Month: October 2020

Please join Judge Ryan Holte and his externs for information session regarding Akron’s new Washington, D.C. Externship Program. This program offers students interested in Intellectual Property law the opportunity to gain valuable experience working in a legal capacity for government, public interest organizations, judges, or other related entities. Students will develop substantive legal skills under the direction of licensed attorneys while completing coursework, networking, and experiencing the legal and cultural environment of our nation’s capital.

• The D.C. Externship is 6 credits and requires 255 hours of legal work at the field placement.
• Students must have completed at least 29 credit hours and be in good standing to enroll.
• The accompanying Externship course will be taught by Judge Ryan Holte.
• Professor Schultz, Judge Holte, and Dean O’Brien will assist with placements. Students are also permitted to secure their own placements.
• Externship students will be able to enroll in online courses to remain full-time for the spring semester. Financial Aid is available to students who qualify. Contact Cora Moretta for more information: 330-972-5374 or moretta@uakron.edu.
• Students will be responsible for travel and housing.

Interested students should email Dean O’Brien (ab139@uakron.edu), indicate if you have an interest in patent law or copyrights and trademarks, and submit a current resume no later than October 15, 2020. 

To login to the information session, please join the following WebEx session:

https://uakron.webex.com/uakron/j.php?mtid=mcdd71f0b9fc14874987c4b91b0b7d006

Meeting number: 120 936 8949

Password: 2d3Z9VipYMT 

Employer	Submission Requirements	Hiring Criteria	Application Materials
Perantinides & Nolan Contact: Matthew Mooney, Esq.	Apply through Symplicity Deadline: Thursday, October 29th	1L, 2L, 3L, 4L	Resume (including class rank), Cover Letter, and Writing Sample

• 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.

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