Category: Student Services

Important Ohio Bar Info for Students who began law school in Fall 2015

All 2nd Year Full-Time & Part-Time Students:  those who began law school in Fall 2015

If you plan to take the Ohio Bar Exam, your first application, the Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission must be received in the Office of Bar Admissions at the Supreme Court of Ohio by November 15, 2016.

Please visit here for the calendar of deadlines, and here to access the application.

Here is a short video (about 1 minute) on what you need to do for this first application: 2L First Application for Ohio Bar Admissions

Law Student Services will provide: 

(1) The “Certificate of Dean” that is prepared by Student Services to include with your application.  Please complete the information  here by September 19, 2016 to request that a Certificate of Dean be prepared for you. 

(2) An official fingerprint card – you will need to make an appointment to get fingerprinted – information will be on a memo with the card.

What you need to do now:

(3) Request a hard copy of your transcript from your undergrad institution to be sent to you to include with your application.

(2) Plan to attend the Bar Admissions Workshop on Thursday, September 1, from 5:15 – 6:15 pm in the Goodyear Auditorium, Room 229 in the Polymer Building (the building just east of the law school).  The Director of the Ohio Supreme Court Office of Bar Admissions will tell you how to complete your application and answer your questions.

 *Please complete the Certificate of Dean information at this link before September 19, 2016. 

If you have any questions, please contact Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu.

 

Late Application deadline to register as a candidate for the February 2017 Ohio Bar Exam is August 15

The deadline for a late application to register as a candidate for the February 2017 Ohio bar examination is August 15, 2016.  The dates for the February 2017 Ohio bar examination are February 21, 22, and 23, 2017.  Please see the Supreme Court of Ohio Bar Admissions website for important deadline dates here.

Please email Law Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu with any questions.   Thank you!

2016 Class Gift: Have You Contributed to the Class Gift Yet?

Remember, everyone who contributes to the Student Emergency Fund will be recognized in the Graduation Packet, which will be distributed at Commencement. Similarly, those who contribute will also be recognized on the Akron Law Honor Roll of Donors, which is distributed annually to all alumni.

Again, this is our, the Class of 2016, way of leaving the Akron Law community in a far better place than when we started. There is no time commitment, or a huge monetary commitment for that matter. We are simply asking you to give what you can and ask a colleague to do the same. Donating to the Fund is just as simple. One can donate by: (a) check payable to UA School of Law, with “Student Emergency Fund” noted on the memo line; (b) completing a credit card donation form; or (c) giving online at http://www.uakron.edu/giving/colleges/. Please direct checks or credit card payments to the attention of Lia Evans, Director of Alumni and Development, at the School of Law. If giving online, follow the link and click “Gift a Gift” under the Law heading. Please be sure to direct the gift to the “Student Emergency Fund.”

The deadline was April 29, but because we are getting this notice out later than usual, students will have until the week before graduation to contribute to the Fund to get their names placed in the Graduation Packet at Commencement.

Mark your calendar NOW for these important early Fall Semester Events

Hello!  You will want to mark your calendar now for the following events that will be happening as soon as we are back in session in the Fall 2016 semester:

Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

Date:  Thursday, September 1

Time: 5:15 – 6:15 pm

Location:  Goodyear Auditorium, Room 229 in the Polymer Building (the glass building just east of the law school)

Who should attend:  All students who started law school in Fall 2015 or Spring 2016 semesters planning to take the Ohio Bar

Learn how to complete the Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Ohio Bar.  We are privileged to have the Director of the Supreme Court of Ohio Bar Admissions Office, Director Lee Ann Ward, present this workshop.  This application is due by all students in their second year of law school on November 15, 2016.  You will not want to miss this!

Substance Abuse Lecture

Date:  Wednesday, September 7

Time: 5:15 – 6:15 pm

Location:  Goodyear Auditorium, Room 229 in the Polymer Building (the glass building just east of the law school)

Who should attend:  All students planning to take the Ohio Bar if you have not attended this lecture yet

The one-hour Substance Abuse Lecture is required if you plan to take the Ohio Bar at any time in the future.  You may attend this lecture during any semester you are in law school, and we will verify your attendance with the Supreme Court of Ohio when you graduate from law school.  You will definitely want to make this lecture, particularly if you are planning to graduate in Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 and you have not yet attended one.

If you have any questions, please email Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu.