AkronLawJobs No. 8320 Overview: AV-rated Cleveland-area law firm representing management in labor and employment relations seeking a law clerk. The position will be Full-Time during the summer and Part-Time during the school year.
Qualifications: 1L, 2L, 3L or spring graduate; Possess superior research, writing, and oral communication skills; Strong work ethic; Ability to work independently; Prefer Moot Court and Prefer Law Journal.
How to apply: E-mail your Resume, Cover Letter, Transcripts, and Writing Sample to mkuilder@rbslaw.com
Deadline: June 1, 2017
Month: May 2017
Akron Law’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic
Akron Law’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic is accepting applications for the Summer 2017 session and the Fall 2017 semester. The Summer and Fall clinics are different. Please see the descriptions below.
Summer 2017 Immigration Advocacy Clinic:
No Prerequisites or prior experience necessary; No application necessary; Registration is open and unrestricted; Open to part-time students;
The summer session of the Immigration Clinic is an introductory clinic experience. Students are introduced to the practice of immigration removal defense in a detained setting. Under the professor’s supervision, each student will provide pro se assistance for individuals detained in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Students will learn elements of immigration court procedure, client interviewing and counseling skills, trial advocacy skills, legal research and writing in the civil, administrative context, and the fundamentals of asylum as a defense to removal. The clinic consists of both a classroom and fieldwork component. Class will meet for one hour per week. Students will assist with presenting know your rights presentations at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center and Geauga County jail, and will conduct research for a practice advisory that will be published by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration. The summer clinic will culminate with an opportunity to volunteer at a family detention center.
No application or prerequisites are necessary to register for the summer Immigration Advocacy Clinic.
Fall 2017 Immigration & Human Rights Law Clinic:
Prerequisite: Immigration Law, Asylum & Refugee Law, or Summer Immigration Advocacy Clinic
Application and interview required for registration; 2Ls or 3Ls only;
The Immigration & Human Rights Clinic introduces students to the practice of immigration removal defense with a focus on asylum as a form of relief for individuals seeking protection from persecution in their home countries. Under the professor’s supervision, students will work in teams of two to provide direct representation for an individual seeking asylum while detained in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Students will learn immigration court procedure, client interviewing and counseling skills, trial advocacy skills, legal research and writing in the civil, administrative context, and the fundamentals of asylum as a defense to removal. Students will become familiar with essential asylum case law and will advocate for their clients before a U.S. Immigration Judge. The clinic consists of both a classroom and fieldwork component. Students will draft a pre-hearing brief, a direct examination, closing arguments, and prepare all necessary motions and applications for submission to the court. Students will also help conduct “know-your-rights” presentations for groups of detainees. The clinic will require frequent visits to the Geauga County Jail and appearances at the Cleveland Immigration Court.
If you are interested in participating in this full-time clinic, please email Professor Knowles for an application (eknowles@uakron.edu). Please note that registration for the fall clinic is by professor approval only, and will be determined after candidates are interviewed. Posted registration deadlines do not apply to the Fall Immigration Clinic.
Please submit the following to Professor Knowles via email by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2017:
1) Your completed application;
2) Your updated resumé; and
3) Your complete Fall 2017 weekly schedule including all classes and commitments in Excel table format;
Professor Knowles will conduct in-person or Skype interviews the week of May 15-19 and you will be notified regarding your space in the clinic on Monday, May 22.
Circulation and Fine Changes for OASP Study Aids and Audio CDs/Mp3s
The circulation period and overdue fines for OASP and Sum and Substance materials will change for Reading Period and Finals. Starting on Friday, April 28, these materials will circulate for only 1 day (instead of 72 hours) and no renewals will be allowed. Overdue fines for these materials will increase from $1.00 per day to $5.00 per day.
These changes provide access to the materials for a greater number of students. If you have questions regarding these changes please stop by the Circulation Desk and ask to speak with Ms. Nevins or a librarian.
And don’t forget our ONLINE STUDY AIDS on Akron Law Digital , West Academic Study Aids and Wolters Kluwer Study Aid Library. All three of these are linked from the 1L Study Aids Guide and the Upper Division Study Aids Guide. You will have no worries about fines when you use these great online resources.
The Law Office of Sears & Associates, P.C. Scholarship Opportunity
The Law Office of Sears & Associates, P.C. is offering a $2,500 scholarship for a college or first-year law student who is enrolled in a two-year to five-year institution, graduate school or law school in 2017.
The Competition is open to any minority college or first year law student who is a legal resident of the United States residing in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia and who is enrolled in a two-year to five-year institution, graduate school or law school in 2017. Minority is defined as the following: Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Eskimo, or Hispanic.
More information about the scholarship may be found here.
Moot Court Tryouts
This year, the Moot Court Honor Society will be holding tryouts in the Spring instead of the Fall as we have done in the past. The tryouts will be held on Saturday, May 13th (after finals), beginning at 9 a.m. Those who wish to tryout are asked to prepare a seven-minute oral argument based on a short fact pattern. Students are also asked to submit a three-page section of the Law and Argument portion of their LARW II brief as a writing sample. To register for a time and to submit your writing sample, please email Sam Meadows at sam262@zips.uakron.edu.
If you are unable to attend the tryouts on May 13th, students can instead opt to participate in the Moot Court Internal Competition on April 22nd at the law school at 1 p.m. and have their argument recorded and used in lieu of attending the May 13th tryout. The Internal Competition is an intramural oral argument competition where contestants will have to write a ten-minute argument for both the petitioner and respondent and will only know which side they are arguing shortly before the rounds begin. There will also be a cash prize for the first and second place advocates. If you would like to participate in the Internal Competition and have your argument recorded, please email Jacob Nicholas at jpn24@zips.uakron.edu to register. You are still required to submit a three-page section of the Law and Argument portion of their LARW II brief as a writing sample to Sam Meadows at sam262@zips.uakron.edu.