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Canton, OH – Legal Extern – Diebold

AkronLawJobs No. 8332 Overview: Diebold, consistent with its efforts to provide benefits to the larger community in which it is located, will provide local law students with the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the workings of a corporate legal department of a large, multi-national, public company. Information about Diebold may be obtained at www.diebold.com . Diebold will choose current law students to participate in the six week program occurring at Diebold’s world headquarters in North Canton, Ohio. This will be a part-time internship, of up to 20 hours per week, beginning mid-June. This will be an unpaid internship.

Qualifications: Students currently enrolled in law school who have completed their 1L or 2L year, and who are in good academic standing. Students must understand that the opportunity is unpaid and students can seek course credit and that employment is not being offered or promised. Students will be subject to all Diebold programs, policies and security requirements. Students must have the desire to learn how a corporate legal department functions and the desire to actively participate in legal exercises to gain experience and knowledge regarding the role of the corporate legal department at a large, multi-national, public company.

How to apply: submit a resume, cover letter (addressed to Robert Morvillo) and transcript (unofficial is fine) to Dean O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu. In subject line, please indicate that you applying with Dielbold.

Deadline: May 10th by NOON.

Akron Law’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic is accepting applications for the Summer 2017 session and the Fall 2017 semester.  The Summer and Fall clinics are different. Please see the descriptions below. 

Summer 2017 Immigration Advocacy Clinic:

No Prerequisites or prior experience necessary; No application necessary; Registration is open and unrestricted; Open to part-time students;

The summer session of the Immigration Clinic is an introductory clinic experience. Students are introduced to the practice of immigration removal defense in a detained setting. Under the professor’s supervision, each student will provide pro se assistance for individuals detained in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Students will learn elements of immigration court procedure, client interviewing and counseling skills, trial advocacy skills, legal research and writing in the civil, administrative context, and the fundamentals of asylum as a defense to removal. The clinic consists of both a classroom and fieldwork component. Class will meet for one hour per week. Students will assist with presenting know your rights presentations at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center and Geauga County jail, and will conduct research for a practice advisory that will be published by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration. The summer clinic will culminate with an opportunity to volunteer at a family detention center.

No application or prerequisites are necessary to register for the summer Immigration Advocacy Clinic. 

 

Fall 2017 Immigration & Human Rights Law Clinic:

Prerequisite: Immigration Law, Asylum & Refugee Law, or Summer Immigration Advocacy Clinic

Application and interview required for registration; 2Ls or 3Ls only;

The Immigration & Human Rights Clinic introduces students to the practice of immigration removal defense with a focus on asylum as a form of relief for individuals seeking protection from persecution in their home countries. Under the professor’s supervision, students will work in teams of two to provide direct representation for an individual seeking asylum while detained in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Students will learn immigration court procedure, client interviewing and counseling skills, trial advocacy skills, legal research and writing in the civil, administrative context, and the fundamentals of asylum as a defense to removal. Students will become familiar with essential asylum case law and will advocate for their clients before a U.S. Immigration Judge. The clinic consists of both a classroom and fieldwork component. Students will draft a pre-hearing brief, a direct examination, closing arguments, and prepare all necessary motions and applications for submission to the court. Students will also help conduct “know-your-rights” presentations for groups of detainees. The clinic will require frequent visits to the Geauga County Jail and appearances at the Cleveland Immigration Court.

If you are interested in participating in this full-time clinic, please email Professor Knowles for an application (eknowles@uakron.edu). Please note that registration for the fall clinic is by professor approval only, and will be determined after candidates are interviewed. Posted registration deadlines do not apply to the Fall Immigration Clinic. 

Please submit the following to Professor Knowles via email by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2017:

1) Your completed application;
2) Your updated resumé; and
3) Your complete Fall 2017 weekly schedule including all classes and commitments in Excel table format;

Professor Knowles will conduct in-person or Skype interviews the week of May 15-19 and you will be notified regarding your space in the clinic on Monday, May 22. 

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.

If you plan to complete your law degree at the conclusion of Summer 2017 or Fall 2017 a graduation application for degree candidacy is required. 

Submit your FREE graduation application NOW via My Akron.  Late applications require permission, so don’t delay.

The DEADLINE for law students to apply for Fall 2017 degree candidacy is Monday, May 1, 2017.  

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Assistant Dean Brian Fuller (bfuller@uakron.edu) or Manager Liz Wascak (liz@uakron.edu).

The law school dean’s suite has a Lost and Found for items found in the law school.  Please inquire or leave found items at the front desk.

Unclaimed items are periodically forwarded on to UA’s main lost and found which is located at the UA police department (map). From there, items not claimed after 90 days may be donated to charity, destroyed or distributed for departmental use.