LAW to host Guest Speaker Claudia Bayliff on Feb. 18

The Law Association for Women is very excited to host national expert on sexual violence, Claudia J. Bayliff, Esq.  She will be presenting two separate topics on Monday, February 18th, in Room 167, on the following topics:

LUNCH provided for all who RSVP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W3DNSKF

12:15pm – Raped or “Seduced”?  How Language Helps Shape Our Response to Sexual Violence

AND

5:15pm – The Justice Gap for Sexual Assault Victims What Are We Going to Do to Close It?

Ms Bayliff is an attorney and educator with twenty-four years of experience working on issues related to sexual violence. She was also the first Chief of the United States Air Force’s worldwide Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program.

Contact Rebekah Berry-Chaney with questions: rlb91@zips.uakron.edu

A full synopsis of each program can be found at: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1I9KWBeJ46bzy2wD0l3G01TDYLN9DEvvaF0sIXpM_578xQ1bhbIFva6aBaSBe/edit?usp=sharing

Attention all Career Connection readers – Important Info from the CPPO

Please note that starting next Friday, February 15, the CPPO will no longer by sending students a separate e-mail with the link to the Career Connection. In order to consolidate communications to all students, the link to the Career Connection will now appear every Friday as an entry on the law school blog/e-mail digest. The Career Connection banner/icon will be the same and you will still click on the banner which will take you to the “log-in” for the Career Connection. So, everything will remain the same except how you access the Career Connection. If you have any questions, please stop by the CPPO.

Well-established Youngstown law firm seeks law clerk – part-time school year and for summer. Submit materials to CPPO by 2/15/13

Downtown Youngstown, OH: Litigation defense law firm seeks law clerk to work 20 hours/week. Hours are flexible. Typical law clerk duties including research, writing, etc. Firm prefers current 2nd year full time or 3rd year part time students (Class of 2014) in the top 50% of their class. Moot court, trial team experience a plus.  If you are interested in being considered, you must submit your resume, cover letter and a writing sample via e-mail to Director of Career Planning, Barbara Weinzierl at bcw@uakron.edu by Friday, February 15, 2013 at 12 noon. Subject line of your e-mail should read “Youngstown law clerk”. This is a blind posting meaning that we cannot tell you who the firm is.

 

Opportunity to meet Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor

Don’t miss an exclusive opportunity to meet Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, Supreme Court of Ohio, at the YPN Speaker Series!The YPN welcomes Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor to the Young Professionals Network Speaker Series luncheon. Chief Justice O’Connor will provide valuable insight and advice to young professionals looking to make their professional mark, as well as share her personal story to how she became Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

 

Maureen O’Connor’s election to the Supreme Court in 2002 created its first female majority. Ohio’s voters reelected her in 2008 in a landslide victory in which she carried every one of Ohio’s 88 counties and took approximately 68% of the vote. Two years later, the voters of Ohio again demonstrated their faith in her judgment, management and honesty, electing her the first female Chief Justice in Ohio’s history by a 2-to-1 margin over her challenger. She again carried every county in Ohio. Her election to the Chief Justice’s office marks the latest achievement in a long and distinguished career of public service.

 

Chief Justice O’Connor gained invaluable experience as an attorney, magistrate and common pleas court judge. Despite those successes, she felt compelled to return to the front lines of protecting the public. She became the Summit County Prosecuting Attorney and aggressively prosecuted repeat offenders, violent criminals and public officials who committed ethical violations or improprieties, and lobbied for tougher laws on rape and gang-related offences. Her untiring work earned accolades from victims’ rights groups and educational institutions.

 

The Speaker Series luncheon is sponsored by FirstMerit Bank. Registration, networking and lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the presentation at noon. The event is $20 for Chamber members and $30 for non-members.

 

Registration is required. To RSVP, click here. For more information, contact Angela Presutti at (330) 237-1263 or presutti@greaterakronchamber.org.

 

When & Where

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

 

Fairlawn Country Club

200 N. Wheaton Rd.

Akron, OH 44313

 

Reminder- application materials for Kegler Brown on campus interviews due to CPPO by Thursday, February 7 at 3 p.m.

The Columbus, OH law firm, Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter will be on campus on TUESDAY, February 26, 2013 to interview first year law students for 2013 summer associate positions at their firm. Firm prefers students in the top 25% of their class. If you are interested in being considered for an interview, you must submit your resume, cover letter, writing sample, law school and undergraduate transcripts via e-mail to Kristina Floyd (kmf12@uakron.edu) in the Career Planning Office by Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 3 p.m. Do not contact the firm directly.