Category: Bar Examination Information

Hello!  If you plan to take the Ohio Bar exam at any time in the future, you will want to attend this event!

Here’s why:

• This is a very important topic, particularly for law students and those in the legal profession
• It is required to sit for the Ohio Bar exam
• Attendance at only one lecture is required, and it may be during any semester in law school
• It is free
• There is only one lecture offered per semester
• Take care of this requirement now – one less thing you will need to do as you prepare to graduate and take the bar exam

Substance Abuse Lecture

Date:  Wednesday, September 7

Time: 5:15 – 6:15 pm    *Please note:  ARRIVE EARLY – there will be no admittance after 5:15 pm.

Location:  Goodyear Auditorium, Room 229 in the Polymer Building (the glass building just east of the law school)

Who should attend:  All students planning to take the Ohio Bar if you have not attended this lecture yet

You may attend this lecture during any semester you are in law school, and we will verify your attendance with the Supreme Court of Ohio when you graduate from law school.  You will definitely want to make this lecture, esopecially if you are planning to graduate in Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 and you have not yet attended one.

If you have any questions, please email Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu.

 

Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

Date:  Thursday, September 1

Time: 5:15 – 6:15 pm

Location:  Goodyear Auditorium, Room 229 in the Polymer Building (the glass building just east of the law school)

Who should attend:  All students who started law school in Fall 2015 semester planning to take the Ohio Bar.

If you have any questions, please email Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu.  Thank you!

If you started law school in the Fall 2015 semester and you plan to take the Ohio Bar at any time in the future, your first application to the Supreme Court of Ohio (SCO) Bar Admissions office is due this November.  We have invited the Director of the SCO Bar Admissions office to give you a workshop on the process for admission to the Ohio Bar and how to complete this first application.

Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

Date:  Thursday, September 1

Time: 5:15 – 6:15 pm

Location:  Goodyear Auditorium, Room 229 in the Polymer Building (the glass building just east of the law school)

Who should attend:  All students who started law school in Fall 2015 semester planning to take the Ohio Bar

If you have any questions, please email Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu.  Thank you!

All 2^nd Year Full-Time & Part-Time Students:  those who began law school in Fall 2015

If you plan to take the Ohio Bar Exam, your first application, the Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission must be received in the Office of Bar Admissions at the Supreme Court of Ohio by November 15, 2016.

Please visit here for the calendar of deadlines, and here to access the application.

Here is a short video (about 1 minute) on what you need to do for this first application: 2L First Application for Ohio Bar Admissions

Law Student Services will provide: 

(1) The “Certificate of Dean” that is prepared by Student Services to include with your application.  Please complete the information  here by September 19, 2016 to request that a Certificate of Dean be prepared for you. 

(2) An official fingerprint card – you will need to make an appointment to get fingerprinted – information will be on a memo with the card.

What you need to do now:

(3) Request a hard copy of your transcript from your undergrad institution to be sent to you to include with your application.

(2) Plan to attend the Bar Admissions Workshop on Thursday, September 1, from 5:15 – 6:15 pm in the Goodyear Auditorium, Room 229 in the Polymer Building (the building just east of the law school).  The Director of the Ohio Supreme Court Office of Bar Admissions will tell you how to complete your application and answer your questions.

 *Please complete the Certificate of Dean information at this link before September 19, 2016. 

If you have any questions, please contact Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu.

 

The deadline for a late application to register as a candidate for the February 2017 Ohio bar examination is August 15, 2016.  The dates for the February 2017 Ohio bar examination are February 21, 22, and 23, 2017.  Please see the Supreme Court of Ohio Bar Admissions website for important deadline dates here.

Please email Law Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu with any questions.   Thank you!