Category: Career Planning: Job Postings/Symplicity

Akron, OH – Law Clerk – Niekamp, Weisensell, Mutersbaugh, & Mastrantonio, LLP
AkronLawJobs No. 6945 Overview: Niekamp, Weisensell, Mutersbaugh, & Mastrantonio, LLP, an 11 attorney firm in downtown Akron, practicing primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, debtor/creditor litigation, civil litigation, bankruptcy, criminal law, juvenile law, family law, personal injury, wills, trusts, probate, and estate planning, is looking for a law clerk. Duties will include primarily research, writing, and preparation of memoranda, briefs, motions, and pleadings. Duties will also include filing documents with local courts and other government offices/agencies, and may also include other duties on an as needed basis.
Qualifications: Looking for someone to work approximately 20 hours per week. Prefer a 2nd year student; however, all candidates will be considered for the position.
How to apply: Please send your resume to the following via e-mail:
Jack Weisensell: jack@nwm-law.com
Deadline extended to December 31st

Cleveland, OH – 1L Summer Associate – Tucker Ellis
Overview: The Tucker Ellis LLP Summer Mentorship Program is designed to give law students the opportunity to work closely with an experienced attorney. Students work alongside their mentors for the summer, where they have the ability to experience a wide range of legal work from attending court hearings to traveling with their mentors to depositions. The vision of our mentorship program is to provide the student with the true sense of the practice of law at Tucker Ellis on a day-to-day basis. Our small program is designed to fit our culture of fostering strong relationships with the firm as well as in our community.
Qualifications: 1L, Class Rank: Top 15%.
How to apply: Send resume, cover letter, and transcript to lawcareerplanning@uakron.edu. Cover letter should be addressed to Ms. Marla Murphy, Recruiting Coordinator.
Deadline: January 22, 2016

Cleveland, OH – Summer 2016 Legal Intern – U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
AkronLegalJobs No. 6954 Overview: This is an UNPAID – VOLUNTEER position. Will be working at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Cleveland Office which is located in the Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse in downtown Cleveland.
Duties will include working with cases regarding asylum, cancellation of removal, and adjustment of status as well as issues regarding whether an individual is removable from the United States based on a criminal conviction. You may draft decisions on applications for relief from removal or removability; Performing in-depth research and analysis of novel legal issues; and will preparing bench memoranda. Interns will be able to observe removal hearings and work on cases involving several forms of relief including asylum, adjustment of status and cancellation of removal.
Interns will work directly under the supervision of the Judicial Law Clerk/Attorney Advisor and will also work with individual immigration judges.
Since this is an unpaid internship, students interested in receiving stipends or academic credit from their law school should contact the appropriate person and their school to determine their eligibility.
Qualifications: 1L or 2L. Must be a U.S. citizen. Must be able to pass an FBI background check.
How to apply: E-mail your resume, cover letter, writing sample and law school transcript to Marissa.Meli@usdoj.gov. Address your letter to: U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review Cleveland Immigration Court, Attn: Marissa Meli, Attorney Advisor, 801 West Superior Avenue, Suite 13-100, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Questions? Contact Ms. Meli at 216-615-8190.
Deadline: February 26, 2016

Akron, OH – Law Clerk – Emerson Thomson Bennett, LLC
Overview: Emerson Thomson Bennett, LLC seeks a law clerk with a hard science/technical background to work in an IP firm. Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree preferred. If interested, submit a resume to Career Planning Director, Alisa Benedict O’Brien (ab139@uakron.edu) ASAP. Subject line of e-mail should read “Emerson Thomson Bennett”. All candidates must be eligible to sit for the USPTO Patent Agent’s exam. Do not contact the firm directly.
Deadline: ASAP

Akron, OH – Director of Inmate Assistance Program – The University of Akron School of Law Legal Clinic
AkronLawJobs No. 6869 Overview: Position will last until May 2016 and possibly May 2017. Paid position – $8.50 per hour up to 20 hours per week. You will develop interviewing, research, and writing skills. Clinic graduates use their skills in civil and criminal contexts as Public Defenders, County Prosecutors, Legal Aid lawyers, judicial law clerks, and civil practitioners.
Qualifications: 1L, 2L, or 3L
How to apply: E-mail your resume and cover letter to mdavis1@uakron.edu as soon as possible. Questions? Contact Paul Zindle at pez2@uakron.edu or stop in the Legal Clinic at Quaker Square.
Deadline: ASAP