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The IPTLA, the Health Law Society, and the Federalist Society are co-hosting Professor Adam Mossoff, of George Mason University, and Dr. George Horvath, of Akron Law, on: Pandemics and Patents: Do Patents Help or Hinder Medical Innovation? Professor Mossoff and Dr. Horvath will discuss this topic in detail and Professor Hrdy, of Akron Law, will moderate with commentary. The discussion should be extraordinarily interesting and timely, given that disputes over patents on COVID vaccines are sure to arise soon. Please join us at the following WebEx to watch:

https://uakron.webex.com/uakron/k2/j.php?MTID=t7f8d08d8f227fb2ec8cf5f82bd4957e0

Session number: 120 624 5235 
Session password: Zippy2020 

Who’s ready to carve out some friendly competition? Submit your pumpkin carving to earn points for your class! A survey will be sent out the week after submissions are due for you (and your friends and family) to vote for the most awesome pumpkins. The top three pumpkins with the most votes will get extra points for their classes. Link to submit your pumpkin: https://forms.gle/mEVtAw1MWv4VWxkA6  

Submissions are due Oct. 25th!

Deadline for Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law (Character and Fitness Application):

If you are in your second calendar year of law school, or are a two-year international student in your first year of law school, the deadline to submit a timely Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law (what the Bar Admissions Office commonly calls the Character and Fitness Application) is November 15, 2020. Information on this application can be found here: Application to Resister as a Candidate.

We will mail the Certificate of Dean and a Fingerprint Card to the address that you have on file with the University of Akron. We expect to mail those documents next week.

Application to Apply for the February 2021 or July 2021 Bar Exam:

If you plan to take the February 2021 Bar Exam, the deadline to submit a timely application is November 1, 2020. If you plan to take the July 2021 Bar Exam, the deadline to submit a timely application is April 1, 2021. Information on the application can be found here:  Application to take the Bar Exam.

For those taking the February 2021 Bar Exam, we will mail your Law School Character Certificate to the address that you have on file with the University of Akron. We expect to send those out the first week of October. We will send your Final Law School Certificate, including the Substance Abuse Certification (if we have a record showing that you’ve fulfilled that requirement), directly to the Bar Admissions Office after your degree is conferred in January 2021.

For those taking the July 2021 Bar Exam, we will provide further information as to how we will make your Law School Character Certificate available to you; however, we will send your Final Law School Certificate, including the Substance Abuse Certification (if we have a record showing that you’ve fulfilled that requirement), directly to the Bar Admissions Office after your degree is conferred in May 2021.

Please consult the Ohio Office of Bar Admissions website for additional information and a list of all deadlines: Ohio Office of Bar Admissions

MPRE:

Information about the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam, can be found here: MPRE

Other Jurisdictions:

      If you plan to take the bar exam in another jurisdiction, please consult the bar admissions website for that jurisdiction and forward me any forms that you need to have completed.

It will run from September 21st, until October 26th with deliveries expected around November 9th. Please place your orders using the following cashnet link: https://commerce.cashnet.com/LAWORG

If you have any questions regarding the sale or if this is your first time ordering any apparel from the SBA sale please do not hesitate to reach out to your SBA representatives to discuss the ordering process, pricing, or delivery.

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The International Section of the New York State Bar Association is pleased to announce the annual Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition! The deadline for submission is 4:00 p.m. EST on Friday, November 6, 2020.

The International Section is comprised of approximately 1800 members of the New York State Bar Association (both American and foreign lawyers) who practice, or have an interest in, public and private international law. The writing competition, which began in 1988, fosters legal scholarship among law students in the field of international law. The competition is intended to encourage students of law to write on areas of public or private international law. It is the International Section’s belief that by providing a forum for students to disseminate their ideas and articles, the professional and academic communities are enriched. Furthermore, the competition presents an opportunity for students to submit law review quality articles to the Section for possible publication in one of its publications (i.e., New York International Law Review).

Law Students (including J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. and S.J.D. candidates) are cordially invited to submit to the International Section an article concerning any area of public or private international law or practice. Faculty members of any college or university are ineligible to participate. All submissions will be reviewed by a committee of attorneys practicing international law, and a winner will be chosen based on a variety of factors, including significance and timeliness of the subject matter, thoroughness of research and analysis, clarity of writing style, as well as the importance and originality of the topic to the understanding of private/public international law or comparative law.

The winner will receive:

1) $2,000 USD; and

2) Publication of the article (subject to editorial approval) in the New York International Law Review.

The rules are set forth in our website: https://nysba.org/awards-competitions/international-section-albert-s-pergam-international-law-writing-competition-award/

Good luck. We look forward to receiving your submission!