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Please join us for the next Women in Law Section Meeting |
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:45am Akron Bar Association
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| Topic: You Write Like a Girl: Do Gender Differences Exist in Persuasive Legal Writing?
Speaker: Professors Ann Schiavone and Sarah Morath Description: In this one hour presentation, the presenters will be discussing their on-going research evaluating whether noticeable differences exist in the persuasive writing of male and female first year law students. The presentation will include discussion of the foundational research that prompted out legal-writing specific study, as well as the quantitative and qualitative research methods being employed. First, they will discuss their evaluation of the actual word use in the briefs of first year students, focusing on those areas in which studies have shown men and women vary including: word length, sentence length, use of conjunctions, articles, auxiliary verbs, reference to emotion, etc. Second, they will discuss their survey of legal writing professors about gender differences they notice in legal writing. Lastly, they will discuss their use of student interviews as a source for possible explanations for such gender differences.
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Category: Career Planning
Attention Federal Bar Association members – Win an iPod Touch!
Win an iPod Touch!
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for your chance to win an Apple iPod Touch! All you have to do is connect to us via Facebook or Twitter by October 31, 2011 and you will be entered into a drawing to win!*
Connect to the FBA-NDOC through all of our new social media tools. It’s a great way to stay involved in Chapter activities, meet other members, and win cool prizes!
*You must be a member of the FBA-NDOC to be eligible to win. Join for free online at www.fedbar.org.
The American Bar Association invites law students to put a dent in school debt
Message from the ABA: Put a Dent in Your School Debt
Enter for a chance to win up to $10,000 in the ABA Facebook Sweepstakes at www.facebook.com/abaforlawstudents! The American Bar Association will put a dime in the grand prize jackpot for every law student attending an ABA-accredited school who Likes ABA for Law Students on Facebook and submits an entry form.
You will also have a chance to win these weekly prizes:
Two $1,250 travel packages from Hertz, drawing is Oct. 24!
Six $500 gift certificates for bar review courses from BARBRI, drawing is Oct. 31!
Enter today at www.facebook.com/abaforlawstudents to be eligible for all weekly prizes! The sweepstakes ends at 11:59 pm Pacific Time on Oct. 31, 2011.
NLRB to Interview on Campus – Submit resume to CPPO by Friday, October 21
On-Campus Interviews: National Labor Relations Board – November 4, 2011
3D/4E Students. Please submit a resume and transcript to the Career Planning and Placement Office no later than Friday, October 21, 2011 to be considered for an interview with the National Labor Relations Board.
Possible law clerk opportunity for 3rd or 4th year part-time student
The CPPO has learned that a suburban Portage County law firm might be looking to hire a 3rd or 4th year part-time law student as a law clerk for 20-30 hours per week. The firm is trying to determine if there is interest among our law students and has asked us to collect resumes for them to review.
If you would like to be considered for the possible position, please e-mail your resume by Wednesday, October 26 at 12 noon to Director of Career Planning, Barbara Weinzierl at bcw@uakron.edu. In the subject line of your e-mail, please write “Portage County Law Clerk position”.