Category: General Announcements

Student Organization Transition Summit, Tuesday, April 25th

If you are interested in starting a New Student Organization or bringing back one of our dormant organizations such as:

  • Akron Criminal Justice Society
  • Akron Public Interest Law Society
  • Delta Theta Phi
  • Environmental Law Society
  • Health Law Society
  • J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Please join us at the Student Organization Transition Summit being held on Tuesday, April 25th from 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. in Room 160.  During this meeting we will discuss how to transition in new Officers as well as getting started with planning for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Examsoft and Mac OS Sierra 10.12.4

Hello,

Examsoft has discovered an issue with the latest version of MacOS and Examsoft.  If you have not upgraded to 10.12.4 already, please hold off until after exams.  Other schools have noted that some students with this version have had troubles with the exam freezing while in the software.  For them, restarting the machine will typically fix the issue.  Remember that you can use the software even if you have upgraded, but it may freeze multiple times during the exam.  Examsoft is working with Apple to get a fix in place.

To determine what version you are running, click on the Apple Icon in the upper left hand corner and select “About this Mac”.  The 10.12.4 has a build number of 16E195.  Below is a link to Apple’s support documentation.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201260

Exam files will hopefully be available later this week for your actual exams.  However if you wish to download and run the mock exam now, you may do so.  If you have any questions, please contact law-support@uakron.edu.  Thanks!!

Moot Court Tryouts

This year, the Moot Court Honor Society will be holding tryouts in the Spring instead of the Fall as we have done in the past. The tryouts will be held on Saturday, May 13th (after finals), beginning at 9 a.m. Those who wish to tryout are asked to prepare a seven-minute oral argument based on a short fact pattern. Students are also asked to submit a three-page section of the Law and Argument portion of their LARW II brief as a writing sample. To register for a time and to submit your writing sample, please email Sam Meadows at sam262@zips.uakron.edu.

If you are unable to attend the tryouts on May 13th, students can instead opt to participate in the Moot Court Internal Competition on April 22nd at the law school at 1 p.m. and have their argument recorded and used in lieu of attending the May 13th tryout. The Internal Competition is an intramural oral argument competition where contestants will have to write a ten-minute argument for both the petitioner and respondent and will only know which side they are arguing shortly before the rounds begin. There will also be a cash prize for the first and second place advocates. If you would like to participate in the Internal Competition and have your argument recorded, please email Jacob Nicholas at jpn24@zips.uakron.edu to register. You are still required to submit a three-page section of the Law and Argument portion of their LARW II brief as a writing sample to Sam Meadows at sam262@zips.uakron.edu.

Law Commencement to be Live Streamed

The 2017 Law Commencement will be streamed live from E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, May 21st, beginning at 2:00 pm.  Anyone who cannot attend the Law Commencement can now watch it live!

The Commencement may be viewed at www.uakron.edu/graduation, where there is an icon for “Watch Now.”  There is also an icon for “Video Archive” to view the Law Commencement after May 21st.

If you have any questions, please email Mary Cooke at mec@uakron.edu.