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LAW CONNECTION		October 1, 2014

		Seegers Lecture Thursday, October 2, 4:00 p.m., Wesemann Hall
Faculty in the News Professor Bernard Trujillo was the guest speaker at the Porter County Hispanic Assembly Scholarship Banquet in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month. Read More

Student News Job Search Presentation – Networking Using Your Elevator Speech: The Perfect Answer to "What Do You Do?" Friday, October 3rd, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Tabor Classroom Nancy Linder, Director of Marketing at Chapman & Cutler in Chicago, will talk about the proverbial elevator speech and how you can use this to benefit you in your networking activities. Students attending this presentation will receive credit towards their Professionalism Series requirement. Read More

Fall 2014 Externship Mid-term Reports due Monday, October 6 in TWEN This includes your Time Log, Journal, Work Product and Field Supervisor’s Mid-term Evaluation. Please ask your Field Supervisor to submit this evaluation to you personally because you must submit it along with your other reports in TWEN. See Lisa Cannon with questions. Read More

Professional Development Day Raffle Winner 1L Caleb Detweiler is the Professional Development Day Raffle Winner. He won a 4 GB Valpo thumb drive and a small padfolio. Read More

Explore the Possibilities: Pro Bono & Public Interest Law Opportunities Saturday, October 18, 2014, 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Chicago-Kent College of Law 565 West Adams Street, Chicago Looking to secure a position at a public interest law organization or in the government sector during law school or for your career? Read More

Etiquette Tip of the Week: What You Know Will Help You Grow One of the hardest things to take, especially when we first enter the professional world, is how to accept "constructive criticism." How we advance in our professional lives depends on our ability to accept and incorporate feedback. We need to take guff in order to give guff. Read More

Putting Social Media to Work for You ABA Career Series Webinar – Free for Members October 10 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EST) Social media, from Twitter to LinkedIn to blogs and more, is ubiquitous. And yes, lawyers need to embrace rather than resist it. Read More

Great Networking Event in Chicago – CARPLS Trivia Night What is CARPLS? CARPLS is an innovative legal aid service that offers an immediate response to the everyday legal problems confronting low-income residents of Cook County. Read More

Guest Speaker: U.S. Ambassador Ian Kelly Ian Kelly’s career has revolved around U.S. – Russian relations. He has served as Director for the Office of Russian Affairs with the U. S. Department of State, and most recently as an ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Read More

Seegers Lecture Speaker Jamal Greene, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, will present the Seegers Lecture titled: Constitutional Rhetoric, on Thursday, October 2 at 4:00 p.m., in Wesemann Hall. Read More

Alumni Events Check out the Alumni "Coming Up Next" Page to see what alumni events are happening. Students are welcome to attend! Read More

Wesemann Café Menu For the menu please click here Read More