Category: Pro Bono / Community Service

Need community service hours (after final exams)?

A note from the Akron Bar Association: We are reaching out today in hopes that you may be able to offer some time to assist the Akron Bar Gala Committee. With the Gala coming up February 2nd, we need volunteers to help solicit and collect donations for the auction portion of the event. Any time that you can spare is much appreciated. This will be a great opportunity for you to spend more time with Bar members and meet new people, while assisting with the Bar’s main fundraiser to support scholarship dollars for students!

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering (after final exams, of course), please email Attorney Bill Price: wprice@elkandelk.com

Thank you!

Community Service Limited Means opportunity – Special Olympics

The 2018 Brooke McMahon swim meet is officially on the schedule for Saturday, November 17 at the Ocasek Natatorium, University of Akron!

Information is below, and anyone interested in volunteering can contact Attorney Lindsie Everett no later than Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at leverett@ralaw.com.

Current plans are as follows:

11 – 11:30 am – Volunteer arrival

11:45 am – Volunteer meeting; welcome, job descriptions etc

12:00 pm – Lunch provided

12:30-3 pm-ish – Swim meet

Summit County Judges Tom Teodosio and Linda Tucci Teodosio will again lead the athletes in the oath. The event is funded by donations – allowing all athletes to take part. The meet, hosted by the Summit Special Olympic Athletic Club, is named for a Green High School graduate who died unexpectedly during a seizure in 2003. The joyful Brooke was a volunteer for the Humane Society and worked as an assistant swimming instructor for the YMCA.

Great opportunity to earn community service of limited means hours!

Expungement Clinic Seeking Volunteers for November Clinic!

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, November 17, 2018

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Barberton Middle School

477 4th Street NW

Akron, OH 44203

All hours qualify as Pro Bono of Limited Means.

There will be a mandatory training session on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 4:30-5:30pm in the Law School Room 301. (You do not need to attend training if you have attended in the past).  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

Opportunity for Community Service of Limited Means Hours with Copley Speech and Debate

If any law students are interested in judging for Copley Speech and Debate tournaments the schedule is below. Please contact Shannon Rote (Shannon.Rote@copley-fairlawn.org) to indicate your interest and dates of availability. You will receive training prior to judging competitions alone and will receive volunteer hours that will count as community service of limited means.