Category: General Announcements

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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November 1st Deadline – February 2013 Ohio Bar Exam

Attention Students Graduating in December and/or Planning to Take The February 2013 Ohio Bar Examination:

The Deadline for the Supreme Court of Ohio Office of Admissions to receive your Application to Take the Bar Examination is November 1, 2012. 

A form required as part of the application packet is the Character Certificate, which must be processed by Law Student Services and signed by Assistant Dean Lauri Thorpe.

DO NOT DELAY!

Each form takes time to process.

Prof. Vacca and Prof. Cole Midterm download period

This is a reminder to students who are in Prof. Vacca’s Contracts or Prof. Cole’s Evidence class, you must download the latest version of Examsoft as well as your exam file before Sunday October 14th.  If you are having any problems or have any questions, please notify Law Technology Support as soon as possible.