Month: March 2014

Akron Law Alumni Association seeks Student Director – Application Deadline: April 1, 2013

Message from Lia Thompson, Director of Alumni and Annual Fund

The Akron Law Alumni Association (“LAA”) Board of Directors has a dedicated position on its Board for a student director.  This unique and valuable opportunity provides the student director a chance to become involved in alumni leadership and alumni activities with Akron Law.  The student director represents Akron Law students to the LAA Board and works with the Board to identify ways in which students and alumni may work and communicate together for the benefit of both groups.

The student director serves in an ex-officio capacity and is expected to attend all Board meetings which are held at the School of Law on a bi-monthly basis throughout the academic year (i.e., August, October, December, February, and April).  The Board meetings begin at 4 p.m. and generally last for one and a half hours.

Applications for the 2013-14 student director to the LAA Board of Directors will be accepted from 2013-14 upper division law students who are in good standing.  Applications should include: (1) a current resume of the student; (2) a brief statement as to why the student believes that he or she should be selected to serve on the LAA Board; and (3) a brief statement as to why he or she wants to serve on the LAA Board.

The LAA Board’s executive committee will review the application materials and select a maximum of three students who will be invited to make a two-minute presentation to the Board at its April 8, 2014 meeting.  Students interested in being considered for this position should direct their application materials no later than Thursday, April 1 to Lia Thompson via e-mail (LiaThompson@uakron.edu) or dropping them off at the front desk of the Dean’s Office.

Now collecting applications for the David D. Dowd, Sr. Memorial Award – due April 1, 2014

THE DAVID D. DOWD, SR. MEMORIAL AWARD
SUMMER JOB PLACEMENT AWARD
APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2014

$2,500.00 to one upper division law student
Must work 20 hours per week for not less than 10 weeks

The School of Law is accepting applications for the David D. Dowd Sr. Memorial Award. Named in tribute to a distinguished attorney dedicated to public service and created by Judge David D. Dowd, Jr. upon the 25th anniversary of his service in the federal judiciary, the purpose of the Dowd Award is to promote a commitment to public service for all lawyers. Dowd Awards are directed to Akron Law students interested in seeking professional careers in public service following graduation.

To be eligible, you must:
1. Complete your second year by Spring of 2014
2. Show a commitment to public service
3. Be capable of working 20 hours per week during the summer of 2014 for minimum of ten weeks in a public service position
4. Be committed to working in a public setting upon graduation

Placements this summer – in order of preference:
1st Preference: The Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, The Stark County Prosecutor’s Office, The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office; law departments for Akron, Canton, Massillon; and Public Defender’s Offices in Summit and Stark counties.

2nd Preference: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio or the Public Defender’s Office for the District

3rd Preference: Other prosecutors’ or law directors’ offices

4th Preference: Other not already listed public service agencies

The student will be expected to work 20 hours per week for not less than 10 weeks.

If you are interested in being considered for this award, please submit a cover letter and resume to Miranda Hall in the Career Planning Office at mah60@uakron.edu or by hard copy by April 1, 2014. Students in the upper 30% of the class will be given preference. Students should list short and long term goals, and explain why the student wishes to work in a particular office, as noted above. A committee will review applications and a student will be selected before the spring term is over.

 

IL Spring Exam Simulations

Good morning, everyone!

Now that the exam schedule has posted, ASP has set the schedule for exam simulations. Please join us in the last week of classes to simulate the exam experience as an added way of giving you essay exam practice experience under exam-like conditions!

All exam simulations will be held in Room 165 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm on the following schedule:
April 21 Civil Procedure II
April 22 Contracts II
April 23 Criminal Law
April 24 Property II

Please bring your laptops to the sessions. You may wish to download a paper version of the exams from TWEN prior to your arrival. The sample answers will be available on TWEN AFTER the exam windows close.

If you have any questions, please pop me an email at dplamer1@uakron.edu. I look forward to seeing all of you there!

Ms. Palmer

Spring 2014 Exam Schedule

The final examination schedule for Spring 2014 is located at:

http://www.uakron.edu/law/about/calendar.dot

 As with every year, we took the final class lists and compared enrollment in every exam class with the enrollment in every other exam class.  Based on that, we determined the number of conflicts between each class.  We then scheduled the largest classes with the most graduating seniors as early in the examination period as possible, to permit them to be graded by the Monday after exam week, which permits us to meet the graduation deadline and to award honors accurately.

We will redistribute the exam schedule once room assignments are set.  For any exams which require the use of multiple rooms we will also update and stagger the starting times.

The resulting exam schedule is the best schedule for spacing out exams for the vast majority of students.  Inevitably, however, a few students have course loads that result in their individual schedules being less than optimum.  This is unavoidable given the wide range of courses each student takes.

Conflicts: An examination conflict consists if two examinations are scheduled at the same time or three examinations are scheduled within 24 hours.  Part-time students who have examinations on both the first Wednesday and first Friday of exam period, and full-time students who have three examinations between the first Wednesday and Sunday of exam period are granted relief at their option.  Any student permitted to reschedule should do so with a full-time faculty member whenever possible.  It is the students’ responsibility for contacting the faculty to make alternate arrangements.

 Reschedule for Unexpected Illness:  Students who are ill may contact the professor to reschedule an examination BEFORE the time of the examination.  Once a student sits for an examination, the student must complete that examination and receive that grade.  Examinations that are rescheduled due to conflict or illness must be rescheduled within exam period to the earliest available time.  If illness prevents rescheduling during exam period, the examination must be scheduled no later than the start of the next semester.  Students who cannot reschedule an examination before the next semester should consult with the Associate Dean or Assistant Dean of Students Services about a leave.

Testing with Accommodations:  Please visit:

 http://www.uakron.edu/dotAsset/0672fcb1-a49f-4cda-aeba-79a3f76f07f0.pdf.