Spring 2014 Exams – Testing with Accommodations Reminder

Students requesting the use of Special Exam Accommodations must notify the Dean’s Office of your request no later than the first week of April.  We will make exam arrangements and notify students before the last instructional day of room assignments and arrangements.

Please complete the form located at: http://www.uakron.edu/dotAsset/0672fcb1-a49f-4cda-aeba-79a3f76f07f0.pdf.

New! Summit County Legal Defender seeks interns! Apply ASAP!

Akron, OH – Part Time Intern – Summit County Legal Defender Office

AkronLawJobs No.5113 Overview: Immediate need for one or two law students for part time work at the Summit County Legal Defender’s Office. Student will be responsible for doing written assignments as well as going to court to represent indigent clients charged with misdemeanor offenses.

Qualifications: Must currently have or be eligible for the Legal Intern certificate.

How to apply: Please send resume, writing sample and at least five references. The references should have at least one law school professor and should have at least one or two related to the law field.

Email: pmschachter@yahoo.com

Deadline: March 28, 2014  

Interested in a career in International Law? Join the CPPO Wed. March 19th at 5:15 in Room W-206

International lawyer and University of Wyoming Professor of International Law Matthew J. Wilson will speak about:

1. What does an “international” attorney do?
2. Keys to success as an international attorney: personal international experiences in the U.S.,
Japan, and Northern Mariana Islands, and exactly what an “international” attorney does.
3. Opening the door: things that a law student can do during law school to get involved in transnational or international legal matters.
4. Studying Abroad: The value of study abroad programs or spending time overseas during law
school.
5. Where the jobs are: conventional and unique international career opportunities for law students domestically, overseas, and on tropical islands.
6. Job searching tips: how a U.S. educated law student can go about finding an internationally
related legal job either domestically or overseas, particularly in a tight legal market.

Pizza will be served! Hope to see you there!

Great summer opportunity for JD/MBA Students!

EDGE is seeking self-motivated students that are interested in paid internship helping companies explore new business ideas.

 The Summer EDGE Fellows Program offers a Great Summer Experience in real-world consulting that allows participants to apply their knowledge to real-world business situations, to network with Northeast Ohio business leaders, to work with like-minded driven students, and to pave the way for connections that may lead to jobs following graduation.

  • Open to graduate students (all disciplines) as well as rising seniors and non-traditional students.
  • Strong candidates must communicate very well both verbally and in writing, be inquisitive and self-starters.
  • This is a 40-hour-per-week internship, which pays $5,600 (from the end of May through the end of July).

EDGE has 16 – 18 positions to fill for 2014 (coming from any school), and this is a competitive process.  Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

We invite you to check out a Summary of 2013 EDGE Fellows Program and consider applying online.

Questions? Stop by the CPPO or email Ms. Benedict O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu