Category: Community Events

The Community Events category is for events that are not internal to the School of Law nor School of Law sponsored, but may be of interest to law students.

American Bar Association Business Law Section – Clerkships for Diverse Students

Business Law Clerkship Opportunities for Diverse Law Students 

The Business Law Diversity Clerkship Program encourages students to pursue business court clerkship opportunities and to consider careers in the practice of business law. In considering a student’s diversity, the Section will give special consideration to individuals who have overcome social or economic disadvantages such as physical disability, financial constraints, or cultural impediments to becoming a law student.

The objectives of the Program include:

• To encourage more diverse law students to apply for clerkship positions

• To foster relationships between business court judges and diverse law students

• To provide students with a foundation in various aspects of business law

 Up to nine interns will be given a summer stipend of $6,000 and placed in business court clerkships in the Philadelphia Commerce Court or the Delaware Court of Chancery.

 Applications for the 2011 program are available at http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/2011flyer.pdf. All application materials must be received on or before Friday, January 21, 2011. For more information about the Business Law Diversity Clerkship Program, go to http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/2011flyer.pdf.

Kegler Brown Diversity Reception – Wed. Dec. 1, 5-7 pm

Kegler Brown‘s Diversity Reception
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
 
All first-year law students are invited to join us at our downtown office on Wednesday, December 1, as Kegler Brown celebrates the impact of cultural diversity on the Columbus legal community.
 
At this reception, you will have the chance to meet Kegler Brown attorneys including members of our recruiting committee, network with other law school students, and learn more about the diversity initiatives that have become so important to our firm, including the Managing Directors’ Diversity Initiative, the Women Lawyers’ Initiative and our Kegler Brown Minority Merit Scholarship program.
 
Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served throughout the event as we toast to our continued commitment to achieving diversity at all levels of our organization.
 
Any questions? Please contact our Human Resources manager, Cara Tammaro. 
 
Kindly RSVP by Wednesday, November 23, 2010 by e-mailing hr@keglerbrown.com with your name, school, phone number and e-mail address.

Wills for Heroes – DATE CHANGE: January 29, 2011

PLEASE NOTE: The January 2011 Wills for Heroes program has been moved to SATURDAY, January 29, 2011. The session will be held at the Sheriff’s Training Center near the Akron-Canton Airport beginning at about 8 a.m. and ending about 4 p.m. If you are interested in participating in the morning/afternoon or both, please contact Prof. Carro at carro1@uakron.edu . The original message with the corrected date is below.

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To All Law Students and Faculty:

The Akron Bar Association is once again sponsoring a Wills for Heroes event, next year, on January 29, 2011. It will be held at the Sheriff’s Training Center on Greensburg Rd. by the Akron-Canton airport. More information is below; click here for further details.

The law school community has participated in this event since its inception several years ago. Students may participate by doing intake and assisting the lawyers with inputting information into the computers to generate wills and other documents for Firefighters , EMS and law enforcement personnel.

You can work in the morning, the afternoon or all day. Faculty licensed in Ohio may offer advice. If any student or faculty member is interested please contact Professor J. Dean Carro by November 22, 2010 at carro1@uakron.edu.

Joint Degree Information Session – November 12, 2010, 5:30 pm, CBA 121

UA Graduate Business Information Session

November 12, 2010
CBA 121
5:30 to 7 p.m.

Learn more about the Joint Business and Law Programs we offer:

  • Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA)
  • Master of Taxation (JD/MTax)
  • Master of Science in Management (JD/MSM-HR)

Joint degree advisors will be available to discuss the programs and answer your specific questions.

Graduate Assistantship Opportunities will also be discussed.

For more information or to register go to:

http://www.uakron.edu/colleges/cba/graduate/index.php, email us at gradcba@uakron.edu or call (330)972-7043.

Join us and bring a friend!

“Lawyers: Why We Are Different and Why We Are the Same”

The University of Akron School of Law
Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Center for Professional Responsibility
Distinguished Lecturer Series
presents

Ronald D. Rotunda
The Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence
Chapman University School of Law

Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 at 4 p.m.

Room 151 at the School of Law
Reception to immediately follow

“Lawyers:  Why We Are Different and Why We Are the Same

Lawyers are more than ever interested in their ethical obligations, as malpractice law suits and government enforcement actions — both based on the Rules of Professional Conduct — are on the increase. To what extent do the ethics rules make lawyers different than other professionals? And, to what extent are lawyers like so many others, who rationalize their shortcomings and ethics violations? Finally, what can courts and law firms do to create incentives for lawyers to follow the rules that already exist. One hour of free CLE will be offered.

Professor Ronald Rotunda is a prolific scholar and internationally renowned authority in two fields, Professional Responsibility and Constitutional Law. His treatises, books and articles are widely cited in both fields.  He is a frequent national and international speaker about professional responsibility. Professor Rotunda is also a leading figure in the profession. For example, he is a longstanding member of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Publications Board and has served on its Professional Discipline Committee. Professor Rotunda helped to write the first Cambodian democratic constitution as Law Advisor to its Supreme National Council and has assisted other democracies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in drafting constitutions and judicial codes. In addition, he helped draft the first set of Rules of Ethics for lawyers in the Czech Republic and, more recently, served as Special Counsel of the Department of Defense. For Professor Rotunda’s complete bio, visit here.

The event is offered with support from Joseph G. and Sally A. Miller Family Foundation.

Additional support offered by the Akron Law Chapter of Phi Delta Phi

To register:
Phone: 330-972-6363
E-mail: manovac@uakron.edu
Online: Register Now