Associate Dean Sowle’s Announcements, May 6 - May 10, 2024
Notices to Graduating Students. If you are a May 2024 graduate, please read the information below about your Kent email and network accounts, and your locker. If you have any questions, please let me know.
•Network and Print Accounts. Your network account will be deactivated on August 5 (the first Monday after the July bar exam). Your free printing quota will be reset to zero on Friday, May 10, 9:15pm.
•Email Accounts. Your Kent email address is for life but, 12 months after graduation, it will convert to an email address that you will need to set up to forward to a personal email account. Please click here for more information.
•ID Cards and Library Access. Kent student ID cards will remain active until Monday, August 5 (the first Monday after the July bar exam), and Kent graduates may use the Library for bar exam studying.
•Clearing Out Lockers. Please clear your lockers out no later than Monday, August 5 (the first Monday after the July bar exam). Anything left in lockers after that date will be removed. If you are unable to clear your locker out by that date, please contact me to make arrangements for your locker contents to be set aside for you. Please note: This applies only to graduating students. If you are not graduating, you do not need to clear your locker out; you will keep your current locker until you graduate.
Summer 2024 Schedule and Registration. The Summer 2024 add/drop period is now open; it will extend through Tuesday, May 28, at 9:00pm. The Summer schedule of classes and related information is available on the Summer 2024 Quick Guide page. Note: We are still awaiting consortium course lists from DePaul, Loyola, and UIC.
Fall 2024 Semester. The schedule of classes for Fall 2024 will be issued by the end of the week of May 13 and will include information about registration. Information for first-year students on upper-level requirements and course planning is available below.
Information for 1L Students on Upper-Level Course Selection and Requirements. In preparation for Summer and Fall registration, we are providing a guide we publish annually that provides detailed information on graduation requirements, upper-level course selection, and related subjects. The guide, entitled "Where Do We Go From Here? Information for Students Entering Their Second Year," is available by clicking here.
Dean's Certification Form for Illinois Bar. We will mail a Dean's Certification form to the Illinois bar examiners for every graduating student after final grades for the Spring semester are received and processed and we can confirm completion of all graduation requirements. We compile the list of graduating students from the list of those who submitted Applications for Graduation listing Spring 2024 as their final semester. Important note: University policy does not allow the certification of any student to the bar examiners if the student has an outstanding balance owed to the school.
Bar Forms for Other States. If you plan to take a bar exam outside of Illinois, please provide me (at ssowle@kentlaw.iit.edu) with the appropriate form(s) for the Law School to complete as soon as possible.
Counseling Services. This is a reminder that the university provides counseling services free of charge for students. Click here for details on the available resources, including individual counseling through Skylight Counseling Services. In addition to resources available through the university, the Lawyers Assistance Program also provides assistance to law students. LAP provides free and confidential assistance to members of the Illinois legal community, and can help you with issues of addiction, stress, anxiety, depression, focusing, worries about the character and fitness process, and having a successful first-year transition. Click here for more information about LAP and its services.
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