to speakers, current, and retired members of the broader national security community, who are eager to assist our members’ personal and career growth.

Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBER 7th: APALSA Day Out. 12:30 PM at Joy Yee (1335 S Halsted St).

SEPTEMBER 8th: ABA Section of Intellectual Property virtual networking event.

SEPTEMBER 10th: Back to School Bash! 7-10 PM at FatpourTap Works, 2005 W Division St. Chicago, IL 60622. Sign-up here, and see the attached flyer for more information.

SEPTEMBER 21st: ILS General Body Meeting, 12:00 PM.

SEPTEMBER 23rd: ABA Outlining Webinar

SEPTEMBER 27th – 30th: ABA Equity Summit

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

Future Deadlines

SEPTEMBER 8th: Add/drop period ends.

OCTOBER 1st: Deadline to apply for The 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition.

• Cash Prizes

• Free to Apply

Resources

Writing Competitions: Interested in submitting a paper to a competition? The law library has created a guide to student legal writing competitions. For more information, please see the library blog post about the guide.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

From the Library: Welcome from the Law Library – Your Allies for Success!

The Library staff is looking forward to working with you as you begin your fall 2021 semester as a 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, LLM, or JSD student. Are you working on a seminar paper, looking for a form, or writing a journal article?

The librarians can train you to develop research strategies using the over 100 databases available to you as a Chicago-Kent student. The library staff at our service desk can help you reserve a study room or assist you in checking out resources.

For tips on succeeding in law school and electronic study aids for your classes, check out West Academic Study Aids (WASA). Use the Create An Account link and register with your Chicago-Kent Law email. You can access these at any time – and add your own notes and highlights.

For 1L and LLM students: If you haven’t already set up your Westlaw and Lexis accounts, please check your email for a message from Mandy Lee. It was sent on August 16, 2021, and contains information on setting up your Westlaw, Lexis, West Academic Study Aids, and more library database accounts.

We look forward to seeing you in many classes helping you develop legal research skills and technical competence to prepare you for the legal marketplace.

Visit us in the library or contact refreq with your questions. Have a great year!

From Career Services: Welcome back, students! A number of employers have elected to conduct their formal recruiting efforts later in the fall. Their opportunities will be posted in the OCI section of Symplicity and each employer will have a recruiting session labeled by the employer’s name. Currently, there are several new recruiting opportunities that have been posted this week. Some additional opportunities will be added moving forward over the next several months.

Birthdays & Special Days – September :

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

Back to School Bash Flyer.pdf

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Announcements

Fall 2021 Quick Guide: Please take a look at the Fall 2021 Quick Guide for important information as we begin a new school year.

COVID-19 Policies & Procedure: Please find Chicago-Kent’s current COVID-19 protocols here.

Add/Drop Period: The add/drop period for Fall 2021 ends on Wednesday, September 8, at 9:00pm. You may add an open course without special permission until the end of the first week of classes. During the second week, however, you may add an open course only with permission of the instructor. You may not add a course after Tuesday, September 8, at 9:00pm.

Academic Calendar for 2021-2022: For your reference, the academic calendar for 2021-2022 is available by clicking here.

Lockers: Returning students, if you forgot your locker number and combination, please email jabhijeet for that information. Thank you!

Chicago-Kent Peer Advisor Program: Each year, entering students tell us that much of their most informative and valuable information comes from other students. As someone who has been there, your advice can be critical to the success of our incoming class. As a Peer Advisor, you will be paired with one or two first-year students to provide one-on-one advice and guidance about adjusting to the law school experience.

If you are interested in becoming an advisor, please click on the following link and fill out the appropriate information.

How to stay connected at Chicago-Kent: Here are a few things we recommend you do NOW to stay connected throughout the year:

1. Add the SBA Calendar to your Google Calendar by following these instructions.

2. Attend the student organization fair tomorrow, Tuesday, August 31st.

3. Read the SBA Newsletter, which will be sent to your email every Monday morning.

4. Follow the SBA Instagram account: @sbachicagokentlaw.

5. Subscribe to receive notifications from the SBA Event Calendar. Instructions are here.

6. Reach out to SBA at any time with any questions.

Student Organizations

Student Organization Fair: The Student Organization Fair is TOMORROW, Tuesday, August 31st at 12:00 PM (daytime students) and 5:00 PM (evening students). This is a great opportunity for 1Ls & returning students to explore the different student organizations at Chicago-Kent! There will be an in-person option and a virtual option. The in-person option will take place on the 2nd & 3rd floor, in the lobbies. Keep an eye out for Zoom links for the virtual option.

“More” Moot Court Opportunities: Are you interested in moot court opportunities beyond Moot Court Honor Society, or ones that require the shorter time commitment of only one season? You’re in luck! Several Chicago-Kent student organizations sponsor teams to attend moot court competitions, and several professors coordinate sending teams to subject-specific competitions. Please find more about these competitions in this document.

ACLU: The Chicago-Kent ACLU is seeking students who are interested in participating in the Sixth Annual Religious Freedom Moot Court Tournament.

Location and Dates. The tournament will be held online this year. Students will write their briefs in September with a teammate. (Exact dates TBD.) The oral arguments will take place from Saturday, October 9, 2021, to Sunday, October 10, 2021.

Eligibility. Any student who is currently a 2L or 3L is welcome to apply. You do not need to be a member of C-K ACLU.

What to Submit. Please submit a statement of interest addressing what skills and strengths you will bring to the Moot Court team and why you are interested in the Religious Freedom Court Tournament, specifically. Additionally, please submit a resume (with your GPA omitted) and a writing sample (which will preferably be your appellate brief).

Please submit your applications to ckeller and aclu by Friday, September 3, 2021, at 5:00 p.m.

We look forward to reviewing your applications! Best of luck, and see the attached flyer for more information!

New Organization — Roman Law Society: The Roman Law Society’s focus is to develop a deeper understanding on the origins of our legal system, founded in Ancient Rome. Roman Law, along with the Roman system of government, was essential to the foundation of the United States Congress and the justice system used to this day. The Society’s purpose is to explore and share this knowledge about the ancient legal system outside of a classroom setting; to use the organization as a platform to learn from the past and understand what it can tell us about the present state of our legal system and where it may be heading. Overall, this society’s intent is to promote the principles of democratic society, a Republic governed by the will of the people.

National Security Law Society: The National Security Law Society (“NSLS”) is inviting all students with an interest—or even curiosity—in the most consequential issues facing America today. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a non-partisan group that explores and raises awareness about the legal issues in vital sectors like data privacy, the international community, the military, space exploration, and the intelligence community, to name a few. The NSLS works closely with the Center for National Security and Human Rights, which puts on conferences that regularly attract some of the world’s preeminent national security practitioners and scholars. Additionally, we are a relatively new group on campus, so this is your chance to get in, make an impact, make connections, and set yourself apart from others.

The NSLS seeks to foster its members’ professional careers and leadership capabilities. We give our members intellectual and creative freedom, by encouraging members to research, and then write about a diverse range of national security issues. Students’ writings will be published on our blog, which demonstrates your abilities, interest, and knowledge to prospective employers. You will get to network with our counterparts in other law schools in the Chicago community. Additionally, you will have access to speakers, current, and retired members of the broader national security community, who are eager to assist our members’ personal and career growth.

Upcoming Events

AUGUST 31st: Student Organization Fair

AUGUST 31st & SEPTEMBER 1st: February 2022 Informational Bar Exam Session

SEPTEMBER 10th: Back to School Bash! 7-10 PM at Fatpour Tap Works, 2005 W Division St. Chicago, IL 60622. Sign-up here, and see the attached flyer for more information.

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

Future Deadlines

AUGUST 31st: Don’t forget, the first annual Racial Justice Writing Competition deadline is TODAY, August 31st by midnight. Papers written by Chicago-Kent students, inside or outside of class, on any topic related to racial justice may be submitted for consideration. Rules and submission details are HERE. Also, we are holding a naming contest for the competition! If you have a good idea for a name, submit it HERE. The naming contest prize is $100, and the prize for the best paper submission is $1,000.

SEPTEMBER 1st: If you carry your own personal health insurance and would like to opt out of the school’s required health insurance, you must complete this waiver before September 1st.

SEPTEMBER 3rd: Religious Freedom Tournament Application Deadline

SEPTEMBER 4th: All full-time J.D. students are enrolled in the U-Pass program. Your current Ventra U-Pass card will be activated to work from Monday, August 23 (the first day of regular classes) through Friday, December 20 (the last day of exams). The mandatory fee of $145 for the Fall semester will be billed to your student account. Students may choose to OPT OUT of the UPASS program for the semester by completing the Fall 2021 opt-out form by September 4th.. The form must be completed by this deadline to ensure your student account will not be billed the UPass fee.

SEPTEMBER 8th: Add/drop period ends.

Resources

Writing Competitions: Interested in submitting a paper to a competition? The law library has created a guide to student legal writing competitions. For more information, please see the library blog post about the guide.

From ASP: 1Ls: Listen from students and faculty on what strategies they used for academic success: https://youtu.be/wQquU7OyoTI

Bar Exam Preparation: Please join us for a February 2022 Informational Bar Exam session next Tuesday, August 31 at 12:00-12:30 in room 510 OR Wednesday, September 1 at 3:00PM. Sign up to attend here. (Signing up does not commit you to attending- it just allows me to get an idea of questions you may have.)

From the Library: Welcome from the Law Library – Your Allies for Success!

The Library staff is looking forward to working with you as you begin your fall 2021 semester as a 1L, 2L, 3L, or 4L. Are you working on a seminar paper, looking for a form, or writing a journal article?

The librarians can train you to develop research strategies using the over 100 databases available to you as a Chicago-Kent student. The library staff at our service desk can help you reserve a study room or assist you in checking out resources.

For tips on succeeding in law school and electronic study aids for your classes, check out West Academic Study Aids (WASA). Use the Create An Account link and register with your Chicago-Kent Law email. You can access these at any time – and add your own notes and highlights. For our new 1L students, look for messages in the next few weeks for steps to set up your Westlaw and Lexis accounts.

We look forward to seeing you in many classes helping you develop legal research skills and technical competence to prepare you for the legal marketplace.

Visit us in the library or contact refreq with your questions. Have a great year!

From Career Services: Welcome back, students! A number of employers have elected to conduct their formal recruiting efforts later in the fall. Their opportunities will be posted in the OCI section of Symplicity and each employer will have a recruiting session labeled by the employer’s name. Currently, there are several new recruiting opportunities that have been posted this week. Some additional opportunities will be added moving forward over the next several months.

Allstate Insurance – 2L, 3L Eve OCI Sept. 14 (application due Sept. 1)

Cook County State’s Attorney – 3L, 4L Eve OCI Sept. 27 (application due Sept. 1)

Birthdays & Special Days – August/September :

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

Back to School Bash Flyer.pdf