Category: Akron Law Events

Information Session on Summer Study Abroad in Japan & South Korea
Come learn more about our new study abroad program in Japan & South Korea for Summer 2016. Hear from Dean Wilson and Prof. Cravens (Asst. Dean for Global Engagement) about this exciting opportunity to study international & comparative law in multiple international settings, learn important practical skills, get exposure to different legal cultures, and more! Information sessions will be held at two different dates and times to fit your schedule – come either on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 12:15 in Room L-151 OR Monday, Oct. 19 at 5:30 in Room L-165.

Please join Professor Dana Cole, UMKC’s Ireland Program Coordinator, and a professor from Wales for an information session about how you can earn six credit hours studying in Ireland and Wales from mid-May to mid-June 2016 through UMKC’s Study Abroad Program. Two information sessions will be held on Wednesday October 14, 2015 – one from 12:20 p.m. until 1:10 p.m. and the other from 5:30 p.m. until 6:20 p.m. Both sessions will be held in L-133.

Panera will be served! To ensure we have enough food for everyone, please RSVP to Angela Smith at asm17@uakron.edu by Monday October 12, 2015. Be sure to tell us which session you plan to attend.

If you can’t make it to either session but would like information about studying with Professor Cole and professors from Ireland and Wales in Ireland and Wales, please contact Libby Johnson at johnsonea@umkc.edu or (816) 235-1584 or Professor Cole at dkc@uakron.edu or (937) 219-1759.

ABA President William Hubbard was quoted as saying the legal profession “must develop a new model to meet the needs of the underserved.” For many years the profession has mostly paid lipservice to addressing the needs of the middle class and small business consumers. Attempts to evolve the traditional model of delivery have fallen short of the mark, and a truly “new” model of delivery has taken root.

Alternative solutions and fledgling startups here and abroad are stepping up and gaining ground; the UK allows businesses owned by for-profit corporations. I want to take up the gauntlet thrown down by President Hubbard and imagine a law firm that is designed to meet this need – what should it look like, what can it do and how will it operate? What will the future of law need to look like if it wants to serve these forgotten consumers?

To Register:

Email: sfauppe@uakron.edu

Phone: 330.972.7988