Month: December 2019

“How to Hang out Your Shingle” The Business of Practice – reserve your spot!

Save the Date! Wednesday, February 5th and Thursday, February 6th from 5:15PM – 6:15PM. Room location at the School of Law, to be determined.

Akron Law Alumni Chris White will be offering a two-night training seminar for Akron Law students interested in solo practice. Preference will be given to upper division students.

“How to Hang Out Your Shingle”: The Business of Practice

This program is being presented by Christopher White, 2011 University of Akron, School of Law alumni and Managing Partner for White Law Office, Co. (thewhitelawoffice.com). The first milestone of your legal career is designing a practice that generates value, giving back to you more than it takes. This program will (1) cover practical steps for setting up and administering a solo or small firm, and (2) explore some of the most common pitfalls solo and small firm owners and practitioners encounter. Whether you are going to go solo or build a firm, it is no longer enough to be a legal practitioner, you must also be an entrepreneur.

Space is limited for this seminar. If you are interested in attending, please email Dean O’Brien (ab139@uakron.edu) to reserve your spot!

Bar Prep kick-off today!

You’re invited to the Akron Bar Prep kick-off today (Monday, December 16) in L-280.

Agenda:

  • Food! (some vegan & gluten free)
  • How do I use this crazy mix of stuff BARBRI just sent me? (Or – if I am working without a vendor – what are my options?)
  • BARBRI?  Huh?  I’m about to graduate and I missed how to get my stuff!
  • What do I need to do to pass the bar exam?  (BARBRI has data on about 67,000 examinees – we’ll go over that data so you hear from someone other than me what it takes)
  • What support does Akron offer over the next  10 weeks?
  • What if I’m waiting until July to take the bar exam – what can I do now to be better prepared?

This will be most useful for people taking the February bar exam, but we’ll cover long term planning for people who are taking the bar exam in July as well.

Extended Bar Prep Sessions (weekly group essay wrangling)

  • Tuesday 5-7 PM – Civil Procedure (325)
  • Saturday 10:30 – 12:30 (325)

Dates for 2020 Barbri Diagnostic Exams for 1Ls and 2Ls – Important!

As you may know, our Partnership for Student Success with Barbri includes First and Second Year Diagnostic Exams (so-called “Baby Bar” exams). The Baby Bar diagnostic tests are designed to assess student strengths and weaknesses in particular subject areas and to give students experience taking an MBE-style multiple-choice exam. They are an important part of our program for preparing Akron Law students to succeed on the bar.

The Baby Bar diagnostics will be administered on the following dates in 2020.  Please note these dates and plan to take the exam on a date that is assigned to your cohort.

Spring 2018 and Spring 2019 starts:

  • Saturday, January 25, 2020, 9 a.m. to noon.
  • Wednesday, January 28, 2020, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Summer/Fall 2018 and Summer/Fall 2019 starts:

  • Saturday, September 5, 2020, 9 a.m. to noon
  • Thursday, September 10, 2020, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The diagnostics consist of 120 multiple-choice questions. Like on a real MBE exam, it is estimated that it will take you 1.5 minutes to complete each question. No preparation is required to take the Baby Bar exam – the diagnostics are designed to be taken without advance studying. After the exams are administered, each student will receive an individual diagnostic report that will show where you are doing well and where you might benefit from additional work. The school will also receive each student’s individual report as well as a cohort report. We will use this information to help determine what we teach and how we teach it.

In order to ensure the completeness and integrity of the diagnostic results, every student in one of the above cohorts is required to take the Baby Bar exam. You also are required to give your best effort while taking the exam – failure to do so would make the results less reliable and defeat the purposes of the diagnostic. For these reasons, failure to take the diagnostic or to put forth your best effort may result in referral to the student disciplinary committee.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or Dean Janoski-Haehlen.

Charles W. Oldfield | Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

Bar Prep kick-off & other bar notes

You’re invited to the Akron Bar Prep kick-off today (Monday, December 16) in L-280.

Agenda:

  • Food! (some vegan & gluten free)
  • How do I use this crazy mix of stuff BARBRI just sent me? (Or – if I am working without a vendor – what are my options?)
    • BARBRI?  Huh?  I’m about to graduate and I missed how to get my stuff!
  • What do I need to do to pass the bar exam?  (BARBRI has data on about 67,000 examinees – we’ll go over that data so you hear from someone other than me what it takes)
  • What support does Akron offer over the next  10 weeks?
  • What if I’m waiting until July to take the bar exam – what can I do now to be better prepared?

This will be most useful for people taking the February bar exam, but we’ll cover long term planning for people who are taking the bar exam in July as well.

Extended Bar Prep Sessions (weekly group essay wrangling)

  • Tuesday 5-7 PM – Civil Procedure (325)
  • Saturday 10:30 – 12:30 (325)