Akron, OH – JDAI Student Coordinator – The Summit County Legal Defender’s Office
Overview: The Summit County Legal Defender is looking to hire an intern to perform client intake and act as student volunteer coordinator for the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative Program. This is a PAID position.
Qualifications: 1L (part time students), 2L, 3L; the position requires you to be at Summit County Juvenile Court certain mornings for the Legal Defender’s detention hearing intake process.
How to apply: Please send a cover letter, two references, and your resume to Attorney Jennifer Lin email:summit.ldo@gmail.com. If you had already applied and have not been contacted please submit your application materials again.
Deadline: January 30, 2015
Small Akron Law Firm Seeks Applications for Law Clerk – deadline is January 26th!
Akron, OH – Law Clerk – Small Law Firm
Overview: Looking for a 2L law clerk for a small law firm on the west side of Akron. Clerk will be expected to work 4-5 days a week. Duties to include research, drafting appeals, interpretation of statutes and case law, drafting of motions and memoranda.
Qualifications: 2L, 3L, class rank: top 25%
How to apply: Send resume and cover letter to est8esq@yahoo.com
Deadline: January 26, 2015
The Shirley E. Howes Educational Award/Grant for Women – deadline to apply is
The Shirley E. Howes Educational Award – applications available in the CPPO or online.
The Shirley E. Howes Educational Award is specific to Soroptimist International of Canton/Stark County, and honors the effort and scholarship of a woman attending a college or university to earn a certification, baccalaureate, masters or doctoral degree in Accounting, Finance, or Law-related fields. Women from the Northeast Ohio area ages 18 and older of all income levels are eligible to apply. Judging is based on four areas: effort toward education, scholarship, extracurricular activities and financial need.
When North Canton resident Shirley Howes became a Certified Public Accountant in 1953, she was the first female CPA in Stark County, Ohio. The personification of a Soroptimist—a woman dedicated to helping make life better for other women—Shirley Edwards Howes has left a wonderful legacy through her leadership of the Canton/Stark County club’s cash awards program. Shirley chaired the Awards Committee for much of her 26‐year membership with Soroptimist, hosting meetings and using her home‐based CPA and law facilities to distribute the award materials and oversee judging each year. Memorial donations in Shirley’s name, following her death in March of 2012, came from numerous award recipients, fellow club members, and others touched by this outstanding lady’s community service and her passionate example for “making a difference” in their lives and the lives of others in the Stark County community.
The Canton/Stark County club will provide a $550 cash grant to its award recipient. Applications are due January 15, 2015 and can be found online at www.bestforwomencanton.org.
Soroptimist International of Canton/Stark County is a volunteer organization for business and professional women dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Founded in 1941, the Canton/Stark County club is part of Soroptimist International of the Americas where almost 100,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories contribute time and financial support to community-based projects that benefit women. In addition to offering cash awards for education to local women, Soroptimist International of Canton/Stark County promotes awareness about domestic violence, teen dating violence and sex trafficking through various events and programs. For more information about how Soroptimist improves the lives of women and girls, visit soroptimist.org.
Internal ABA Client Counseling Competition – Mock Client Volunteers Needed!
Next Tuesday, January 13 – Thursday, January 15th we are holding the American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition here at Akron Law. A fun way to get involved is to volunteer as a mock “client” for the competition. In this role, you will receive a script and instructions regarding your case. You will then be interviewed and counseled by teams of your classmates who are competing. You will also get to meet and learn from experienced attorneys!
We are in need of client volunteers on Tuesday, January 13th, Wednesday, January 14th, and Thursday, January 15th (only one volunteer needed for Thursday) from 5:00 – 9:00 PM each night.
Each client volunteer will receive 4 community service hours per night toward your graduation requirement and dinner!
If you are available to volunteer, please email Alisa Benedict O’Brien (ab139@uakron.edu) ASAP and specify the date(s) you wish to volunteer. Thank you!
Mark Your Calendar for the Spring Substance Abuse Lecture
Our Spring 2016 semester Substance Abuse Lecture will be on Wednesday, February 10, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Goodyear Polymer Building Auditorium, Room 229.
The Ohio Office of Bar Admissions requires all students to take a one-hour substance abuse lecture during law school. Attend now to complete this requirement regardless of your year in law school. Graduating students please plan to attend if you have not yet attended a substance abuse lecture and plan to take the Ohio Bar exam. Free substance abuse lectures are offered to the entire law student body only ONCE during the fall semester and ONCE during the spring semester.
Absolutely no admittance after 5:30 pm – please arrive early to record your attendance.
Sponsored by The Office of Student Services, lawstudentservices@uakron.edu
SUPREME COURT RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAR OF OHIO
A certificate from a law school or a continuing legal education sponsor, certifying that the applicant has received at least one hour of instruction on substance abuse, including causes, prevention, detection, and treatment alternatives. Substance abuse instruction that is provided by a continuing legal education sponsor qualifies under this section only if it has been accredited by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education as an approved sub-stance abuse activity under Gov. Bar R. X.