“Join Phi Alpha Delta on Thursday, November 13 at 12:20 in W-206 as we present ‘How to do it all’ with Attorney and President Elect of the Akron Bar Association Lawrence J. Scanlon. Mr. Scanlon will talk about what it is like to do pre-trial, trial, and appellate proceedings. He will also speak about the non-legal aspects of being an attorney. SNACKS AND DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED!”
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Client Counseling Competition – Sign Up and Represent Akron Law!!
THE CLIENT COUNSELING COMPETITION IS HERE!!
Dean Matthew Wilson looks forward to hosting an IntraSchool Competition on January 13, 14 and 15th to determine the teams that will represent Akron Law in the 2015 ABA Client Counseling Competition! All students – 1L, 2L, 3L and 4L are welcome to participate.
Entering the competition is easy!
1) Find another law student to serve as your team member
2) Sign-up online: Client Counseling Competition Team Sign-Up or at the Front Desk of the Dean’s Suite
3) Join Dean Wilson who will be coaching this years team at one of two information sessions on Tuesday, November 18th (Room 151) and Wednesday, November 19th (165) from 5:30pm – 6:30pm. Please send at least one team member to the information session.
4) Join us on January 13, 14, & 15th for the competition. The time and room assignments will be sent to teams in December
5) Winning teams will be sent to the February 2015 Regional Competition in Pittsburgh, PA
Moot Court Honor Society – second training session Wednesday, November 12, 2014 from 5:30pm – 6:30pm in Room W-206
Moot Court Honor Society will be hosting a second training session Wednesday, November 12, 2014 from 5:30pm – 6:30pm in Room W-206. Five local attorneys will be speaking about brief writing. All students are encouraged to attend this session. Pizza will be served, compliments of Bloomberg Law!
Please email Monica Dobson (MLL71@zips.uakron.edu) if you have any questions.
JOINT DEGREE SIGN-UPS!! Stand out from the crowd – earn a joint degree!!
Join us for Joint Degree Day on November 10th from 12:00pm – 1:30pm and 5:30pm – 6:30pm!!
We will have sign-ups in the law school atrium with representatives from the other colleges to discuss the program and how you can finish in 3 years for full-time students and 4 years for part-time students!! Gather information, sign-up and we will follow-up with a personalized meeting to process your admission into the program!!
For those interested in Intellectual Property, you can meet with our distinguished IP faculty and our IP students at 12:15pm in Room 206 for lunch and join us in the atrium following the meeting to sign-up for the JD/LLM or IP Certificate.
We offer several joint degrees – JD/MBA, JD/LLM/IP Certificate, JD/MTAX, JD/Masters of Applied Politics, JD/Masters of Science in Accountancy and JD/Masters of Public Administration!
We also offer several Certificate Programs – Health Law, Intellectual Property and Litigation!
SELS Sweatshirt Sales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Sports and Entertainment Law Society will be selling 3 sweatshirt items this fall. This is your chance to get your parents something for Christmas, or to get some retail therapy in before finals! The sweatshirt prices are as follows:
• Dark heather-gray crew neck sweatshirt: $28.00
• Navy blue hooded sweatshirt: $36.00
• White quarter-zip sweatshirt: $40.00
• ** Gray t-shirt: $15.00
Please note that you MUST pay for your order in advance, and the last day to pay for your items/order is Friday, November 14th at 1:00pm.
We will be in the student lounge taking payments and orders on the following dates and times:
• Monday, Nov. 10 from 10:00-12:00
• Tuesday, Nov. 11 from 12:00-3:00
• Wednesday, Nov. 12 from 4:00-6:00
• Thursday, Nov. 13 from 2:00-6:00
• Friday, Nov. 14 from 11:00-1:00
If you’d like to order one of the items, and cannot come to our table hours, please e-mail your order to sels.akronlaw@gmail.com, with the following information:
• Your name
• A phone number to reach you at
• The item(s) you would like to order
• The size of the item(s)
Any other questions can be directed to sels.akronlaw@gmail.com.
