Law Internship, Hansford & Deckert

Hansford & Deckert LLP is a boutique, Chicago-based law firm. H&D was founded with the mission of bringing big-law competency to the client’s doorstep. We are looking for motivated interns with strong communication, writing, and research skills. Both of the firm’s founding partners are passionate about offering undergraduates the opportunity to obtain real exposure to the practice of law. Although students will work on projects for clients in the Chicago area, they will be based in the Champaign office and NOT expected to travel to Chicago.

Interns will be exposed to legal research (LexisAdvance) and ongoing client matters.  Additionally, interns will also be allowed to sit in on client meetings and participate in client engagement.

This internship requires enrollment (upon receipt of the internship) in ENGL 199-INT, the Internship Seminar: an online one-credit, eight-week class that meets in the second half of the fall semester. The internship will begin before the course does.

Application materials:

  • unofficial transcript: there is no GPA requirement
  • one-page writing sample: copy and paste one page of any recent writing sample of your choosing
  • cover letter: please provide a cover letter detailing your interest in a career in law

Website: www.law-hd.com.

Please send all application materials to jdeckert@law-hd.com by Friday, August 31, 5pm.

Time to Get Your Krannert Tickets!

Tickets for the Krannert Center’s 2018 – 2019 season are now on sale. This amazing resource is on our Illinois English/CW bucket list for good reason.

 

Student tickets are $10. Sometimes they’re less, but never more. That’s for every performance, including international headlining performers like Tig Notaro, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (even if you live in Chicago, you will never see them this cheaply), Savion Glover, Itzak Perlman, and the Russian National Ballet Theater.

There’s lots coming up for the literary-at-heart! The multimedia No Blue Memories — the Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (created with the help of our own Rare Book and Manuscript Library), Virago Man-Dem (Prof. Cynthia Oliver’s exploration of African-American and Caribbean masculinities), and Strange Window: The Turn of the Screw (recounting Continue reading “Time to Get Your Krannert Tickets!”

Humanities Majors and Research Park

Sometimes (like today) you may get directed to job and internship opportunities at Research Park that seem to have nothing to do with your major. These job titles may seem bewildering, if you’re assuming that a relevant job will involve research, editing, or writing, probably for a cultural or educational organization (school, publisher, museum). “Strategic Resources”? Agriculture companies? Tech stuff?

You may also be confused about what Research Park is and how working there might fit into your life as a student. Read this FAQ to learn more.about Research Park Continue reading “Humanities Majors and Research Park”