Category: General Announcements

Bar Exam: MPT Workshop today – 6:30 PM

Bar Exam Basics – A Series of Workshops

Thursday January 12 – Organizing your MPT

Central Hower 312 – 6:30 workshop (6:00 for food and informal Q&A)

The concept of an MPT is easy.  You are provided all of the law and don’t need to remember anything other than how to write like a lawyer.  The execution – not so easy.  The organization technique taught in this workshop allows you to organize and write your essay in the 90 minute time frame.

  • Food & informal Q&A starts at 6:00 for the 6:30 PM workshop
  • Please bring your computer (if you expect to take the exam using a computer)
  • Sign up here so I make sure to bring enough food!

The rest of the Workshop Series + the Half-Day Hangout

  • Monday, January 16 – MBE Strategies and Tactics (Room TBA)
  • Thursday, January 26 –   Making up the Rules (Room TBA)
  • Friday, February 3 –  MPT Exam Simulation (Room TBA)
  • Saturday, February 11, 12:00 – 5:00 PM:  Half-day Hangout (Room TBA)

Want a head start on the MPT?

One of the challenges of the MPT is getting enough time to practice during the bar preparation period.  It is never too early to start!  Wherever you are in your law school career, you’re invited to start working on MPTs!    Sign up here.

Questions?  Contact Nancy Reeves, Director of Academic Success, at nlr22@uakron.edu

Student Mentors Needed for Spring Entering Class

We are looking for student mentors for our Spring 2017 Entering Class.  As you may recall, this is a tremendous resource for our IL students.  If you are interested in becoming a mentor to one of our new students please email Assistant Director Misty Franklin at misty@uakron.edu and include the following information:

  1. Please let us know if you would like to be a mentor to more than 1 student.  If so, please give the number of students you would like to mentor.  If not, please indicate “1.”
  2. Your legal interest
  3. Extracurricular activities you are involve in
  4. Interests outside of Law School
  5. Your undergraduate university
  6. Your undergraduate major
  7. Your hometown city and state

Fall 2016 Class Rankings Available

Dear Students,

I hope that you have had a wonderful holiday break. For those of you who started coursework today, welcome back! For those of you who begin next week, we are excited to have you back and begin a new semester!

I’m pleased to announce that updated class rankings are now available here: http://uakron.edu/law/docs/CLASS_RANKINGS_FOR_FALL_2016.pdf (note: if you are off-campus, you may need to sign-in with your UANet ID and password). You’ll find links for the rankings lists (based on entering class) at the bottom of the document.

Please join me in thanking Liz Wascak for all of her work in preparing these rankings.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me (bfuller@uakron.edu). I look forward to seeing you soon!

Sincerely,

Dean Fuller

Trumbull County Probate Court is Seeking an Intern

The Trumbull County Probate Court is seeking an intern for an approximately 12 week period.  The intern will be part-time and will assist the Trumbull County Probate Court.  The Court is seeking a 1L, 2L, 3L or 4L.  The intern will work at the Trumbull County Probate Court, Trumbull County Courthouse, First Floor, 161 High Street NW, Warren, Ohio  44481.  Interested individuals should send a cover letter and a resume to Magistrate Emily Weston at eweston@trumbullprobate.org.  Any questions should be directed to Magistrate Weston at that e-mail address or at (330) 675-2521.  Resumes should be sent in as soon as possible, prior to January 18, 2017. 

 

Thurgood Marshall 2017 Summer Diversity Clerkship Program Opportunity

Thurgood Marshall Law Society

2017 Summer Diversity Clerkship Program

The Dayton Chapter of the Thurgood Marshall Law Society is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion within the Dayton-area bar. This program is for students from traditionally underrepresented groups including Native American or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, African-American or Black, Hispanic, or a member of the LGBT community.

The Diversity Summer Clerkship Program is just one element of the commitment. Through this program, select students will receive real-world legal experience, develop fundamental research and writing skills, and receive networking training necessary for a solid foundation to a successful and impactful legal career.

  • Applications will be solicited from students at all Ohio law schools
  • Upon applying, candidates will rank their employer preferences
  • Members of TMLS will review applications and recommend candidates to employers\
  • Upon agreeing to participate in the program, each employer must inform TMLS as to its preference between rising 2L and rising 3L students
  • Each employer will employ at least one candidate for the summer
  • Employers are responsible for scheduling interviews with individual candidates
  • Each employer will make its own final hiring and salary decisions
  • Each selected candidate is required to attend the TMLS seminar on workplace etiquette and legal writing skills prior to the start of the clerkship
  • Clerkships will last ten weeks, running from approximately May 15 through July 28
  • Although individual schedules must be worked out with employers, students should expect to work at least 30-40 hours per week.

How to apply: Fill out the application and send:

  • Application may be picked up in Law 110, the Career Center or Central Hower 301
  • Cover Letter – including explanation of how background will increase diversity in the Dayton bar)
  • Resume
  • Writing Sample (no longer than five pages)
  • Most recent transcript
  • Current class curriculum

DEADLINE for receipt – February 3, 2017 – incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Late applications will not be reviewed.

You may either send via U.S. Mail or hand delivery to:

Robert Gresham

Wright & Schulte, LLC

130 W. Second Street, Suite 1600

Dayton, OH 45402

OR via e-mail to TMLS_DaytonClerkshipProgram@outlook.com