This is a reminder that you must register each semester with the Office of Accessibility in order to receive your classroom and exam accommodations.  Please refer to the information below which is copied from the Office of Accessibility Student Handbook.  If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Accessibility directly at 330:972-7928.

Requesting Accommodations and Services Each Semester

After students have registered with this office and have met with their disability specialist, students will need to request accommodation letters and services for each semester that they plan to use them.

1.   Schedule your classes by meeting with your academic advisor or independently registering on-line or in person. We suggest you schedule as soon as possible. We also recommend students view the “Suggestions as you Prepare to Meet with an Academic Advisor” handout on page 10.

2.   Check to see if any eligible accommodations have request deadlines. Deadlines are located at www.uakron.edu/access or by calling our office. Many accommodations have deadlines in order to have sufficient time to coordinate your services.  For any questions about deadlines, students may contact their disability specialist. Please note that if a deadline is missed, services will not be denied, but accommodations may take significantly longer to implement.

3.   Visit the Student Testing and Accommodation Request System (STARS) website, https://gunadiframework.com/akron/, and complete the “3 Step Process to Request Accommodations.”  If students need assistance, please contact the office or utilize the “How to Request Accommodation Letters” tutorial. 

               *    Students must clearly mark the accommodations needed for each class.

4.   The office will verify the student’s eligibility for the services they are requesting.

Dear Law Students:

Confidential Sounding Board: Professor Stephen Cook

We have asked Prof. Cook to serve as a sounding board by providing another source of confidential, multi-faceted advice to all students. He will be available to hear your concerns, whatever they may be, and to provide absolutely confidential advice, to all students, on a multitude of areas/issues.

Sounding Board areas/issues include: bar exam application assistance (what you must disclose and why), character and fitness issues (what issues you need to address in order to pass your character and fitness interview), dependency issues (alcohol/drug matters), ethical matters (situations that may put you at odds with the Honor Code), the unauthorized practice of law (what you can and cannot advise as a law student), peer problems (problems/situations with other students), stress (how to approach and deal with it), how to start you own practice (practical tips), life balance issues (how to balance health, family and relationships), mental health matters (common-sense advice on dealing with stress, self-image and non-clinical depression), or just a sounding board (someone to listen, or “bounce” something off of).

With very few exceptions, Professor Cook is not required to disclose any information involving a student meeting. All meetings are held in strictest confidence.

Starting Tuesday (1/15/13) and Thursday (1/17/13), Professor Cook will be available from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday during the Spring 2013 Semester for any interested students. To set up a meeting, email Prof. Cook at scook@uakron.edu, and he will arrange a time that is convenient for you. Part-time, evening students may also email Professor Cook and he will set up a time that is convenient to your evening schedule.  Professor Cook’s office is Room 232 above the Atrium. His cell phone is  330-464-9106 and personal email avocat@bright.net if you need to reach him. Try school email first.

Best wishes,

Bill Jordan                                                                                                                   Lauri S. Thorpe
Associate Dean and                                                                                                   Assistant Dean of Admissions, Financial Aid
C. Blake McDowell Professor of Law                                                                                     and Student Affairs