Municipal Court Judicial Candidate Open Forum – Oct. 9, 5 pm

BLSA is sponsoring a Municipal Court Judicial Candidate Open Forum on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 in room L-165 from 5-8 pm.  All of the Akron Municipal Court incumbant judges and the other candidates will be there to answer questions that students have about the candidates, their experience, their community service, etc. At-large city council candidates have also been invited.  They will all be running in the election on Nov. 3, 2009.

Food will be provided.

OHIO BAR ADMISSIONS WORKSHOP

 PRESENTERS:        Christine Einloth, Bar Admissions Specialist and Kelly Witt, Bar Admissions Specialist from The Supreme Court of Ohio

 DATE:                        Monday, October 12, 2009

 TIME:                        5:00 to 5:15 registration  (FREE cookies & bottle water will be served!)

                                      5:15 to 6:25 presentation

 LOCATION:                 Room 151

PURPOSE:                   If you are a first or second year law student, you are considering or definitely planning to sit for the Ohio bar exam, and you have NOT yet submitted your required preliminary bar application, then you should absolutely plan to attend this FREE workshop.   This program is open to all law students.

Topics addressed will include:

 ¨       The Ohio bar application process

¨       Character and Fitness (issues, problems, investigations)

¨       The level of scrutiny given to the bar applications

¨       Appropriate and thorough responses to the bar application questions

¨       DEADLINES!

 Consider the following Preliminary Bar Application DEADLINES for The Supreme Court of Ohio

 November 15:  By all SECOND YEAR FULL- and PART-TIME students  ($75 fee)

January 15:       DROP DEAD DEADLINE for July bar exam takers ($200 late fee)

 August 15:        DROP DEAD DEADLINE for February bar exam takers ($200 late fee)

WARNING:       Waiting until the drop-dead dates to file an application places you at risk of not getting to take the bar exam right after graduation.

 QUESTIONS?    Please contact College Programs Specialist Liz Sauders at Liz@uakron.edu or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.

Save the Date – Public Interest Law Day at Akron Law School – Wednesday, November 4

Please mark your calendars now – on Wednesday, November 4 from 3 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., the Career Planning Office will host our 2nd Annual Public Interest Law Day. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to speak to a variety of public interest employers and learn more about practicing law with a public interest organization and how to break in to those kinds of jobs. Further information and details coming in the next few weeks!

Call for Papers – University of La Verne Law Review

The University of La Verne Law Review publishes two issues each year, a Juvenile Issue in the fall and a Symposium Issue in the spring.  Our upcoming Symposium Issue will focus on the field on Immigration Law and will be published in April 2010.  

In conjunction with the Symposium Issue, our Law Review is offering law students the opportunity to submit their Note or Comment for our Student Writing Contest.  The grand prize is $200 and publication in Volume 31 of the University of La Verne Law Review.  The winner will also have the opportunity to present his or her work to leading experts in Immigration Law at our Live Symposium, to be held on February 19-20, 2010.  I have attached flyers containing more information on submitting to the Symposium Issue and to the Student Writing Contest.  We look forward to receiving submissions from the University of Akron School of Law. 

For more information, see flyers on the general bulletin boards.