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Category: General Announcements
Paid Inmate Assistance Program-School of Law Legal Clinic
NEW Resume Collection for 2018 Summer Associate
Cleveland, Ohio – Summer 2018 Law Clerk Resume Collection – Fisher Phillips
AkronLawJob: 8673 2D 3/E
Qualifications: Upper 33%, Law Journal, Moot Court/Law Journal, and Interested in Labor and Employment Law to work in Cleveland office.
How to Apply: Send resume, cover letter and transcript to lawcareerplanning@uakron.edu
Deadline: September 1, 2017
*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 August 26, 2017
8:00am- 12:00pm
The House of the Lord
1650 Diagonal Rd.
Akron, Ohio
All hours qualify as ProBono of Limited Means. There will be a mandatory training session on Thursday August 24 from 4:00-5:00pm in the Law School Room 301. You will need a laptop for training. Interested students or questions please RSVP to Professor Heather Staab at hstaab@uakron.edu.
THANK YOU!
New Deadline -Pro Bono Service Hours Opportunity-All-Ohio Legal Forum
Deadline extended to August 22nd. A Cleveland area attorney is looking for Akron Law students to participate in a voir dire exercise during a CLE course offered at the All-Ohio Legal Forum in Cleveland, Ohio next Friday August 25, 2017. Each participant will act as a juror and will be provided with the assigned a specific personality, bias, or characteristic. The session is from 8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m, although you may be require to arrive earlier or stay later. This is an excellent networking opportunity and a unique experience to watch experienced attorneys go through the voir dire process. Students who participate are also eligible for pro bono service hours. All interested students should contact Alecia Bencze, the Assistant Director of Career Services and Student Advising (anb77@uakron.edu), by 4:00 p.m. August 18th, 2017 to sign-up, so that she may provide an accurate count to Attorney Gurbach.