Category: General Announcements

Akron Law Review Announces its 2010-2011 Editorial Board

Akron Law Review is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 Editorial Board:

Editor-in-Chief – Morena Carter

Executive Editor – Jackie Walsh

Managing Editor – Akron Tax Journal – Matt Williams

Managing Editor – Strict Scrutiny – Jeremy Burkhart

Managing Editor – Akron Intellectual Property Journal – Scott Chmielecki

Articles Editors – Stacey Zipay, John Thuermer, Connie Porter

Production Editors – Janelle Ewing, Stephen Gombita, Bethany Hunt, Wayne Boyer, Zack Mesher, Susan Lavalley, Jennifer Gotch, Stephanie Haight, Emily Clark

Congratulations to all those who were selected!

Moot Court Honor’s Society Student Appellate Oral Argument Competition – April 3rd at 9:00 am

Moot Court Honor’s Society will have an appellate oral argument competition on Saturday, April 3rd starting at 9:00am, open to all 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students. Contact Scott Garnick at sag46@zips.uakron.edu to register. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winner and runners-up.  The winner automatically receives an invitation to join next year’s Moot Court Honors Society.  The competition will offer you an experience to improve your advocacy skills. 

Need a JOB?? Come to “Finding a Job in Today’s Economy and what the American Bar Association Can Do for You” Tuesday, February 23 at 12:15. Sign up today in the Career Planning Office.

Career Planning Workshop — Please join the American Bar Association for a lunchtime panel discussion on “Finding a Job in Today’s Economy and What the ABA Can Do for You”. Our featured panelists are: Judge Mary Jane Trapp, the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eleventh Appellate District; Kathleen Havener, The Havener Law Firm, LLC; and Ilene Breitbarth from the American Bar Association.When: Tuesday February 23rd, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.

Place: University of Akron School of Law

Student Lounge

Lunch will be served courtesy of the American Bar Association to those who pre-register. Sign up required in the Career Planning Office to register. Deadline to register has been extended to Monday, February 22 at 12 p.m.

Great Summer Job Opportunity with Southeastern Ohio Legal Services

Ohio – Summer Clerk
Hiring Criteria:  1L, 2L, 3L Students – Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS) is seeking volunteer summer clerks to work in its offices in Athens, Chillicothe, Lancaster, Marietta, New Philadelphia, Newark, Portsmouth, Steubenville and Zanesville. Clerks will have an opportunity to work on a variety of legal issues affecting the poor, including housing, foreclosure, consumer law, public benefits, health law, education law, and family law. By working closely with our staff attorneys, clerks will provide litigation support and get first-hand interaction with clients and the courts. SEOLS will provide clerks an orientation to the areas of poverty law in which we work and to working with low-income clients. SEOLS will cooperate with applications for law school or other summer fellowship programs.  Submit resume and cover letter to Melissa Skilliter, Pro Bono Coordinator/LITC Director, SEOLS, 555 Buttles Avenue, Columbus, OH  43215. Email: mskilliter@oslsa.org.
Deadline:  March 1, 2010