Category: General Announcements

The Ohio State Bar Association Section on Labor and Employment Law is pleased to announce the 2018 Student Writing Competition.

 

The Competition was created to encourage relevant and innovative scholarly works in the area of Labor and Employment, and to attract Ohio law students to the labor and employment law practice fields. A judging committee comprised of distinguished practicing attorneys and faculty members at Ohio ABA-accredited law schools will review the submissions and award first, second, and third-place cash prizes to the winning student-authors.

 

The cash prizes for such competition has been established as follows:

First Place: $3,000; Second Place: $2,000; and Third Place: $1,000.

 

Funding for the Competition is sponsored by the Ohio State Bar Association Section on Labor and Employment Law—an energized community of over 1,300 lawyers representing employees, labor unions, and employers in Ohio.

 

Please share this opportunity with students who may be interested in participating. All students at ABA-accredited law schools in Ohio are invited to submit entries, pursuant to the rules of the

Competition detailed below. For all purposes of this Competition, Northern Kentucky University (NKU)-Chase is considered an Ohio law school.

 

Entries are being accepted until March 30, 2019.  You can find more information and the link to apply at: https://www.ohiobar.org/about-us/awards-scholarships/student-writing-competition/

LEL Rules

The Offices of Student and Academic Affairs will host two forums to provide information and updates on the new BarBri bar review initiative.

The forums will be Tuesday, January 15 at 5:30 pm in Room 180 and Wednesday, January 16 at 12:15 pm in Room 180.

Attendance at one of the forums is mandatory for any graduating students. 

If you cannot make it, please email Shannon Aupperle and Dean Oldfield.

Pizza will be provided.

The Akron Law Trial Team is looking for a student witness for the American Association for Justice Trial Competition in Cleveland on February 28-March 3. Student must have completed at least 28 credits to be eligible and have weekend availability for practice. Witnesses are eligible to earn one credit hour for their participation. If interested, please contact Cassandra Rosa at cmr161@zips.uakron.edu. 

Please see the below message from  Stephan W. Stover, Chair of OSBA Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Legacy Committee.  The link to the application can be found at the bottom of this letter.

I am pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the eighth annual Moyer Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Legacy Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association, with the support of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. The Moyer Fellowship Program was established in 2012 to honor the late Chief Justice and sustain his dedication to the administration of justice and public understanding of the law, including tenets such as legal and civic education, dispute resolution, ethics, civility, judicial independence, and the rule of law.

The 2019 Moyer Fellowship will be awarded to two first- or second-year law students enrolled in an Ohio law school.  The Committee especially encourages applications that involve original research projects.

Since the inception of the Moyer Fellowship, the Legacy Committee has increased its share of the Fellowship award to $4,000.  The Committee asks the law schools of the successful applicants to contribute $1,000 in funds for a total award of $5,000.  To participate in the program, the law schools of the successful applicants must make a commitment to supplement the grant with a $1,000 contribution.

The forms and a program description page are included with this mailing, and an electronic version will also be sent to you.  Please distribute this information to your students.

Applications must be submitted not later than Monday, March 18, 2019 to Jennifer Harrell at jharrell@ohiobar.org or Simon’e Lightfoot at slightfoot@ohiobar.org.  Questions should be directed to Moyer Legacy Committee Member, Rick Dove, at rick.dove@sc.ohio.gov.

Thank you for your support in sustaining the legacy of Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer to improve the practice of law and the administration of justice.

Very truly yours,

Stephan W. Stover, Chair

            OSBA Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Legacy Committee

Link to application: https://blogs.uakron.edu/law/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2019/01/2019-Moyer-Fellowship-letter.pdf