Month: March 2014

Law Grad Fair 3/12 2:30-6:30

ATTN: December 2013 Graduates and May 2014 Candidates

Please plan to attend the Law Grad Fair on Wednesday March 12th at any time between 2:30pm and 6:30pm.

You will be able to purchase your cap & gown (as well as class rings, diploma frames, graduation announcements, etc.), schedule or complete your exit interview with Career Planning, receive information and make a pledge or donation toward your class gift, purchase Akron Law related merchandise, and check in with Student Services to make sure everything is in order for your graduation.

I will also be on hand to answer questions you may have about the ceremony itself, which will take place on May 18th (details here).

I want to stress that this is the best time to purchase your cap & gown (approx. $135+tax).

Items available at the grad fair (click image to enlarge):

Akron Law 2014 flyer

Intellectual Property Events – March 10 & March 11

“Intellectual Property Events – March 10 & March 11

IPTLA would like to promote and encourage the students at Akron Law to attend the following IP events next week!

Monday March 10
Richard C. Sughrue IP Symposium – John S. Knight Center 8:00 am – 5:30 pm ( Click here to register online.)

Tuesday March 11

IP Advisory Council – Room 152 at 12:00pm (RSVP to Career Planning Office, lunch provided)

Annual Oldham Lecture on IP Law by Judge Michel – Room 152 at 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bloomberg Law IP Resource Training – Room W-210 at 5:15pm – 6:15pm (Dinner provided!)

We hope that you can join us for these exciting events!!”

Lexis Advance Think Like a Lawyer Certification Classes

WHEN: Monday, March 10th at 10:30am, 11:00am, 11:30am, Noon, 12:30pm, and 1:00pm

  • You only need to attend one 25 minute session
  • Pizza will be served at the Noon session–please register so we can order enough

WHERE: Room L-167 BRING YOUR LAPTOP OR TABLET!

WHY: To obtain your “Professional Research Certification 2014” which should be on everyoneʼs resume. Learn the tools you need to be successful this summer and beyond. Once you take the class, you will be given the link for the certification exam. You need to pass the exam to earn the certification.

HOW: Register on the Lexis Advance home page www.lexisadvance.com/lawschool or by emailing Jennifer.Durkin@lexisnexis.com

**DONʼT FORGET** Everyone has UNLIMITED FREE ACCESS to use Lexis Advance this summer at any firm, clerkship or other employment.

 

Public Interest Auction – Saturday, March 8, 2014 – 6:00pm

Your Student Bar Association is reprising its annual Public Interest Auction to benefit students in public service jobs. The Auction is being held this Saturday March 8 at 6 PM in the Student Union Ballroom B. The event is one of SBA’s most highly-anticipated events, and this year’s event promises to be memorable!

Professors, students, local businesses and local attorneys have donated dozens of items including Rubber Ducks tickets, lunches with some of your favorite professors, and vacation packages. We are also fortunate enough to have received a football signed by Joe Haden, a basketball signed by the MAC Championship team, and a series of unbelievable paintings crafted by Jim Fussell of Marion Correctional. There will be a silent auction conducted throughout the evening and live auction conducted by a professional auctioneer!

Tickets are on sale through Friday in the law school for $10 per ticket and proceeds from the auctioned items go directly back to students in public interest jobs here at Akron Law. We look forward to seeing as many students as possible at this exciting event!

Applications for Community Legal Aid summer internship due Thursday, March 6th by Noon

Community Legal Aid – Akron, OH – On-campus interviews to be held March 20, 2014
Open to 1L’s and 2L’s (with or without intern certificate). Submit resume, writing sample, references and completed
volunteer application http://www.communitylegalaid.org/images/stories/2014_Application.doc
to lawcareerplanning@uakron.edu (or via hard copy to the CPPO) no later than Thursday, March 6th at NOON.