Author: Adam Messner

Street Law Program Seeks Volunteers

To all students: The Akron Bar Association is looking for volunteers for the Street Law Program.  Street Law is an award-winning, law-related outreach program taught by Summit County high schools.  The Akron Bar Association Street Law Committee has partnered with area schools, the University of Akron School of Law, government offices, and various community organizations to establish Street Law as a high school elective course.  As a volunteer, you will serve as a resource to the teachers teaching Street Law.  You will be in contact with the teacher you are assigned to and may be asked general questions or to come and help teach a class.  Through this you will gain valuable networking experience by working closely with the attorneys who are assigned as resources as well.  If interested, please email streetlaw@akronbar.org

Reminder: Law Review Write-On Competition Began Today at 8 AM!

The 2012 Law Review Write-On Competition began this morning at 8 AM.  You can access the Write-On Competition by signing on to TWEN and registering for the Write-On Competition course.  After adding the course, read the instructions and the hypo posted on the left side of the TWEN course’s homepage.  You have until July 23 at 8 AM to submit your response by email to Ryan Doringo at RyanDoringo@yahoo.com or rad33@zips.uakron.edu.  Please remember that you will remain anonymous during the grading process, so put your student ID number and not your name on the header of the first page of your write-on submission.  I strongly suggest that you do not put off registering for the course or beginning the drafting process.

Good Luck!

Ryan Doringo
Executive Editor, 2012-13 Akron Law Review

Trial Team Tryouts – Saturday, September 1, 2012, 9 am – 4 pm

Attention-Students interested in Trial Team! Trial Team try-outs for the upcoming 2012-2013 season will be held on Saturday, September 1, 2012 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm. The new hypothetical problem will be released on August 27th from which students should prepare either an opening statement or closing argument. There will be a sign-up sheet in the Legal Clinic beginning on August 27 for students to sign up for a try-out time. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Hand-Cannane at sah83@zips.uakron.edu.

Affordable Care Act Online Discussion with Prof. Huhn – July 12, 2012 (Registration Required by July 5)

The Supreme Court’s Decision on the Constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

On July 12, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., The University of Akron School of Law will present a one hour program on the upcoming decision of the Supreme Court in United States Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida – the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.     See feature at http://www.uakron.edu/law/continuinged/affordable-care-act.dot

IMPORTANT!    YOU MUST ALSO REGISTER FOR THIS FREE EVENT by emailing Michele Novachek at manovac@uakron.edu on or before July 5 so you may receive seminar materials in advance and instructions for set-up to participate. 

To attend this program you must have the following equipment: a computer; reliable access to the internet; a headset with microphone to prevent everybody else from hearing feedback from your computer; and, if you would like to be seen by others, a webcam.

The presenter will be Professor Wilson R. Huhn. Professor Huhn is the author of the book ObamaCare: Is It Necessary, What Will It Accomplish, Is It Constitutional? and the attorney of record of an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court in this case. We look forward to seeing you at the program!