Tuesday, April 2 from 4 – 5 p.m. in Room 166 (Faculty/Staff Lounge) — OSBA Alumni in Residence Program: From Law Student to Lawyer and Everything in Between. This informal conversation will allow you to meet, ask question and talk with experienced practitioners about obtaining the legal employment you want, problems regularly faced by lawyers, practice pointers, and whatever else is on your mind. Refreshments will be provided. Space is limited to registration is required. RSVP to Kristina Floyd in the CPPO at kmf12@uakron.edu.
Criminal Reform for Youths Forum – April 8, noon, L-165
Akron Juvenile Judge Linda Teodosio will be speaking the topic of criminal reform for youths. The forum will be Monday April 8 from 12-1 in room 165. This is CLE eligible. In the juvenile system, there are many questions that continue to be asked such as: Are children being sent to prison too young? Does the juvenile system actually help children or is it leading them into a life of crime? Are kids getting off too easy just because the have not yet reached 18? These are the pressing questions facing the juvenile justice system. Judge Teodosio is an expert in this field and will be able to provide our current law students much insight.
Reminder: Akron Law Alumni Association seeks Student Director – Applications due April 4th!
Message from Lia Evans, Director of Alumni and Annual Fund
The Akron Law Alumni Association (“LAA”) Board of Directors has a dedicated position on its Board for a student director. This unique and valuable opportunity provides the student director a chance to become involved in alumni leadership and alumni activities with Akron Law. The student director represents Akron Law students to the LAA Board and works with the Board to identify ways in which students and alumni may work and communicate together for the benefit of both groups.
The student director serves in an ex-officio capacity and is expected to attend all Board meetings which are held at the School of Law on a bi-monthly basis throughout the academic year (i.e., August, October, December, February, and April). The Board meetings begin at 4 p.m. and generally last for one and a half hours.
Applications for the 2013-14 student director to the LAA Board of Directors will be accepted from 2013-14 upper division law students who are in good standing. Applications should include: (1) a current resume of the student; (2) a brief statement as to why the student believes that he or she should be selected to serve on the LAA Board; and (3) a brief statement as to why he or she wants to serve on the LAA Board.
The LAA Board’s executive committee will review the application materials and select a maximum of three students who will be invited to make a two-minute presentation to the Board at its April 9, 2013 meeting. Students interested in being considered for this position should forward their application materials no later than Thursday, April 4 to Sue Staats in the Office of External Programs (either in hard copy form to Ms. Staats in the Office of External Programs which is located in the Dean’s Suite or electronic form to Ms. Staats at staats@uakron.edu).
Westlaw Password Summer Extension
Your Westlaw password may be used for academic purposes only. If you are not graduating this summer and are taking law classes or participating in a qualified program, you will have to extend your Westlaw password to keep it active. If you do not qualify for an extension, you will still have 40 hours available on Westlaw and WestlawNext in the months of June and July. You may use these 40 hours to improve your research skills and complete online trainings.
Here are the programs that qualify extending your Westlaw password for the summer:
- Summer law school classes
- Law review work
- Project for professor
- Moot Court
- Unpaid non-profit public interest internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation.
Using your academic Westlaw password for commercial purposes is not permitted. Commercial purposes is defined by Westlaw as “research conducted for a law firm, corporation or other entity (unrelated to law school) that is paying you to conduct said research or that is passing along the costs of said research to a third party.”
Here is the link to extend your Westlaw password for the summer.
For questions, please contact Lynn Lenart at 330-972-6357 or llenart@uakron.edu.
REMINDER – Spring 2013 Exam Accommodation Request Deadline Approaching
The deadline to submit your requests for Spring 2013 Special Exam Accommodations is quckly approaching. All exam accommodations MUST BE SUBMITTED to Misty Franklin by Monday, April 8th. If you have already submitted your request in STARS you must also submit the Special Exam Accommodation Request to the School of Law. The form is attached to the exam schedule and located at: http://www.uakron.edu/dotAsset/d1456b9a-3f05-436b-bc51-5a3ba6926727.pdf.