Alternative Careers Workshop — TODAY at 12:15 in Room W-206 — ALL STUDENTS INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

What Can You Do with Your Law Degree?? Come to the Alternative Careers Panel – TODAY  –Tuesday, March 2 at 12:15 p.m. Not sure you want to practice law or just thinking of what else you can do with your law degree? Come on Tuesday, March 2 at 12:15 in Room W-206 to hear from several distinguished attorneys who are using their law degrees in non-traditional ways. Our distinguished panelists will include Deborah Hoover, President of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation; Michelle Woodrich, Risk Manager at Akron Children’s Hospital; Rachael Yballe, Compliance Officer at Third Federal Savings & Loan Association; and Meg Matejkovic, Associate Dean for External Programs at Akron Law. Learn how legal skills and experience transfer to other settings and professions. A great event for all law students and alumni. Lunch will be served to those who attend.

Alternative Careers Panel – What Else Can You Do with Your Law Degree? Tuesday, March 2 at 12:15 p.m.

What Can You Do with Your Law Degree?? Come to the Alternative Careers Panel – Tuesday, March 2 at 12:15 p.m. Not sure you want to practice law or just thinking of what else you can do with your law degree? Come on Tuesday, March 2 at 12:15 in Room W-206 to hear from several distinguished attorneys who are using their law degrees in non-traditional ways. Our distinguished panelists will include Deborah Hoover, President of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation; Michelle Woodrich, Risk Manager at Akron Children’s Hospital; Rachael Yballe, Compliance Officer at Third Federal Savings & Loan Association; and Meg Matejkovic, Associate Dean for External Programs at Akron Law. Learn how legal skills and experience transfer to other settings and professions. A great event for all law students and alumni. Lunch will be served to those who attend.

What Can You Do with Your Law Degree?? Come to the Alternative Careers Panel – Tuesday, March 2 at 12:15 p.m.

Not sure you want to practice law or just thinking of what else you can do with your law degree? Come on Tuesday, March 2 at 12:15 in Room W-206 to hear from several distinguished attorneys who are using their law degrees in non-traditional ways. Our distinguished panelists will include Deborah Hoover, President of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation; Michelle Woodrich, Risk Manager at Akron Children’s Hospital; Rachael Yballe, Compliance Officer at Third Federal Savings & Loan Association; and Meg Matejkovic, Associate Dean for External Programs at Akron Law. Learn how legal skills and experience transfer to other settings and professions. A great event for all law students and alumni.

Need a JOB?? Come to “Finding a Job in Today’s Economy and what the American Bar Association Can Do for You” Tuesday, February 23 at 12:15. Sign up today in the Career Planning Office.

Career Planning Workshop — Please join the American Bar Association for a lunchtime panel discussion on “Finding a Job in Today’s Economy and What the ABA Can Do for You”. Our featured panelists are: Judge Mary Jane Trapp, the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eleventh Appellate District; Kathleen Havener, The Havener Law Firm, LLC; and Ilene Breitbarth from the American Bar Association.When: Tuesday February 23rd, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.

Place: University of Akron School of Law

Student Lounge

Lunch will be served courtesy of the American Bar Association to those who pre-register. Sign up required in the Career Planning Office to register. Deadline to register has been extended to Monday, February 22 at 12 p.m.

Great Summer Job Opportunity with Southeastern Ohio Legal Services

Ohio – Summer Clerk
Hiring Criteria:  1L, 2L, 3L Students – Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS) is seeking volunteer summer clerks to work in its offices in Athens, Chillicothe, Lancaster, Marietta, New Philadelphia, Newark, Portsmouth, Steubenville and Zanesville. Clerks will have an opportunity to work on a variety of legal issues affecting the poor, including housing, foreclosure, consumer law, public benefits, health law, education law, and family law. By working closely with our staff attorneys, clerks will provide litigation support and get first-hand interaction with clients and the courts. SEOLS will provide clerks an orientation to the areas of poverty law in which we work and to working with low-income clients. SEOLS will cooperate with applications for law school or other summer fellowship programs.  Submit resume and cover letter to Melissa Skilliter, Pro Bono Coordinator/LITC Director, SEOLS, 555 Buttles Avenue, Columbus, OH  43215. Email: mskilliter@oslsa.org.
Deadline:  March 1, 2010