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Scholarship Opportunity – Effie Solomon Memorial Scholarship
Beaver Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women offers a $1,00 award for female students who are enrolled in an accredited law school and who have completed at least one year of law school in good standing. See the link above for more information.
THE DAVID D. DOWD, SR. MEMORIAL AWARD
SUMMER JOB PLACEMENT AWARD
APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2015
$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 2015
2. Show a commitment to public service
3. Be capable of working 20 hours per week during the summer of 2015 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 Law and Leadership Institute – On-Campus interviews on April 9, 2015
The program, which includes both summer and academic year components, gives students from inner-city schools an intensive introduction to both law and college-level work. The goal is to prepare youth from underserved communities to compete at high academic levels through use of intense legal and educational programming as a tool for developing leadership skills and facilitating the pursuit of higher education. Over the long term, this program aims to improve the administration of justice in Ohio by encouraging students from all walks of life to consider a career at the bench or bar, thus improving the profession’s diversity and giving the citizen’s of Ohio the opportunity to be both judged and represented by their peers. Law students teach the curriculum to the high school students here at Akron Law.
Open to 1L’s and 2L’s. Applications are due by April 2nd at 3:00 PM. Log on to Symplicity for details and to apply. There are two different listings, one for those interested in teaching 9th or 10th grade, and one for those interested in teaching 11th or 12th grade.
All applications must be submitted on Symplicity. Please contact the CPPO with questions.
The Law Offices of Tad Nelson & Associates announces the Tad Nelson Law Firm Scholarship in the amount of $500.
Requirements and application may be found on their website: http://tadnelsonlaw.com/scholarship-application/
Contemporary Homeland Security Law and Policy (Professor Stransky) – (33791) 9200:684-482
1 credit – 6:40-9:40, MWF, August 3,5,7, and MW, August 10,12.
The federal government is constantly advancing new homeland security and counterterrorism strategies and policies in order to address evolving threats to U.S. national security. This course provides students with an understanding of the current homeland security framework, and the legal implications therein. The course begins by outlining the national security decision-making process facilitated by the National Security Council (NSC), and continues by describing and analyzing contemporary homeland security and counterterrorism efforts, including the terrorist watchlist and the “no-fly” list, foreign and domestic intelligence activities, and certain federal-state partnership programs, such as Fusion Centers and Joint-Terrorism Task Forces. The course grade is based on a take home exam due the Monday after the end of the class.