Category: General Announcements

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.

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.

Have Your Say Forum TODAY at 12:20 p.m. in the law school atrium! Today’s topic is “Partisan Politics – The Cause or the Cure?” See you there!