If you are planning to graduate in May 2014 make sure that you apply for graduation! The deadline to apply for graduation is, November 1, 2013. Log on to your MyAkron account and apply immediately so we can begin your clearance process! If you have any questions please contact Ivy Banks at ikw1@uakron.edu.
Category: General Announcements
Reminder tomorrow, Oct. 15, 2013 Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop 5 pm to 6 pm
FREE Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop
PRESENTED BY:
Lee Ann Ward, Director of Bar Admissions, The Supreme Court of Ohio
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 pm.
Room 151
PURPOSE: If you are a first or second year law student, you are considering or definitely planning to sit for the Ohio bar exam, and you have NOT yet submitted your required preliminary bar application (“Application to Register as a Candidate” form), then you should absolutely plan to attend this FREE workshop. This program is open to all law students.
Topics addressed will include:
¨ The Ohio bar application process
¨ Character and Fitness (issues, problems, investigations)
¨ The level of scrutiny given to the bar applications
¨ Appropriate and thorough responses to the bar application questions
¨ DEADLINES! See: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/AttySvcs/admissions/calendar.asp
WARNING: Waiting until the drop-dead dates to file an application places you at risk of not getting to take the bar exam right after graduation.
QUESTIONS? Please contact Director of Student Affairs Ivy Banks at ikw1@uakron.edu or College Program Specialist Terri Bisesi at tbisesi@uakron.edu.
Wednesday, October 16 at 12 noon in Room 151 — Federal Bar Assn presents Judge Jack Zouhary — great opportunity to network with a federal judge and members of the FBA
Luncheon with the Honorable Judge Jack Zouhary
This informal free luncheon will feature a question and answer sessions with Hon. Judge Jack Zouhary who presides in the US District Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio.
Hon. Judge Jack Zouhary is expected to talk about best practices in managing civil cases and several proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which would impact such proceedings and those involved in them.
Lunch will be provided.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location:
University of Akron School of Law
Room 151
150 University Avenue
Akron, OH 44325-2901
Akron Law students, please RSVP to Michele Novachek (manovac@uakron.edu). Please put “Judge Jack Zouhary event” in the subject line of your RSVP e-mail.
All Akron Law students are encouraged to join the Federal Bar Association. Great networking and learning opportunities — Federal Bar Association Membership Application
Licensing IP Law for Spring 2014
Licensing is offered on Monday evenings from 6:40 – 9:40 P.M.
This course covers much of the law and some of the business and economics of licensing intellectual property. Intellectual property is a broad field, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights, semiconductor chip protection, trademarks, trade dress, Internet domain names, and rights of publicity. As a result, licensing of intellectual property takes many different forms in different types of businesses. Research and manufacturing businesses typically license technology, such as patents and trade secrets. They also may license copyrights (for example, in computer programs) and protected semiconductor chip designs. Multimedia businesses often involve simultaneous licensing of multiple copyrighted properties, and virtually every business has a trademark or trade name that might (or must) be licensed.
The course begins with a brief survey of the business goals and risks of licensing and the strategy involved in determining the “scope” of a license. The course then covers practical procedures and skills to be used in serving clients’ needs, including intellectual property audits, negotiating strategy, intellectual property valuation, and special problems of multimedia licensing. Next it raises important legal issues in drafting and finalizing licenses, including general terms and conditions, ambiguities, contractual limitations, implied licensing, and contract enforcement. Finally—to the extent time permits—it will cover areas of special concern, such as antitrust restrictions, international aspects of licensing, tax, and bankruptcy.
New Section of Legal Drafting Added to Spring 2014 Schedule
The course information is located at: http://www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum/registration.dot
Legal Drafting: Law Practice (Professor McBurney)
Tuesdays 6:40 – 7:40 P.M.
This course covers some of the key instruments that you will be drafting in the actual practice of law. Students will begin on a simulated case by drafting a research memo. From there, students will draft a client advice letter, and a demand letter or response. The case will culminate with a settlement negotiation, the results of which students will memorialize in a settlement agreement. The course will also cover related topics such as email drafting and etiquette, oral presentation of research, and client counseling.