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Need to charge your phone?
The Law Library has a new multi-device charging station with 8 different cables. Charge phones, tablets, MP3 players, and e-Readers. The charging station supports Apple (Legacy and Lightning), Android, Blackberry and Windows.
The new charging station is located next to the student photocopier across from the Circulation Desk.
Please do not leave your mobile devices unattended.
Students wishing to compete in the Law Review’s Write-On Competition,
The 2013 Write-On Competition will begin Friday, 5/17/13, at 8 AM. Instructions for the Write-On Competition and a hypothetical will be available for you to download at that time on TWEN. You will have until Friday, 5/31/13, at 12 AM to submit your response. Late submissions will not be graded or considered for a position on the Law Review.
To participate in the Write-On Competition, you will need to have extended your Westlaw password for the summer session in order to have TWEN access. To access the Write-On Competition course, you will need to add a course to your TWEN page the same way in which you do for your regular or ASP classes. This course is not yet activated for registration but will be available for you to join by the time the Write-On begins at 8 AM. If you have not extended your Westlaw password for the summer and if doing so is no longer possible, please email me at jrc130@zips.uakron.edu and I can coordinate a way to email the instructions and the hypothetical to you on the day the Write-On Competition begins.
Please remember that this Write-On Competition is open to all law students who have completed their first year program as defined by the administration of the School of Law.
Students wishing to join the Akron Law Review who rank in the top fifteen (15) percent of their class after completing the first-year program will be automatically invited to join the law review. As such, those students ranking in the top fifteen percent of their class are not required to compete in the write-on competition to receive an invitation. However, since class rankings will not be released at the time of the write-on competition, we highly encourage all students who have previously ranked in the top fifteen percent of their class to still participate in the write-on competition since their class rank could drop after spring semester grades.
Note Regarding Part Time Students Completing Their First-Year Program this Summer: There will be a second write-on competition in August for those part-time students who complete their first-year program during the summer who are not yet eligible to compete in the first competition. More information regarding this competition will be sent out in August.
If you have any questions regarding the Write-On Competition, please email me at jrc130@zips.uakron.edu.
Thank you,
Julianna Clark
Executive Editor of Student Writing, 2013-14 Akron Law Review
Westlaw has extended access for graduating students through November 2013!
May 2013 graduates must extend their passwords on the Westlaw law school home page by clicking on the “Need Westlaw this summer?” advertisement. Graduating law students receive 60 hours of usage per month per platform (Westlaw Classic and WestlawNext) through November instead of just through July.
Questions? Please contact Lynn Lenart at 330-972-6357 or llenart@uakron.edu.
Free Westlaw printing for The University of Akron law students, faculty and staff will end in May. Westlaw is removing their printers from all law schools in the United States. You can still print from Westlaw by sending your print jobs to the law school’s network printers or to your personal printer.
There are new features in WestlawNext that should help you transition from paper to a more ‘green’ digital world. Electronic file sharing is common in law firms so developing good habits now as a law student helps in preparing you for the work world.
Folders
Use folders to save all your work and easily share with fellow Akron law students or faculty. Your folders are located in WestlawNext in the upper right corner. Your saved material in the folders is automatically updated by Westlaw and always reflects current law. There is no limit in the number of documents you can save in your folders.
History
If you forget to save your research in a folder, don’t worry. Your research history is automatically saved for one year; including all document views and searches. You can also search within your history or use filters to find specific documents.
If Westlaw is removing their printers, what about Lexis?
Lexis is still committed to supporting their law school printers. You can still print from Lexis to the free Lexis printer.
Questions? Please contact Lynn Lenart, llenart@uakron.edu, or call 330-972-6357.
OASP and Sum & Substance- Circulation Changes
The circulation period and overdue fines for OASP and Sum and Substance materials will change for Reading Period and Finals. Starting on Friday, April 26, these materials will circulate for only 1 day (instead of 72 hours) and no renewals will be allowed. Overdue fines for these materials will increase from $1.00 per day to $5.00 per day.
These changes provide access to the materials for a greater number of students. If you have questions regarding these changes please stop by the Circulation Desk and ask to speak with Ms. Nevins or a librarian.
Shhh! Law Students are Studying . . .
It is the time of the semester when students are writing papers and preparing for exams. Please be courteous of your fellow students and help control the noise level throughout the Law Library. Please put your cell phones and pagers on vibrate and conduct quiet phone conversations either outside of the Law Library or near the Law Library restrooms. If you listen to any form of audio, use headphones and keep the volume low. Please limit conversations in open study areas and if you want to work in a group, please use a study room. When using group study rooms please be respectful of your neighbors and keep discussions under control, the walls are not soundproof. Thank you.
School of Law Sample Exams
The University of Akron School of Law sample exams are available online through Springboard. Log on to Springboard using your UANet ID and Password and follow the link for Law School Sample Exams – Ongoing.
Law Library Guides to help you prepare for finals
To help you prepare for finals, take a look at these library guides:
The guides link to information about study aids, course materials, audio lectures, flashcards, CALI lessons and AudioCaseFiles. All these resources are available to University of Akron law students.
All Law Library Guides can be accessed here.
Don’t forget…you have access to West Study Aids on Westlaw! See this posting for more information.
CALI Authorization Code for the University of Akron law students
The Computer Assisted Legal Instructions (CALI) lessons are a valuable resource that you may wish to use to review for exams.
To use the lessons you will need to register on the CALI site and enter our law school’s authorization code. Here are the instructions for obtaining the School of Law CALI authorization code and accessing the CALI lessons:
1. Click on this link and enter your UAnet ID and university password.
2. A PDF document will open with Akron’s CALI authorization code and additional instructions on accessing the CALI website.
3. Go to CALI’s website (http://www.cali.org ) and click on “Create New Account.” Follow the instructions on that web page and enter the CALI authorization code when prompted. You will need to use this authorization code the first time you register. During the registration process you create a custom password.
Please do not give The University of Akron School of Law CALI authorization code to anyone outside of this law school. The University of Akron is a member of the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction and therefore has a license to the CALI exercises.