Category: General Announcements

Use CALI Throughout the Semester!

The Computer Assisted Legal Instructions (CALI) lessons are a valuable resource that you may wish to use to review or reinforce material covered in class.

“The CALI Library of Lessons is a collection of over 900 interactive, computer-based lessons covering most legal education subject areas. The lessons are designed to augment traditional law school instruction and can be assigned as supplemental study material or integrated with other course materials. ” (Source: CALI web site)

To use the lessons you will need to register on the CALI site and enter our law school’s authorization code.  Here are the instructions for obtaining the School of Law CALI authorization code and accessing the CALI lessons:

1. Click on this link and enter your UAnet ID and university password.

2. A PDF document will open with Akron’s CALI authorization code and additional instructions on accessing the CALI website.

3. Go to CALI’s website (http://www.cali.org ) and click on “Create New Account.”   Follow the instructions on that web page and enter the CALI authorization code when prompted. Use your University email address.

You will need to use this authorization code the first time you register.   During the registration process you create a custom password. In subsequent visits to use the lessons, you will just enter your email address and your custom password.

Please do not give The University of Akron School of Law CALI authorization code to anyone outside of this law school.  The University of Akron is a member of the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction and therefore has a license to the CALI exercises.

Questions? Please contact Lynn Lenart at llenart@uakron.edu or call 330-972-6357.

Still time to sign up for the Tzangas Plakas Intramural Mock Trial Tournament!

Friday is the last day to sign up for the Tzangas Plakas intramural mock trial tournament. The tournament will occur on Saturday, March 8th. This is a great way to gain experience in trying cases and a great opportunity to network with Judges and Attorneys in the area. Cash prizes will be given to the top four teams as well as the two best witnesses. Email Collin Wise at cwise@lawlion.com to register your team.

Bloomberg-SCOTUS Competition – Now Available To Register

The Bloomberg Law SCOTUS competition is now available for students to register.  To sign up, go to scotuscompetition.com and complete the registration requirements.  All students must be registered by March 22, 2014 and all answers must be submitted by March 31, 2014.  In the competition you will:

  • Apply your understanding of constitutional law and each of the nine justices.
  • Predict how the Supreme Court of the United States will decide six merits cases and six cert. petitions in April 2014.
  • Use information  – opinions, Supreme Court briefs, Justices’ profiles and news – housed on Bloomberg Law and SCOTUSblog to complete your research and make your final selections.

For further questions, please contact Breen Parry (brp24@zips.uakron.edu) or Holly Facer (holly20@zips.uakron.edu), see the flyers around the school, or check the scotuscompetition.com website.   You must have a Bloomberg Law account to compete but registration is easy and free for law students.

Reminder – 24/7 Access to the Law School Building – Pilot Program

Reminder of the 24/7 Access Pilot Program – Note that only currently enrolled law students and December Grads (for the purpose of studying for the Bar Exam) have access to the building after posted building hours (The Library will not be open 24/7). To gain access, you must use your ZipCard at the Wolf Ledges entrance to West Hall. Please read this entire post to be sure you have all the necessary details.

  • After the building closes, please use your ZipCard to gain access to the building through the Wolf Ledges entrance to West Hall.
  • If at any time your ZipCard will not allow you access to the building, there is no way to re-gain access until the building opens the next morning. Please notify Anthony Colucci at colucci@uakron.edu if you should have any problems with the card reader.
  • If you intend to be on campus overnight, you will need an overnight parking endorsement sticker for your parking permit. You may pick your endorsement sticker up at the Dean’s Office front desk through this Friday, September 27th. After that, you will have to go to the University Parking Department to pick it up.
  • Access is restricted to currently enrolled law students only. Family members and non-law students are not to be in the building after hours.
  • We cannot guarantee that all heating and cooling units will be functional 24/7. Please try to keep to the first and second floors of West Hall for the best temperature-controlled areas. Other areas of the building may be off-line to conserve energy.
  • Students should call UAPD at 330-972-2911 to report anyone that they believe is even remotely suspicious, and should not approach anyone on their own.
  • UAPD reserves the right to clear the building at any time for any reason.
  • If the University is closed (holidays, weather, utility failures, etc.), then the Law School is closed.
  • UAPD will perform random sweeps of the building to be sure that no one is in the building that should not be.
  • While the Library will not be open after the building closes, please note that there is a student printer available in the student lounge, most classrooms will remain unlocked to be used as group study rooms, and you will have access to the computers located at the computer kiosks throughout the first floor of the building (2 in student lounge, one near men’s room in the elevator lobby).
  • In order to make this a successful pilot program, please be mindful of how you find the area you use, and how you leave it. Please place all trash in the proper trash or recycling receptacles.

Please note that this is a pilot program. We will monitor the usage of the building after hours to determine if it is to be continued after this semester. Our goal is to provide students with a quiet and safe place to study at all hours of the day to accommodate your busy schedules. Please use your best judgement in utilizing 24 hour access to the building. We advise that you do not study alone, and that you make use of the UAPD campus patrol to escort you to your vehicle when leaving the building. The free service runs from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. during fall and spring semesters. Call 330-972-7263 to request the service.

If you have any questions, please contact Anthony Colucci at 330-972-6364 or colucci@uakron.edu.