Application deadline is June 19, 2015
Baker Donelson is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where the individual differences among us are understood, respected, appreciated, and recognized as sources of strength of the Firm. These qualities enrich the environment in which we work. With this in mind, Baker Donelson will again award three scholarships to diverse law students who will complete their first year of law school by June 2015. Recipients will be awarded a six-week, salaried 2L Summer Associate position for the summer of 2016 in one of our Firm’s offices. Additionally, each recipient will be awarded $10,000 which will be paid prior to the student’s third year of law school to help defray the cost of law school tuition and related expenses.
For complete eligibility criteria, instructions, and to apply for the Scholarship Program please visit:
http://www.bakerdonelson.com/diversity-scholarship-diversity-practices/
Deadline: June 19, 2015
Author: ab139
OACTA Law Student Diversity Scholarship – applications due by April 17th
OACTA 2015 Law Student Diversity Scholarships Available
OACTA’s annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program is open to incoming second and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian, Pan Asian and Native American students enrolled at Ohio law schools. Incoming second and third-year female law students enrolled at Ohio law schools are also eligible regardless of race or ethnicity. Other criteria for the scholarship include:
• Academic achievement in law school;
• Professional interest in civil defense practice; and
• Service to community and to the cause of diversity;
Up to three (3) scholarships in the amount of $1,250 each will be awarded to successful applicants. Applicants are required to submit an application, law school transcript and a cover letter addressing the following: academic, personal and professional accomplishments, and why they should be selected as a recipient of the scholarship. Applicants may submit up to three letters of recommendation.
The completed application and all other requested material must be received by April 17, 2015. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
Winners will be announced in June and recognized at the OACTA Annual Meeting in November.
Applications are available here: https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/b9c9cff2101/4dc82881-36b0-4b4e-94cf-f798a87683ce.pdf
Come and learn about Akron Law’s Entrepreneurship Course at a brief info session – Tues. 4/14 at 12:20 – Room 133
Entrepreneurship – (Prof. Patrick Gaughan/Prof. Gary Spring) [Law School Course – overlaps with the Business School Course but includes specific components specifically for law students].
This interdisciplinary course is being revised and expanded from last year’s offering. For the fall 2015, the law course will include two fundamental perspectives. Part of the course will focus on the entrepreneurial perspective (and be shared with the non-JD students in cross-listed courses). At the same time, the law school course will also focus on common legal issues related to the provision of legal services to entrepreneurs. The legal perspective will closely track many of the issues relevant to the traditional entrepreneurship topics and also regularly handled by the SEED clinic. This is an exceptional opportunity for ALL law students to acquire the skills that will improve both your employment prospects after graduation and your abilities to serve entrepreneurial clients and venture capital supported firms. The course will be taught by Patrick H. Gaughan, JD, DBA and Gary Spring, JD. Both Prof. Gaughan and Spring are on the UA law faculty. Prof. Gaughan has over a decade of experience at the Youngstown Business Incubator and has successfully obtained private equity investment in both high-tech and traditional investments. Gary Spring, JD, is a former partner at the law firm of Roetzel & Andress and is Director of the SEED Clinic.
As part of this course, you will learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship – including many of the skills recently identified in a Harvard Law Survey of the skills most in demand by law firms representing businesses, entrepreneurs and private equity investors. For instance, 83% of survey respondents indicated that law students should take courses on Accounting and Financial Reporting. Likewise, 68% of survey respondents indicated that law students should take courses on Corporate Finance. Both of these topics will be covered as part of the Entrepreneurship and the Law Course.
The course will cover what lawyers need to know about the following:
• Business Plan Basics
o Identifying opportunities
o Understanding external market structures
o Understanding internal Resources
• The “Top-Down” approach to Pro Forma Accounting
o Understanding balance sheets
o Understanding income statements
o Understanding cash flow statements
• Fundamentals of Valuing a Venture
o Discounted Cash Flow
o Strategic Purchasers
• Plan Presentation Basics
• Due Diligence Fundamentals
• Venture and Deal Structures
Additionally, the law school course will contain modules on:
• legally establishing an llc
• Operating Agreements
• Nondisclosure Agreements
• Noncompetition Agreements
• Buy-sell Agreements
• Convertible Notes
• Tax issues
• Securities compliance
• Business Ethics;
• nsurance Issues;
• Independent Contractors vs. Employees;
• Term Sheets; Personal Guarantees; and
• Exit Strategies.
This is the sort of training that one needs to represent both small businesses and start-ups that become multimillion dollar companies. This course will include online video modules, a presentation and business plan. The course also includes group work.
How To Succeed in Your Summer Job – Next Wed. 4/15 at 12:20 – Room 133
The CPPO staff invites you to come to “How to Succeed in Your Summer Job” next Wed., April 15th at 12:20 PM in Room 133. We want to make sure you are prepared and have every advantage going into your law clerk, internship, externship, or volunteer position this summer.
Pizza and treats for the last CPPO program of the year will be provided!
Constitutional Law Student Fellows
The Center for Constitutional Law (CCL) at Akron announces the 2015-16 Constitutional Law Fellows. The Center is one of four national centers Congress established in 1986 to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution by supporting legal research and education on constitutional law. Fellows work with the CCL director and affiliated faculty on research, conferences, programming, and public education.
Please join me in congratulating the following students:
Ben Comston
Joe Laatsch
Charles Roman (Knight Fellow)
Gwenn Starda
Charlie Wilson
Professor Tracy Thomas