Category: General Announcements

The clinic assists eligible clients remotely with
completing the CQE application. To participate in the opportunity, you must
attend training. The next training will be on March 23, from
5-6:30pm pm online.  Once trained law students can work on CQEs on their own
time with clients to earn pro bono of limited means hours. The training
will also count for those hours. If you have any questions or want to sign
up for the training please contact Kellie Lockemer at
kml134@uakron.edu Thank you!

Do you have questions about how to stay sane in the face of this triple threat of challenges?  Bring them, and your fellow law students and lawyers, to this two-hour panel discussion led by seasoned clinicians. Open to all, including legal professionals. CLEs will be offered.

See below for more details:

Fink Family Scholarship
for a Pharmacist in Law School
The American Society for Pharmacy Law (“ASPL”) is seeking applicants for the 2021 Fink Family Scholarship.  The purpose of the Scholarship is to support a pharmacist who: (1) is attending law school; (2) demonstrates academic, professional, or service-related achievement; and (3) is most likely to use a law degree to further such achievement and to contribute to the benefit of society.

The $5,000 scholarship is a one-time, non-renewable award and will be administered by ASPL.  The scholarship award will be payable to the institution where the student is enrolled.  The recipient will also receive a one year complimentary student membership in ASPL.

The Fink Family Scholarship was established by Joseph L. Fink III and his family in 2014.

Eligibility The applicant must be a graduate of an ACPE-accredited entry level pharmacy degree program in the U.S. and licensed as a pharmacist in a U.S. jurisdiction. The applicant must be enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school to pursue the JD degree. The applicant must be a U.S. Citizen/Permanent U.S. Resident who successfully completed the first year and the first semester of the second year of law school. If chosen as a recipient of the Scholarship, the individual must be enrolled in the third year of law school as a condition for the funds to be paid to the law school.

Selection Criteria
The selection process includes review of: Academic transcripts from pharmacy and law school. LSAT scores. A legal writing sample of the applicant’s choice. Letter of reference from a law school professor. A brief essay (maximum two, double-spaced pages) describing how the applicant intends to apply the dual background and preparation being pursued. ASPL may require additional information as part of the application process as it deems necessary to select a recipient who best meets the purposes of the Scholarship. Preference is given to students who have made the commitment to full-time study by being enrolled on a full-time basis in a “day” program requiring three years for completion of the degree. Those in “evening” programs requiring four years for completion may apply but will not enjoy the same preference. Financial need is not a criterion.

Deadline for submission of an application is May 31, 2021. The recipient of the Scholarship will be notified no later than July 15, 2021.
All required information is to be submitted to:
American Society for Pharmacy Law
Education and Scholarship Committee
PO Box 7317
Springfield, IL 62791
Or by email to administration@aspl.org
 

American Society for Pharmacy Law | PO Box 7317 | Springfield, IL 62791

LAW encourages you to attend this webinar on March 10, 2021 at 01:00 PM in honor of Women’s History Month.
 
Register here: https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanbar.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_g69nLvRmSlyDV4qDTMjs-g&data=04%7C01%7Claw-support%40uakron.edu%7C88431f08cf34469c6fcc08d8da9b0533%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C637499706656702248%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=G6%2Fcov4kWOaBThK6pAHkKjuZdRB%2Br22bJ9ar%2F3rY008%3D&reserved=0
 
Like the successful racial justice pioneers led by Justice Thurgood Marshall who came before her, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as chief architect of the five-decade effort to forge the path to vindication of women’s constitutional rights to equality under the law. 

The decades between 1964 and 2021 have borne witness to unprecedented advances for women across lines of race, class, disability and LGBTQ status – from the days of stark and legalized inequality in employment, education, health, politics, property ownership, and financial rights, to today, when a woman lawyer of color sits as Vice President of the United States. 

This panel will focus not only on Justice Ginsburg’s extraordinary role in the legal battle for gender equity, but also on the vibrant, dynamic and complex context from which the modern women’s movement and its powerful leaders arose. What was the world like for women as Justice Ginsburg began her trailblazing work, and how did she forge a way forward among strong and divergent forces then and throughout her remarkable career. 

Through a conversation among women leaders in law who personally knew and worked with Justice Ginsburg, the panel will seek to provide deeper insight into the Justice’s towering achievements as well as her disappointments, bringing to life the enormity of what has been achieved but also what must now be vigorously protected and enhanced.

Speakers include:
Ria Tabacco Mar – Director, Women’s Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union 
Margo Schlanger – Wade H. and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Wendy Webster Williams – Professor Emerita, Georgetown Law; Biographer for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Drucilla Ramey (Moderator) – Dean Emerita, former Executive Director, the Bar Association of San Francisco and the National Association of Women Judges

The Tuscarawas County Bar Association has partnered with Southeast Ohio Legal Services and other experienced practitioners in the area to support to domestic violence victims, particularly those who qualify for SEOLs income limits. The project is seeking law students or newly licensed attorneys to volunteer under the oversight of the experienced attorneys to provide legal services to families in need. This would include CPOs, simple family law cases such as dissolutions, and possibly other areas. To be eligible to volunteer, you must have (or be eligible to obtain) your Ohio Legal Intern certificate. All volunteer hours would count as pro bono of limited means.

If you are interested, please send your resume to Dean O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu , no later than April 24, 2021.