Category: General Announcements

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Please join SBA for our first General Body meeting on October 6, 2021, in room 180. Come and meet your SBA representatives, hear about policies in the law school, and talk about Barrister’s Ball and other SBA events.

Pizza will be provided after both meetings in the atrium.

If you have any questions, please email the SBA President Chris Pace at cp134@uakron.edu

Members and Law Students Only Event

This is the third in series of meetings put on by the FBA – Northern District of Ohio Chapter Mentoring Committee to engage with law students and young practitioners on topics of interest while the FBA’s national mentoring program is on hold due to the pandemic.

Join us at noon pm on October 4, 2021 via Zoom (information to follow) for a discussion with Brian McDonough of the US Attorneys’ Office and Pat Rahill, law clerk to Judge Boyko to discuss government externship experiences and their work.

This event is free for all FBA members and law students only.

If you would like to attend this event please follow the link below to join the FBA  https://www.fedbar.org/membership/join/

Once you have joined the FBA please email a copy of your paid receipt to admin@fba-ndohio.org. Once received you will be notified that you have been added to our database and registered for said event. 

If you are a law student and not a member yet please email admin@fba-ndohio.org  so that you can get registered.