Month: April 2018

On Saturday, April 14, beginning at 9:00am in Room 240, Moot Court Honor Society will be holding tryouts for 2018-2019. Students interested in trying out are asked to prepare a seven-minute oral argument based on a short fact pattern that will be provided. Students are also asked to submit a three-page section of the Law & Argument portion of their LARW II briefs as a writing sample. First-year students currently enrolled in LARW II are asked to submit a three-page section of the Law & Argument portion of his or her most recent draft.

Please email Patrick Cannell at pmc37@zips.uakron.edu to register for tryouts, to submit your writing sample, and to ask any questions related to Moot Court Honor Society. The time slots for tryouts will be determined based on the order of registration. Each student’s specific tryout time and the fact pattern will be provided in response to the registration email.

Are you interested in joining the Akron Law Review next year? Please check the following dates for more information about the selection process. Feel free to contact Danni Schantz (ds215@zips.uakron.edu) Nate Fulmer (nmf42@zips.uakron.edu) or Prof Genetin (genetin@uakron.edu) for more information.

• Grade On Process: Grades and rank are posted the first week of June. Those who are ranked in the top 15% of their class (full-time or part-time) will receive an automatic invitation to join Law Review. If you grade on to Law Review, you DO NOT have to complete the write on process.

• Write On Process: Those who do not grade on to Law Review, may complete the write on process. Students will be required to submit a closed research and writing assignment (8-10 pages) that will be used to assess their research and writing skills. The write on assignment (research sources included) will be posted June 11 and will be due June 29.

• Announcements: Invitations to join Law Review for both grade on and write on candidates will be sent via email on Monday, July 2.

• Important Dates: Summer Training for Law Review will be held on Saturday, July 14. Law Review Seminar will meet Mondays, 4:30-6pm for both the Fall and Spring semesters.

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To register, email Shannon Aupperle, sfauppe@uakron.edu or call (330) 972-7988

Paying the Piper But Not Calling the Tune: Litigation Financing and Professional Independence

As third-party litigation financing becomes more prevalent, some critics have asserted that funders will exercise control over the conduct of litigation, potentially threatening the independent judgment of lawyers representing the claimholder. Examples of alleged interference by third parties include Silicon Valley financier Peter Thiel’s funding of Hulk Hogan’s privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media and the support by public interest groups of the government of Uruguay in its defense of anti-tobacco legislation against a challenge by Philip Morris. This lecture first briefly describes the use of litigation financing by sophisticated commercial parties and then considers whether the predicted influx of capital into the litigation system will affect the things we traditionally care about in legal ethics, such as attorney independence, and the obligation to act in the public interest.

Free and open to the public.  Refreshments will be served.

On Saturday, April 14, beginning at 9:00am in Room 240, Moot Court Honor Society will be holding tryouts for 2018-2019. Students interested in trying out are asked to prepare a seven-minute oral argument based on a short fact pattern that will be provided. Students are also asked to submit a three-page section of the Law & Argument portion of their LARW II briefs as a writing sample. First-year students currently enrolled in LARW II are asked to submit a three-page section of the Law & Argument portion of his or her most recent draft.

Please email Patrick Cannell at pmc37@zips.uakron.edu to register for tryouts, to submit your writing sample, and to ask any questions related to Moot Court Honor Society. The time slots for tryouts will be determined based on the order of registration. Each student’s specific tryout time and the fact pattern will be provided in response to the registration email.