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Please remember to log all of your community service and pro bono hours from the fall semester on Symplicity/AkronLawJobs no later than 5PM on Tuesday, January 31st.
Please visit http://www.uakron.edu/law/current-students/probono.dot for details, forms, or further directions, or you can contact Professor Joann Sahl or Asst. Dean Alisa O’Brien.
Cleveland, OH – 1L Intellectual Property Clerk – Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP
AkronLawJobs No. 7848 Overview: Seeking a 1L Law Clerk for the Intellectual Property group for Summer 2017.
Duties: Will work full time during the summer and may have the possibility of working part time (approximately 15-20 hours per week) during the 2017-2018 school year.
Qualifications: 1L. Candidates must possess an undergraduate bachelor’s degree that is Patent Bar eligible. Preferably seeking the following backgrounds: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
How to apply: Send a one-page cover letter, resume, and updated law school transcript to Jodi L. Bosak, Manager of Legal Personnel and Recruiting at recruitment@hahnlaw.com
January 31, 2016
Columbus, OH – Summer 2017 Clerkship/Diversity Scholarship – Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter
AkronLawJobs No. 7849 Overview: The Columbus, Ohio-based law firm or Kegler Brown will award a Diversity Scholarship to a first-year law student and is currently seeking applicants. The $10,000 Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter Diversity Scholarship includes a paid clerkship position with the firm’s summer associate class. All first-year law students who are members of historically underrepresented populations are eligible to apply for the scholarship. Our Diversity Scholarship is awarded annually based on demonstrated academic performance, accomplishments and activities. Recruiting for law clerk for the
How to apply: Those interested in applying should visit: Interested – see details here All application materials should be sent to the attention of Jenna Nistelbeck, Director of Human Resources. Make sure to include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and underrepresented populations status on the cover of your application. Capitol Square, Suite 1800, 65 East State Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: (614)462-5400 Toll Free: (800) 860-7885 Fax: (614)464-2634 Email:
Deadline: January 31, 2017
Columbus, OH – Judicial Extern — Supreme Court of Ohio / Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor
AkronLawJobs No. 7171 Overview: Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor of the Supreme Court of Ohio seeks applications for a judicial extern for the 2016 summer term. All students, including students of color, LGBT students, women, first generation college graduates and “non-traditional” law students, are welcome in chambers.
Job Description: The externship commences with a mandatory orientation program on Friday, May 19, 2017 and will run through Friday, July 21, 2017. Students accepted into the program may seek academic credit but are not required to do so. The successful applicants for this program will have excellent research, analytical, writing and interpersonal skills. Due to the sensitive and confidential nature of the work involved, the successful applicant must also be mature, responsible, reliable and discrete. A background check is required for this position. Judicial externs will work with Chief Justice O’Connor’s legal staff on various tasks. The primary focus of the externs’ work will be review and analysis of parties’ arguments for discretionary review of intermediate appellate court decisions. Judicial externs will prepare memoranda that summarize the relevant facts, claims, and law of particular cases, and make recommendations as to the disposition of those discretionary appeals, including a suggestion on whether the Ohio Supreme Court should accept the appeal. (The process is similar to the analysis undertaken on petitions for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.) Research projects may also be assigned to the extern. Student may also work on merit opinions.
Externs must be available for at least 16 hours weekly, and attend oral arguments held by the court over the summer session. Those dates include June 6, 7, 20, and 21. Externs will also be expected to attend bi-weekly meetings with attorneys and judges who participate in the networking and mentoring components of the externship program, as well as weekly supervision sessions.
How to apply: Send your resume, law school transcript, and a brief cover letter setting forth your interest in the position. Please submit to: Pierce.Reed@sc.ohio.gov OR MAIL HARD COPIES TO: Pierce J. Reed, Senior Judicial Attorney to Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Applications may be sent in electronic form. Due to the competitive selection process, early applications are encouraged.
Deadline: February 10, 2017
Please join us on Tuesday, January 31st at 12:15PM in Central Hower, Room 312 for an information session on this exciting program that merges law and business! Open to all law students!
Summer EDGE Fellows Program – Akron, OH
EDGE is a non-profit economic development organization that is seeking students interested in a unique opportunity in business development, market research and data analytics with exceptional communication skills that are interested in helping Northeast Ohio companies explore and validate new business opportunities.
The Summer EDGE Fellows Program offers a great summer experience in real-world consulting that allows Fellows to work with Northeast Ohio business leaders from small, medium and large companies, mentors, like-minded driven students as well as work remotely and pave the way for connections that can lead to jobs following graduation. In addition, The EDGE Fellows Program consistently receives high marks from past Fellows and companies and recently received the distinct honor as “The Coolest Internship” in Northeast Ohio (by NOCHE and CBC Magazine, 2016).
• Open to graduate students (all disciplines) as well as non-traditional students.
• Projects typically address many of the core NE Ohio industries, including healthcare and medical devices, IT/software/logistics, manufacturing, chemicals and coatings, innovative technology and more with small, medium and large regional companies.
• Strong candidates must communicate very well (both verbally and in writing) and are self-starters that are inquisitive, independent thinkers.
• This is a paid 40-hour-per-week internship which runs from the end of May through the end of July.
• Deliverables include a presentation and a comprehensive report for the host company as well as presenting findings at a public presentation event.
EDGE has 16 positions to fill for 2017 (coming from any school and discipline), and EDGE strives for a well-rounded and balanced class. This is a competitive process, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis through the end of April.
We invite you to attend this information session and consider applying online for Summer 2017.