It's what you need to know!
On Tuesday, April 17th in Room L160 from 12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. please join us as the candidates for Student Bar Association President will participate in an open forum to briefly discuss with their fellow classmates why they would like the position. The event will also include a Q&A for students to ask candidates questions.
All students are welcome! Candidates for all SBA positions are recommended to attend.
As always, food will be provided.
Message from Lia Evans, Director of Alumni and Development
The Akron Law Alumni Association (“LAA”) Board of Directors has a dedicated position on its Board for a student director. This unique and valuable opportunity provides the student director a chance to become involved in alumni leadership and activities with the law school. The student director represents Akron Law students to the LAA Board and works with the Board to identify ways that students and alumni may work and communicate together for the benefit of both groups.
The student director serves in an ex-officio capacity and is expected to attend all Board meetings, which are held at the School of Law on a bi-monthly basis throughout the academic year (i.e., June, August, October, December, February, and April). The Board meetings begin at 4:30 p.m. and generally last for one and a half hours.
The student director is also expected to assist with the class gift campaign.
Applications for the 2018-19 student director to the LAA Board of Directors will be accepted from upper division law students who are in good standing. Applications should include:
The LAA Board’s executive committee will review the application materials and select students who will be invited to interview at the April 24, 2018 LAA Board meeting. Students interested in being considered for this position should e-mail their application materials to Michele Novachek at manovac@uakron.edu.
On Saturday, April 14, beginning at 9:00am in Room 240, Moot Court Honor Society will be holding tryouts for 2018-2019. Students interested in trying out are asked to prepare a seven-minute oral argument based on a short fact pattern that will be provided. Students are also asked to submit a three-page section of the Law & Argument portion of their LARW II briefs as a writing sample. First-year students currently enrolled in LARW II are asked to submit a three-page section of the Law & Argument portion of his or her most recent draft.
Please email Patrick Cannell at pmc37@zips.uakron.edu to register for tryouts, to submit your writing sample, and to ask any questions related to Moot Court Honor Society. The time slots for tryouts will be determined based on the order of registration. Each student’s specific tryout time and the fact pattern will be provided in response to the registration email.