Month: April 2014

Law Review Information Session – Thursday, April 17th – 12:15pm – 1:00pm

The Akron Law Review will hold an information session for all prospective 1L and 2L students Thursday, April 17 from 12:15 – 1:00 in West 206. The session will discuss the Akron Law Review in general, and it will introduce the write-on competition that will start after finals. If anyone has questions please email the Executive Editor of Student Writing, Bryan Meek, at bem38@zips.uakron.edu

National Association of Women Lawyers 2014 Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition

National Association of Women Lawyers®
2014 Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition

The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)® is a national voluntary legal professional organizationwhose mission is the advancement of women in the legal profession and women’s rights. Since 1899, NAWL has served as an educational forum and active voice for the concerns of women lawyers in this country and abroad.NAWL continues to support and advance the interests of women in and under the law, and in so doing, supports and advances the social, political, and professional empowerment of women. Through its programs and networks, NAWL provides the tools for women in the profession to advance, prosper and enrich the profession. NAWLhas established the annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition to encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning women and the law. The rules for the competition are as follows:

Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law. The most recent winning paper was “Prosecutorial Indiscretion: District Attorneys’ Misuse of Alabama’s Chemical Endangerment Law to Criminalize Pregnant Women’s Substance Abuse” written by Amy Kokot, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Please view paper at www.nawl.org.

Essays will be accepted from students enrolled at any law school during the 2013-14 school year. The essays must be the law student author’s own work and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers written by students for coursework or independent study during the Summer, Fall or Spring semesters are eligible for submission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, students may incorporate professorial feedback as part of a course requirement or supervised writing project.

FORMAT: Essays must be double-spaced in 12-point, Times New Roman font. All margins must be at least one inch. Entries must not exceed fifteen (15) pages of text, excluding notes, with footnotes placed as endnotes. Citation style should conform to The Bluebook – A Uniform System of Citation. Essays longer than 15 pages of text, excluding notes, or which are not in the required format may not be read.

JUDGING: NAWL designees will judge the competition. Essays will be judged based upon content, exhaustiveness of research, originality, writing style, and timeliness.

QUESTIONS:Questions regarding this competition should be addressed to the chair of the Writing Competition, Professor Jennifer Martin at jmartin@stu.edu.

SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE: Entries must be received by May 1, 2014. Entries received after the deadline will be considered only at the discretion of NAWL. Entries must provide a cover letter providing the title of your essay, school affiliation, email address, phone number and mailing address. Entries must be submitted in the following format: email an electronic version (in Microsoft Word or PDF format) to jmartin@stu.edu.

AWARD: The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $500. NAWL will
also publish the winning essay in NAWL’s Women Lawyers Journal in Fall 2014.

SPRING INTO AWARENESS – Tuesday, April 29th 1-8p.m.

SPRING INTO AWARENESS
Spring into a new awareness about yourself and the environment with short interactive speakers presenting on topics such as leadership, environmentalism, mindful living, and self-discovery.
Some speakers are City Councilman Rich Swirsky, Board of Trustees Nick York, UA’s Director of sustainability, and many other students and faculty.

There will also be all-day live musician between speakers.
Zach.
-http://www.zachmusic.net/

Ending with a large interactive educational performance!
Tuesday, April 29th 1-8p.m.
Coleman Commons (Grassy area between Rec center and Student Union).

Contact:
Kevin Karas – kjk62@zips.uakron.edu
David Swirsky – dswirsky@gmail.com
Oliver Evans – oge1@zips.uakron.edu
Sponsored and Organized by Undergraduate Student Government, Holistic Leaders and Mindful Meditation, and Environmental Akron

Stark County Bar Association seeks volunteers for upcoming Young Lawyers event – earn community service hours while networking!

The Stark County Bar Association Young Lawyers Committee is hosting James Bond Returns in Goldfinger Saturday, April 26, 2014. The event will begin with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m. at Tapas 218 and will move to the Canton Palace Theatre at 7:45 p.m. for a showing of Goldfinger. The committee seeks four law student volunteers to assist with raffle ticket sales at the cocktail hour. Volunteers should plan to arrive at Tapas 218 by 5:30 p.m.  General community service credit will be awarded to student volunteers. Volunteers are also invited to attend the movie showing after the cocktail hour. This is an excellent networking opportunity for students who are interested in practicing in the Stark County area. Many judges and local attorneys will be in attendance at this event.  If you would like to volunteer, please contact Lia Thompson (LiaThompson@uakron.edu or 330.972.5298) by Tuesday, April 22, 2014.