Category: General Announcements

Please make sure that you are aware of the following Add/Drop dates:

Add:

Last day to add without signatures: Monday, January 23, 2017
Last day to add with Instructor and Asst. Dean signatures ends on: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Last day to add LAW classes: Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Drop:

Last day to drop with “WD” appearing on your academic record: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Last day to drop with Instructor and Asst. Dean signatures: Monday, March 6, 2017

Withdraw:

Last day for Law Students to withdraw from classes: Monday, March 6, 2017

The International Association of Defense Counsel announces its 2017 Legal-Writing Contest. Entries must cover the fields of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, or other areas of practical concern to lawyers who defend civil litigation.  The suggested word limit is 12,000 words, including footnotes.

Monetary prizes are $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second place, and $500 for third place. Winning and honorable-mention entries will be considered for publication in the IADC’s quarterly Defense Counsel Journal. Entries (along with the entry form) are due Friday, May 19, 2017 via e-mail to Melisa Maisel Vanis at mmaisel@iadclaw.org.

Information regarding the contest (including the topic and entry form) is available at http://www.iadclaw.org/publications-news/publications/Legal-Writing-Contest/.

The next Constitutional Law Forum will be held at Akron Law on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 12:15 in Room 160

The topic will be “Is there a constitutional right to health care?”   Professor Will Huhn and the Con Law fellows will moderate the discussion.

Pizza will be served (thanks to Prof. Huhn!)

The ABA’s Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability is accepting essays in the 2017 Ed Mendrzycki Essay Contest. The topic addresses ethical concerns arising under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct where a law firm wishes to associate with litigation-funding companies, including undertaking representation of one such company while also recommending the company’s services to the firm’s clients.

The winner receives a $5,000 cash prize and an all-expense-paid trip to Boston in April 2017 to attend the Committee’s National Legal Malpractice Conference. Essays must be e-mailed or postmarked by March 3, 2017. Students must be members of the ABA to participate (you can enroll for basic membership for free on the ABA’s website).

For the full essay contest’s hypothetical and rules, please visit http://ambar.org/LPLEssayContest.