Author: ab139

In collaboration with The Salvation Army for Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, we are hosting a two events in need of volunteers.

• Food Packing Volunteer Event Wednesday, November 17^th from 11 am – 1 pm, Student Union Room 312
  • Need help packing 100 bags with various shelf stable food items for distribution on November 18^th

• TSA Food Bag Distribution Event Thursday, November 18^th from 11 am to 1 pm, Student Union Piano Lounge by Starbucks
  • Need help distributing food items and collecting information

Additional questions regarding the event, please email uazipassist@uakron.edu or call 330-972-5867.

Akron-Canton Barristers Judicial Externship Program – spring application now open!

The Akron-Canton Barristers, in partnership with the University of Akron School of Law, is excited to announce the Akron-Canton Barristers Judicial Externship Program (“Program”) will continue for the spring semester. The Program is a diversity initiative that provides qualified minority students attending the University of Akron School of Law the opportunity to work as legal externs (for course credit) with select judges and magistrate judges in the Northern District of Ohio (placements for fall include Akron, Cleveland, and Youngstown). To be eligible, you must have completed 29 credit hours, be in good academic standing, and be a minority law student. 

To apply, students must complete the application form (available upon request from Career Services) and return the application form, along with a resume, to Assistant Dean Alisa Benedict O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu no later than Friday, November 19, 2021. Applications will be reviewed by the Akron-Canton Barristers Externship Program Committee and students will be notified about interviews and placements by early December. If selected, students will need to register for the Externship course for spring. Please contact Dean O’Brien with any questions.

Please share with your student organizations and networks. We will post weekly on the Akron Law announcements and in the Career Connection as well.

Akron, OH – Legal Extern or Paid Legal Intern (Fall 2021) – Summit Legal Defender’s Office

AkronLawJobsNo. 12781 Overview: Seeking legal externs and paid legal interns for fall. 2L or 3L in good standing. 

How to Apply: Send resume, cover letter, and list of 3 references to Pat Millhoff, Intern Program Director, pmillhoff@legaldefenders.org.  In your cover letter, indicate if you seek an externship for credit or paid legal internship. 

**Note: students with legal intern certificate are encouraged to apply***

Deadline: ASAP

Waldheger Coyne – Cleveland, OH – Entry-level Associate: We are a general business law from serving closely held businesses and their owners. Our services include business formation, tax planning, contract negotiations, sales and acquisitions, employment law, and estate planning. New associates will be exposed to many or all of these areas of practice. Our goal as a firm is to provide a collegial environment in which to practice law, where attorneys are given opportunities for client contact early in their careers. We want all of our attorneys to be lifelong learners truly enjoy practicing law.  

To apply, upload a resume, writing sample, and transcript on Symplicity: search for AkronLawJobs No. 12972

Deadline: October 14, 2021

Legal Aid, United Way, CHN and Channels 19/43 are hosting a legal information phone bank on October 7.  This phone bank is focused on eviction prevention.  We need your help!  Volunteers will help staff the virtual phone bank and provide eviction prevention information to callers.  This is a 100% virtual volunteer experience – volunteers need to simply assist from a quiet, private location anywhere in the United States.  A training and script will be provided.

Time commitment is 3.0 hours over two days:

• Wednesday, October 6, 2021 – 12:00 pm: virtual training and housing law via Zoom (30-60 minutes)
• Thursday, October 7, 2021 – 4:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.: virtual phone bank with TV 19/43 (2.0 hours)

You must participate in the full 3.0 hour experience – training on housing and the phone system is necessary ahead of the information phone bank.  If never participated as a volunteer in past phone banks, you must attend the live training on 10/6.  If you participated in similar phone banks in the past, you can watch a recording of the training ahead of the 10/7 event.

Interested?  Want to learn more?  Click on this link to sign-up: https://lasclev.org/2021legalinfophonebank/