Category: Student Organization Announcements

Student Animal Legal Defense Fund will host their first semester meeting (Tuesday, September 11th) at 12:15 in room W214. We will be discussing exciting upcoming events, including speaker Robert Farinocci to address being an Equine Lawyer, volunteer opportunities, and the upcoming ALDF conference in Portland, Oregon.  Delicious vegetarian appetizers from Aladdin’s Eatery will be provided for all that attend.

Please join the Student Bar Association for our first general assembly meeting on Wednesday, September 12th at 12:15 and 5:15 in room W214.  As students of the University of Akron School of Law, you are automatically a member of SBA, so this is a great and easy way to get involved with school organizations.  We will be discussing all of the traditional and newly added events upcoming for SBA this fall.  Pizza Hut pizza and refreshments will be provided.

Moot Court Honor Society is having David Mills come to speak about his recent case in front of the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Mills received a 9-0 decision in favor of his client in Ortiz v. Jordan, 131 S.Ct. 884. He has an extensive background in appellate practice and will speaking not only about the case, but also appellate practice in general. He has been featured in several articles from the ABA Journal and was one of the “Lawyers of the Year 2011” by Lawyers USA. 

This is event is open to anyone willing to attend. Mr. Mills will be speaking on Wednesday, September 26 in RM 151. This event is mandatory for all Moot Court Honor Society Members. 

For more information about David Mills please see the following: 

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/the_long_shot/

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/cleveland_solo_gets_a_supreme_court_win_ex-prisoners_625k_award_is_reinstat/

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/cleveland_solo_takes_his_civ_pro_case_ortiz_jordan/

Moot Court Honor Society will be having tryouts October 6th for people
interested in joining. Participants will only be required to give a 7
minute oral argument based on a closed-research problem. We will be
having informational meetings next Wednesday September 12 from 5:30 –
6:15 in RM 167 and on Wednesday September 19 from 12:15 – 1:00 in RM
167. Current MCHS members wanting to compete on external teams are encouraged to tryout again. Questions can be directed to Alex Armitage at
asa47@zips.uakron.edu