Category: General Announcements

LAW Overcoming Adversity Panel – Thursday, November 19th from 12:15-1:15 PM

LAW Overcoming Adversity Panel – Thursday, November 19th from 12:15-1:15 PM

Please join us for a panel on Overcoming Adversity on Thursday, November 19th from 12:15-1:15 PM featuring Judge Katarina Cook, Hanne-Lore M. Gambrell, Yukiko V. Yee, and Christina Wieg.

Hear from these four distinguished legal professionals as they discuss how they have overcome adversity in their professional and personal lives, and give their advice to law students.

The panel will be followed by a Q&A session.

All are welcome!


Webex invite:
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1. Go to https://uakron.webex.com/uakron/k2/j.php?MTID=tb977e920f293336abfc2ae37457e53c2
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the session password: AKlaw
4. Click “Join Now”.
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link
https://uakron.webex.com/uakron/k2/j.php?MTID=t110e3cb3308b7f57b0cf4871769c6f47
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Session number: 120 098 8621
Session password: AKlaw

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To join the session by phone only
US TOLL:+1-415-655-0003
Access code: 120 098 8621

Information for those who plan to take the Ohio Bar Exam:

Deadline for Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law (Character and Fitness Application):

If you are in your second calendar year of law school, or are a two-year international student in your first year of law school, the deadline to submit a timely Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law (what the Bar Admissions Office commonly calls the Character and Fitness Application) is November 15, 2020. Information on this application can be found here: Application to Resister as a Candidate.

We will mail the Certificate of Dean and a Fingerprint Card to the address that you have on file with the University of Akron. We expect to mail those documents next week.

Application to Apply for the February 2021 or July 2021 Bar Exam:

If you plan to take the February 2021 Bar Exam, the deadline to submit a timely application is November 1, 2020. If you plan to take the July 2021 Bar Exam, the deadline to submit a timely application is April 1, 2021. Information on the application can be found here:  Application to take the Bar Exam.

For those taking the February 2021 Bar Exam, we will mail your Law School Character Certificate to the address that you have on file with the University of Akron. We expect to send those out the first week of October. We will send your Final Law School Certificate, including the Substance Abuse Certification (if we have a record showing that you’ve fulfilled that requirement), directly to the Bar Admissions Office after your degree is conferred in January 2021.

For those taking the July 2021 Bar Exam, we will provide further information as to how we will make your Law School Character Certificate available to you; however, we will send your Final Law School Certificate, including the Substance Abuse Certification (if we have a record showing that you’ve fulfilled that requirement), directly to the Bar Admissions Office after your degree is conferred in May 2021.

Please consult the Ohio Office of Bar Admissions website for additional information and a list of all deadlines: Ohio Office of Bar Admissions

MPRE:

Information about the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam, can be found here: MPRE

Other Jurisdictions:

      If you plan to take the bar exam in another jurisdiction, please consult the bar admissions website for that jurisdiction and forward me any forms that you need to have completed.

Law Association for Women Meeting Thursday, November 5th at 12:15 PM

You’re invited to attend the Law Association for Women October Meeting on Thursday, November 5th from 12:15-1:15 PM. We will be discussing upcoming events and getting to know more members.

Webex: http://bit.ly/LAW-11-5

Session number: 120 344 7194

Session password: ULaw

Please email Olivia Mullen at omm23@zips.uakron.edu if you would like to be added to our email list.

Save the date: November Panel Event on Thursday, November 19th