Category: General Announcements

Come have some pizza and learn more about Summer Study Abroad options on Tuesday March 21, 2017 at 12:45pm in Room L-141.  Our program in Japan and South Korea offers flexible and affordable options that allow you to explore another part of the world while taking courses that are not only fun and interesting, but also satisfy degree requirements! The program timing, which is toward the end of the summer, provides for plenty of time to both work and study abroad. Scholarship assistance is available.

 

For more information, feel free to contact Dean Cravens. Applications are accepted through April 15^th and can be accessed here: https://www.uakron.edu/law/study-abroad/apply.dot

SBA is hosting its annual public interest auction- this year featuring a TRIVIA NIGHT!  The event will be held on Friday, March 24, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Portage Country Club, located at 240 North Portage Path, Akron, OH 44303.

Purchase your tickets and/or register a trivia team at: https://commerce.cashnet.com/LAWORG

This event raises funds for Akron Law’s public interest fellowship, which provides stipends to students working in public interest jobs that would not otherwise be paid.  If you wish to receive a stipend from the Public Interest fund, you must attend the auction or otherwise contribute to the event.

Show off your trivia knowledge with teams of up to six people, and engage in some friendly competition with your classmates, professors, and the Akron legal community! Questions will cover a large range of categories including entertainment, geography, sports, and even local trivia!

Between rounds of trivia, we will have several items up for live auction, and a silent auction will be accessible throughout the evening.  Items up for auction this year include a J.R. Smith autographed jersey and shirt, Lake Erie Monsters tickets, a round of golf for four at Shaker Heights Country Club, dinners with your favorite professors, and much more!

Tickets for the evening are $10 for students/guests of students and $20 for anyone else.  All are welcome to attend.  Registration for a trivia team of 6 people is an additional $20.  All proceeds from this event will go to the Akron Law Public Interest Fellowship Fund. Please direct any questions to Haley Martinelli at hkm8@zips.uakron.edu or ask your SBA Class Representatives.

Akron, OH – Director of Inmate Assistance Program – Law Clinic at The University of Akron

AkronLawJobs No. 8160 Overview: Seeking students to work in the Inmate Assistance Paid position – $8.50 per hour up to 20 hours per week. Travel to Mahoning County Jail once a week, meet with inmates who have legal questions, and research and draft letters back to the inmates answering their questions.  Students interested in developing interviewing, research, and writing skills should apply. Our clinic graduates use their skills in civil and criminal contexts as Public Defenders, County Prosecutors, Legal Aid lawyers, judicial law clerks, and civil practitioners.

Qualifications: All students are invited to apply, including rising 2L’s

How to apply:  A cover letter and resume must be submitted to Jackie Davis at jmw93@uakron.edu as soon as possible or stop in the Legal Clinic.

Deadline: ASAP

Today Student Government officially opened applications for the Student Trustee position that will begin their appointment on July 1, 2017.  Two information sessions will take place regarding the upcoming opening for a Student Trustee on The University of Akron’s Board of Trustees.  These sessions are scheduled for:

• Thursday, March 16th at 4pm in Student Union Room 323; and
• Tuesday, March 21st at 6:30pm in Student Union Room 323

This is an excellent opportunity for students to become further involved with their University, to gain leadership and managerial experience at a high level, and to shape the future of The University of Akron.  Attendance at an information session is not required, but highly encouraged for potential applicants.

The date of appointment for the new Student Trustee position will begin on July 1, 2017, for a two-year term that ends on June 30, 2019.  Interested and qualified UA students must complete an application and return it to the Undergraduate Student Government office by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 14.  Applications are available from Undergraduate Student Government, SU 307a, or online at http://www.uakron.edu/usg.

Five nominees will be selected from the applicant pool and submitted to President Wilson, who will review and forward nominee applications and resumes to the Governor of Ohio, who has sole authority to make the final appointment decision.

Hi All: DONT FORGET!! ILS’s inaugural “Immigration & Refugee Awareness Festival” continues this Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 3:00 PM. FREE admission in L-160. Food, snacks and drinks will also be provided. If you can’t make it to this film please see other dates and location for the other films on the flyer.