Category: General Announcements

JOINT J.D./LL.M. IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

LAW FACULTY APPROVES:

 JOINT J.D./LL.M. IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

At its meeting earlier this month, the law faculty voted to create a joint J.D./LL.M. program in Intellectual Property Law, effective fall 2011.  Under the program, a student would have to complete 100 credit hours of study, including 24 credit hours in intellectual property-related courses, earn an overall 3.0 GPA in IP courses, and satisfy all current requirements for the J.D. degree.   Included within the 24 credit hours would be a six-credit thesis, which would also satisfy the GWR requirement.  Up to 12 credits of IP-related course work at the J.D. level could be credited towards satisfaction of the LL.M. requirements. It is anticipated that a student could meet these requirements during three years of full-time study, plus summer study.  Students should apply for the program no later than the beginning of their second year of study.

At the same meeting, the faculty also approved changes to the current LL.M. requirements.  The number of required credits has been reduced from 30 to 24; all students would be required to enroll in Fundamentals of Intellectual Property (formerly Introduction to Intellectual Property); and all students would have to take a course in either patent, copyright or trademark law, as well as at least one international IP course.

An informational meeting regarding the new program will be held within the next few weeks.  Stay tuned for date/time/location.

 In the meantime, please contact either Professor Samuels at Samuels@uakron.edu or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu if you have any questions.

Questions about the July 2011 Bar Exam?

Don’t forget to attend the Bar Exam Q & A session tonight (Monday, 3/21) at 6:30 in W214. July 2010 and Feb 2011 bar takers will be there to answer your questions and share their bar exam experiences.
A light dinner will be served (Jimmy John’s sandwiches).
Questions? Contact ASP Director Katherine Silver Kelly
ksk10@uakron.edu

Law Graduation Application Deadlines and Process

 IMORTANT REQUIREMENT, DO IT EARLY…PLAN AHEAD!  

 JD and LL.M. STUDENTS  

 Use your UAnetID and password to apply for graduation through ZipLine. 

 MAY 2012 completers  

 MUST APPLY FOR GRADUATION BY NOVEMBER 1, 2011  

DECEMBER 2012 completers 

MUST APPLY FOR GRADUATION BY JULY 1, 2012 

 HERE’S HOW:  

 Use your UAnetID and password to apply for graduation through ZipLine. 

 ZipLine will asks students to verify college and plan before submitting the application. 

 This link provides step-by-step instructions for applying for graduation. 

 MEET THE DEADLINE =  FREE ($0)  

  MISS THE DEADLINE = $100     (and perhaps having to wait until the next degree conferral date) 

  Questions and comments may be directed to the Office of the University Registrar at 330-972-8300 or registrar@uakron.edu or to Graduation Services at commencement@uakron.edu.  

 

Navigating the Next Two Years: Scheduling, Activities, & General Survival Tips

As you finish your first year (PT- second year), it is time to make decisions about scheduling classes and law school activities.    The Office of Academic Success Programs is here to help.  Learn the inside scoop regarding:
• Courses required for graduation (it may surprise you);
• Balancing electives with bar courses;
• Substantial skills courses;
• The what (course) and when (to write it) of the GWR; and
• Hear what not to do from wizened and humbled upper-division students.

Thursday, March 24th
12:15 & 5:30
Rm 301 (library 3rd floor)

Questions: contact ASP Director Katherine Silver Kelly  ksk10@uakron.edu

Fall 2011 Class Schedule – Ignore It Until We Say Otherwise

To the Law School Student Body:

On Monday March 14, the university will make the fall schedule available for review  by students, although students will not be able to begin registering until March 25. We understood that the release date would be March 21, a week later, but the university needs to release the schedule for New Student Orientation Week, and it cannot withhold our part of the schedule.

For various reasons related to the university’s new campus-wide class scheduling system, the law school’s ultimate schedule is certain to differ from the schedule that will appear on Monday. We will advise you when the schedule has been finalized.

Accordingly, you should ignore the law school fall class schedule as posted by the university until we tell you otherwise.

Thanks, and have a great Spring Break!

Bill Jordan

Associate Dean and C. Blake McDowell Professor of Law

University of Akron School of Law