Category: General Announcements

Peer mentorship promotes a sense of community at the School of Law and fosters student development through communication, support, and guidance to law school resources. First-year students are matched with upper-division Peer Mentors in advance of their first semester. Each Peer Mentor is an upper-level law student who volunteers to support new law students and to welcome them to the Akron Law family.

First-year law students meet their Peer Mentors during Orientation, and throughout the school year, Peer Mentors check-in with their mentees regularly by phone, text, or email, and face-to-face (as permitted) at least once per month.

The primary goals of the Peer Mentor Program are to:

• Support first-year law students as they acclimate to law school;
• Help first-year law students navigate law school and make the most of the many opportunities;
• Foster a sense of community and engagement throughout the first-year class;
• Answer questions regarding courses, degree requirements, academic support services, career services, student organizations, law review, and competition teams; and
• Provide information about professional opportunities and academic pursuits outside of the classroom.

In pairing mentees with mentors, the program coordinators review student surveys and consider:

• Background and experience
• Academic interests
• Legal Interests
• Other points of commonality (i.e. race, gender, hometown, undergrad institution, etc.)

Upper-division students interested in serving as a mentor should complete this survey: https://akron.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eevUEBhm1qhjU6p

The Department of Student Conduct and Community Standards is offering a unique leadership opportunity for interested graduate/professional-level students to serve on the University Hearing Board.

The University Hearing Board is utilized when a student has been charged with a violation of the Code of Student Conduct at the University of Akron and the student does not feel that the charge(s) is/are warranted, or chooses not to accept responsibility for the alleged behavior(s). In these cases, the University Hearing Board is activated in order to reach a resolution.

• The University Hearing Board is comprised of five members; including faculty, staff and students and it is convened to:
• Provide all parties an opportunity to share what happened from their perspectives,
• Develop questions for students and witnesses involved to understand theincident and fact pattern,
• Deliberate to determine outcome of case, once all information has been heard.

This leadership opportunity is an outstanding addition to your academic curriculum and resume by strengthening the skills you possess in listening, problem solving, questioning/interviewing others, and the critical analysis of information.

The Department of Student Conduct is in need of highly motivated students, like you!

Download the application at www.uakron.edu/studentconduct

**Application is titled – University Hearing Board Student Application Form

Questions or completed applications should be emailed to dnovak@uakron.edu or delivered to the Department of Student Conduct and Community Standards located in Simmons Hall Rm. 302. If you have questions, please contact us at 330-972-8646.

*All applications will be evaluated upon receipt and interviews scheduled for successful candidates.

Please join Captain Hess to learn more about the Army JAG’s 1L summer program.

Tuesday, January 19th at 4:00 PM via Zoom.

Meeting ID is 410 894 6658
Password is ArmyJAG.

Each year, the American Bar Association Section of Family Law conducts an essay contest to encourage law students to think about current issues in family law, and to encourage participation in the Section of Family Law. Students may write on any aspect of family law. The contest is open to second and third-year full-time J.D. students (and second through fourth-year part-time J.D. students) of all ABA-approved law schools, and to first year J.D. students where family law is taught as part of the first year curriculum.

Please bring this essay contest to the attention of your family and juvenile law professors so that they might encourage your law students to participate.

Winning entries receive the following: Monetary prize, certificate of recognition, consideration of essay’s publication in Family Law Quarterly and on the Section website, and letter to law school dean regarding the achievement. To enter, one must submit an entry form by April 9, 2021. Essays are due April 23, 2021.

More information, including our downloadable entry form, can be found on our website. You may also contact the ABA Family Law Section Director, Cindy Swan, at cynthia.swan@americanbar.org or 312.988.5619 for additional information and assistance.

Sincerely,

Michael A. Mosberg
Chair—ABA Section of Family Law

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Solon, OH – Intern – Proctor Financial
AkronLawJobs No. 11924: For more than 45 years, Proctor Financial, Inc. (PFI) has been a leading provider of lender-placed insurance and insurance tracking services to the mortgage servicing industry. Through our unmatched technology, expertise and customer service, we offer clients the ultimate defense against risk and safeguard their interests.

Our ongoing investment in technology and product improvement means we’re able to meet the unique needs of every client, regardless of the current market environment. Our team of has spent over one million hours serving the mortgage industry, instilling confidence in our clients that we can get the job done. Culture is everything to us. By building collaborative relationships between our employees and clients, we’ve created a positive, people-focused environment conducive to working hard and having fun—and delivering the best client experience in the industry. For the past four decades, our steadfast commitment to serving lenders, servicers and borrowers and has made us who we are today. Proctor acquired Solon, Ohio based Loan Protector in May of 2020 creating a powerhouse poised to disrupt the current state of the industry. PFI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO). Among the top 10 insurance intermediaries in the world, Brown & Brown continues to invest in PFI’s technology, people and infrastructure to enhance the client and borrower experience.
About our Internship: PFI’s Compliance/Legal Team is looking for an intern who is eager to obtain hands on experience in corporate law, contracts, compliance, legal research, legislative tracking, and mortgage servicing and insurance regulations. This unique experience allows the intern to be part of an in-house legal team that also handles vast and ever changing compliance requirements for a 1,000 employee organization with three U.S. offices.

Specific duties for the intern include:

• Cataloguing responses to client compliance questions by subject

• Integrating reference materials

• Shepherdizing and updating internal regulatory documents

• Researching and reviewing Government Servicing Entities (GSE) and Supervising Agency guidance

• Auditing processes and procedures for regulatory compliance

• Contract management and review for execution

• Vendor Management

• Crafting Compliance Bulletins for client distribution

• Creating training materials on regulatory subjects

• Additional projects as they arise

Qualifications: 2L, 3L. Should have good research, writing, and interpersonal skills. Position is project heavy with flexible hours. Payment for the position will be at $12/hour.
To Apply: Email your resume and cover letter to Sarah Kovit Hanna at sarahkovithanna@loanprotector.com.
Deadline: ASAP