Month: November 2020

The International Section of the New York State Bar Association is pleased to announce the annual Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition! The deadline for submission is 4:00 p.m. EST on Friday, November 6, 2020.

The International Section is comprised of approximately 1800 members of the New York State Bar Association (both American and foreign lawyers) who practice, or have an interest in, public and private international law. The writing competition, which began in 1988, fosters legal scholarship among law students in the field of international law. The competition is intended to encourage students of law to write on areas of public or private international law. It is the International Section’s belief that by providing a forum for students to disseminate their ideas and articles, the professional and academic communities are enriched. Furthermore, the competition presents an opportunity for students to submit law review quality articles to the Section for possible publication in one of its publications (i.e., New York International Law Review).

Law Students (including J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. and S.J.D. candidates) are cordially invited to submit to the International Section an article concerning any area of public or private international law or practice. Faculty members of any college or university are ineligible to participate. All submissions will be reviewed by a committee of attorneys practicing international law, and a winner will be chosen based on a variety of factors, including significance and timeliness of the subject matter, thoroughness of research and analysis, clarity of writing style, as well as the importance and originality of the topic to the understanding of private/public international law or comparative law.

The winner will receive:

1) $2,000 USD; and

2) Publication of the article (subject to editorial approval) in the New York International Law Review.

The rules are set forth in our website: https://nysba.org/awards-competitions/international-section-albert-s-pergam-international-law-writing-competition-award/

Good luck. We look forward to receiving your submission!

You’re invited to attend the Law Association for Women October Meeting on Thursday, November 5^th from 12:15-1:15 PM. We will be discussing upcoming events and getting to know more members.

Webex: http://bit.ly/LAW-11-5

Session number: 120 344 7194

Session password: ULaw

Please email Olivia Mullen at omm23@zips.uakron.edu if you would like to be added to our email list.

Save the date: November Panel Event on Thursday, November 19th

Akron Alumnus, Ty Kendrick, will be speaking on the practicalities surrounding practicing patent prosecution and IP law generally. Ty is a former partner in the patent prosecution group of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, and has most recently started his own IP law firm, Kern Kendrick, LLC, in the central Ohio area. Ty will come prepared to speak on running an IP law practice, but hopes to engage in discussion with the attendees rather than merely a lecture. Please join us for this event at the following WebEx:

https://uakron.webex.com/uakron/k2/j.php?MTID=t4f92139e414144cc7acd172a61992412

Session number: 120 666 4934 

Session password: IPTLA

Deadline for Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law (Character and Fitness Application):

If you are in your second calendar year of law school, or are a two-year international student in your first year of law school, the deadline to submit a timely Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law (what the Bar Admissions Office commonly calls the Character and Fitness Application) is November 15, 2020. Information on this application can be found here: Application to Resister as a Candidate.

We will mail the Certificate of Dean and a Fingerprint Card to the address that you have on file with the University of Akron. We expect to mail those documents next week.

Application to Apply for the February 2021 or July 2021 Bar Exam:

If you plan to take the February 2021 Bar Exam, the deadline to submit a timely application is November 1, 2020. If you plan to take the July 2021 Bar Exam, the deadline to submit a timely application is April 1, 2021. Information on the application can be found here:  Application to take the Bar Exam.

For those taking the February 2021 Bar Exam, we will mail your Law School Character Certificate to the address that you have on file with the University of Akron. We expect to send those out the first week of October. We will send your Final Law School Certificate, including the Substance Abuse Certification (if we have a record showing that you’ve fulfilled that requirement), directly to the Bar Admissions Office after your degree is conferred in January 2021.

For those taking the July 2021 Bar Exam, we will provide further information as to how we will make your Law School Character Certificate available to you; however, we will send your Final Law School Certificate, including the Substance Abuse Certification (if we have a record showing that you’ve fulfilled that requirement), directly to the Bar Admissions Office after your degree is conferred in May 2021.

Please consult the Ohio Office of Bar Admissions website for additional information and a list of all deadlines: Ohio Office of Bar Admissions

MPRE:

Information about the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam, can be found here: MPRE

Other Jurisdictions:

      If you plan to take the bar exam in another jurisdiction, please consult the bar admissions website for that jurisdiction and forward me any forms that you need to have completed.