To inform the ongoing discussions about a potential partnership between our two law schools, the Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (CSU/CMLaw) and The University of Akron School of Law (Akron Law) are hosting a series of virtual forums during February and March 2021. Members of the Joint Exploratory Working Group (EWG); faculty, staff, administrators, and students at both law schools; and members of each school’s alumni boards will be invited to attend.
Forum 2: Friday, February 19 – The Changing Market for Legal Employment: What Will Employers, Clients, and Society Want from Law Graduates?
Time: 12:00 noon-1:30 pm
Topics: changing demands of legal employers and clients, employment trends, legal services reforms, access to justice
Virtual platform: Zoom, https://csuohio.zoom.us/j/89100276504
Moderators: Dean C.J. Peters, Dean Lee Fisher
Presenters:
James G. Leipold, Executive Director, National Association for Law Placement
William D. Henderson, Stephen F. Burns Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and editor, Legal Evolution blog
Robyn Minter Smyers, partner, Thompson Hine, Cleveland
Aretta K. Bernard, shareholder, Roetzel & Andress, Akron