Attention law students! The Summit Legal Defender’s Office is seeking volunteer law students to assist with various cases and tasks at the office, including assisting the Legal Defenders with reviewing body camera footage. This will offer great experience and exposure to the field of criminal law. No intern certificate is required. If you are interested in volunteering for the spring semester, please email your resume to Dean O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu. Time is of the essence as this busy office needs assistance! Resumes will be forwarded as received. Thank you!
Category: Career Planning: Job Postings/Symplicity
Upcoming On-Campus Interviews!
Cleveland, Elyria, Jefferson and Painesville – 2018 Summer Interns – The Cleveland Legal Aid Society – Interviews February 6, 2018
1L, 2L, Part-time 3L. Students who speak Spanish and other languages encouraged to apply. Apply on Symplicity (under OCI tab) and include your resume, cover letter, law school transcript, references and indicate your top 2 location preferences. If your
resume does not include public service, provide an explanation in your cover letter. Must apply on Symplicity. Address your cover letter to Jennifer Teeter. Deadline for applying: January 17, 2018.
Various – 2018 Summer Judge Advocate Positions/Internships – United States Air Force JAG Corps – interviews February 7, 2018
1L, 2L, 3L and part-time/evening students. Prefer Moot Court/Mock Trial experience.
How to apply: Apply through Symplicity. Address cover letter to Major Bertha Diaz. Deadline for applying: January 18, 2018.
If you need assistance with applying on Symplicity, please contact Assistant Director Bencze: anb77@uakron.edu or Assistant Dean O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu.
Summer 2018 1L Intellectual Property Law Clerk – Hahn, Loeser + Parks LLP
AkronLawJobs No. 9041 Overview: Seeking a 1L law clerk for a multi-faceted and diverse Intellectual Property law group for Summer 2018 in the Cleveland office.
Duties: Will work full time during the summer on a variety of projects; may have the possibility of working part-time (15-20 hours per week) during the 2018-19 school year.
Qualifications: 1L. Undergraduate BA/BS that is Patent Bar eligible with a background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, physics, or materials science.
How to Apply: E-mail to recruitment@hahnlaw.com your Cover Letter (one page), Resume, and current Law School Transcript.
Deadline: January 31, 2018
Summer 2018 Externship – U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen B. Burke (1Ls may apply)
AkronLawJobs No. 9042
Qualifications: 1L, 2L and top 20% of your class
How to Apply: E-mail to Dean O’Brien at ab139@uakron.edu 1) Letter of Recommendation from staff or faculty at the Law School indicating why you would be a good candidate for a federal judicial externship; 2) Cover Letter addressed to The Honorable Kathleen B. Burke; 3) Resume; 4) Law School Transcript; and 5) One Writing Sample. Subject Line MUST READ: 2018 Summer Externship – The Honorable Kathleen B. Burke.
Deadline: February 2, 2018
Summer 2018 Externship for Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor – Supreme Court of Ohio
AkronLawJobs No. 9043 Overview: Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor of the Supreme Court of Ohio is accepting applications for judicial externs for the 2018 summer term. All students, including students of color, LGBT students, women, first-generation college graduates and “non-traditional” law students, are welcome in chambers.
APPLY EARLY because of the competitive nature of this job!
Duties: Commences with a mandatory orientation program on Friday, May 18, 2018 and externship will run through Friday, July 20, 2018. Students accepted into the program may seek academic credit but are not required to do so. Judicial externs will work with Chief Justice O’Connor’s legal staff on various tasks. The primary focus of the work will be review and analysis of parties’ arguments for the discretionary review of intermediate appellate court decisions. Will prepare memoranda that summarize the relevant facts, claims, and law of particular cases, and make recommendations as to the disposition of those discretionary appeals, including a suggestion on whether the Ohio Supreme Court should accept the appeal. (The process is similar to the analysis undertaken on petitions for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.) Research projects may also be assigned to the extern. Students may also work on merit opinions.
Time Commitment: Externs must be available for at least 16 hours weekly but not more than 24 hours, and attend oral arguments held by the court over the summer session. Those dates include May 22 and 23, June 12, 13, 26 and 27, and July 17, 18, and 19. Externs will also be expected to attend bi-weekly meetings with attorneys and judges who participate in the networking and mentoring components of the externship program, as well as weekly supervision sessions.
Qualifications: 1L, 2L. Excellent research, analytical, writing, and interpersonal skills. Due to the sensitive and confidential nature of the work involved, the successful applicant must also be mature, responsible, reliable, and discrete. A background check is required for this position.
How to Apply: E-mail to sarah.stafford@sc.ohio.gov your Resume; Cover Letter setting forth your interest in the position; and Law School Transcript. Letters of Recommendation are accepted, but not required.
Deadline: February 9, 2018