Certificate of Dean for the 1st Ohio Bar Application

If you are in your second year of law school and are working on the “Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission” for the Ohio Bar, you will need your Certificate of Dean and a blank fingerprint card from Law Student Affairs.

If you have not received your Certificate of Dean yet, please email Mary Cooke right away at mec@uakron.edu so we can get the certificate prepared for you.  Thank you!

Your Rights and the Fight to Vote

Come and learn what Voting rights you currently have and Don’t have, and which ones are currently being challenged, at Local, State, and Federal Levels.

We’ll have a panel of experts on Election Law, both Locally and Federally. Learn how you can get involved, regardless of which way you land on the fight. Food will be provided for this important and timely community event, so bring a friend!

Federal Bar Association Scholarship Opportunity

Foundation of the FBA Announces the Robert A. McNew Law Student Scholarship

The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the Robert A. McNew Law Student Scholarship. This new scholarship promotes the practice of federal law by awarding a scholarship of $5,000 to a law student attending an ABA accredited law school. The scholarship is named in honor of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association past president and founder of the Fellows program, Robert A. McNew.

The scholarship is awarded to a current law student who is a Federal Bar Association law student associate member in good standing. Applicants must submit an application, a personal essay, transcript, and two letters of recommendation. The deadline to submit the scholarship application and the required documentation to the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association is Thursday, Nov. 30.

Student memberships are relatively inexpensive — $20 per year, or $50 for the full three or four years of law school.  The application form is here:  http://www.fedbar.org/membershipapp.