Author: bfuller

The Law School Admission Council’s Diversity Committee is offering a writing competition on “Why pipeline programs targeting students from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds are essential to the future of the legal profession.” All current law students are eligible, and there are categories based on law-school status (1L, 2L, 3L/4L). Essays may be up to 20 pages (5000 words or less). One winning paper will be selected from each of the three categories, and each winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize and publication on discoverlaw.org. One overall winning paper will be submitted for publication in the Journal of Legal Education (or similar publication). The deadline is 5:00 p.m. EST on March 31, 2017.

Additional rules and formatting procedures are available here: LSAC Writing Competition Memo 2017. For questions, please contact Kent Lollis at klollis@lsac.org.

Dear Students,

I hope that you have had a wonderful holiday break. For those of you who started coursework today, welcome back! For those of you who begin next week, we are excited to have you back and begin a new semester!

I’m pleased to announce that updated class rankings are now available here: http://uakron.edu/law/docs/CLASS_RANKINGS_FOR_FALL_2016.pdf (note: if you are off-campus, you may need to sign-in with your UANet ID and password). You’ll find links for the rankings lists (based on entering class) at the bottom of the document.

Please join me in thanking Liz Wascak for all of her work in preparing these rankings.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me (bfuller@uakron.edu). I look forward to seeing you soon!

Sincerely,

Dean Fuller

Our next free Certificate of Qualification for Employment (CQE) clinic is Saturday, January 14, 2017!  We’re very excited to be providing opportunities for ex-offenders in Summit County to take a step toward gaining employment and independence!

We are looking for students to volunteer from 8:00am-12:45pm on Saturday, January 14, 2017.  The clinic will be held at the Ohio Means Job Center [1040 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron, OH 44310]. The time you volunteer can be applied toward your graduation requirement as pro bono limited means hours.

There will be a mandatory volunteer training on Friday, January 13, 2017 from 4:30-6:00pm for first timers. Location of the training will be announced the week of the clinic. The time you are at training will count towards your pro bono limited means hours as well. For those who have completed the training once before, you are more than welcome to attend the training for a refresher. However, you may not count the training towards your pro bono limited means hours again.

If you’re interested in volunteering or have any questions, please e-mail Brittany at bfw7@zips.uakron.edu. You can also learn more about the clinic at our website: http://www.uakron.edu/law/clinical/cqe-clinic.dot.

YOU MUST RSVP IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE CLINIC!!!

The Tannenwald Writing Competition is open to all law-school students and invites submissions. Submitted papers must focus primarily on technical or policy-oriented tax issues relating to any type of existing or proposed United States federal or state tax or tax system. Papers written in connection with a law-school course or seminar (including independent study and summer-school courses) are eligible for the competition. A faculty member must sponsor your submission.

Cash prizes will be awarded for the winning paper ($5,000), first runner-up ($2,500), and second runner-up ($1,500). If not published elsewhere, the first-prize paper may be published in The Florida Tax Review (subject to the normal review and editorial processes of that journal).

The deadline is 9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 5, 2017. For more information and for the Competition Rules, please visit www.tannenwald.org. For questions or more information, contact Nancy Abramowitz at nabramo@wcl.american.edu.

Students are welcome to enter the University of Oklahoma’s American Indian Law Review writing competition. Papers will be accepted on any issue concerning American Indian law or indigenous peoples (although topics recently addressed in the American Indian Law Review are disfavored). The first-place winner receives $1,000 and publication in the American Indian Law Review; second place receives $500, and third place receives $250. All three winning authors will also receive an e-book copy of Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law.

Entries must be submitted or postmarked by 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 31, 2017. For a complete list of rules and for questions, please visit https://www.law.ou.edu/content/writing-competition.