Category: General Announcements

Congratulations to everyone who has been elected to the 2021-2022 SBA team! Below are the election results. SBA continually welcomes additional help beyond those who are elected. Please email SBA@uakron.edu if you would like to be added to our general student committee in the future! Go Zips.

Board: 
President: Chris Pace:
VP: Madeline Connolly
Secretary: Olivia Mullen
Treasurer: Raylyn Trice
 
3L Reps: 
Class President: Kellie Lockemer
Patrick Kabasinski
Nathan Newcomer
Dan Krupko
 
2L Reps:
Class President: Megan Parker
Valerie Smith
Adam Claussen
Kyrielle Williams

Join us on Monday, April 19th at 12:15pm for an information session on Akron Law Review covering the benefits, requirements, timeline, and expectations of next year. Session will be followed by a Q&A Session.
 
Webex: http://bit.ly/4-19-21

Meeting number: 120 037 1445

Password: Zips2021
 
Questions? email Dominie Burwell at dhb25@uakron.edu.

Please complete the survey at this link to share your thoughts on a possible textbook exchange program:  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M3TQ5SW.

The Public Interest Law Program supports and encourages those students who would like to gain experience in public interest areas.

All applications can be found here and are due by 5 PM on Friday, April 16th:

https://www.uakron.edu/law/career-services/fellowships

Mercer University School of Law and the American Bar Association Commission on Disability Right will co-host an annual brief writing competition in honor of Mercer’s former legal writing professor, Adam Milani. The purposes of the competition are to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of disability law and to encourage excellent legal writing skills in law students. The deadline for submission is June 11, 2021. 
 
First Prize will range between $300 and $1,000 

Briefs can be on any of the following topics:
Disability law; The Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Family and Medical Leave Act; A state statute or municipal ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Further information is posted on the Mercer website at http://law.mercer.edu/academics/legalwriting/milani-writing-competition.cfm