Mark your calendars NOW – Wednesday, October 21, 5 p.m. – 6:15 p.m – Curtis Mack, Akron Law grad and nationally recognized expert on labor law will be at Akron Law to meet with students for an informative and lively discussion on current trends in the field of labor law. Mr. Mack’s presentation will be held in West Hall Room 214. Refreshments will be served.
Category: Career Planning
Save the Date – Public Interest Law Day at Akron Law School – Wednesday, November 4
Please mark your calendars now – on Wednesday, November 4 from 3 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., the Career Planning Office will host our 2nd Annual Public Interest Law Day. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to speak to a variety of public interest employers and learn more about practicing law with a public interest organization and how to break in to those kinds of jobs. Further information and details coming in the next few weeks!
Vorys, Sater to Review Akron Law Resumes – submit materials to Career Planning by Wed., October 7
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease would like to review resumes of Akron Law students interested in their Cleveland, Akron, Columbus and Cincinnati, OH offices.
Hiring Criteria: 2D/3E; prefer top 10%; Law Review and/or Moot Court/Mock Trial
Submit cover letter and resume to Career Planning Office by 12 noon on Wednesday, October 7, 2009.
Cover letters should be addressed to Mark Knueve, Esq.at the firm’s Columbus office (52 E. Gay Street; Columbus, OH 43215). Do not contact firm directly — submit materials to the Career Planning Office and we will forward them.
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TOWN HALL MEETING TO DISCUSS FINALIZING CLASS RANKINGS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 – LAW STUDENT LOUNGE
Noon to 1:00 AND 5:30 to 6:30
We want to hear from you!
As you know, the Law Faculty approved a temporary two option ranking system for Spring 2009:
- Option “A” — separate full-time and part-time rankings, essentially as has been done in the past
- Option “B” — consolidated rankings based upon the class with which the student is expected to graduate.
See options http://www.uakron.edu/law/studentservices/class_rankings.php
(Spring 2009 Class Rankings)
We now need to finalize class rankings and create a system whereby students would be ranked only with those students expected to be in their same graduation year.
The Law Faculty are considering the following proposal:
- Eliminate separate rankings
- Eliminate rankings after the fall semester
- Publish consolidated rankings based upon the class in which the student is expected to graduate.
We would not rank first-year part-time students because they form such a small part of the class with which they would eventually graduate. We would provide the correlation between LGPA and rank of the various classes, which would allow those students to approximate their likely rankings once their entire graduation cohort is at the law school.
We expect the rankings to look like this:
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Full- & Part-Time Students, Ranked Together (those most likely to graduate together), Based on TOTAL Credits Completed* & Classification on ZipLine |
Total Credits Completed, End of Spring Semester, (subject to slight variation to assure that all students are ranked with the appropriate cohort)
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| First Year Students** |
up to 30 = Full-Time, 1st Year Students up to 45 = Part-Time, 2nd Year Students |
| Middle Year Students |
31 to 60 = Full- Time, 2nd Year Students 46 to 68 = Part-Time 2nd & 3rd Year Students |
| Final Year Students |
(88 credits required to graduate) 61 = Full-Time, 3rd Year Students 69 = Part-Time, 4th Year Students |
It is important to recognize that the “credits completed” are approximate. They are appropriate for the vast majority of students, but when we implemented the interim approach last spring, we found it necessary to make adjustments for some students who were more likely to graduate with a class other than the one indicated by their actual credits completed.
Please share your thoughts at one or both of the following Town Hall Meetings:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 – LAW STUDENT LOUNGE
Noon to 1:00 AND 5:30 to 6:30
We look forward to seeing you there!
In the meantime, your comments and ideas are most encouraged on this proposal. Please feel free to e-mail your feedback to classrankings@uakron.edu.
Thank you!
Bill Jordan, Associate Dean and C. Blake McDowell Professor of Law
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Lauri Thorpe, Assistant Dean of Admission, Financial Aid, & Student Services
CLEVELAND OFFICE OF UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION SEEKING A LAW CLERK
As previously announced in The Career Connection, the Career Planning Office is collecting resumes for United Transportation Union. They are seeking resumes from 2D/3E students to work part-time as a law clerk. United Transportation Union generally hires one law clerk for a one year period beginning in May or June and continuing until May or June of the following year. They will consider hiring an intern for the summer only. Interns will be exposed to various facets of the judicial, administrative and legal processes and works directly with the attorneys. Interns are required to have good research and writing skills as the primary focus of the job is to research and draft legal memos, motions, briefs, and various documents for discovery. The Intern is also called upon to deal with court personnel, opposing counsel, and various UTU officers and members in their daily activities. The salary for the position is $17.00 per hour. Submit resume and cover letter to the Career Planning Office by 6:30 p.m., tomorrow, Thursday, October 1, 2009.