Category: General Announcements

Expungement Clinic Seeking Student Volunteers*

The Expungement Clinic helps low-income Summit County residents seal the record of their criminal convictions.  A sealed record enables many people better access to jobs, housing, and volunteer opportunities.  Students will learn integral skills in the legal field including record searches, reading court dockets, completing applications to file with the court, and interviewing real clients.
UPCOMING CLINIC:

Saturday April 14, 2018

9:00am – 12:00pm

Ohio Means Job Center

1040 Tallmadge Ave.

Akron, OH 44310

  All hours qualify as ProBono of Limited Means.

There will be a mandatory training session on Monday, April 9, 2018 from 4:30-5:30pm in the Law School Room 301. (You do not need to attend training if you have attended in the past).  You will need a laptop for training.

Interested students or questions please RSVP to Jennifer Lattaker at jkl47@zips.uakron.edu.

THANK YOU!

ACCESS is always looking for energetic volunteers to help with work around the shelter. Once a month we hold an open volunteer time for you to come in and lend a helping hand. Our next “Action at ACCESS” is April 21st from 9am-12pm.

Please register by email to Stephanie Zelasko at szelasko@access-shelter.org at least one week in advance!

Message from Lia Evans, Director of Alumni and Development

The Akron Law Alumni Association (“LAA”) Board of Directors has a dedicated position on its Board for a student director.  This unique and valuable opportunity provides the student director a chance to become involved in alumni leadership and activities with the law school.  The student director represents Akron Law students to the LAA Board and works with the Board to identify ways that students and alumni may work and communicate together for the benefit of both groups.

The student director serves in an ex-officio capacity and is expected to attend all Board meetings, which are held at the School of Law on a bi-monthly basis throughout the academic year (i.e., June, August, October, December, February, and April).  The Board meetings begin at 4:30 p.m. and generally last for one and a half hours.

The student director is also expected to assist with the class gift campaign.

Applications for the 2018-19 student director to the LAA Board of Directors will be accepted from upper division law students who are in good standing.  Applications should include:

• why he or she wants to serve on the LAA Board;
• why the student believes that he or she should be selected for the position;
• a copy of the student’s resume; and
• a proposed plan for the year ahead.

The LAA Board’s executive committee will review the application materials and select students who will be invited to interview at the April 24, 2018 LAA Board meeting.  Students interested in being considered for this position should e-mail their application materials to Michele Novachek at manovac@uakron.edu.