Author: Rain Mitchell

Akron BLSA invites you to our 2019 Annual Awards and Honors Banquet on April 27th, 2019, from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The event will be hosted downtown at Greystone Hall (103 S. High., Akron, Ohio). We will be joined by our keynote speaker Justice Melody Stewart alongside BLSA Honoree Jacqueline A. Silas-Butler. Please see the attached flyer for more information regarding the event and our two special guest. Tickets cost $30 for students and $50 for non students. Tickets can be purchased at: https://commerce.cashnet.com/laworg 

If you have any questions or would like to help sponsor the event, please reach out to BLSA Vice President Brandyn Costa at Bac74@zips.uakron.edu

Fink Family Scholarship

The American Society for Pharmacy Law (“ASPL”) is pleased to announce the Fink Family Scholarship established by Joseph L. Fink III and his family. The purpose of the Scholarship is to support a pharmacist who: (1) is attending law school; (2) demonstrates academic, professional, or service-related achievement; and (3) is most likely to use a law degree to further such achievement and to contribute to the benefit of society.

The $5,000 scholarship is a one-time, non-renewable award and will be administered by ASPL.  The scholarship award will be payable to the institution where the student is enrolled.  The recipient will also receive a one year complimentary student membership in ASPL.

More information about the scholarship can be found here.

Moot Court Honor Society Tryouts!!

It’s that time of year again! Become a part of the nationally-ranked Akron Law Moot Court Honor Society! This year, we proudly sent teams to four different competitions in Boston, Massachusetts, Newark, New Jersey, Brooklyn, New York, and Cincinnati, Ohio.  Our ABA team, at the Regional Competition of the National Appellate Advocacy Competition, won 5 out of 5 rounds, and will soon be going to the National Competition in Chicago, Illinois.  At the Rendigs Product Liability Competition in Cincinnati, one of our teams made it all the way to the quarter-final round. 

We want to grow our team and come back even stronger next year! Join us for the 2019-2020 season!  Try-outs will take place on Saturday, April 13th in room 180.

All you need to do is prepare a 7-8 minute oral argument on the side of your choice from the provided problem!

Please email Chloe DeAngelis to get the problem and include your preferred morning tryout time slot.  Time slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis.  Also, please provide her with the argument section of your LARW II brief as well. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us.  If you’re interested in trying out, but are not available that day, talk to us! 

Look for us in a class near you!

Amanda Zganjar – amz13@zips.uakron.edu

Chloe DeAngelis – ccd28@zips.uakron.edu

Nick Surkala – njs60@zips.uakron.edu