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Dean Thorpe will accept applications via email at LThorpe@uakron.edu (scanned PDF) through midnight tonight.
The application for the 2013-2014 Donovan Scholarship is now available.
Click here to download the application and eligibility criteria (PDF).
REMINDER!
VOTE FOR AKRON LAW
IN CATEGORY
BEST IP LL.M. PROGRAM!
(VOTING CLOSES FEBRUARY 10)
The National Law Journal has launched its “Best of NLJ” survey and we are pleased to share that Akron Law is listed in the category of Best IP LL.M. Program. Below is the link for the survey. We noted that there are many categories and the Best IP LL.M. category is imbedded in a longer survey (several pages into the survey). It also appears that there does not have to be a vote cast for every category. Voting begins January 23 and closes February 10. We encourage you to vote and please feel free to share this link with others.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013BestofNLJ
Winners will be announced in a special National Law Journal supplement on March 25. Our strength in IP warrants an excellent reputation. Building our reputation in IP law enhances the law school, helps all of our graduates seeking employment and ensures a strong future. Let’s get the good word out! Thank you!
| Don’t miss an exclusive opportunity to meet Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, Supreme Court of Ohio, at the YPN Speaker Series!The YPN welcomes Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor to the Young Professionals Network Speaker Series luncheon. Chief Justice O’Connor will provide valuable insight and advice to young professionals looking to make their professional mark, as well as share her personal story to how she became Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Maureen O’Connor’s election to the Supreme Court in 2002 created its first female majority. Ohio’s voters reelected her in 2008 in a landslide victory in which she carried every one of Ohio’s 88 counties and took approximately 68% of the vote. Two years later, the voters of Ohio again demonstrated their faith in her judgment, management and honesty, electing her the first female Chief Justice in Ohio’s history by a 2-to-1 margin over her challenger. She again carried every county in Ohio. Her election to the Chief Justice’s office marks the latest achievement in a long and distinguished career of public service.
Chief Justice O’Connor gained invaluable experience as an attorney, magistrate and common pleas court judge. Despite those successes, she felt compelled to return to the front lines of protecting the public. She became the Summit County Prosecuting Attorney and aggressively prosecuted repeat offenders, violent criminals and public officials who committed ethical violations or improprieties, and lobbied for tougher laws on rape and gang-related offences. Her untiring work earned accolades from victims’ rights groups and educational institutions.
The Speaker Series luncheon is sponsored by FirstMerit Bank. Registration, networking and lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the presentation at noon. The event is $20 for Chamber members and $30 for non-members.
Registration is required. To RSVP, click here. For more information, contact Angela Presutti at (330) 237-1263 or presutti@greaterakronchamber.org.
When & Where Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Fairlawn Country Club 200 N. Wheaton Rd. Akron, OH 44313 |
Please join BARBRI Director of Legal Education Dyann Margolis Paskan, Esquire for a bar review presentation, as follows:
DATE: Tuesday, February 26
TIME: 12:00 to 1:00 – free food!
5:30 to 6:30 – free food!
PLACE: Room 151
Dyann Margolis Paskan, Esquire of BARBRI Bar Review will present the following:
In addition, Assistant Dean Lauri Thorpe will be there to answer any questions you may have regarding the Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship for 2013 JD graduates. The Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship application is posted on the Bar Exam blog at https://blogs.uakron.edu/law/category/bar-examination-information/
We look forward to seeing you there!
ATTN: January and May 2013 graduates taking a February or July 2013 Bar Exam
RE: Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship Application
All January and May 2013 graduates taking a February or July 2013 bar exam will be reimbursed 90% of the actual cost to them of a commercial bar review course, up to a maximum of $2,200.
Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship checks will be processed for students after they complete the Exit Interview with Akron Law’s Career Planning & Placement Office and comply with the other requirements, including submission of this form, receipt of bar review course final contract detailing actual costs to student, and signature approval by the Career Planning Office.
Batch fellowship check processing will resume in February for 2013 graduates.
Please bring your completed application with you to your Exit Interview. The form may be found at https://blogs.uakron.edu/law/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2012/10/Bar-Exam-Review-Course-FELLLOWSHP-2013-JD-Graduates-92612.pdf # #