It's what you need to know!
All – please log all of your summer pro bono and community services hours on Symplicity/AkronLawJobs by this Friday, September 29th. Hours logged after that date will not be counted. For further details or required forms, please visit: http://uakron.edu/law/current-students/probono.dot or feel free to contact Dean O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu or 330-972-8540.
The Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP) at Community Legal Aid is seeking a law student who is interested in volunteering with our Consumer projects; namely our Jerome L. Holub Bankruptcy project and our Peace of Mind Workshop. Your responsibilities will likely include; reviewing bankruptcy applications, follow up information gathering phone calls, meeting with clients for fee and document collection meetings and reviewing creditor reports. We are asking for a commitment of 3-5 hours a week, once week. Our offices are open Monday through Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm. Unfortunately we cannot accommodate evening or weekend volunteering.
Please email Carla Boyle Small at cboylesmall@communitylegalaid.org if you are interested. Thanks!
*Expungement Clinic Seeking Student Volunteers*
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 August 26, 2017
8:00am- 12:00pm
The House of the Lord
1650 Diagonal Rd.
Akron, Ohio
All hours qualify as ProBono of Limited Means.
There will be a mandatory training session on Thursday August 24 from 4:00-5:00pm in the Law School Room 301. You will need a laptop for training. Interested students or questions please RSVP to Professor Heather Staab at hstaab@uakron.edu.
THANK YOU!
As a reminder, please note that all pro bono and community service hours completed during the spring semester must be reported on Symplicity/AkronLawJobs no later than June 30th. For more instructions, or to obtain a copy of the certificate of supervisor form, please visit: http://www.uakron.edu/law/current-students/probono.dot
Feel free to contact Dean O’Brien with any questions: ab139@uakron.edu.
If you need your Symplicity account reset, please contact Debbie Casey: dcasey1@uakron.edu
Akron Municipal Court seeks law student volunteers to assist in Traffic Court with the license intervention program/driving suspension cases. Great way to earn your pro bono hours!
If interested, please email Asst. Dean O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu.
Thank you!