REMINDER, TUESDAY, FEB. 26! Questions about BARBRI & Bar Review Fellowships?

Please join BARBRI Director of Legal Education Dyann Margolis Paskan, Esquire for a bar review presentation, as follows:

DATE:             Tuesday, February 26

 TIME:              12:00 to 1:00 – free food! 

                           5:30 to 6:30 – free food!

 PLACE:            Room 151

Dyann Margolis Paskan, Esquire of BARBRI Bar Review will present the following:

  • Demo of BarBri AMP Software
  • General description of how the BarBri course runs and what is included in the tuition and important dates
  • Tuition assistance program for student with demonstrated financial need as offered by BARBRI
  • And she will be there to answer any questions you may have about the bar review

In addition, Assistant Dean Lauri Thorpe will be there to answer any questions you may have regarding the Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship for 2013 JD graduates.   The Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship application is posted on the Bar Exam blog at https://blogs.uakron.edu/law/category/bar-examination-information/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Career Planning Workshops – week of February 4, 2013

Tuesday, February 5/ 12:20 – 1:10 and 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. in Room 134 — Job Searching for third and fourth years.  The staff of the Career Planning Office will speak about what you can and should be doing now to get your job search in gear. Hear about networking skills and how they are crucial in your job search, and learn how to improve the effectiveness of your applications.  We will also be available to answer questions to help you focus your job search.

Submit application materials to CPPO for possible summer associate position at Jackson Lewis – deadline is Friday, February 8

Cleveland, OH: Jackson Lewis LLP, a law firm dedicated to representing management exclusively in labor and employment law, is accepting application materials for a potential summer associate position.  Interested candidates should be current second year full-time or third/fourth year part-time students who will graduate in December 2013 or May 2014.  Applicants should have a strong interest in labor and employment law. Classwork in these areas is also helpful, but not required.  The Firm requires candidates in the top 1/3 of their class. If you would like to be considered, you must submit your resume (listing your GPA and class rank); cover letter describing your interest in labor and employment law, interest in working in a large law firm that defends employers in labor and employment matters; relevant coursework (if applicable) and relevant experience; and a writing sample via e-mail to Career Planning Director, Barbara Weinzierl (bcw@aukron.edu) by Friday, February 8 at 12 noon. DO NOT CONTACT THE EMPLOYER DIRECTLY.

ABA Mock Trial Team Finishes Top 4 In Nation

As you may remember, the team of Tony Wise, Kelsie Carson, Kelle Redepenning, and Joshua Rau competed in and won the 9th Annual American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law regional tournament in Boston this past October.  As a result, they advanced to the national tournament along with the winning teams from each of the seven other regions (New York, Washington DC, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Dallas).

Last weekend our advocates competed in the national tournament in Dallas, TX.

Coach Daniel Leister (’12) and Brian Dedez (’09) are proud to announce that after a day of trials against the top eight teams in the U.S., the University of Akron School of Law advanced to the national semifinals.  In other words, out of the original field of 98 law school teams, Akron was one of only four teams from across the country remaining.

In the semifinals, we lost what we were told was a very, very close decision.  What was really impressive was the fact that Akron had already faced the eventual national champion (the University of Pennsylvania) in the preliminary rounds before both teams advanced to the semis.  Akron was the only team in the tournament to face both the national champion and the national runner up (Quinnipiac).  We stood toe to toe with each one.

These kinds of results only happen when the students give their complete energy, effort and focus. In making the conscious choice to do so, the students were the picture-perfect representation of Akron Law: professional, diligent, ethical, and the hardest-working team in the courtroom.