If you were unable to attend the Informational Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop which was recently presented at Akron Law by Lee Ann Ward, Director of Bar Admissions, The Supreme Court of Ohio, we are posting the below link so that all students have access to this valuable information. The link will take you to the 1-hour video-taped presentation.
Category: General Announcements
Want to know how to take a legal multiple choice exam?
Do any of your exams include multiple choice questions? Would you like to avoid the stress normally caused by such questions? Join ASP and Kaplan Bar Review for a special presentation on how to take these challenging exams. This workshop will be held 11/13 from 5-6pm in Room 165. This is an RSVP only event, first come/first reserved, because of space limitations. Please RSVP to dpalmer1@uakron.edu. The RSVP will be strictly enforced.
Fingerprinting NOT available at UA Police Dept
We have recieved reports that many students needing to be fingerprinted for their Bar application are inquiring at the University of Akron Police Department (UAPD). UAPD is not able to provide this service.
We have also been advised that the Akron Police Department is not able to provide this service. You are most welcome to contact other municipal police departments to see if they are able to assist you, but we do not know which municipalities those may be. Therefore, we direct students as follows:
Fingerprinting is available at the Sheriff’s Office at the Summit County Jail
located on Crosier Street just across the 76 expressway.
Details:
- Appointments are required: call the Sheriff’s Office at 330-643-5323 to schedule
- Appointment times are:
- Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 am.
- Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Closed holidays
- Complete all fingerprint card information prior to arrival
- Fingerprinting fee is $10.00
NOTE: When you submit your Certificate of Dean form to Law Student Services for the dean’s signature, we will return it to you in a packet which contains your official fingerprint card.
Advanced Legal Applications Announcement
Good morning, everyone!
If you are required to take Advanced Legal Applications (“ALA”) and intend to graduate in Spring 2013, please notify me immediately if you have not applied to graduate in spring. If you are required to take ALA and intend to graduate in Fall 2013, you will NOT register for the spring course. We will be offering you an ALA in Fall 2013 that is closer in time to your graduation date (and therefore more useful to you). To notify me that you intend to graduate Spring 2013 but have not yet applied and believe that you are required to take ALA, please email me at dpalmer1@uakron.edu. To determine whether you are required to take ALA, please see page 130 of the 2012-13 Student Handbook.
TONIGHT – Ohio Bar Admission Workshop
REMINDER…Be sure to attend this FREE Workshop
PRESENTED BY: Lee Ann Ward, Director of Bar Admissions, The Supreme Court of Ohio
DATE: TONIGHT, Thursday, October 18
TIME: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 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 Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.
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