Category: General Announcements

ATTENTION:  All 2^nd Year Full-Time & Part-Time Students who began law school in 2014

If you plan to take the Ohio Bar Exam, your Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission must be received in the Office of Bar Admissions at the Supreme Court of Ohio by November 16, 2015.

Please see http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/AttySvcs/admissions/calendar.asp  for the calendar of deadlines, and http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/AttySvcs/admissions/admissionApps/default.asp  to access the application.

Law Student Services will provide:  (1) The “Certificate of Dean” that is prepared by Student Services to include with your application.  Please complete the information here by September 21 to request that a Certificate of Dean be prepared for you. (2) Student Services will also give you an official fingerprint card, (3) and your undergraduate transcript showing your bachelor’s degree – if you gave us 2 copies when you started law school.  If we do not have 2 copies, we will let you know, and you will have to request a hard copy of your transcript from your undergrad institution.

(2) Plan to attend the Bar Admissions Workshop on Wednesday, September 23, from 5:30 – 6:30 pm in Room 165.  The Director of the Ohio Supreme Court Office of Bar Admissions will tell you how to complete your application and answer your questions.

 *Please complete the Certificate of Dean information at this link before September 25, 2015. 

If you have any questions, please contact Akron Law Student Services at lawstudentservices@uakron.edu.

 

Introduction to the Social Justice Project at Akron Law
Tuesday, September 15 at 12:15 and 5:10 in Room 152
Did you come to law school to help advance Social Justice? Come to a meeting with Professor Brant Lee to find out how you can be part of a new project to work on Social Justice issues together. If you can’t make the meeting but still want to be involved, contact Professor Lee at btlee@uakron.edu.

The Center for Constitutional Law, one of four national research centers established by Congress, located at the University of Akron School of Law is offering several presentations during Constitution Week, September 14-18, 2015. On Monday, the movie “14: Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark & Vanessa Lopez” will be shown at 12:30 pm, Room 151 and again at 5:00 pm in Room 165. On Wednesday, Professors Marty Belsky and Dean Carro present “Prosecutor Meets Defense” at 12:30 pm in Room 151. Thursday, Professor Wilson Huhn addresses Obergefell v. Hodges, when he presents “Understanding the Implications of the Same-sex Marriage Case” at 12:30 pm in Room 151. Thursday, Professors Bill Rich, Koji Higashikawa and Dean Matthew Wilson will engage in a discussion on the international comparison in “Hate Speech Under the U.S. and Japanese Constitutions” at 5:00 in Room 151. All programs are open to the public and we welcome the university community. For more information, please visit: http://www.uakron.edu/law/constitutionallaw/