Category: General Announcements

ESL – International Student Accommodation – 1st 5 week Summer 2017

  • International students for whom English is a second language may receive up to 50% additional time on School of Law exams and may also request exam usage of a native language translation dictionary.
  • Students should request additional time and or use of dictionaries for both midterms and finals through Students Services at the School of Law and by completing the International Student Exam Accommodation Request Form and submitting it to the Assistant Dean of Global Engagement Patrick Gaughan.
  • All Accommodation Request Forms must be submitted at least two weeks before an examination and require approval from the Office of Student Services and the course professor.  Accommodation of each type is discretionary only.
  • Translation dictionaries are not provided by the Office of Student Services.  The dictionary may not contain additional writing.
  • The School of Law faculty strongly encourages international students for whom English is a second language to gradually take law school exams without any additional time in preparation for the bar examination.

If you intend to request accommodations for your exams on Friday, June 30, 2017, you must complete the International Student Exam Accommodation Request Form and submit it to  Assistant Director Misty Franklin by Monday, June 19, 2017, due to Assistant Dean Gaughan’s summer schedule.

Test Accommodations – 1st 5 Week Summer 2017 Session

Students if you have registered with the Office of Accessibility to receive accommodations during the Summer 2017 – 1st 5 week session and intend to use your approved accommodations for your exams on Friday, June 30, 2017, you must complete the  Special Exam Accommodations Request Form and submit it to Assistant Director of Student Affairs Misty Franklin by Monday, June 19, 2017.  This form must be received in order to make the necessary arrangements for exams.

Akron Law’s Immigration & Human Rights Law Clinic has spaces available for Fall 2017!

Akron Law’s Immigration & Human Rights Law Clinic still has spaces for the Fall semester! If you are interested in trial advocacy and detention issues, learning immigration law, and representing an actual  client who is seeking asylum before a U.S. Immigration Judge, email the attached clinic application to Professor Knowles (eknowles@uakron.edu). Immigration & Human Rights Law Clinic Application – Fall 2017

*Expungement Clinic Seeking Student Volunteers*-Pro Bono Hours Available

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.     Please keep in mind we can only accept a limited amount of students for each clinic.

UPCOMING CLINIC:

Saturday June 17, 2017

8:00am- 12:00pm

Oriana House

213 E. Glenwood Ave.

Akron, Ohio

 

All hours qualify as ProBono of Limited Means.     There will be a mandatory training session. We will schedule the training the week of June 12-16 once we receive feedback from volunteers. Please indicate your availability for training in the email. The training will last 45-60 minutes.  Interested students or questions please RSVP to Professor Heather Staab at hstaab@uakron.edu.

THANK YOU!