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Deadline to Apply to Tucker Ellis is Friday at 5:00 PM!

Summer Position with Tucker Ellis (Cleveland) – deadline is 1/22
Cleveland, OH – 1L Summer Associate – Tucker Ellis
Overview: The Tucker Ellis LLP Summer Mentorship Program is designed to give law students the opportunity to work closely with an experienced attorney. Students work alongside their mentors for the summer, where they have the ability to experience a wide range of legal work from attending court hearings to traveling with their mentors to depositions. The vision of our mentorship program is to provide the student with the true sense of the practice of law at Tucker Ellis on a day-to-day basis. Our small program is designed to fit our culture of fostering strong relationships with the firm as well as in our community.
Qualifications: 1L, Class Rank: Top 15%.
How to apply: Send resume, cover letter, and transcript to lawcareerplanning@uakron.edu. Cover letter should be addressed to Ms. Marla Murphy, Recruiting Coordinator.
Deadline: January 22, 2016

Have a tie to Summit County? Attending law school in Ohio? Apply for the Akron Bar Foundation Scholarship!

Have a tie to Summit County? Attending law school in Ohio? Apply for the Akron Bar Foundation Scholarship!
Akron Bar Foundation Scholarship – Any student who has a tie to Summit County, Ohio and attends any law school in Ohio is qualified to apply. Student must also have a financial need. Use the link below to apply today!

2016 Scholarship Application

Spring Public Interest Fellowship Application due 1/25/16

Spring Public Interest Fellowship application opens 1/11/16

Public Interest Law Program – Spring 2016: Each semester (spring, summer and fall), the Law School awards a stipend to a number of students who have secured a public interest internship. Applications for funding for the Spring 2016 Public Interest Law (PIL) Program will be accepted beginning Monday, January 11, 2016.
Students interested in applying for a Spring 2016 Public Interest Law award should begin thinking now about securing a placement for their spring PIL work experience. The Public Interest Law Program supports and encourages those students who would like to gain experience in public interest areas. Recent local placements have included:
Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance Program
Community Legal Aid Services of Akron
City of Canton, Public Safety and Service Departments
Council of International Programs USA Mahoning County Prosecutor
National Labor Relations Board Ninth District Court of Appeals Ohio
Civil Rights Commission U.S. Attorney’s Office
Stark County Public Defender’s Office
Stow Law Department
Summit County Prosecutor
University of Akron Legal Clinic/Appellate Review Office
U.S. Attorney’s Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
If you think you would like to obtain a public interest internship, but have no idea how to line up a placement, please feel free to call upon Career Planning Director, Alisa Benedict O’Brien.
The deadline to submit your application for SPRING 2016 PIL funding is Friday, January 25 at 12:00 Noon. You must secure a public interest placement before submitting your application. Visit for http://www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum/extern-register.dot application materials and more information.