Wondering what an externship is or how you can get involved with the legal clinics? We have the answers! Please join us Monday, February 24th at 12:20 & 5:15 in Room 133

Legal Clinics and Public Interest Externships Information Session

Discover how you can earn course credit, pro bono hours, and gain practical legal experience! All students welcome.

Monday, February 24th at 12:20 and 5:15 in Room 133.

Professor Joann Sahl, Professor Gary Spring and Attorney Russel Nichols will be discussing externships and opportunities with the legal clinics. Hope to see you there!

Still time to sign up for the Tzangas Plakas Intramural Mock Trial Tournament!

Friday is the last day to sign up for the Tzangas Plakas intramural mock trial tournament. The tournament will occur on Saturday, March 8th. This is a great way to gain experience in trying cases and a great opportunity to network with Judges and Attorneys in the area. Cash prizes will be given to the top four teams as well as the two best witnesses. Email Collin Wise at cwise@lawlion.com to register your team.

Peace of Mind Uncollectible Clinic – Tuesday, February 25, 2014 – volunteers needed

As an attorney you need to know you can collect on your client’s behalf.  The “Peace of Mind” uncollectible clinic will teach you how to review credit reports and financial statements and will provide hands-on experience working directly with clients.

This bankruptcy by-pass clinic is designed to assist clients whose income and assets are of a type that is exempt from garnishment or attachment through legal process.  Students will attend a training session on the day of the clinic.  Student volunteers will work individually with each client to review and verify their financial situation.  Afterwards, clients and their assigned law student will participate in an educational presentation on Ohio’s exemption statute, O.R.C. 2329.66.  The client and student will then meet individually with an attorney who will review the client’s documents, verify that the client is “exempt from collection upon judgment,” and confirm that creditors have been correctly identified.  In order to determine the effectiveness of the “Notice of Uncollectibility” letters and identify potential violations of the Fair Debt Act (U.S.C. 15 §1692), students will be required to make follow up contact twice with each assigned client.

The clinic and follow up work will meet students’ 5-hour pro bono requirement. Interested students must be able to commit their time for the entire clinic and the additional time required for follow up.

Clinic Agenda

                        3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Law Student Training

                        3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Clients arrive

                        3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Law Students meet with assigned clients

                        4:15 – 5:00 p.m. Educational tutorial with question & answer segment

                        5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Individual attorney/client meetings

 

 

 

Bloomberg-SCOTUS Competition – Now Available To Register

The Bloomberg Law SCOTUS competition is now available for students to register.  To sign up, go to scotuscompetition.com and complete the registration requirements.  All students must be registered by March 22, 2014 and all answers must be submitted by March 31, 2014.  In the competition you will:

  • Apply your understanding of constitutional law and each of the nine justices.
  • Predict how the Supreme Court of the United States will decide six merits cases and six cert. petitions in April 2014.
  • Use information  – opinions, Supreme Court briefs, Justices’ profiles and news – housed on Bloomberg Law and SCOTUSblog to complete your research and make your final selections.

For further questions, please contact Breen Parry (brp24@zips.uakron.edu) or Holly Facer (holly20@zips.uakron.edu), see the flyers around the school, or check the scotuscompetition.com website.   You must have a Bloomberg Law account to compete but registration is easy and free for law students.