Akron Law Announcements

The Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America welcomes applications to its second annual Judicial Clerkship Opinion Writing Conference, to be held February 24-26, 2022. The conference is open to individuals who have accepted a 2022-2023 federal clerkship (district court or court of appeals) or a 2022-2023 state appellate court clerkship. The 2022 conference is currently planned to take place in person on our campus.

CSL will provide funding towards travel and accommodations.

Over the course of the conference, conferees will receive opinion writing instruction from some of our nation’s most distinguished members of the judiciary. They will also be guided through writing an appellate court opinion and will receive individual review and commentary on their work by our faculty, all judges or former judicial clerks themselves. Finally, each attendee will be eligible for the CSL Prize in Judicial Clerkship Opinion Writing.

The currently scheduled faculty for the event (subject to addition and change) includes the following:

Judge Kyle Duncan, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Joseph Leeson, U.S. District Court for the E.D. Pennsylvania
Judge Paul Matey, Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Edward Meyers, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Judge Chad Readler, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Eleni M. Roumel, United States Court of Federal Claims
Judge Lawrence VanDyke, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Conferees will be limited to twenty-five. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance until the limit of conferees is reached. Applications must be received no later than January 21, 2022. 

Details, including application information, can be found at the conference website:https://law.edu/academics/Conferences/judicial-writing/2022_Judicial_Clerkship_Opinion_Writing_Conference/index.html

Direct all questions about the conference to Professor A.G. Harmon, Faculty Director of Bench and Bar Programs, at harmon@law.edu.

In collaboration with The Salvation Army for Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, we are hosting a two events in need of volunteers.

• Food Packing Volunteer Event Wednesday, November 17^th from 11 am – 1 pm, Student Union Room 312
  • Need help packing 100 bags with various shelf stable food items for distribution on November 18^th

• TSA Food Bag Distribution Event Thursday, November 18^th from 11 am to 1 pm, Student Union Piano Lounge by Starbucks
  • Need help distributing food items and collecting information

Additional questions regarding the event, please email uazipassist@uakron.edu or call 330-972-5867.

Akron-Canton Barristers Judicial Externship Program – spring application now open!

The Akron-Canton Barristers, in partnership with the University of Akron School of Law, is excited to announce the Akron-Canton Barristers Judicial Externship Program (“Program”) will continue for the spring semester. The Program is a diversity initiative that provides qualified minority students attending the University of Akron School of Law the opportunity to work as legal externs (for course credit) with select judges and magistrate judges in the Northern District of Ohio (placements for fall include Akron, Cleveland, and Youngstown). To be eligible, you must have completed 29 credit hours, be in good academic standing, and be a minority law student. 

To apply, students must complete the application form (available upon request from Career Services) and return the application form, along with a resume, to Assistant Dean Alisa Benedict O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu no later than Friday, November 19, 2021. Applications will be reviewed by the Akron-Canton Barristers Externship Program Committee and students will be notified about interviews and placements by early December. If selected, students will need to register for the Externship course for spring. Please contact Dean O’Brien with any questions.

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