Author: Adam Messner

There will be a meeting of the Akron Criminal Justice Society (ACJS) today at 12:15 in L-134 to discuss the raffle for next week.  We encourage you to come prepared with ideas of how to conduct the raffle and times of when you can sit to sell tickets. We will also discuss membership dues.

Akron Law Student Bar Association will be hosting a kick-it tournament on October 27,  from 12:00 to 4:00 at Buchtel Fields. Kick-It was founded by a 10-year old cancer patient with a big dream- to cure cancer by playing kickball. Now a national fundraising program, Kick-it raises money for pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer research. Funds raised benefit children’s cancer research across the country. Kick-it partners with national medical advisory boards to identify the most promising research studies and projects.

Sign up sheets will be posted outside of the SBA office.  There is a $10 per player fee and this money will go to the kick-it organization in order to continue funding cancer research.  We welcome everyone to come out and showcase your kickball skills!  Food and drinks will be provided.  We encourage you to bring a friend, and organize a team with clever law related names.  A few classic teams from the past have been the Tortfeasors and Uncivil procedures. We look forward to seeing everyone out on Buchtel filed having fun and doing something for a great cause at the same time!

Please join the GSLA in celebration of National Coming Out Day. We will be selling bags of candy as well as pre-sale tickets for our upcoming Benefit Drag Show (with proceeds going to The Trevor Project) that will take place on Oct, 19th.

Please join the ACLU in a riveting presentation on “Prisoners’ Rights” on October 11. Guest speaker Carlos Warner will be discussing his involvement in Guantanamo Bay cases. There will also be a session for questions to ask about the rights all prisoners in America have and which ones are being refused. The event will be held in room W-210 at 12:15PM.

The Sports & Entertainment Law Society is selling Akron Law Hoodies ($25) T-Shirts ($10) and Quarter Zips($25). If you would like to make a purchase, see one of the following SELS officers: Jessica Peplowski, Rebekah Chaney, Terence Baptiste, Eric Foster, Jordan Knabb, Pete Nischt, or Alex Porter. You may contact Alex Porter or Jessica Peplowski by email to place an order or to get further details on how the Hoodies, T-Shirts, and Quarter Zips look. Also, please click here for more information.

Alex Porter (aep41@zips.uakron.edu), Jessica Peplowski (JLP132@zips.uakron.edu)