Category: Student Organization Announcements

Join the Akron chapters of the A.C.L.U. and The Federalist Society for “Affirmative Action & State Anti-Preference Laws: The Dilemma of Legislating Equal Opportunity Under the Law.”  The debate will take place Tuesday, September 20 at 12:30 P.M. in L-165. Chipotle will provide lunch.

Debating the issue will be James Hardiman, guest speaker of the A.C.L.U.,  and Michael Rosman, guest speaker of The Federalist Society.

James Hardiman is the legal director for A.C.L.U. Ohio, Chair of Citizens for a Safe and Fair Cleveland, and the first vice-president of the Cleveland N.A.A.C.P.

Michael Rosman is general counsel at the Center for Individual Rights.  He argued United States v. Morrison before the Supreme Court, has worked on cases such as Grutter v. Bollinger, and Gratz v. Bollinger, and was voted one of the 10 most influential lawyers in 2000 by the National Law Journal.

The BLSA Golf Tournament will take place on Saturday, September 17th, 2011 at Mud Run Golf Course, with a shotgun start at 9:30 am. Each player will be paired with a practicing attorney or fellow law student. The lowest combined team score will win the tournament prize. There will also be multiple individual competitions throughout the course for prizes.

The entry fee is $35 and will cover 18 holes of golf, a golf cart, food and prizes. We will also be selling hole sponsorships for $50. To register for the event or purchase a hole sponsorship, please contact KP Riley at kpthelawstudent@gmail.com.

          Mark your calendars for this coming Monday, September 19.  The Federalist Society will hold its general fall meeting in W-215 at 12:30 pm and 5:30 pm.  Chinese will be provided for lunch and dinner.

The Federalist Society is widely lauded as one of the most influential legal groups in America.  Benefits of Society membership include tremendous networking opportunities, free or discounted travel to national Fed. Soc. events, and a free subscription to the Harvard Journal for Law and Public Policy.  Most importantly, however, Fed. Soc. enables law students to influence the current legal dialogue.  The Federalist Society advocates few official positions, but instead focuses on fostering debate and giving voice to a wide spectrum of viewpoints.

If you are interested in membership but unable to attend the meeting, please contact Brittany Whitney at brittanywhitney@gmail.com

The BLSA will be holding general meetings on Tuesday, September 13, at 12:30pm in W-206 and on Thursday, September 15, at 5:00pm in W-214. This year is going to be an exciting one and we encourage everyone to come out and be informed!

The Akron Law Chapter of the ACLU will be holding its first general meeting of the year on Sept. 7 at 12:30 pm in W-210 to discuss upcoming events, fundraising ideas and to set the agenda based on member input.