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.

Happy Holidays!

To all our students from all of us in ASP–May your holidays be all that you could wish and your New Year bring all that you could hope. You will be in our thoughts this holiday season. We will miss you and cannot wait to see each of you rested and able in a few weeks. Take care!

~Ms. Palmer, Ms. Reeves and the ASP Faculty!

Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics – open to all students – deadline is January 6th.

FASPE

(Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) is now accepting applications for a fellowship that uses the conduct of lawyers and judges in Nazi Germany as a launching point for an intensive two-week early summer program about contemporary legal ethics. Applications from all law students, regardless of what field of law they are interested in, are sought.

Fellowships include an all-expense paid trip from New York to Berlin, Krakow, and Oświęcim (Auschwitz) where students will work with leading faculty to explore both legal history and the ethical issues facing lawyers today. All program costs, including international and European travel, lodging, and food, are covered.

 

The 2014 program for FASPE Law will run from May 25 to June 5.

 

Completed applications must be received by January 6, 2014. Candidates of all religious, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

 

To apply or to learn more about FASPE, please visit: www.FASPE.info<http://www.FASPE.info>

 

If you have any questions, please contact Thorin R. Tritter, Managing Director of FASPE, at ttritter@FASPE.info<mailto:ttritter@FASPE.info>.