Category: General Announcements

Earn your Certificate: IP, Litigation Programs

 Interested in earning an IP or Litigation certificate?    Haven’t applied yet?

 Please take a look at the following certificate application and deadlines BEFORE you register for spring 2010 classes.

 Application for Certificate Program in Intellectual Property

 Application for Certificate Program in Litigation

Save the Date – Wednesday, October 21: Discussion with Curtis Mack, Esq., Nationally Recognized Expert on Labor Law

Mark your calendars NOW – Wednesday, October 21, 5 p.m. – 6:15 p.m –  Curtis Mack, Akron Law grad and nationally recognized expert on labor law will be at Akron Law to meet with students for an informative and lively discussion on current trends in the field of labor law. Mr. Mack’s presentation will be held in West Hall Room 214. Refreshments will be served.

OHIO BAR ADMISSIONS WORKSHOP

 PRESENTERS:        Christine Einloth, Bar Admissions Specialist and Kelly Witt, Bar Admissions Specialist from The Supreme Court of Ohio

 DATE:                        Monday, October 12, 2009

 TIME:                        5:00 to 5:15 registration  (FREE cookies & bottle water will be served!)

                                      5:15 to 6:25 presentation

 LOCATION:                 Room 151

PURPOSE:                   If you are a first or second year law student, you are considering or definitely planning to sit for the Ohio bar exam, and you have NOT yet submitted your required preliminary bar application, then you should absolutely plan to attend this FREE workshop.   This program is open to all law students.

Topics addressed will include:

 ¨       The Ohio bar application process

¨       Character and Fitness (issues, problems, investigations)

¨       The level of scrutiny given to the bar applications

¨       Appropriate and thorough responses to the bar application questions

¨       DEADLINES!

 Consider the following Preliminary Bar Application DEADLINES for The Supreme Court of Ohio

 November 15:  By all SECOND YEAR FULL- and PART-TIME students  ($75 fee)

January 15:       DROP DEAD DEADLINE for July bar exam takers ($200 late fee)

 August 15:        DROP DEAD DEADLINE for February bar exam takers ($200 late fee)

WARNING:       Waiting until the drop-dead dates to file an application places you at risk of not getting to take the bar exam right after graduation.

 QUESTIONS?    Please contact College Programs Specialist Liz Sauders at Liz@uakron.edu or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.