Category: General Announcements

Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity Presents – Our Mission & Vision

Mission
Phi Alpha Delta is the world’s preeminent law fraternity because of our dedication to service: service to the student, the school, the profession, and the community. It is through devotion to the ideals of compassion, courage, diversity, innovation, integrity, professionalism, and service that we better both our profession and our community. Through accepting our differences we become not just a law fraternity, but a family.

Vision
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International strives to be the premier legal professional organization with a diverse membership that cultivates leaders and serves as a voice for the role of legal professionalism in our society.

Our Purpose
The purpose of this Fraternity shall be to form a strong bond uniting students and teachers of the law with members of the Bench and Bar in a fraternal fellowship designed to advance the ideals of liberty and equal justice under law; to stimulate excellence in scholarship; to inspire the virtues of compassion and courage; to foster integrity and professional competence; to promote the welfare of its members; and to encourage their moral, intellectual, and cultural advancement; so that each member may enjoy a lifetime of honorable professional and public service.”


“This student organization is a prospective reinstituted student organization of The University of Akron. Registration shall not be construed as approval, endorsement, or sponsorship by The University of Akron of the student organization’s publications, activities, purposes, actions, or positions.”

Click here to fill out interest form.
Contact: Jayla Williams
1L
jew127@uakron.edu

PRESS CLUB PRESENTS PROGRAM ON PRESS FREEDOM AND LITIGATION

University of Akron School of Law Professor Mike Gentithes will discuss “100 Years of Press Freedom: Where Free Press Litigation Leads, Society Follows” in a virtual Akron Press Club program at noon Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

He will talk about how defamation, prior restraint and censorship cases brought changes in law and to the broader society. He also may offer thoughts on how future free press litigation could perform a similar role.

To register for this free virtual event: Go to https://conta.cc/3AGclzE

For more info, go to https://www.akronpressclub.org/202109/press-club-presents-program-on-press-freedom-and-litigation

Akron Law Wellness & Wellbeing Initiative Weekly Session

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. in Room 325

Please join us next week for an introduction to the practice of mindfulness mediation. Research has shown this practice to be a very powerful tool for increasing mental focus, calm, emotional regulation, and stress-reduction. Faculty member Mike Gentithes will lead an introduction to mindfulness meditation practices that can benefit everyone, whether beginning meditators or more advanced practitioners. All are welcome.

Graduate and Professional-Level Students – Apply now to serve on the University Hearing Board

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 the incident 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 330-972-6380.

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