Spring 2015 Degree Candidate grades are now available for viewing via your MyAkron account.
All remaining students will be able to view their grades beginning on Wednesday, May 27, 2015.
Category: General Announcements
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IMPORTANT CHANGE: Law School Graduation Application Deadlines!!!!
Please submit your Law School Graduation Application via ‘My Akron’ during the following dates:
- December Candidates: January 1, 2015 to June 1, 2015 for Fall 2015
- For January 10, 2016 degree conferral
- December Graduation Application Deadline: June 1, 2015
- May Candidates: May 1, 2015 to October 1, 2015
- For May 2016 degree conferral
- May Graduation Application Deadline: October 1, 2015
We will allow late applications if appropriate; however late applicants will need approval from Asst. Dean of Law Student Services. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Assistant Dean Ivy Banks (ikw1@uakron.edu) or Liz Wascak (liz@uakron.edu).
Law School Softball Team — Wilson’s Warriors
The Law School is looking to have a co-ed softball team this summer. Dean Wilson will lead the charge and Prof. Spring will help with the administrative functions. We have won two championships in recent years. If we want to play in the First Session we need to register and have a roster together by May 20th. The First Session games will be Wednesdays at either 5 or 6 pm starting May 27th. It is recognized that this conflicts with some of our summer classes but hopefully we can prevail on the scheduler to give us more 5 pm games that will be over in time for team members to attend class afterward (games last approximately one hour) and we will have enough players to fill in.
The Intramural Office strictly enforces its rules and someone cannot just show up and play. If you want to play you need to be on the roster and meet the eligibility requirements (set out below) before the first game. If you want to play please email gspring@uakron.edu and indicate your relative level of experience. We have been competitive (the leagues aren’t that good) with a mix of talent and experience in the past and everyone is welcome. It is good fun that is very collegial and it is hoped that we will have plenty of participants to field a team. The eligibility standards are:
Students enrolled in summer classes, in at least one (1) credit in any academic summer session(s)
Students not enrolled in summer classes, but who have purchased a full SRWC Membership for the summer
Students not enrolled in summer classes, but who are returning for Fall 2015 credits (and were also enrolled in Spring 2015) who purchase a Summer Intramural Pass for $5
Full-time Staff/Faculty
NOTE: Students who graduate May 2015, or incoming students new to UA for Fall 2015, will NOT be eligible to participate.
New Class Ranking Policy
In response to your feedback, we modified and simplified the class ranking policy to assure you receive rankings expeditiously at the end of each Fall and Spring semester. We value the importance rankings play for each of you and hope this version simplifies reporting to employers. We eliminated the Option A and Option B ranking system. The new system ranks students based upon their status as full-time or part-time students and their entering class year (see below for full details). We will continue to rank you after each Fall and Spring semester. The new ranking policy is effective immediately. Please contact me at ikw1@uakron.edu with any questions.
Thank you,
Assistant Dean Banks
Class Rankings
The School of Law calculates individual class rankings after the end of the fall and spring semesters. We rank students based upon their entering class year (e.g., 2015, 2016) and their enrollment division (e.g., full- or part-time). Students changing division (e.g., part-time to full-time) will be ranked with the new division at the end of the semester in which the classification goes into effect.
Students taking summer classes are not issued a new class rank in August.
Grades processed after semester rankings post (e.g. grades from previous Incompletes) will be included in the following semester’s class rankings.
Students are ranked with their entering class unless their projected graduation date changes due to a leave of absence or significant reduction in credit load. Any student who takes a leave of absence for one academic year will not be ranked during that year.
Akron Law ranks transfer students based upon the year the student entered the transferring law school.
Graduating Class Final Rankings
Each May, Akron Law merges all graduating students (both full-time and part-time divisions) into a final combined class rank. We also merge students graduating at the end of the preceding fall semester into this final combined ranking.