Category: Bar Examination Information

Substance Abuse Lecture

Attention Law Students

The University of Akron School of Law
Substance Abuse Lecture

One Hour of Lecture is Required for the Ohio Bar Examination
 
Substance Abuse Lectures are offered to the entire law student body
only once during the fall and once during the spring semesters.
 
Fall 2011 Lecture

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Law School Room #151
 
No R.S.V.P. Necessary
Each Session Begins and Ends Promptly
 
Speaker:
Attorney Scott R. Mote,
Executive Director of
Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program (OLAP)
http://www.ohiolap.org
 
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  The next Substance Abuse Lecture will be offered:
 Spring 2012

 Questions?
Contact College Program Specialist
and Law School Registrar,Liz Sauders
at sauders@uakron.edu.

2011 Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)

 

Test Date
Regular Application RECEIPT Deadline
Late Application RECEIPT Deadline
Saturday, March 5, 2011
January 18, 2011
February 3, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
June 21, 2011
July 7,2011
Saturday, November 5,2011
September 20, 2011
October 6, 2011

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is required for admission to the bars of all but four U.S. jurisdictions. Passing scores, which are established by each jurisdiction, currently vary between 75 and 86. Applicants are advised to contact the jurisdictions directly for the most current information regarding passing scores, rules, and policies. A regularly updated list of contact information for the jurisdictions appears on the Bar Admission Offices page.

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is a 60-question, two-hour-and-five-minute, multiple-choice examination administered three times each year.  Information packets are available at the Law School Receptionist desk, or on-line at http://www.ncbex.org/multistate-tests/mpre/.

If you have questions regarding the MPRE, please call 319-341-2500. E-mail mpre.registration@act.org for registration information or mpre.score@act.org for scoring information.

Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

Did you miss Ohio Bar Admissions Director Lee Ann Ward’s presentation on October 18, 2010 here at Akron Law?    Then please watch her presentation on the bar exam application process required by The Supreme Court of Ohio.

 Go to:         http://www.uakron.edu/law/video/display.dot?videoId=1508530&pageTitle=Ohio%20Bar%20Admissions%20Workshop&crumbTitle=Ohio%20Bar%20Admissions%20Workshop

 

Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

EVENT: 
Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop
PRESENTERS:     
Staff from Bar Admissions Office, The Supreme Court of Ohio                               
DATE:            
Monday, October 18, 2010
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 Program Specialist Liz Sauders at Liz@uakron.edu
or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.