Author: misty

The Spring 2012 Exam Room Assignments have been posted to: http://www.uakron.edu/law/about/calendar.dot.

Please remember that there is no room separation for ExamSoft and writers.  Rooms will start promptly at the times listed.  Fill rooms listed first and continue to overflow rooms for staggered start times.  You are to keep one seat in between each student.

Students receiving exam accommodations will receive personal notices from Misty D. Franklin with instructions on exam start times, room assignments and specific instructions for exam day.  You will receive these notices via your zips.uakron.edu email account by the end of the day on Thursday, April 19, 2012.

You are invited to participate in new program that the law school is developing in honor of The Honorable Sam H. Bell, the first Akron Law graduate to become a federal judge. Judge Bell was highly respected, even beloved, in the legal community.  Judge Bell served for many years as a trial judge in both state and federal court. He was deeply committed to improving the quality of advocacy at the trial court level.  The Judge Sam H. Bell Trial Advocacy Program will offer a unique educational opportunity for mid-career trial attorneys to achieve that goal.

The Program’s inaugural offering will focus on the jury system, including the selection of jurors. The lawyers involved in the program will conduct actual jury selection as if they were in court. In courtrooms presided over by Judge Taryn Heath of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas and Judges Patricia Cosgrove (retired) and Thomas Teodosio of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, the lawyers will question prospective jurors and make arguments to the judges as they would in actual trials.

To provide this valuable training experience, we need some jurors. That’s where the opportunity for Akron Law students comes in.  The jury selection practicum will take place in the Summit County Courthouse on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at 1-4 p.m.

Students participating in this program will receive three hours counting toward their general community service graduation requirement.

If you would like to participate, please contact Shannon Aupperle (sfauppe@uakron.edu) no later than April 30.

We have added a new section of ADR for the Fall 2012 semester to be taught by Prof. Thomas.

This course will meet on Tuesdays from 6:40 – 9:40 p.m.

Class #: (78811) 9200:642-801

Course Description:  Alternative Dispute Resolution is a skills-oriented course teaching negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.  The goal of the course is to develop the professional skills necessary to engage in appropriate resolutions of disputes.  The format of the class integrates theory and practice combining short lectures on theory and methods with demonstration and observation of others.  The majority of the time in the course is spent engaged in simulated exercises of problem-solving and dispute resolution.  The course is graded on the basis of class participation and two papers, a negotiation position paper and a mediation statement.

The Spring 2012 Need for Exam Accommodation Memo and form can be located at: http://www.uakron.edu/law/about/calendar.dot. 

Types of Disabilities that are accommodated and what is needed:

REGARDING TEMPORARY DISABILITIES:  

If you do not already have documentation in the Dean’s Office, please submit a medical excuse from your attending physician with your response/request for a temporary, one-time accommodation. 

 

REGARDING PERMANENT OR LONG-TERM DISABILITIES: 

Students with permanent disabilities must be registered with the University’s Office of Accessibility.  Contact information for that office may be found at:

http://www.uakron.edu/access/students/registering/law.dot

REGARDING ALL TEMPORARY, PERMANENT, OR LONG-TERM DISABILITIES:

 If you require accommodations for special exam assistance, please complete the information on the next page of this document.  Please be specific about the accommodations you will need given a particular exam format (e.g., a reader and time and a half – multiple choice; a computer and double time – essay format).  This specific information, along with the documentation about your disability, which may already be on file in the Dean’s Office, will allow the Committee to make informed decisions about the accommodations you need.

A.L.i.C.E. Program – Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evaluate

As you may know, our UA Police Department has adopted the A.L.i.C.E. program teaching proactive measures to be taken when faced with an assailant entering a building or classroom.

A.L.i.C.E. stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate.  This nationally-renowned training was developed following examination of school shootings, such as the one that occurred at Colombine . . . and closer to our community we consider Appalachian School of Law, Case Western Reserve University and now Chardon.

UAPD will be here to deliver A.L.i.C.E. training sessions, as follows:

LAW STUDENTS (lunch hour)
Monday, March 26 – Noon to 1:00 – Law Student Lunchroom

LAW STUDENTS (dinner hour)
Wednesday, March 28 – 5:30 – 6:30 – Law Student Lunchroom

The faculty and staff went through this training yesterday and we highly recommend that all of you take part!  Come dressed ready to participate, there is an opportunity for interaction.

In the meantime, please view the brief intro training video prior to our in-service training session.  See:  http://www.uakron.edu/safety/police/services/training.dot.