Month: February 2015

July 2015 Ohio Bar Exam Location

The July 2015 Ohio Bar Exam will be held at  the Roberts Centre, located off I-71 between Columbus and Cincinnati.

There is a Holiday Inn on site with 100 rooms:  937-283-3200 (locally) or 1-800-654-7036

There are several hotels within 20 miles of the site:

  • Wilmington Inn, Wilmington, OH, 6.6 miles, 855-828-1972
  • Hampton Inn, Wilmington, OH, 9.3 miles, 937-382-4400
  • Holiday Inn Express, Wilmington, OH, 9.34 miles, 937-382-5858
  • Hampton Inn, Jeffersonville, OH, 15.5 miles, 740-948-9499
  • Baymont Inn, Jeffersonville, OH, 15.6 miles, 740-948-2104
  • Fairfield Inn & Suites, Jeffersonville, OH, 16.09 miles, 740-948-9305
  • Ramada Inn, Xenia, OH, 16.38 miles, 937-372-9921
  • Hearthstone Inn & Suite, Cedarville, OH, 19.29 miles, 855-802-2162
  • Quality Inn, Jeffersonville, OH, 19.4 miles, 740-426-4600
  • Holiday Inn Express, Dayton-Centerville, OH, 20.32 miles, 800-315-2621

We will begin negotiations for a block of rooms for Akron students, but if it is important for you to have an on-site (or “close”) room, you may want to make a reservation very quickly!

Nancy Reeves, Assistant Director of Academic Success

 

Calling for submissions for the Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Fellowship Grant

The Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Legacy Committee, with the support of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Foundation, has created an annual fellowship to be awarded to two exceptional first or second year students enrolled in an Ohio law school. The fellowship is funded by the Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Legacy Fund, honoring his commitment to the legal profession and his special interest in Ohio’s law students.
The fellowship award will be for $4,000 to fund a summer opportunity advancing one of Chief Justice Moyer’s primary initiatives. These include:
-Providing citizens with improved access to the courts, alternative dispute resolution, and advanced technology;
– advancing the tenets for which he stood: civility, ethics, judicial independence and the rule of law;
-working with national and international organizations to promote the principles of judicial independence and the rule of law within the United States and throughout the world; and
-promoting or sustaining civic education.
The award requires that the student devote a minimum of 320 hours over the course of the summer to employment or supervised independent research. In evaluating Moyer Fellowship applications, the selection committee will give priority to projects and activities that involve original research and scholarship, consistent with the stated purpose of the
Fellowship Program and legacy of Chief Justice Moyer.
The fellowship grant process is competitive and law students must submit a:
-Law Student application, including a comprehensive description of the proposed summer employment or independent as outlined in the application materials,
-Current Resume, and
-Supervisor Agreement.
The deadline for submitting a competed application is Friday, March 13, 2015. For application materials, please stop by the CPPO or email Miranda Cave (mah60@uakron.edu). Also, if you have an idea and intend to apply for the Moyer Fellowship, please set up a time to meet with Professor Joann Sahl and CPPO Director O’Brien.

Moot Court Mandatory Training Session – Thurs., Feb. 19, 5:30pm

Moot Court Honor Society will be hosting an oral argument training session Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 5:30pm – 6:30pm in Room W-210. Professor Cohen will be presenting on the components of an oral argument. Although this training is required for MCHS members, it is open to everyone. This may be beneficial for 1Ls, as oral arguments approach in your LARW II courses! Please email Monica (MLL71@zips.uakron.edu) if you have any questions.