Category: Career Planning

The University of Akron School of Law Legal Clinic is hiring for a paid position open for Summer 2014 and the 2014-2015 school year.  The paid position is for a Director of our Inmate Assistance Program. This position is open to all full-time day or evening students entering their 2L or 3L year in Fall 2014.

Persons chosen for this position may work up to 20 hours during the school year and up to 25 hours in the summer.  Students MUST be enrolled in classes during the summer.

People interested in developing interviewing, research, and writing skills should apply.  Our Clinic graduates use their skills in civil and criminal contexts as Public Defenders, County Prosecutors, Legal Aid lawyers, judicial law clerks, and civil practitioners.

A cover letter and resume must be submitted to Maureen Davis no later than Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.  Please sign up for an interview time in the Legal Clinic when you submit your application.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Maureen Davis at 330-972-7751 or by e-mail, mdavis1@uakron.edu.

Akron, OH – Part Time Intern – Summit County Legal Defender Office

AkronLawJobs No.5113 Overview: Immediate need for one or two law students for part time work at the Summit County Legal Defender’s Office. Student will be responsible for doing written assignments as well as going to court to represent indigent clients charged with misdemeanor offenses.

Qualifications: Must currently have or be eligible for the Legal Intern certificate.

How to apply: Please send resume, writing sample and at least five references. The references should have at least one law school professor and should have at least one or two related to the law field.

Email: pmschachter@yahoo.com

Deadline: March 28, 2014  

International lawyer and University of Wyoming Professor of International Law Matthew J. Wilson will speak about:

1. What does an “international” attorney do?
2. Keys to success as an international attorney: personal international experiences in the U.S.,
Japan, and Northern Mariana Islands, and exactly what an “international” attorney does.
3. Opening the door: things that a law student can do during law school to get involved in transnational or international legal matters.
4. Studying Abroad: The value of study abroad programs or spending time overseas during law
school.
5. Where the jobs are: conventional and unique international career opportunities for law students domestically, overseas, and on tropical islands.
6. Job searching tips: how a U.S. educated law student can go about finding an internationally
related legal job either domestically or overseas, particularly in a tight legal market.

Pizza will be served! Hope to see you there!

EDGE is seeking self-motivated students that are interested in paid internship helping companies explore new business ideas.

 The Summer EDGE Fellows Program offers a Great Summer Experience in real-world consulting that allows participants to apply their knowledge to real-world business situations, to network with Northeast Ohio business leaders, to work with like-minded driven students, and to pave the way for connections that may lead to jobs following graduation.

• Open to graduate students (all disciplines) as well as rising seniors and non-traditional students.
• Strong candidates must communicate very well both verbally and in writing, be inquisitive and self-starters.
• This is a 40-hour-per-week internship, which pays $5,600 (from the end of May through the end of July).

EDGE has 16 – 18 positions to fill for 2014 (coming from any school), and this is a competitive process.  Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

We invite you to check out a Summary of 2013 EDGE Fellows Program and consider applying online.

Questions? Stop by the CPPO or email Ms. Benedict O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu

Entrepreneurship – (Prof. Patrick Gaughan)
This interdisciplinary course offered with the College of Business Administration is an exceptional opportunity for ALL law students to acquire the skills that will improve both your employment prospects after graduation and your abilities to serve entrepreneurial clients and venture capital supported firms. The course will be taught by Patrick H. Gaughan, JD, MBA, abd DBA. Mr. Gaughan has spent the last ten years working out of the Youngstown Business Incubator and has successfully obtained private equity investment in both high-tech and traditional investments. Beginning this fall, Mr. Gaughan will also be the Executive Director of the Innovation Practice Center at the University of Akron.
As part of this course, you will learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship – including many of the skills recently identified in a Harvard Law Survey of the skills most in demand by law firms representing businesses, entrepreneurs and private equity investors. For instance, 83% of survey respondents indicated that law students should take courses on Accounting and Financial Reporting. Likewise, 68% of survey respondents indicated that law students should take courses on Corporate Finance. Both of these topics will be covered as part of the Entrepreneurship Course.
The course will cover what lawyers need to know about the following:
• Business Plan Basics
o Identifying opportunities
o Understanding external market structures
o Understanding internal Resources
• The “Top-Down” approach to Pro Forma Accounting
o Understanding balance sheets
o Understanding income statements
o Understanding cash flow statements
• Fundamentals of Valuing a Venture
o Discounted Cash Flow
o Strategic Purchasers
• Plan Presentation Basics
• Due Diligence Fundamentals
• Venture and Deal Structures
This is the sort of training that one needs to represent both small businesses and start-ups that become multimillion dollar companies.
This course will include at least two case studies, a presentation and business plan. The course may include group work depending upon course enrollment.