Category: Bar Examination Information

Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

EVENT:                       Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

PRESENTER:                Lee Ann Ward, Director of Bar Admissions, 

The Supreme Court of Ohio                        

DATE:                           Monday, October 24, 2011        

TIME:                          5:00 to 5:15 registration 

(FREE cookies & bottle water will be served!)

5:15 to 6:25 presentation

 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, 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!

Consider the following Preliminary Bar Application DEADLINES for The Supreme Court of Ohio

 November 15:  By all SECOND YEAR FULL- and PART-TIME students  ($75 fee)

 January 15:       DROP DEAD DEADLINE for July bar exam takers ($200 late fee)

 August 15:        DROP DEAD DEADLINE for February bar exam takers ($200 late fee)

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 College Programs Specialist Liz Sauders at Liz@uakron.edu or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.

 

Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship

Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship 

If you will be graduating in January and taking the February 2012 bar exam or graduating in May and taking the July 2012 bar exam in any state and have or plan to register for a commercial bar review course, please complete and submit the Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship form found at http://www.uakron.edu/dotAsset/2202517.pdf .     Then, you will need to submit this form at your exit interview with the Career Planning Office.

The bar review fee of $25 per 9200:600 level series law school credit was only charged during the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters.    Students who meet the criteria specified on the Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship form found at http://www.uakron.edu/dotAsset/2202517.pdf will receive exactly what they paid into the bar fee program.

Fellowship payments will be processed as early as November 1 for February bar takers and by April 1 for July bar takers. 

Stay tuned to this blog for future announcements on possible scholarship opportunities should those become available from commercial bar review course vendors.

Questions?   Please contact Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu

 

Need-Based Scholarships Available for Bar Review Course

Need-Based Scholarships Available for Bar Review Course

Taking July 2011 Bar Exam?

Need-Based Scholarships Available for a Bar Review Prep Course

BAR/BRI and Supreme Bar Review will offer need-based scholarships to take their OHIO bar exam prep course for July 2011.

Themis will offer need-based scholarships for the July 2011 bar prep course for the following jurisdictions: CA, CO, DC, FL, IL, IA, MD, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, ND, OH, PA, TX, VA

Akron Law will match their scholarship awards.

Download the application at http://www.uakron.edu/law/admissions/docs/barreviewsship.pdf

Application Deadline:     March 15, 2011 for July 2011 OHIO bar takers

(applications will be accepted after the deadline provided funds are still available)

Questions?   Please contact Assistant Dean Lauri S. Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu

Your Bar Admission & Why Your Financial Health Matters

REMINDER:  TODAYAT NOON

Your Bar Admission & Why Your Financial Health Matters

Free Seminar . . . Free Lunch!

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge & Financial Panelists will present, as follows:

 DATE:            Monday, March 7, 2011

TIME:             Noon to 1:05   

PLACE:           Room 151

PROGRAM:    

Noon to 12:05        Introduction by Judge Pat E. Morgenstern-Clarren, United States Bankruptcy Judge


12:05                         Financial Questions That You Will Be Asked When Applying to the Bar – Lenore Kleinman, Esq., member of the Bar Admissions Committee

12:15                         Facing Your Debt –Victor Russell, Consumer Credit Counseling Services, Inc.      

12:30                         Concerned That You May Not Be Able to Pay Your Student Loans? Things You Need to Know – Frederick Coombs, III, Esq. — Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd.

12:45                         Resources Available Through the Law School – Lauri S. Thorpe, Assistant Dean of Admission, Financial Aid & Student Services

12:55                         Brief Q and A

1:05                           Adjourn