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The Ohio State Bar Association Environmental Law Committee announces the 3rd Annual Call for Papers sponsored by McMahon DeGulis LLP. The winning paper on the areas of Environment, Energy, and Resouces in Ohio will be awarded the “McMahon DeGulis Award” and $1,000.
All current law students are eligible to enter. Submissions must be received by 5 p.m. on January 31, 2012. For further information and instructions on this and many other writing contests, please stop by the CPPO.
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The Career Planning Staff will talk about resumes, cover letters, options for summer 2012 jobs, and everything career-related you need to know. You will not be permitted to schedule an individual career planning consultation until you attend one of these group sessions. Mark your calendar now! Please note dates and times have changed slightly from what was originally announced.
MANDATORY First Year Career Planning Orientation: ALL First Year Students must attend one (1) of the following sessions:
Tuesday, November 1st – 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. – Room 152
Tuesday, November 1st – 5:15 p.m. – 6:15p.m. – Room 152
Wednesday, November 9th – 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. – Room 167 – NEW! Please Note there will be no 5:15 session on November 9th.
Wednesday, November 16th – 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. – Room 167- NEW! Please Note this session has been added!
All first year students will receive a flash drive with the updated Career Planning Handbook.
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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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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.
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.