Attention May 2014 Graduates

ATTENTION May 2014 GRADUATES
Are you taking the July Ohio Bar Exam?*
If yes, then here is your opportunity to begin to prepare.

Akron Law is offering a free workshop called ESSENTIAL LEGAL CONCEPTS (ELC) to help prepare you for the upcoming July bar exam. The workshop is available to students not currently taking Advanced Legal Applications. The workshop will focus on your understanding of the bar exam and provide you with essential skills needed to effectively study for the Ohio Bar exam.  Akron Law strongly encourages your enrollment in this workshop, although it is not designed to replace any bar exam preparation course you are taking, but rather to be a supplement.

The workshops will be held on the following days from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Law School (Room L-152):

Saturday, February 8 – Introduction to the Ohio Bar Exam

Saturday, February 15 – Focus on the Ohio Essay Exam

Saturday, February 22 – Focus on the Multistate Bar Exam

Saturday, March 1 – Focus on the Multistate Performance Test

Enrollment is on a first come, first served basis and open to the first 25 current students to enroll.  Any past students wishing to take the workshop are also welcome to enroll, but their request to enroll will be placed on a waiting list and considered only after current student enrollment has occurred.

*If you are a current student and not taking the Ohio bar, the course may not be catered to your specific bar exam, but you are still welcome to participate.

ENROLLMENT:
To enroll, please contact Misty Franklin at misty@uakron.edu no later than Monday, January 20, 2014.  Please provide Misty with your name, which state’s bar exam you are taking and when, and whether you are a current student.  Please indicate that you wish to enroll in the Spring ELC course taught by Prof. Walsh.  Please register even if you might have to miss one session.  You will still benefit from attending as many of the classes as possible.

If you contact Misty seeking to enroll, we will advise you no later than Friday, January 24, 2014, as to whether we can accommodate you in the workshop.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions regarding the workshop in general, please contact Adjunct Professor Michael Walsh at walsh@uakron.edu.

 

Deadline: January 22 – Shirley E. Howes Educational Award

The Shirley E. Howes Educational Award

The Shirley E. Howes Educational Award is specific to Soroptimist International of Canton/Stark County, and honors the effort and scholarship of a woman attending a college or university to earn a certification, baccalaureate, masters or doctoral degree in Accounting, Finance, or Law-related fields. Women from the Northeast Ohio area ages 18 and older of all income levels are eligible to apply. Judging is based on four areas: effort toward education, scholarship, extracurricular activities and financial need.  Neither Soroptimists nor family members of Soroptimists may apply.

When Shirley became a Certified Public Accountant in 1953, she was the first female CPA in Stark County, Ohio.  The personification of a Soroptimist—a woman dedicated to helping make life better for other women—Shirley Edwards Howes has left a wonderful legacy through her leadership of the Canton/Stark County club’s cash awards program.  Shirley chaired the Awards Committee for much of her 26‐year membership with Soroptimist, hosting meetings and using her home‐based CPA and law facilities to distribute the award materials and oversee judging each year.  Memorial donations in Shirley’s name, following her death in March of 2012, came from numerous award recipients, fellow club members, and others touched by this outstanding lady’s community service and her passionate example for “making a difference” in their lives and the lives of others in the Stark County community.

Applicants are judged according to several criteria, with an emphasis on effort toward education, as follows:

  • Effort toward education – candidate’s efforts to ensure she obtains an education; use of savings; work while attending school; sacrifices made.
  • Scholarship – based on cumulative grade point average.
  • Extra-Curricular Activities – community and school activities; level of interest and personal effort required; leadership demonstration.
  • Financial Need
  • General Impression – thought given to vocational goal; aspirations and attitudes towards education, community, and self; overall impression.

Soroptimist programs are funded by charitable contributions.  To learn more, or to make a donation, visit www.bestforwomencanton.org, or email sicanton.starkcounty@soroptimist.net.

Mail completed applications by January 22, 2014 to:

Shirley E. Howes Educational Award
Soroptimist International of Canton/Stark County
PO Box 2336
North Canton, OH 44720

Excellent practice-oriented opportunities – not to be missed.

We still have several spaces open in the following clinics. Students who take the clinics routinely report that they are the best experiences in law school. Imagine, representing real clients. You can do it!

Civil Litigation Clinic:

The Civil Litigation Clinic gives you the opportunity to represent real clients. You will interview clients, conduct factual investigations, negotiate and represent the clients in court. For the spring semester, the clinic will be involved in a project to assist Bhutanese refugees with ongoing landlord-tenant issues. The clinic will continue to represent low-income clients referred from legal aid. If you are interested in the clinic, please contact Professor Joann Sahl, jsahl1@uakron.edu.

Externship Program:

Unfilled externships for spring semester exist with the following entities: Summit County Children Services Board; Stark County Prosecutor’s Office; the International Institute and Summit County Prosecutor’s Office.   If you are interested in one of these opportunities, please email Professor Gary Spring, gspring@uakron.edu. by December 23, 2013. 

Scholarship Opportunity – Future Leaders Scholarship

The Brett Murphy Law Firm is offering an annual $2000 scholarship, called The Future Leaders Scholarship 2014, for law students who are working towards a Juris Doctorate Degree and who have an interest in personal injury law.

Visit http://www.washingtoninjury.com/library/future-leaders-scholarship to learn more about this scholarship and its requirements, and to access the scholarship application form. Brett Murphy will be accepting applications until July 15, 2014, and will notify the recipient on or about August 15, 2014

Questions? Contact Ingrid Taylor at itaylor@brettlaw.com.

LSAC DIVERSITY INITIATIVES – PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP

LSAC DIVERSITY INITIATIVES – SUMMER INTERN 2014

Applications are being accepted for a summer internship with the Diversity Initiatives staff at the Law School Admission Council (LSAC).  The summer intern works under the supervision of the Executive Director for Diversity Initiatives.   The intern will assist with LSAC Diversity Initiatives including but not limited to the DiscoverLaw.org website, DiscoverLaw.org Prelaw Undergraduate Scholar Programs, and LSAC Law School Forums.  The intern will be expected to prepare memos and written assignments, answer inquiries from prospective students, and assist with other projects as assigned.   Some travel will be required.   The duration of the position is 10 to 12 weeks.

Qualifications:

The summer internship is restricted to currently enrolled law students in good academic standing.  Preference will be given to candidates with strong communication skills including familiarity with social media.  We are seeking applicants who share LSAC’s commitment to promoting diversity in the legal profession.

Compensation:

The intern will be expected to work a 37.5-hour week and the compensation will be $22.00 per hour.  The intern will work at the LSAC headquarters in Newtown, PA, and housing assistance will be provided, if needed.

How to apply:

Applicants are required to submit a letter of interest, a resume, and the names, addresses, and contact information for two references.  The letter of interest must explain why diversity, especially racial and ethnic diversity, is important to the legal profession, and must not exceed two pages in length.  Applications must be submitted by e-mail only to:

Kent D. Lollis

Executive Director for Diversity Initiatives

klollis@lsac.org

Subject:  LSAC Diversity Initiatives Intern

We will not consider applications submitted other than by e-mail or that lack the required documentation.

Application Deadline:

The deadline for applications is Friday, March 14, 2014.