Category: General Announcements

Changes to the Advanced Legal Applications Course

At its September 2011 meeting, the Faculty adopted, effective immediately for all law students, the following changes to the bar exam-related course, Advanced Legal Applications (ALA):

  1. The credits earned for the Advanced Legal Applications course will now count toward the 88 credits required for graduation. Those required to take Advanced Legal Applications will no longer be required to complete 91 credits to graduate.
  2. The LGPA-based requirement to take Advanced Legal Applications has not been changed, but the Faculty decided to open the course to students who are not required to take it. The Faculty resolution permits “non-required students to take ALA on a space available basis (with an inverse GPA enrollment preference).”

We will implement this change as follows:

  1. We will offer two sections of ALA, one on Tuesday evening, the other on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Note that we offer ALA only in the Spring semester.
  2. The Dean’s office will control enrollment in ALA.
  3. Students required to take ALA must advise Misty Franklin (Misty@uakron.edu) whether they want to enroll in the day or evening section of ALA. To assure that you are registered for the ALA section you prefer, contact Ms. Franklin no later than October 14, 2011. After that date, we will select your ALA selection based upon your registration pattern to date.
  4. Students who wish to take ALA but are not required to do so must contact Professor Katherine Kelly, Director of Academic Support (ksk10@uakron.edu). We will enroll students according to the criterion established by the Faculty (inverse GPA enrollment preference), with preference for those taking the Ohio Bar Examination.

How to Avoid Plagiarism

Plagiarism, as defined on the University of Akron Office of General Counsel web page, “is the intentional or unintentional use of the words or ideas of another without acknowledging their source.” Deliberate and accidental plagiarism are treated the same by the University and the School of Law.  The University places the responsibility on the students to know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

Law students caught plagiarizing will be violating the Law School’s Student Disciplinary Code and will be subject to proceedings under the Code.  Consequences can be severe and may include dismissal from the University.

More information about plagiarism can be found here- Law Library Plagiarism Guide.

CALI Lesson: Plagiarism – Keeping Out of Trouble.  This lesson will explain what constitutes plagiarism, how to avoid plagiarizing, and offers opportunities for students to test their understanding of plagiarism.

MAY 2012 Graduation Applications Due November 1

 All students planning to graduate at the end of the spring 2012 semester must complete a graduation application no later than Tuesday, November 1. Late applicants will need to obtain their dean’s permission and pay the $100 late fee.

Law students must apply for graduation through ZipLine. Step-by-step instructions are available on the Graduation Services website.

Questions may be emailed to the Office of the University Registrar.

Videographers in the School of Law, Sept. 27 and 28

Over the course of the next two days, Rubber City Productions Film Company will be at the law school gathering b-roll footage for our website. They will not be entering classrooms (with a couple of pre-arranged exceptions), but they will be filming in the other common areas of the law school. We don’t expect this to cause any disruption in daily law school activities, but wanted everyone to be aware that filming will be taking place.

Please feel free to contact Adam Messner (apm@uakron.edu) or Diana Vickers (diana@uakron.edu) with any questions.