Month: August 2010

Interested in IP Law? Keep reading!

This message is posted on behalf of Andy Maas, President of the Akron Intellectual Property and Technology Law Association.

Hello! My name is Andy Maas and I am the President of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Association (IPTLA) here at the University of Akron. We are in the process of setting up a great year of speakers and activities for both the day and evening students. We have 4 or 5 presenters for the lunch time slot and 4 or 5 presenters for the evening time slots for the fall semester alone. In order to make this year as successful as possible we are trying to get an accurate contact list for anyone and everyone that is interested in intellectual property law and we would like for you to be a member of IPTLA. As such we have created an online form for you to fill out so that we know who you are and how to contact you. Please go to http://bit.ly/dzMqz7 to fill out the form.

In order to be a member of IPTLA you do not need a technical degree. In fact, many great IP attorneys do not have a technical degree and they can still be involved in patent litigation, copyright work, trademark work, trade secret work, right of publicity work, etc.

Additional valuable resources that are available include the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). We hope to take a group of students to the AIPLA National Convention in Washington D.C. in the middle of October (we would love for you to join us, so please let us know who you are). Also, we plan on taking groups up to the CIPLA meetings which are held each month. This is an opportunity to network with local professionals with a great meal (at the Ritz) and an interesting presentation.

Here are some important links for everyone to know about:

IPTLA

To Join CIPLA (Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association) click HERE. Info is HERE.

To Join AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) click HERE. Info is HERE.

All of these are great networking tools and I highly suggest all of them.

Let me know if you have any questions. Our first meeting is planned for September 1 at 12:15pm in room W-214 and food will be provided.

Thanks,

Andy
Andrew.maas@zips.uakron.edu

Akron Law Alum Seeks Student to Discuss LSAT with Prep Class

Laura Wallerstein (’10) is currently teaching an LSAT prep course through The University of Akron Department of Continuing Education. She is seeking a law student who took the LSAT within the last year to speak to her class about test day procedures.

The class will run 6-9 pm on September 1, 8, and 15, as well as two Saturday mornings (Sept. 11 and 18).

If you are interested in speaking, please contact Laura at laurawallerstein@yahoo.com.

Update your profile on Westlaw and LexisNexis

Make sure you do not miss messages sent by your faculty!  Last fall, students’ University e-mail address changed to @zips.uakron.edu.   If you registered using the old address, the e-mail function in TWEN and Lexis Web Course software will not work properly.

Here is how you can update your profile on Westlaw and Lexis. 

For Westlaw: Log into Westlaw http://lawschool.westlaw.com/ and just to the right of your name is the UPDATE link.  Click on that link to update your profile.

For LexisNexis: Log into LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/ and click on the HELP tab.  At the next screen, click on UPDATE REGISTRATION INFO.

Questions?  Contact Lynn Lenart, 330-972-6357, llenart@uakron.edu.  Office 269, Law Library, second floor.

Brief Writing & Oral Advocacy Program – Free to Akron Law Students

Learn from insiders how to be most effective in court.  Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Beth Whitmore &  Director of the Legal Clinic and Appellate Review Office & Professor of Law at Akron Law, J. Dean Carro  will provide insight on written and oral advocacy. 

Date: Thursday, September 30th

Location:
Akron Bar Association  
57 South Broadway

Cost: (includes 3 CLE hours)
Akron Law Alumni/Akron Bar Association Member:  $105
Non-alumni/Non-member $130
Current  Akron Law Students:  free  (registration required)

Registration:
Online Registration
phone:  330.972.6363  e-mail:  manovac@uakron.edu

Program Schedule:

8:30 a.m. Written Advocacy

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Oral Advocacy   

11:45 a.m. Adjourn