Author: Adam Messner

Roommate, Housing, and Commuter Newsgroups Available

If you are looking for a place to live, a roommate, or a car pool for this fall, remember that the Admissions Office manages newsgroups to help you connect with other Akron Law students looking for the same things. Links to the newsgroups are below – to join, just click the links and follow the directions, or just e-mail me (apm@uakron.edu) and ask me to add you to the newsgroup(s) of your choice.

Roommate Connection: http://groups.google.com/group/ua_law_roommate_connection/

Commuter Connection: http://groups.google.com/group/ua_law_commuter/

Housing: http://groups.google.com/group/ua_law_housing/

Remember – the more people who use these newsgroups, the better they work for everyone, so sign up today!

Contact me with any questions.

Adam Messner
Assistant Director of Admissions and Data Manager
apm@uakron.edu
330.972.7334

FINANCIAL AID LOANS FOR SUMMER 2010 ENROLLMENT

Need summer loan money to pay for tuition, fees, other expenses? Here are a few things to consider:

In order to receive student loans for the summer term, law students need to be enrolled in at least 5 semester hours. We understand that there are two private lenders which may still offer student loans for those students who plan to enroll in fewer than 5 semester hours for the summer term:

CitiAssist – (www.studentloan.com)
Discover Loans – (www.discoverstudentloans.com)

If you have not yet applied for summer 2010 financial aid loans, please do so through the UA Financial Aid Office at  http://www.uakron.edu/finaid/summer.php. Of course, you must first submit your FAFSA which may be done at  http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. The University of Akron School Code is 003123.

Remember that whatever funds you borrow through the Stafford loan program for summer 2010 will be factored against your maximum Stafford loan allocation for fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters.

Questions regarding your summer 2010 LOANS should be addressed to Associate Director of Financial Aid & Enrollment Services Pamela Arrington at pamela8@uakron.edu.

Fellowship Opportunity

I’m writing to let you know about The Robert Masur Fellowship for Civil Liberties, open to first-year law students. Offered annually by The Nation Institute, it consists of a $1000 honorarium for students who intend to carry out significant activities during the summer (in between their first and second year) in the areas of civil rights and/or civil liberties. Proposed activities may include a writing or research project, work with a public interest organization in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties, work on a civil rights or civil liberties law case under the supervision of a faculty member or lawyer, or any other work in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties.

Applicants should send a proposal, no more than two pages, describing his or her intended summer project, along with a resume, a brief letter of recommendation, and the name of their faculty or organizational sponsor to:

    Robert Masur Fellowship
    The Nation Institute
    116 East 16th Street, 8th floor
    New York, NY 10003

All applications must be postmarked by May 15, 2010. We would be grateful if you added The Robert Masur Fellowship for Civil Liberties of The Nation Institute to your calendar of annual grants and fellowships.

For more information about the Fellowship and The Nation Institute, please visit http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/masur.

For specific inquiries, please contact Jayati Vora at the Nation Institute at jayati@nationinstitute.org or call 212-822-0269.

Sincerely,

Frederick Deknatel

The Nation Institute
116 East 16th Street, 8th floor
New York, NY 10003
www.nationinstitute.org