Join Professor Lee to discuss opportunities to work on social justice projects at Akron Law. Opportunities include academic credit, pro bono hours, and more depending on students’ desired commitment level. Free pizza will be provided! Meeting times are:
Monday, February 29 at 12:15 PM in Quaker Square Plaza A or
Tuesday, March 1st at 5:30 PM in Quaker Square Suite 410
Come prepared to talk about issues that are important to you. Our goals are to understand your interests, foster discussion, improve study skills, and bring together like-minded students. We will begin the meeting with a substantive discussion on race and social justice in law enforcement.
Suggested reading prior to the meeting:
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City of Akron is Hiring Law Clerks!
Akron, OH – Law Clerk – City of Akron, Law Department
AkronLawJobs No. 7082 Overview: Seeking Law Clerk for the City of Akron, Law Department – Civil and Criminal Divisions – for spring semester (and continuing for summer). The duties may include investigation of claims, collections and research and writing, including memoranda, motions and briefs to be filed in various courts. Those with intern certificates may gain experience in municipal court.
Qualifications: 2L, 3L
How to apply: Send resume and cover letter to Attorney Elaine M. Stoeberman: estoeberman@akronohio.gov. Please specify in your cover letter if you are interested in criminal or civil.
Address: 161 S. High Street, Ste. 202, Akron, OH 44308
Deadline: ASAP
Wonder Women – presented by LAW and the CPPO – Tuesday, 3/1 at 12:15 – Room 301
RESCHEDULED!
L.A.W. and the CPPO present “Wonder Women” – a look at women in the legal profession (men are welcome too!) – TUESDAY, March 1st at 12:15 p.m. in the Law Library (Room 301). Lunch will be served.
2016 DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship Application – deadline is 3/30
2016 Law Student Diversity Scholarship Application
Submission Deadline: March 30, 2016
Scholarship Requirements
DRI announces its annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program, open to rising (2016–17) second- and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, LGBT and Multi-Racial students. All rising second- and third-year female law students are also eligible, regardless of race or ethnicity. Any other rising second- and third-year law students who come from backgrounds that would add to the cause of diversity, regardless of race or gender, are eligible to apply. Students who are members of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), law school or law student members of AAJ, or students otherwise affiliated with or employed by AAJ are not eligible for DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarships. To qualify for this scholarship, a candidate must be a full-time student. Evening students also qualify for consideration if they have completed one-third or more of the total credit hours required for a degree by the applicant’s law school. The goal of these scholarships is to provide financial assistance to two worthy law students from ABA-accredited law schools to promote, in a tangible way, the DRI Diversity Statement of Principle. See the last page of this application for the DRI Diversity Statement.
Two scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each will be awarded to applicants who best meet the
following criteria:
Demonstrated academic excellence
Service to the profession
Service to the community
Service to the cause of diversity
Applications must include three recommendations, one each from the following individuals:
A) Dean or an associate dean of the student’s law school
B) A current or past law professor
C) An individual who is personally acquainted with the applicant, but who is not related by blood
line or adoption.
Additionally, each applicant must include a cover letter with his or her application. In that cover letter each applicant should identify his or her academic, personal, and professional accomplishments and how those accomplishments qualify him or her for a DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship award.
View application here: DRI_2016_Diversity_Scholarship_Application-UR
Legal Externship with University Hospitals for Summer!
Shaker Heights, OH – Legal Externship – University Hospitals
AkronLawJobs No. 6838 Overview: University Hospitals Law Department provides advice on a broad array of legal
matters involving University Hospitals Health Systems, Inc., including contracting, corporate governance, corporate
transactions, healthcare operations, healthcare licensure and accreditation, fraud and abuse compliance, general legal
compliance advice, labor and employment, physician credentialing and discipline, intellectual property, IRB issues,
education on medico-legal issues, and consultation on bio-ethical issues.
Duties will include the opportunity to become directly involved with the broad range of legal matters that affect University
Hospitals Health System, Inc. The Law Department’s “small law firm” environment enables an intern to experience a wide
range of topics, including, general corporate practice, tax and nonprofit issues, employment law, real estate, health care
regulatory matters (e.g. Stark law, Anti-kickback, EMTALA, and HIPAA), hospital policy, patient care issues, and
corporate governance.
Qualifications: Strong research and writing skills are required. Background investigation by the Law Department and
approval of Vice President & Deputy General Counsel for Corporate Legal Services also required. Students with a
demonstrated interest in health law and with journal and/or clinic experience preferred.
How to apply: Please submit a resume, writing sample and unofficial transcript to:
Tamara Thompson
Legal Assistant
Corporate Legal Services
University Hospitals Health System, Inc.
4605 Warrensville Center Rd, MSC 9110
Shaker Heights, OH 44122
Deadline: For summer, ASAP. Interviews planned for mid-March.