Illinois 2010! Forum

[msbeautifulbasham]

Dean Pless,

I know you have already discussed that U of I does not provide travel stipends to visit the open houses, but does this only pertain to students who do not attend? If a student matriculates, do they receive a reimbursement, tuition credit, etc. for part of the travel expenses?

[pepsi]

I wonder when the acceptance envelopes from last week's acceptance batch will arrive

[msbeautifulbasham]

Anyone know anything about the new faculty and clinics for next year at U of I that Dean Pless referenced in an earlier post?

[scionb4]

I hate all of you. Just kidding! No, I congratulate all who got in, you should be very proud of yourselves. I got my rejection letter back in November Wish I could be joining you guys.

[MarkRenton]

Side note: those biographies make me feel like I have precisely zero chance of ever teaching law.

Put it into perspective - unless you go to HYS, you practically do have zero chance in ever teaching law. And if you do go to HYS, it's only like a 3% chance.

[Pless]

Don't forget Kurt Lash!

In the Fall of 2010, Professor Kurt T. Lash, the James P. Bradley Chair of Constitutional Law at Loyola (Calif.) Law School, will become the Alumni Distinguished Professor of Law at the College of Law where he will co-direct the Law School's Program on Constitutional Theory, History and Law.

Following his graduation from Yale Law School, Professor Lash served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert R. Beezer of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Since joining the Loyola Law School faculty, Professor Lash has published numerous articles on constitutional law, theory and history. His work appears in some of the top law reviews in the United States, including Stanford Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Northwestern Law Review, and Texas Law Review.

Professor Lash received his BA from Whitman College before earning a JD at Yale Law School. His recent publications include "The Origins of the Privileges or Immunities Clause, Part I: 'Privileges and Immunities' as an Antebellum Term of Art," Georgetown Law Journal (forthcoming 2010); "Leaving the Chisholm Trail: The Eleventh Amendment and the Background Principle of Strict Construction," 50 William and Mary Law Review 1577 (2009); "The Original Meaning of an Omission: The Tenth Amendment, Popular Sovereignty, and 'Expressly' Delegated Powers," 83 Notre Dame Law Review 101 (2008); "Of Inkblots and Originalism: Historical Ambiguity and the Case of The Ninth Amendment," 31 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 467 (2008); “A Textual-Historical Theory of The Ninth Amendment," 60 Stanford Law Review 895 (2008); "On Federalism, Freedom, and the Founders' View of Retained Rights: A Reply to Randy Barnett," 60 Stanford Law Review 969 (2008); "The Inescapable Federalism of the Ninth Amendment," 93 Iowa Law Review 801(2008); “Originalism, Popular Sovereignty, and Reverse Stare Decisis,” 93 Virginia Law Review 101 (2007); "Minority Report: John Marshall and the Defense of the Alien and Sedition Acts," 68 Ohio State Law Journal 435 (2007); "Tucker's Rule: St. George Tucker and the Limited Construction of Federal Power," 47 William & Mary L. Rev. 1343 (2006); and, "James Madison's Celebrated Report of 1800: The Transformation of the Tenth Amendment," 74 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1701 (2006)

[Pless]

Dean Pless,

I know you have already discussed that U of I does not provide travel stipends to visit the open houses, but does this only pertain to students who do not attend? If a student matriculates, do they receive a reimbursement, tuition credit, etc. for part of the travel expenses?

Currently we do not have any program that reimburses for travel expenses.

[devilishangelrjp]

I'm so anxious about this decision. Friday, please don't take your time coming!

[luckyjd]

1 more day
Hope it's good news that's coming...

[hiromoto45]

For those of you that went in to review last week, did your status checker update on Friday or the following Monday?

[Holly Golightly]

Friday

This. Also, I'm totally excited to know I'll definitely be getting a decision tomorrow. Dean Pleas has really impressed me with how open and helpful he is. And I'm not even saying that to try to suck up!

[changeitup]

i'm really hoping i'm in the next batch to be reviewed. The wait is killing me! Good luck to everyone who has decisions coming up!

[hiromoto45]

i'm really hoping i'm in the next batch to be reviewed. The wait is killing me! Good luck to everyone who has decisions coming up!

+1

[Xizenta]

My status checker still says "incomplete."
The e-mail I got after sending in my app says that it may take up to two weeks to go complete after sending everything in...
I sent in everything a month ago, is this normal?

[luckyjd]

My status checker still says "incomplete."
The e-mail I got after sending in my app says that it may take up to two weeks to go complete after sending everything in...
I sent in everything a month ago, is this normal?

Nope. I was complete like a day after I submitted everything. Perhaps you really do have something missing.

[fl0w]

Anyone from last week's acceptances get their envelope in the mail yet? I'm wondering if my excitement to go home today is merited...

no, nothing in the mail yet.

[blurbz]

Anyone from last week's acceptances get their envelope in the mail yet? I'm wondering if my excitement to go home today is merited...

I got mine today!

[Olive]

Anyone from last week's acceptances get their envelope in the mail yet? I'm wondering if my excitement to go home today is merited...

no, nothing in the mail yet.

+1 Several very nice emails, but no mail yet.

[illini10]

I am ready for some good news!

[MF248]

I am ready for some good news!

Based on your avatar I'm assuming you've been waiting for some good news for a pretty long time.

[MarkRenton]

I'm surpringly patient. Knowing the e-mail is inevitable - I'm fine. I get more anxious when I have no idea when a decision is coming or when the mail will arrive. I appreciate Dean Pless' candor and transparency in regards to the process.

[MarkRenton]

I am ready for some good news!

Based on your avatar I'm assuming you've been waiting for some good news for a pretty long time.

Ha!

[illini10]

this year is the year

[blurbz]

Good luck to everyone today!

[MF248]

this year is the year

Yea....... for the Blackhawks.