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The Eastern Ohio District of the National Speech and Debate Association is looking for judges for our Big Question Debate District Tournament. The tournament is Saturday, April 29th at Revere High School. Anyone interested in judging needs to contact Shannon Rote at; Shannon.Rote@Copley-Fairlawn.org. The students will be debating the following resolution: Resolved: Science leaves no room for free will.
The Reeves Law Group is offering a $3000 scholarship to students with the desire and goal of using the legal system to fix problems or improve conditions in our society.
The full eligibility details and entry requirements for our $3,000 scholarship can be found at http://www.robertreeveslaw.com/scholarship/
The American Constitution Society (ACS)* will hold their monthly General Body Meeting this Thursday, April 6th 5:15-6:15 pm. Room 160.
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is a progressive legal organization working to ensure that fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice enjoy their rightful, central place in American law. We are revitalizing and transforming legal and policy debates in classrooms, courtrooms, legislatures and the media, and we are building a diverse and dynamic network of progressives committed to justice.
Join us here at Akron Law for discussion, activities, and opportunities!
Stop by to see Captain Robert Brady of the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps for an informational interview. He will be in the conference room in the Dean’s Suite from 10 am to 12:00 pm. Please bring your resume.
The Philip R. Shawe Scholarship Competition is a writing and oratorical contest focusing on a controversial corporate law case brought before the State of Delaware Chancery Court and recently affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court involving TransPerfect Global and its co-CEOs, Phil Shawe and Elizabeth Elting. The competition, open to all second- and third-year law school students, focuses on the TransPerfect case, (In re: TransPerfect Global, Inc.,” Civil Action No. 9700-CB and “Elizabeth Elting v. Philip R. Shawe, et al.” Civil Action No. 10449-CB) in which the Delaware Chancery Court, to create a non-negotiated exit strategy for one of the company shareholders, ordered the forced sale of the entire company against the will of the other two shareholders.
Contestants will write briefs on the U.S. constitutional implications (Due Process and Takings Clauses) of the Delaware courts’ powers to adopt a forced sale remedy when shareholders of a highly profitable privately-held corporation are deadlocked. The contestants will be asked to write an argument to be heard by the United States Supreme Court reversing a decision by the Delaware Supreme Court which affirmed the decision by the Delaware Chancery Court.
The deadline to submit a brief (of no more than 15 pages) is due on April 20, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Monetary prizes will be given to the top three briefs (1st place: $65,000; 2nd place: $25,000; 3rd place: $10,000).
Further Information about contest rules and regulations can be found on our website: https://philshawescholarship.com/ or on Facebook @PhilShaweScholarshipChallenge.