Max Scholarship Nov. 1st

  • The NEW MAX by AccessLex® app is now available for download in the iOS and Android app stores. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think!
  • The first MAX scholarship drawing of the academic year is right around the corner on November 1.   A digital scholarship poster is attached for you to share with your students.
  • We’d like to give a big MAHALO (thank you) to University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law’s Professor and Director of the Ulu Lehua Scholars Program, Troy Andrade, and Director of Law Student Financial Assistance, Heather Smith-Lee, who recently brought MAX into the Ulu Lehua Scholars Program 1L classroom with the webinar, Managing Your Money During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Ulu Lehua Scholars Program offers financial, academic, and moral support to underrepresented law students throughout their law school careers.

Lexis Certification – Learn! Get Prizes!

Any Law student will get certified and get the Lexis points, but the special drawing is just for 1Ls.

Special Prizes for 1Ls: Two 1L’s will be chosen at Akron Law to win $100 worth of gift card(s) each.  You pick the retailer!
You are not splitting your chances among multiple schools. Your odds of winning are great!
Must get Lexis-certified by November 30th 2020 to be eligible for raffle
Certification is a great resume booster and something required by many employers
Learn valuable research skills for school and employment

Two ways to get certified:
Option One: On your own. You follow this link and complete 3 modules. Once you complete the modules you take the certification exam.  200 points awarded once you pass the exam. https://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/lsp/p/lrchomepage.aspx  

If you choose Option One, screenshot the page that says you got certified for entry in drawing and mail it to jennifer.durkin@lexisnexis.com

Option Two: At a certification workshop.  Schedule below. Attend a workshop led by your Lexis Rep, Jennifer Durkin or one of the Lexis Associates at your school.  The workshop will take about 30 minutes but we guarantee you will become certified.

Certification Workshop Attendees will receive 750 points for attending and completing the certification exam.  That’s enough for a $10 Starbucks card! * Note that if you have already attended a training this year, this amount may be slightly less. 

Certification Workshop Schedule

Mondays beginning October26th
10 am Join Zoom Meeting
https://relx.zoom.us/j/97361278158

4:30pm Join Zoom Meeting
https://relx.zoom.us/j/97540900944

Tuesdays beginning October 27th
Noon          Join Zoom Meeting
https://relx.zoom.us/j/91667584382

Wednesdays beginning October 28th
Noon          Join Zoom Meeting
https://relx.zoom.us/j/95811799738

7:00pm  Join Zoom Meeting
https://relx.zoom.us/j/98185508633

Thursdays beginning October 22nd
Noon    Join Zoom Meeting
https://relx.zoom.us/j/96885287702

7:00pm Join Zoom Meeting  (Note: No meeting on Thankgiving) https://relx.zoom.us/j/96556620928


Sundays beginning October 25th  
8:00pm  Join Zoom Meeting
https://relx.zoom.us/j/92591602056

*Other appointments available upon request

Questions?  Contact your Lexis rep Jennifer Durkin at jenniferdurkin@lexisnexis.com or call/text 216.744.3690

2020 Frost Brown Todd Diversity Scholarship Opportunity

http://blogs.uakron.edu/law/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2020/10/2020-FBT-Diversity-Scholarship-Application.pdf

Frost Brown Todd is committed to building and maintaining, as a central and permanent part of our legal culture, a diverse and inclusive team environment. As part of that commitment, Frost Brown Todd is proud to announce its 2020 Diversity Scholarship. Application is attached.

AME COL WRITING COMPETITION ANNOUNCMENT AND RULES 2021

The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers is pleased to announce the Annual Law Student Writing Competition 2020-2021, which is co-sponsored by the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law.  It is our hope to stimulate interest in this important field of law by sponsoring a writing competition among law students on legal topics of interest to practitioners in the field.  Attached are the guidelines for the competition.  We would appreciate it if you would inform your students about this opportunity.  Notice has also been sent to the Dean of your law school, as all students, not only those currently taking labor and employment law courses, are eligible to participate.

Although a freestanding organization, the College was established in 1995 through an initiative of the Council of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association.  The purpose of the College was to have an organization of senior lawyers, well regarded at the Bar, who would promote achievement and excellence in our area of practice.   As set forth in the College’s bylaws, Fellows must have been practicing labor and employment law for at least twenty years to be nominated and must be active and outstanding contributors to the labor and employment law bar.  

Law schools, scholars of labor and employment law, labor and employment law historians and students can benefit greatly from the intellectual and practical value available through the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.  The College’s primary mission includes supporting creative and thoughtful teaching of Labor and Employment Law, supporting and enhancing the existing curriculum, bringing depth of real life experience to law students through visiting professor and mentoring programs, and pushing the traditional boundaries to bring the current and dramatically changing legal environment into clearer focus.  We invite you to visit the Audiences section of our website (www.laborandemploymentcollege.org) and click on “Law Schools and Students.”

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

David Borgen 
President