Invitation – Director of Admissions interview tomorrow

Dear Students:

We are in the final stages of hiring a Director of Admissions and Financial Aid.    The hiring committee screened over 60 applications for the position and conducted initial interviews of nearly 10 candidates.   We have narrowed the pool down to four finalists, and have invited them to campus this week.

Given the importance of this position to the law school community, we would like to all students with an opportunity to meet the candidates and provide feedback.  As such, we have asked each candidate to give a short presentation/Q&A session (30 minutes) about how s/he would recruit students to the University of Akron School of Law.  To the extent that you are interested in making your voice heard,  we invite you to attend these events.  Monday, the schedule is as follows:

Monday, March 2nd – James Bowers  Room L-151

10:15-10:45 am    Open Presentation with students, faculty, and staff

Thank you in advance for your interest and participation.

Best regards,

Dean Wilson

ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition

Dear Colleagues,

This weekend, six students represented the University of Akron School of Law at the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition regional in Boston Massachusetts. Justin Burns, Kait Crowder, Andrew Ledebur, Lyndsey Lee, Christopher Rice and Chris Uzunyan each performed well in the preliminary rounds. The Burns/Lee/Rice team advanced from the preliminary rounds and competed in several challenging post-preliminary rounds. I am delighted to tell you that they were one of the four winning teams in the regional competition, and will now advance to the National competition in Chicago, Illinois in April.

Please join me in congratulating the team members and their coaches, Professor Joann Sahl and Attorney Paul Zindle. We thank them for all their hard work to date and wish Justin, Lyndsey and Chris every success as they compete in the nationals!

Carolyn Dessin

Cook County Annual Minority Law Student Job Fair

32nd Annual Minority Law Student Job Fair
When: Friday, August 14, 2015
Where: Embassy Suites Chicago- Downtown/ Lakefront
The Cook County Bar Association (“CCBA”) is pleased to invite your school’s minority law students to participate in the 32nd Annual Minority Law Student Job Fair (the “Job Fair”). In an effort to keep the student-to-employer ratio as low as possible, we are only inviting J.D. students in the classes of 2016 and 2017 (rising 3L and 2L students). The Job Fair typically attracts more than 500 students from the eligible law schools. Each year law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies register for the Job Fair. These employers are located primarily in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. In addition, we have several employers registered from Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. For more information, please visit our website at www.ccbaminorityjobfair.org
If you are interested in attending, please notify Miranda Hall (mah60@uakron.edu) in the CPPO by Friday, March 6, 2015.The CPPO requires a certain level of student interest before registering our school.