Bar Exam Review Course FELLOWSHIP 2013 JD Graduates

ATTN:     January and May 2013 graduates taking a February or July 2013 Bar Exam 

RE:          Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship Application

 All January and May 2013 graduates taking a February or July 2013 bar exam will be reimbursed 90% of the actual cost to them of a commercial bar review course, up to a maximum of $2,200.

Bar Exam Review Course Fellowship checks will be processed for students after they complete the Exit Interview with Akron Law’s Career Planning & Placement Office and comply with the other requirements, including submission of this form, receipt of bar review course final contract detailing actual costs to student, and signature approval by the Career Planning Office. 

Batch fellowship check processing will resume in February for 2013 graduates.  

Please bring your completed application with you to your Exit Interview.   The form may be found at https://blogs.uakron.edu/law/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2012/10/Bar-Exam-Review-Course-FELLLOWSHP-2013-JD-Graduates-92612.pdf   #  #

UPDATE — Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter to interview first year law students on campus on Feb 26 (note new on campus interview date)- submit materials to CPPO by Feb 7.

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.

Akron Law students invited and encouraged to attend the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association conference in Cleveland — Feb 22 and 23

The  Asian American Bar Association of Northern Ohio is celebrating their twentieth year of existence.  In connection with that celebration, they are partnering to hold the APALSA (Asian Pacific American Law Student Association) Midwesten conference at Case Western Reserve Law School on Friday February 22, 2013 and Saturday February 23, 2013.  Although the conference is focused toward Asian American law students, non-Asian American law students are welcome and might also profit from the panel sessions and interacting with law students and practicing lawyers that will participate in the conference.  Conference organizers have obtained sponsorship from several leading Ohio law firms and the Cleveland Marshall School of Law.

The conference will open on Friday evening with a gala dinner featuring a keynote speech by Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court.  Justice Liu’s nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals by President Obama gained much national attention because he was viewed as a potential future nominee to the United States Supreme Court.  On Saturday February 23, there will be a variety of panels on various law topics, including a panel featuring Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, Judge Karen Nelson Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit as well Chief Judge Solomon Oliver of the Northern District of Ohio.  They will discuss among other topics how law students and lawyers might prepare themselves for a career in the judicial branch and how the profession might increase the representation of minority lawyers, including Asian American lawyers on the judicial bench.  Those interested in registering for the conference and the gala dinner can do so at http://law.case.edu/orgs/apalsa/content.asp?id=491