It's what you need to know!
The deadline to apply for upper-division scholarships has been EXTENDED to Monday, November 1, 2010 at 5 pm Eastern time.
The application form is available here:
https://www.uakron.edu/webforms/law/admissions/scholarship-application.dot
Note that first-year law students are not eligible to apply for these scholarships this year.
Scholarship awards will likely be distributed in February 2011 for fall 2010 and spring 2011.
Questions? Please contact Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.
The unemployment rate sits at 9.6%. The market is downright grisly. The national debt is over $13 trillion. To put it mildly, things sure ain’t pretty. Join The Federalist Society for a lively panel discussion on possible cures to our economic malaise. “Government, Greed, & Geithner: What Went Wrong With the American Economy and How We Can Fix It” will be held on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 12:15 p.m. in Room 151. Our distinguished panelists will be Prof. David Snyder (American University Washington College of Law), Dr. Kate Sheppard (University of Akron Econ. Dept.), and Prof. Stefan Padfield (Akron School of Law). OLIVE GARDEN LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED.
On Friday, October 22, 2010 as part of National Pro Bono week, the School of Law will sponsor a fundraising event here at the Law School. The money raised will go to Community Legal Aid. As you know, that organization services a multi -county area in Northeast Ohio, representing civil litigants who otherwise would not have access to counsel.
We will offer hamburgers and hotdogs beginning at 5 p.m. outside the School in the grassy and paved areas outside West Hall or in the lobby in the event of inclement weather. Cost will be $4.00 per plate. We will also have a cornhole tournament pitting student teams against faculty teams at a cost of $5.00 per person. The winners will receive tokens of appreciation. Finally, there will be an inflatable game( a jousting pit) where students may attempt to best selected faculty members. Cost for that will be $5.00 per student per try.
We already have numerous members of the faculty, staff, and administration signed up to cook, play cornhole and/or joust with you. The faculty members are confident that they will prevail in both the jousting and the cornhole tournament.
This is a worthy cause and will be promoted nationwide and locally.
IPTLA will be holding a meeting on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 6:15pm in room W-210. The presenter will be Professor Alvin Rockhill. Professor Rockhill is an adjunct professor her at the University of Akron School of Law and teaches a seminar on patent prosecution. Professor Rockhill has over 28 years of experience in drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent applications in the United States and numerous foreign countries. The work of Mr. Rockhill has led to the issuance of over 575 utility patents in the United States and hundreds of foreign patents. The majority of Mr. Rockhill’s work over the years has related to chemical inventions. However, Mr. Rockhill has also been involved with numerous inventions that are of a mechanical nature or which relate to other disciplines. Come for this great opportunity to network and get to know other students that are interested in intellectual property law. Food will be provided.
The Akron Criminal Justice Society will meet on October 13 at 5 pm in W-210 to discuss dates and times to visit local courts, as well as a social outing to see the movie Conviction, which is about a working mother who puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders. All interested students are welcome.