Month: March 2011

Scholarship Opportunity – J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship

The Scholarship Committee of the Miami County Bar Association announces it is currently receiving applications for scholarship grants from the J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Fund was established, in cooperation with the Troy Foundation, as a lasting tribute to Troy Attorney J. Andrew Fulker who died in an auto accident in 1989.

Andy Fulker was a 1971 graduate of Troy High School. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from The Ohio State University in 1976 and his Juris Doctor degree from California Western School of Law in 1979. He was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1979 and became a partner in the Troy law firm of Faust, Harrelson, Fulker & McCarthy. He served as Assistant Municipal Prosecutor for the City of Troy from 1979 to 1982 and as counsel for the Miami County Planning and Zoning Boards from 1979 through 1981. He was a member of the Miami County, Ohio State, and American Bar Associations, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

The scholarship fund is designed to assist deserving law students who are residents of Miami County. Recipients of J. Andrew Fulker Memorial Scholarship grants will be selected by the Scholarship Committee of the Miami County Bar Association. Grants will be used for law school tuition. To be eligible an applicant must be admitted for fulltime attendance at a college of law or law school in a program designed to lead to a Juris Doctor or similar law degree.

Applications for scholarships may be obtained from Jack L. Neuenschwander, Miami County Bar Association Scholarship Committee, 1455 Stockham Drive, Piqua, Ohio 45356, telephone 937-778-0269.

IPTLA – Q&A with IP Advisory Council – March 22, 12:15 – 1:15 pm, L-152

All students are invited to attend this opportunity to meet and discuss the field of intellectual property law with the University of Akron Law School Intellectual Property Advisory Council. The Council is made up of members who are experts in the field from around the nation and around the world. It serves an important role in advancing the IP curriculum, as well as fostering relationships with businesses and law firms, assisting students with career planning issues, and matters related to program and resource development. Law firms, corporations, and government entities that are represented on the IP advisory council include: Sim & McBurney (Toronto, CAN) The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Ohio) University of Akron (Ohio) Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (Virginia) Owen, Wickersham & Erickson (California) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (Tokyo, JAP) Sughrue Mion (Washington, DC) Emerson, Thomson & Bennett (Ohio) Arent, Fox, Kinter, Plotkin & Kahn (Washington, DC) Gilbey Delorey (Paris, FRA) U.S. District Court ? Northern District of Ohio (Ohio) Snell & Wilmer (Arizona) Wendy?s International (Ohio) Kim & Chang (Seoul, KOR) Dickstein Shapiro (Washington, DC) Merchant & Gould (Minnesota) Hoffmann Eitle (Munich, GER) Calfee, Halter & Griswold (Ohio) Marger Johnson & McColom (Oregon) Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner (Washington, DC) Hahn Loeser & Parks (Ohio) George Washington University Law School (Washington, DC) Open Invention Network (North Carolina) American Electric Power Company (Ohio) Ulmer & Berne (Ohio) Bridgestone Firestone Americas Holdings (Indiana & Ohio) National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation (Virginia) Sughrue Mion (Washington, DC) Foley & Lardner (Washington, DC) Parker Hannifin (Ohio) U.S. Court of Appeals ? Sixth Circuit (Ohio) For more information on the IP Advisory Council, please go to http://www.uakron.edu/law/ip/council/index.dot

IPTLA – Open Forum with Paul Michel, Former CAFC Chief Judge – Mar. 23, 12-1, W-210

IPTLA will hold an open forum with Paul Michel, former CAFC Chief Judge on March 23 from 12-1 in W-210. All are welcome. Food will be provided!

Paul Michel was nominated to the Federal Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on December 19, 1987 to fill a seat vacated by Judge Phillip Benjamin Baldwin. The Senate confirmed Michel’s nomination on February 29, 1988, and he assumed the office on March 8, 1988. Judge Michel received a B.A. in 1963 from Williams College and a J.D. in 1966 from the University of Virginia. He was admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1967, in U.S. district court in 1968, in U.S. circuit court and before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1969. He was assistant district attorney in the Office of the Deputy District Attorney for Investigations in Philadelphia from 1966 to 1974, as well as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve from 1966 to 1972. From 1974 to 1975 he was the Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor, and from 1975 to 1976 was assistant counsel to the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He then became the deputy chief and Koreagate prosecutor for the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice from 1976 to 1978. He became the associate deputy U.S. attorney general in 1978, and in 1981 became counsel and administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter until his judicial appointment. He has also been adjunct faculty at the George Washington University Law School and John Marshall Law School since 1991.

Movie Screening – “Vincent Who?” – Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, March 22, 5 pm

The Cleveland Marshall and Case Western Asian‐Pacific Islander Law Students’ Association (APILSA) chapters are co‐hosting a screening of Curtis Chin’s documentary titled “Vincent Who?” on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011, beginning at 5pm at Cleveland‐Marshall College of Law (2121 Euclid Avenue), Moot Court Room.  Afterwards, the renowned producer Curtis Chin will lead a discussion about the events surrounding the Vincent Chin murder. A reception with light refreshments will follow for law students and practicing attorneys to meet one another.

The documentary examines the murder of Vincent Chin, the victim of a brutal hate crime in 1982 in Detroit, and the criminal trial that resulted in incredibly lenient sentences. The events surrounding the murder of Vincent Chin helped to galvanize the Asian‐American community.

The film aims to promote awareness of social justice, racism, hate crimes, and other social factors that still permeate our contemporary society. The documentary was screened at the 2010 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Convention, and won the 2009 Multicultural Media Award.