Targeted Killing, Humanitarian Intervention, and Accelerated Formation of Customary International Law Lecture, Wed. November 20th at 8:30 AM, City Club of Cleveland – students interested should plan to attend!

Case Western Reserve University – Case Downtown Lecture Series

Targeted Killing, Humanitarian Intervention, and Accelerated Formation of Customary International Law

Michael P. Scharf, Associate Dean for Global Studies

John Deaver Drinko – Baker and Hostetler Professor of Law

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

8:30-9:30 a.m.

City Club of Cleveland

850 Euclid Ave. #200

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Watch the live webcast here: http://learn.uakron.edu/video/cityclub/

 The event is also being filmed by C-SPAN Book TV for an upcoming broadcast.

 Advance registration required

Register at: http://law.case.edu/Lectures/LectureRegistration.aspx?lec_id=348

Registration deadline: COB November 18, 2013 (but earlier registration is recommended as attendance is limited to the first 100 persons to register).

Law Student Diversity Scholarship

DRI announces its annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program open to incoming second and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American students. Incoming second and third-year female law students are also eligible, regardless of race or ethnicity. Incoming second and third-year law students who also come from backgrounds that would add to the cause of diversity, regardless of race or gender are eligible to apply. Students who are members of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Law School or Law Student members of AAJ or students otherwise affiliated with or employed by AAJ are not eligible for DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarships. To qualify for this scholarship, candidate must be a full-time student. Evening students also qualify for consideration who have completed one-third or more of the total credit hours required for a degree by the applicant’s law school. The goal of these scholarships is to provide financial assistance to two worthy law students from ABA accredited law schools in order to promote, in a tangible way, the DRI Diversity Statement in Principle. See page three of this application for the DRI Diversity Statement.

Two scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each will be awarded to applicants who best meet the following criteria:

  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Service to the profession
  • Service to the community
  • Service to the cause of diversity

Applications must include three recommendations, one each from the following individuals:

  1. The Dean or an Associate Dean of the student’s law school
  2. A current or past law professor
  3. An individual who is personally acquainted with the applicant, but who is not related by blood line or adoption.

Additionally, each applicant must include a cover letter with their application. In that cover letter each applicant should identify his or her academic, personal and/or professional accomplishments and how those accomplishments qualify him or her for DRI’s Law Student Diversity Scholarship award.

For a more detailed description of the scholarship and for the application form, click here.

CALI Authorization Code for the University of Akron Law Students

The Computer Assisted Legal Instructions (CALI) lessons are a valuable resource that you may wish to use to review or reinforce material covered in class.

“The CALI Library of Lessons is a collection of over 900 interactive, computer-based lessons covering most legal education subject areas. The lessons are designed to augment traditional law school instruction and can be assigned as supplemental study material or integrated with other course materials. ” (Source: CALI web site)

To use the lessons you will need to register on the CALI site and enter our law school’s authorization code.  Here are the instructions for obtaining the School of Law CALI authorization code and accessing the CALI lessons:

1. Click on this link and enter your UAnet ID and university password.

2. A PDF document will open with Akron’s CALI authorization code and additional instructions on accessing the CALI website.

3. Go to CALI’s website ( http://www.cali.org  ) and click on “Create New Account.”   Follow the instructions on that web page and enter the CALI authorization code when prompted. Use your University email address.

You will need to use this authorization code the first time you register.   During the registration process you create a custom password. In subsequent visits to use the lessons, you will just enter your email address and your custom password.

Please do not give The University of Akron School of Law CALI authorization code to anyone outside of this law school.  The University of Akron is a member of the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction and therefore has a license to the CALI exercises.

Questions? Please contact Lynn Lenart at llenart@uakron.edu or call 330-972-6357.

Law Library Guides to help you prepare for finals

To help you prepare for finals, take a look at these library guides:

First Year Courses

Upper Division Bar Courses

Elective Courses

The guides link to information about study aids, course materials, audio lectures, flashcards, CALI lessons and AudioCaseFiles.  All these resources are available to University of Akron law students.

All Law Library Guides can be accessed here.

Don’t forget…you have access to West Study Aids on Westlaw!  See this posting for more information.