Author: misty

The Spring 2012 Exam Schedule is now posted online for your viewing.  You can locate the schedule by visiting: http://www.uakron.edu/law/about/calendar.dot.  Rooms have not yet been assigned for exams.  Once that process is complete you will be notified and the schedule, with room assignments, will replace the schedule posted to this link.

FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION

“Introduction to Federal Practice”

Presented by:

Attys. Karen Adinolfi and Helen Carroll
Roetzel and Andress

DATE: Monday, January 23, 2012

TIME:  12:20 p.m. (lunch provided)

PLACE: School of Law, West Hall 206

Come for an opportunity to interact with attorneys involved in labor, employment, and education law 

Topics include: operating in federal court, advantages and disadvantages to litigating in federal court, and developing a practice in federal court

Questions?           Ellen Lander, eml11@zips.uakron.edu, (330) 338-652

      Dean William S. Jordan III, jordan@uakron.edu

Late last semester, Academic Success Program Director Katherine Silver Kelly resigned to take a similar position at The Ohio State University. We immediately initiated a search for her replacement. We hope to have a new Director in place by March 1, 2012.

Several students have expressed interest in the future of the program. We have involved those students in the search process as their schedules have permitted.

In the interim, the Academic Success Program office is open. The office is staffed by the library in the mornings and on Tuesday afternoons. You may continue to obtain materials from the ASP library, and the ASP Mentors and Assistants will continue their work.

Professor Steven Cook and Adjunct Professor Kani Hightower have agreed to serve as Interim Co-Directors of the Academic Success Program. Please see them if you have concerns about your academic work or if you want to enhance your academic progress.

–          Professor Cook will be in the ASP office on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. Steven4@uakron.edu

 

–          Professor Hightower will be in the ASP office on Thursday afternoons. Khh1@uakron.edu

You may also see Assistant Dean Thorpe about any aspect of the law school experience.

In particular, if you have questions about your schedule, the credits needed to graduate, or the design of your academic program, you should see Dean Thorpe.

If you have questions regarding graduation requirements and credit hours earned/to be completed, please: 

(1) Consult your DARS report on ZipLine; 

(2)  Complete the courtesy graduation audit check sheet for your entering class on the Student Services page; 

(3)  Refer to your Law Student Handbook which is also on the Student Services page;  and

(4) If you are still uncertain as to whether or not you are on track to graduate, please email your specific question to College Program Specialist Liz Sauders at liz@uakron.edu.     Dean Thorpe can also assist you, but you should start with Ms. Sauders to quickly assess and resolve your situation.    If your situation is complicated, you can schedule a meeting with Dean Thorpe by emailing her at LThorpe@uakron.edu  

If you have any concerns about the Academic Success Program, please see or contact Associate Dean Jordan, Jordan@uakron.edu.

If you are in need of classroom and exam accommodations for the Spring 2012 semester, it is imperative that you register with the Office of Accessibility immediately.  In order for us to assist you in your accommodation needs, we must receive a letter from the Office of Accessibility listing your approved accommodations.  Even if you have received accommodations in the past, you must register EVERY semester you are enrolled in order to be entitled to your approved accommodations. 

If you need additional information, or need to schedule an appointment with a counselor at the Office of Accessibility, please visit their website at: www.uakron.edu/access.

We are pleased to be able to offer a one-credit, eight-week course, Overview of Chinese Intellectual Property Law, which will be taught by Professor Yang Ming of Peking University Law School in Beijing, China. As China grows increasingly powerful and influential in world trade, Chinese Intellectual Property Law will become increasingly important to American businesses and lawyers.

Here is Professor Yang’s description of the course:

This course is intended for students to understand Chinese IP law generally, mainly the relative legislations, cases and some disputes among scholars and judges. The course begins with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the IP laws. It covers the basics of copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets and other IP-related areas of law, as well as some of the salient controversies in IP law, including copyright infringement on Internet, cross-class protection of well-known mark, some flaws about procedures in the field of patent law, the application of related doctrines to the field of anti-unfair competition, and etc.

This course will meet twice a week for one hour beginning the week of February 6, 2012. We have tentatively scheduled the class for 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. We have the flexibility to change that schedule, however. If you can take the course at the scheduled time, please register for it. If you are interested in taking the course but cannot take it at the scheduled time, please let Misty Franklin know of your interest. We will then try to find a time when all interested students can take the course. You may contact Ms. Franklin at misty@uakron.edu.

The basis of evaluation for the course will be a paper.  Further details will be provided by Prof. Yang.

Certain course materials are now available from Ms. Aupperle.  sfauppe@uakron.edu.

For further information regarding the course, please contact Prof. Samuels.

Prof. Yang’s profile may be found at : http://en.law.pku.edu.cn/Teacher/teacherView.asp?id=62&mid=20101114292056&menuid=20091124932688&menuname=Faculty