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All Students – Mandatory Advising Session Next Week

1L and 2L part-time Students

1L and 2L part-time students have sessions on Monday, October 12.

Please come to either the 12:00 – 1:00pm session in Room 151, or the 5:15 – 6:15pm session in Room 165.

2L, 3L, and 4L Students

2L, 3L, and 4L Students have sessions on Tuesday, October 13.

Please come to either the 12:00 – 1:00pm session in Room 151, or the 5:15 – 6:15pm session in Room 165.

Student Services will be in the Atrium on both October 12 and 13 from 12:00 – 2:00pm and 4:30 – 6:30pm to assist with any academic advising questions you have.  Cora Moretta from the Office of Student Financial Aid available during these times in the atrium to answer your financial aid questions.

Please note:  if you do not attend your division advising session, a registration hold will be placed on your account.

Substance Abuse Lecture is Today

Reminder that our Fall semester Substance Abuse Lecture is Today: Thursday, 9/24, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Law School Room 165.

Attend today to complete this requirement regardless of your year in law school. Graduating students please plan to attend if you have not yet attended a substance abuse lecture and plan to take the Ohio Bar exam.  Free substance abuse lectures are offered to the entire law student body only ONCE during the fall semester and ONCE during the spring semester.  The Ohio Office of Bar Admissions requires all students to take a one-hour substance abuse lecture during law school.

Absolutely no admittance after 5:30 pm – please arrive early to record your attendance.

Sponsored by The Office of Student Services, lawstudentservices@uakron.edu

SUPREME COURT RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAR OF OHIO
A certificate from a law school or a continuing legal education sponsor, certifying that the applicant has received at least one hour of instruction on substance abuse, including causes, prevention, detection, and treatment alternatives. Substance abuse instruction that is provided by a continuing legal education sponsor qualifies under this section only if it has been accredited by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education as an approved sub-stance abuse activity under Gov. Bar R. X.

General Counsel of LegalZoom to Speak at Access to Justice Lecture October 9

Miller_Becker 10 2015

ABA President William Hubbard was quoted as saying the legal profession “must develop a new model to meet the needs of the underserved.” For many years the profession has mostly paid lipservice to addressing the needs of the middle class and small business consumers. Attempts to evolve the traditional model of delivery have fallen short of the mark, and a truly “new” model of delivery has taken root.

Alternative solutions and fledgling startups here and abroad are stepping up and gaining ground; the UK allows businesses owned by for-profit corporations. I want to take up the gauntlet thrown down by President Hubbard and imagine a law firm that is designed to meet this need – what should it look like, what can it do and how will it operate? What will the future of law need to look like if it wants to serve these forgotten consumers?

To Register:

Email: sfauppe@uakron.edu

Phone: 330.972.7988