If you were unable to attend the Informational Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop which was recently presented at Akron Law by Lee Ann Ward, Director of Bar Admissions, The Supreme Court of Ohio, we are posting the below link so that all students have access to this valuable information. The link will take you to the 1-hour video-taped presentation.
Author: Liz Sauders
Manager of Compliance and Technology for The University of Akron School of Law
Fingerprinting NOT available at UA Police Dept
We have recieved reports that many students needing to be fingerprinted for their Bar application are inquiring at the University of Akron Police Department (UAPD). UAPD is not able to provide this service.
We have also been advised that the Akron Police Department is not able to provide this service. You are most welcome to contact other municipal police departments to see if they are able to assist you, but we do not know which municipalities those may be. Therefore, we direct students as follows:
Fingerprinting is available at the Sheriff’s Office at the Summit County Jail
located on Crosier Street just across the 76 expressway.
Details:
- Appointments are required: call the Sheriff’s Office at 330-643-5323 to schedule
- Appointment times are:
- Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 am.
- Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Closed holidays
- Complete all fingerprint card information prior to arrival
- Fingerprinting fee is $10.00
NOTE: When you submit your Certificate of Dean form to Law Student Services for the dean’s signature, we will return it to you in a packet which contains your official fingerprint card.
TONIGHT – Ohio Bar Admission Workshop
REMINDER…Be sure to attend this FREE Workshop
PRESENTED BY: Lee Ann Ward, Director of Bar Admissions, The Supreme Court of Ohio
DATE: TONIGHT, Thursday, October 18
TIME: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Room 151
PURPOSE: If you are a first or second year law student, you are considering or definitely planning to sit for the Ohio bar exam, and you have NOT yet submitted your required preliminary bar application (“Application to Register as a Candidate” form), then you should absolutely plan to attend this FREE workshop. This program is open to all law students.
Topics addressed will include:
¨ The Ohio bar application process
¨ Character and Fitness (issues, problems, investigations)
¨ The level of scrutiny given to the bar applications
¨ Appropriate and thorough responses to the bar application questions
¨ DEADLINES! See: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/AttySvcs/admissions/calendar.asp
WARNING: Waiting until the drop-dead dates to file an application places you at risk of not getting to take the bar exam right after graduation.
QUESTIONS? Please contact Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.
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November 1st Deadline – February 2013 Ohio Bar Exam
Attention Students Graduating in December and/or Planning to Take The February 2013 Ohio Bar Examination:
The Deadline for the Supreme Court of Ohio Office of Admissions to receive your Application to Take the Bar Examination is November 1, 2012.
A form required as part of the application packet is the Character Certificate, which must be processed by Law Student Services and signed by Assistant Dean Lauri Thorpe.
DO NOT DELAY!
Each form takes time to process.
Maximum Credits Permitted Per Single Semester
CORRECTION;
The ABA standards limit the maximum number of credits which may be earned in any single semester was incorrectly reported in the Spring 2013 Schedule of Classes as 18 credits.
The correct maximum number of credits which may be earned in a single semester 17 credits. The credit calculation includes all graduate courses approved for law school credit, including those taken with a joint degree.