Month: January 2019

AkronLawJobs No. 9914 Overview: Seeking applications for summer law clerk positions. Must have completed your 1L year or be in your 2L before the summer of 2019. APPLICANTS WHO CAN OBTAIN FUNDING FROM THEIR LAW SCHOOL, EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS, OR OTHER SOURCES ARE PREFERRED. We may be able to supplement funding especially for applicants who will have completed their 2nd year of law school. The Legal Aid Society serves Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, and Warren Counties in Southwest Ohio. There are two offices — downtown Cincinnati and Hamilton, Ohio) and a total staff of about 89, including 41 attorneys and 13 paralegals. The attorneys represent individual clients in civil legal matters and work with community organizations and client groups.

Duties: Will perform legal research and provide other assistance to Legal Aid attorneys in their cases; In addition, all summer law clerks attend regular meetings on public interest law topics with their supervisors and other attorneys. There will also be many opportunities to observe court proceedings.

Qualifications: 1L or 2L with strong academic record, an interest in public interest law, and good organizational and communication skills.

How to Apply: E-mail your Resume; Cover Letter explaining the reasons for interest in the position; a Writing Sample; and a List of two references with contact information to stffing@lascinti.org Subject Line: 2019 Summer Clerk Hiring

Deadline:  February 8, 2019

The Ohio State Bar Association Section on Labor and Employment Law is pleased to announce the 2019 Student Writing Competition:

The Competition was created to encourage relevant and innovative scholarly works in the area of Labor and Employment, and to attract Ohio law students to the labor and employment law practice fields. A judging committee comprised of distinguished practicing attorneys and faculty members at Ohio ABA-accredited law schools will review the submissions and award first, second, and third-place cash prizes to the winning student-authors.  Law Students may submit any article that has not been published or accepted for publication in another forum. Articles published in the student’s home law school or law review journal are eligible to be entered (see rules for specific details).

The cash prizes for such competition has been established as follows:

First Place: $3,000; Second Place: $2,000; and Third Place: $1,000.

Funding for the Competition is sponsored by the Ohio State Bar Association Section on Labor and Employment Law—an energized community of over 1,300 lawyers representing employees, labor unions, and employers in Ohio.

Please share this opportunity with students who may be interested in participating. All current students at ABA-accredited law schools in Ohio are invited to submit entries, pursuant to the rules of the Competition detailed in the attached rules document. For all purposes of this Competition, Northern Kentucky University (NKU)-Chase is considered an Ohio law school.

Entries are being accepted until March 30, 2019.  You can find more information and the link to apply at: https://www.ohiobar.org/about-us/awards-scholarships/student-writing-competition/

Elections for Class Representatives to the Student Bar Association are officially open! Below you will find links to two different ballots. One for spring start students and one for part-time students. The elections will close this Friday, February 1st at 5:00pm. 

Students from each of the two classes are permitted to vote for up to two class representatives from their respective class. However, you may only vote for each individual student one time. Please note, it is a violation of the honor code to submit more than one vote per person, to vote for more than a total of two representatives, or to place a vote at all if you are not a part of the particular class. The two students who receive the most votes will serve as class representative.

If you are elected, you will be notified over the weekend.

SPRING START CLASS REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION

PART-TIME CLASS REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION

If you have questions regarding the elections please feel free to contact Sarah Blank, Vice President of the Student Bar Association at skb73@zips.uakron.edu

Friday, February 1, 2019

Self-Mastery for Lawyers: Techniques for Becoming a Happier and Better Lawyer ( Program Description )

Sponsored by:  Cleveland Metro Bar Association’s Women in Law Section and the Ethics & Professionalism and Lawyers Mental Health & Wellness Committees.

CMBA Conference Center
1375 East Ninth Street, One Cleveland Center, Cleveland, OH
www.CleMetroBar.org  216-696-2404

This event is FREE for LAW STUDENTS. 

Techniques for Becoming a Better and Happier Lawyer

• One thing all practicing attorneys have in common is that our careers sometimes bring us palpable stress.  Indeed, statistics show that in comparison to other professions, lawyers disproportionately experience stress, anxiety, depression, suicide, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, anger, and other objective indicators of emotional suffering. Despite being highly educated in matters of the intellect, lawyers tend to have very little education in self-awareness, emotional regulation, and thought reframing. When that major stressor or challenge comes in, we often feel overwhelmed, anxious, or resentful of it. We wish it to be different, yet often lack the tools or ability to navigate through the challenge without emotional difficulty. These emotional challenges not only impair our happiness and joy in life, but interfere with the quality of our lawyering, professional decision-making, and business relationships.
• This workshop will deliver a set of tools to navigate these reoccurring challenges in new, healthier, and more effective ways. In this three-hour program, attendees will be provided a collection of mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and cognitive enhancement techniques they can bring back to their firms/practice, so they can reduce their stress and other challenging emotions, increase their joy and emotional freedom, and optimize their cognition and overall success. The result will be happier and better lawyers.

Presenters: Jarrett Green & Rebecca Simon

Jarrett Green – Stress Management & Peak Performance Consultant
After practicing high-stakes business litigation for 12 years at Skadden Arps and at his own law firm, Jarrett decided to transition away from the practice of law so he could live his passion of helping lawyers and other professionals in high-stress environments reduce their stress and emotional difficulties, and improve their joyfulness, emotional well-being, cognitive performance, productivity, and overall success. Jarrett works with law firms and corporations, including: Skadden Arps, Baker Hostetler, Morrison Foerster, Zenith Insurance Company, NBCUniversal, and Tesla Motors, among others. Jarrett is the cofounder of one of the most cutting edge, science-based law school wellness programs in the country: the USC Law School Mindfulness, Stress Management, & Peak Performance Program.

Rebecca A. Simon – Co-Founder, Peak Performance Program™
Rebecca Ann Simon is a member of the California Bar. She is currently a Lecturer at USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles. She was the national Executive Director of the Mindfulness In Law Society, bringing together law faculty, lawyers, judges, and law students interested in contemplative practices from all over the country, from 2016-2018. Rebecca holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, a J.D. from Southwestern Law School, and a Certificate in Public Policy from the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Rebecca is the co-founder of one of the most cutting edge, science-based law school wellness programs in the country: the USC Law School Mindfulness, Stress Management, & Peak Performance Program.

Program Sponsors:
The CMBA’s Women in Law Section, the Ethics & Professionalism Committee and the Lawyers’ Mental Health & Wellness Committee.

Special thanks to Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP for their support of this program.

Agenda:
12:30 p.m. Registration
1:00 – 4:15  Program

CLE Hours:3.00 hours CLE credit requested

Pricing: 
$100 – CMBA Members
$150 – Non-Members
$80 – Government, Non-Profit and New (<1 year) Lawyers
$65 – Affiliate Members/Non-Attorneys (no CLE)

Students and CLE Passport holders – please click here to email us to register, or download the registration form.