Category: Pro Bono / Community Service

Pro Bono (Limited Means) Opportunities at Legal Aid

Are you interested in pursuing a career in Public Interest Law? Are the reasons you decided to go to law school mostly about wanting to help people? Consider interning with Community Legal Aid’s Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP).

Community Legal Aid is the sole provider of legal assistance to low income individuals in an eight county area. The Volunteer Legal Services Program is a program within Community Legal Aid that works very closely with private attorneys providing them with a number of volunteer opportunities. Students volunteering for the VLSP can work in several areas: Consumer Law including our Bankruptcy project and Peace of Mind Bankruptcy Bypass clinic, Simple Contract law and Simple Estate Planning.

NOTE: Students are required to volunteer a minimum of five (5) hours. Students generally either come in once a week, and volunteer longer or they choose to come in twice a week for shorter amounts of time; generally 3hrs. Our office is open Monday through Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm. We are closed Saturday and Sunday. We ask that your volunteer availability be during those hours.
If interested, please contact VLSP Staff Attorney, Carla Boyle Small, at cboylesmall@communitylegalaid.org

Reminder to Log Spring 2016 Pro Bono Hours

All community service and pro bono hours completed during your Spring 2016 semester must be reported on Symplicity/AkronLawJobs no later than June 29th in order to be counted. Please be sure to report your hours accordingly. If you need further instructions, please visit the website:http://www.uakron.edu/law/current-students/probono.dot

or contact Director O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu. Thank you.

Admissions – Volunteers Needed for Admitted Students Program Saturday, April 2, 2016

Earn Community Service hours!

The Admissions Office is seeking law students to assist at the

Admitted Students Program  on Saturday, April 4, 2016

at the law offices of Roetzel and Andress-222 South Main Streeet, Akron, OH.  

Volunteers are requested for following timeslots:

Set-Up – 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. 

Check-In and Welcome – 11:00am – 12:00 pm: One or two students are needed to assist with check-in of our guests. This will involve distributing information packets, nametags, shaking hands, smiling, and being friendly.

Tear Down – 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Free parking is available in the parking garage at Roetzel & Andress’s offices. Address of the garage is 51 W. State Street. Park on level 6 (top level) of the garage. The entrance to Roetzel & Andress’s offices is accessible from the top floor of the parking garage. 

Dress for the event is business casual.

If you are available to help, please e-mail Terri Bisesi at tbisesi@uakron.edu at your earliest opportunity.

The Admissions Office has historically received a tremendous amount of support from the student body for our events. Your continued assistance is extremely important in making these events successful. Thank you so much for your help, and we appreciate your support!