Category: General Announcements

Leadership Opportunity – University Hearing Boards

The Office of Student Judicial Affairs is offering a unique leadership opportunity for both undergraduate and graduate students to serve on University hearing boards. Hearing Boards are a group of faculty staff and students that hear cases concerning the breaking of University of Akron’s Code of Conduct. After the case has been heard the Hearing Board will assess responsibility and will then apply sanctions to the accused.

Student Judicial Affairs is in need of highly motivated students who play an active role in our campus community, have excellent critical thinking skills, and a strong desire to uphold the educational mission of The University of Akron.
Students who are interested in becoming a hearing board member are encouraged pick up a hard copy of the application available at the 2nd Floor Information Desk in the Student Union or at The Hub administration desk in Room 130.
Students who would like to receive an electronic copy of the application or who have questions and concerns regarding the application process should feel free to contact Kevin Crewson, Graduate Assistant for Student Judicial Affairs via email at sjaga@uakron.edu. An electronic copy is also available on the web at: www.uakron.edu/sja
Applications should be returned to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs located in the Student Union, Room 216 and addressed to (Student Judicial Affairs, Attn: Kevin Crewson).  Applications are due by 5pm on February 12th, 2010. Selected individuals must participate in interviews between February 22nd and February 26th. Decisions will be made by Spring Break and students will be notified by mail.
Selected individuals will be expected to attend two mandatory half-day training sessions on April 2nd and April 16th and agree to participate in a minimum of two hearings a semester.

Trial Team Volunteer Opportunity – All Law Students Invited

Are you interested in how the trial team works? You can volunteer to play a witness to assist the National Tournament of Champions’ team prepare for its regional competition. Students are needed for January 30, January 31, February 6, and February 7. You need to be at the law school by 9:00 a.m. on each of these days. You may volunteer for just a morning or for the entire day. Please contact Professor Joann Sahl, jsahl1@uakron.edu or 330-972-7189 if you are interested in volunteering.

12th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy

The 12th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy will be held in Akron on March 8, 2010.  The featured luncheon speaker will be the newly-appointed Commissioner for Patents Robert L. Stoll.  The program will include presentations by leading practitioners and academics on the major issues of the day affecting intellectual property law.  Presenters will discuss, among other topics, the Bilski case, the proposed Google Books Library Project settlement, the doctrines of inequitable conduct and fraud, and the host of ethical and other issues associated with the practice of outsourcing work.

This event is FREE to students.  Online registration is now available.  Visit www.uakron.edu/law for further information.

Check your profile on Westlaw and LexisNexis

At least once-a-year law students should update their profiles on LexisNexis and Westlaw.  Last fall, students’ University e-mail address changed to @zips.uakron.edu.   If you registered using the old address, the e-mail function in TWEN and Lexis Web Course software will not work properly.  This is particularly important if you are taking classes that use TWEN or Web Course.  The faculty may use the e-mail function but if you have not updated your profile you will not receive the e-mail.

Here is how you can update your profile on Westlaw and Lexis. 

For Westlaw: Log into Westlaw http://lawschool.westlaw.com/ and just to the right of your name is the UPDATE link.  Click on that link to update your profile.

For LexisNexis: Log into LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/ and click on the GET HELP tab.  At the next screen, click on UPDATE REGISTRATION INFORMATION.

Questions?  Contact Lynn Lenart, 330-972-6357, llenart@uakron.edu.  Office 269, Law Library, second floor.