It's what you need to know!
Household batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, and Watch Batteries) can now be dropped off for proper disposal in two locations at the Law School.
Collection boxes will be placed in the Dean’s Office reception area, as well as in the Law Library circulation desk area for your convenience.
Summer Access to Lexis Advance
Access to Lexis Advance will continue during the summer. As long as you are registered for Lexis Advance you do not have to do anything to continue using Lexis Advance this summer. If you have not registered for Lexis Advance, please contact our Lexis Account Manager, Jennifer Durkin at jennifer.durkin@lexisnexis.com.
Academic purpose restrictions still apply for the summer. Academic purposes include, but are not limited to:
Academic purposes do not include research conducted for a law firm, corporation, or other entity (other than a professor or law school) that is paying you to conduct research, or that is passing along the cost of research you conduct to a third party.
If you need access to materials that are still not available on Lexis Advance, you will need to contact our Lexis Account Manager, Jennifer Durkin (jennifer.durkin@lexisnexis.com), to get summer access to classic Lexis.
Students and graduates (including December 2011 graduates) engaged in verifiable 501(c)(3) public interest work may apply for access to Cases, Codes, Law Reviews, Shepard’s, and Matthew Bender treatises on lexis.com through the ASPIRE 2012 program. (Log in and then click this link )
Summer Access to Westlaw
To access Westlaw over the summer, students need to register on Westlaw. Log onto Westlaw and click on the image that says summer access. Typically, it shows up on the right under the Weekly Poll feature. Academic use only restrictions apply for summer. Academic purposes include:
Passwords may NOT be used for research for law firms, government agencies, corporations or other purposes unrelated to law school coursework. Students graduating this year can extend their passwords by following the special link for graduates.
Access to Casemaker continues year round. Law students do not have to do anything to keep summer access. Students can use Casemaker to conduct research for their employer. Casemaker does not have an academic password restriction!
For more information about summer or graduate access, see our new library guide – Legal Research Databases.
All law students attending summer must review this summer enrollment load chart.
| Division
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Summer enrollment is not required beyond the 1st year. Summer enrollment is recommended for part-time students in order to stay on track with graduation. |
Maximum Credits For Summer
(unless otherwise authorized) |
| Full-Time
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More than 3 credits during any 7-day calendar week during summer would result in an overload and must be approved. |
6 (9 if no course overlap***) |
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Part-Time
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6 (9 if no course overlap***) |
If you plan to be enrolled for more than the above-chart allows, and have not already received permission from Assistant Dean Thorpe to do so, you must submit the Overload Permission Request Form (click HERE) prior to the start of summer term.
Return this permission request form as soon as possible to Liz Sauders liz@uakron.edu in the Dean’s Office, Room 136. Once reviewed by Assistant Dean Thorpe, I will notify you of her decision.
Thank you.
Then, please join us, as follows:
DATE: TODAY, Tuesday, March 20
TIME: 12:15 to 1:00 – free food!
5:30 to 6:30 – free food!
PLACE: Room 167
Denay Knope, Esq., Director – Ohio Themis Bar Review will present the following:
General description of Themis, tuition, and important dates
SBA President Jennifer Ellison will answer questions and share her perspective based on her interaction with law students.
Assistant Dean Lauri Thorpe will discuss the $1,000 Bar Exam Review Course Fellowships for the May 2012 JD graduates along with Need Based Scholarships for bar review courses.
All three will answer your questions and provide assistance.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Fall 2012 Schedule is now posted on the School of Law website at: https://www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum/registration.dot. This information includes the Schedule Board to give you a visual layout of the schedule, the Schedule with course numbers and footnotes, highlights on what is being offered new this fall and course descriptions broken down by Professor and subject. Please carefully read all materials. You are able to go into Zipline and place classes into your registration “shopping cart” at this time. We have not yet been informed on when registration will begin for Fall.
Hope you are all enjoying your Spring Break! See you next week.