Lexis Advance Think Like a Lawyer Certification Classes

WHEN: Monday, March 10th at 10:30am, 11:00am, 11:30am, Noon, 12:30pm, and 1:00pm

  • You only need to attend one 25 minute session
  • Pizza will be served at the Noon session–please register so we can order enough

WHERE: Room L-167 BRING YOUR LAPTOP OR TABLET!

WHY: To obtain your “Professional Research Certification 2014” which should be on everyoneʼs resume. Learn the tools you need to be successful this summer and beyond. Once you take the class, you will be given the link for the certification exam. You need to pass the exam to earn the certification.

HOW: Register on the Lexis Advance home page www.lexisadvance.com/lawschool or by emailing Jennifer.Durkin@lexisnexis.com

**DONʼT FORGET** Everyone has UNLIMITED FREE ACCESS to use Lexis Advance this summer at any firm, clerkship or other employment.

 

Public Interest Auction – Saturday, March 8, 2014 – 6:00pm

Your Student Bar Association is reprising its annual Public Interest Auction to benefit students in public service jobs. The Auction is being held this Saturday March 8 at 6 PM in the Student Union Ballroom B. The event is one of SBA’s most highly-anticipated events, and this year’s event promises to be memorable!

Professors, students, local businesses and local attorneys have donated dozens of items including Rubber Ducks tickets, lunches with some of your favorite professors, and vacation packages. We are also fortunate enough to have received a football signed by Joe Haden, a basketball signed by the MAC Championship team, and a series of unbelievable paintings crafted by Jim Fussell of Marion Correctional. There will be a silent auction conducted throughout the evening and live auction conducted by a professional auctioneer!

Tickets are on sale through Friday in the law school for $10 per ticket and proceeds from the auctioned items go directly back to students in public interest jobs here at Akron Law. We look forward to seeing as many students as possible at this exciting event!

Applications for Community Legal Aid summer internship due Thursday, March 6th by Noon

Community Legal Aid – Akron, OH – On-campus interviews to be held March 20, 2014
Open to 1L’s and 2L’s (with or without intern certificate). Submit resume, writing sample, references and completed
volunteer application http://www.communitylegalaid.org/images/stories/2014_Application.doc
to lawcareerplanning@uakron.edu (or via hard copy to the CPPO) no later than Thursday, March 6th at NOON.

Akron Law Alumni Association seeks Student Director – Application Deadline: April 1, 2013

Message from Lia Thompson, Director of Alumni and Annual Fund

The Akron Law Alumni Association (“LAA”) Board of Directors has a dedicated position on its Board for a student director.  This unique and valuable opportunity provides the student director a chance to become involved in alumni leadership and alumni activities with Akron Law.  The student director represents Akron Law students to the LAA Board and works with the Board to identify ways in which students and alumni may work and communicate together for the benefit of both groups.

The student director serves in an ex-officio capacity and is expected to attend all Board meetings which are held at the School of Law on a bi-monthly basis throughout the academic year (i.e., August, October, December, February, and April).  The Board meetings begin at 4 p.m. and generally last for one and a half hours.

Applications for the 2013-14 student director to the LAA Board of Directors will be accepted from 2013-14 upper division law students who are in good standing.  Applications should include: (1) a current resume of the student; (2) a brief statement as to why the student believes that he or she should be selected to serve on the LAA Board; and (3) a brief statement as to why he or she wants to serve on the LAA Board.

The LAA Board’s executive committee will review the application materials and select a maximum of three students who will be invited to make a two-minute presentation to the Board at its April 8, 2014 meeting.  Students interested in being considered for this position should direct their application materials no later than Thursday, April 1 to Lia Thompson via e-mail (LiaThompson@uakron.edu) or dropping them off at the front desk of the Dean’s Office.

Now collecting applications for the David D. Dowd, Sr. Memorial Award – due April 1, 2014

THE DAVID D. DOWD, SR. MEMORIAL AWARD
SUMMER JOB PLACEMENT AWARD
APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2014

$2,500.00 to one upper division law student
Must work 20 hours per week for not less than 10 weeks

The School of Law is accepting applications for the David D. Dowd Sr. Memorial Award. Named in tribute to a distinguished attorney dedicated to public service and created by Judge David D. Dowd, Jr. upon the 25th anniversary of his service in the federal judiciary, the purpose of the Dowd Award is to promote a commitment to public service for all lawyers. Dowd Awards are directed to Akron Law students interested in seeking professional careers in public service following graduation.

To be eligible, you must:
1. Complete your second year by Spring of 2014
2. Show a commitment to public service
3. Be capable of working 20 hours per week during the summer of 2014 for minimum of ten weeks in a public service position
4. Be committed to working in a public setting upon graduation

Placements this summer – in order of preference:
1st Preference: The Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, The Stark County Prosecutor’s Office, The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office; law departments for Akron, Canton, Massillon; and Public Defender’s Offices in Summit and Stark counties.

2nd Preference: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio or the Public Defender’s Office for the District

3rd Preference: Other prosecutors’ or law directors’ offices

4th Preference: Other not already listed public service agencies

The student will be expected to work 20 hours per week for not less than 10 weeks.

If you are interested in being considered for this award, please submit a cover letter and resume to Miranda Hall in the Career Planning Office at mah60@uakron.edu or by hard copy by April 1, 2014. Students in the upper 30% of the class will be given preference. Students should list short and long term goals, and explain why the student wishes to work in a particular office, as noted above. A committee will review applications and a student will be selected before the spring term is over.