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Please join us for a retirement reception in honor of Professor Emeritus William S. Jordan III, former Associate Dean of the law school, on Wednesday, September 20, 5:00-6:30 in the Beatrice K. McDowell Commons. The law school enjoyed 32 years of Dean Jordan’s faithful service and he will be greatly missed. Please join us in celebrating with Dean Jordan.

Please welcome our new dean, Christopher J. Peters at a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, April 26th from 4:45-6:15.  Students can join Dean Peters for pizza and a chat in Room 160.  Please plan on coming and getting to know our new dean.

Book Talk & Signing with Coffee & Chocolate Reception, Thursday, February 9th in Room 160, 12:30-1:30

The Center for Constitutional Law is pleased to announce new research from its Director, Professor Tracy Thomas. Thomas’ new book uncovers the early historical origins of political action and legal reform for gender equality in the family. It provides an intellectual history of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s fifty years as America’s leading feminist and focuses on her legacy to the law. Thomas explores Stanton’s little-examined philosophies on women’s equality in marriage, divorce, and maternity, and reveals that the campaigns for equal gender roles of the 1970s had nineteenth-century roots. Stanton’s radical ideas seem so familiar today only because they have all become law.

 

Professor Tracy Thomas, Director of the Center for Constitutional Law at Akron, seeks to hire two research assistants beginning January 1, 2017.  Each RA would be expected to work 5 hours per week onsite at the Western Reserve Archives in Cleveland (open Thurs., Fri., and Sat.).  The work involves collecting and reviewing historical court and attorney documents about the Women’s Litigation Fund and its groundbreaking work on gender equality in education and employment in the 1970s.  The position runs from early January until the end of April 2017 and pays a stipend of $1000 for the semester.  If interested, please submit your resume and statement of interest to Professor Thomas at thomast@uakron.edu.  Application considered on a rolling basis until the positions are filled.

The Law Association for Women and The Student Bar Association presents Tea Time with Judge Beth Whitmore. Please join us on Wednesday, October 26 at 12:15 in Central Hower (Room 305) for a Tea Party with Ninth District Court of Appeals Federal Judge Beth Whitmore, where she will be discussing the challenges women face within the legal field, and specific challenges she has faced throughout her career. Tea and pastries will be served.