Category: Career Planning

2013 Patent Law Interview Program – Chicago, IL **Register Now** Deadline is March 4th!

The Loyola Patent Law Interview Program is a two-day interview program held in Chicago each summer that brings together patent law employers and law students from across the country for summer associate and post-graduate positions. Each year roughly 1,500 law students register for the program, submit their resumes, and bid on interviews with the nation-wide employers that interest them. The program is entirely employer selected – which means that participating employers review the resumes submitted to them and choose the law students they are interested in interviewing at the program. Roughly half of the students registered for the program are selected for interviews each year. The 2013 Patent Law Interview Program will be held Thursday, August 1 & Friday, August 2 at the Embassy Suites Chicago – Downtown. Student registration will be open from Monday, February 11 and will end on Monday, March 4. Questions and to Register: Check out http://www.luc.edu/law/career/patent_schools.html for more information on this year’s program. If you can’t find an answer there, please email Law-PatentProgram@luc.edu.

The CPPO will cover the $35 registration fee for interested students, so please email Kristina Floyd at kmf12@uakron.edu if you plan to attend. Also, please note that you are responsible for all other travel expenses besides the $35 registration fee.

Check out the Patent Law Program Blog for all updates:

https://loyolapatentprogram.wordpress.com/.

Have lunch with litigation attorneys from the Summit County Association for Justice – great NETWORKING opportunity

The Summit County Association for Justice invites all Akron Law students to attend a lunch meeting on March 13 at 12 noon at the offices of the Akron Bar Association (57 South Broadway, Akron). The topic is working with Worker’s Compensation Counsel for the Mutual Benefit of the Client. This is a great networking opportunity for all law students interested in litigation, especially plaintiff’s work. You will have a chance to meet some of Akron’s best plaintiff’s lawyers. Free pizza will be provided. If you would like to attend, RSVP to Rocco Yeargin at ry@youngyeargin.com by March 6. The CPPO encourages all students to attend.

 

Polish your networking skills while having fun — RSVP for speed networking event

 Wednesday, March 6, 2013 from 5:15 – 6:30 p.m. in the Law School Atrium –  Speed Networking.

Ever been to an event where there’s one speaker, and you’d like to network and ask them questions after the event, but you can’t because someone else beats you to the punch, and you have to leave for class? Well at this speed networking event, you will have the opportunity to meet every attorney that is there! (and there will be many). The number of attorneys that come depend on how many students sign up! Like speed-dating, everyone will have a few minutes to talk with every lawyer that is there, and then we’ll open it up for an informal meet & greet. Punch and snacks provided. RSVP by e-mailing Kristina Floyd in the Career Planning Office (kmf12@uakron.edu) by Tuesday, March 5 at 12 noon.

Mark your calendars for next week’s CPPO workshops

1- Wednesday, March 6, 2013 from 5:15 – 6:30 p.m. in the Law School Atrium —  Speed Networking.

Ever been to an event where there’s one speaker, and you’d like to network and ask them questions after the event, but you can’t because someone else beats you to the punch, and you have to leave for class? Well at this speed networking event, you will have the opportunity to meet every attorney that is there! (and there will be many). The number of attorneys that come depend on how many students sign up! Like speed-dating, everyone will have a few minutes to talk with every lawyer that is there, and then we’ll open it up for an informal meet & greet. Punch and snacks provided. RSVP today by e-mailing Kristina Floyd in the Career Planning Office (kmf12@uakron.edu).

2- Thursday, March 7 from 12:20 – 1:10 p.m. in Room 134 – Everything you need to know about the Legal Clinics and Externships/Internships – come hear Professors Carro, Sahl and Spring  and CPPO Director Barbara Weinzierl and Assistant Director Alisa Benedict O’Brien speak about the various Akron Law Legal Clinics and internship/externship opportunities available for this summer and beyond. Information about various funding sources and handouts about the clinics will also be available.

 

Akron Law students (and new and seasoned attorneys) invited to participate in Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association 2013 Diversity Job Fair – stop by CPPO for details

When: Thursday, March 28, 2013 from 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Welcome Reception on March 27)

Where: Atrium of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse (The Old Courthouse). 1 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH

How: registration by e-mail open now through March 27, 2013. On-site registration available on the day of the Job Fair. To register via e-mail, send an e-mail with resume attached to jobs@clemetrobar.org. The e-mail should contain your name, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address, year in school or years of legal experience and whether you will attend the welcome reception on March 27.

Stop by the CPPO for further details and instructions.