Category: Pro Bono / Community Service

The Expungement Clinic helps low-income Summit County residents seal the record of their criminal convictions.  A sealed record enables many people better access to jobs, housing, and volunteer opportunities.  Students will learn integral skills in the legal field including record searches, reading court dockets, completing applications to file with the court, and interviewing real clients.
UPCOMING CLINIC:

Saturday, February 16, 2019
9 a.m. to noon
The Chapel
135 Fir Hill
Akron, OH 44304

All hours qualify as ProBono of Limited Means.

There will be a mandatory training session on Friday, February 15, 2019 from 4:30-5:30pm in the Law School Room 301. (You may need to attend training if you have not been trained in the recent changes in Ohio’s expungement law).  You will need a laptop for training and the Clinic.

Interested students or questions please RSVP to Jennifer Lattaker at jkl47@zips.uakron.edu.

THANK YOU!

Reminder: all pro bono and community service hours completed during the fall 2018 semester must be reported on Symplicity/AkronLawJobs by this Thursday, January 31st in order to be counted.

For details and instructions, please visit: https://www.uakron.edu/law/current-students/probono.dot or feel free to reach out to Dean O’Brien or Prof. Joann Sahl. Thank you!

The Expungement Clinic helps low-income Summit County residents seal the record of their criminal convictions.  A sealed record enables many people better access to jobs, housing, and volunteer opportunities.  Students will learn integral skills in the legal field including record searches, reading court dockets, completing applications to file with the court, and interviewing real clients.
UPCOMING CLINIC:

Saturday, January 19, 2019

9 a.m. to noon

Ohio Means Jobs

1040 E Tallmadge Ave

Akron, OH 44310

All hours qualify as ProBono of Limited Means.

There will be a mandatory training session on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from 4:30-5:30pm in the Law School Room 301. (You may need to attend training if you have not been trained in the recent changes in Ohio’s expungement law).  You will need a laptop for training and the Clinic.

Interested students or questions please RSVP to Jennifer Lattaker at jkl47@zips.uakron.edu.

THANK YOU!

The City of Barberton participates in the Continuum of Care Coalition for Summit County. Every year this group organizes a “point-in-time” count. This is a count on a single day of the people in a community who are experiencing homelessness that includes both sheltered and non-sheltered populations.

Volunteers are needed to complete street counts and counts at meal sites. The count will take place on January 29^th, 2019. Shifts are available for morning, lunch, and evening. Training will take place to prepare you on January 22, 2019 and January 24, 2019.

Donations are also needed to give to the homeless. The following items are being requested: socks, gloves, scarves, hats, snack items and protein food items. Donations can be dropped off at United Way, 37 N High Street, Akron, Ohio 44311. Last day of donation drop off is January 24^th, 2019.

If you would like to volunteer or would like additional information, please contact Joe Scalise, 330-315-0415 or at jscalise@uwsummit.org.

The Salvation Army has a volunteer emergency and we’re seeking help for our Big Christmas Distribution here at The Citadel, 190 S. Maple Street, Akron, 44302.
Volunteers are needed this Saturday, December 15 in three shifts:  From 8 to noon, from noon to 4 and from 4 to 7pm.
We need folks to help in three areas:  1) directing traffic for the appointments, 2) escorting families with carts of large bundles of toys from the gym to help load in their cars and 3) helping load boxes of food in cars from the garage.
All positions are outdoors, so folks must dress warmly.  The job is not recommended for anyone younger than high school age as some lifting is required.  Ask your lodge, church, neighbors, friends and family, please.  If anyone at all can come and help for a shift or two, please call me at 330-958-3751.  Merry Christmas from The Salvation Army, and on behalf of the families we serve, THANK YOU.