The Lexis and Westlaw Prints Are Being Relocated

If you have any Lexis or Westlaw prints more than a couple of weeks old please retrieve them immediately.

In the next week or two we will be moving the location of prints to new containers below the Law Library LCD Announcement Screen at the circulation desk.

We will throw out old prints.

Where the Lexis and Westlaw prints are currently kept we will be putting the DVD containers for our collection of movies.  You can pick out a film title you want to watch and bring its container to the circulation desk to check out.  This should make it easier to see all the law themed film titles we own.

On Nov. 9, Bruce Green, Oppenheim Professor of Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law at Fordham Law School, will speak at Akron Law as a part of the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Center for Professional Responsibility’s annual Distinguished Lecturer Series. One hour of free CLE credit will be offered.

The U.S. legal profession often speaks of lawyers’ “professional independence,” but it uses the term in different ways depending on the context. Sometimes “professional independence” refers to the freedom of the organized bar, in collaboration with state judiciaries, to make rules for lawyers without interference by government agencies or other state actors. Sometimes the term refers to individual lawyers’ independence – whether from third parties who threaten to interfere with lawyers’ loyalty to their clients or from clients who demand too much loyalty. Professor Green explored whether the bar overemphasizes these aspects of “professional independence” while overlooking and undervaluing another, namely, lawyers’ independence from judges and courts. 

“Professor Bruce Green is an internationally renowned scholar and leader in the professional responsibility field,” says Professor Jack Sahl, Faculty Director of the Miller-Becker Center. “Bruce’s many accomplishments underscore his tireless commitment to improving the delivery of legal services and increasing access to justice. What is not readily apparent from his many accomplishments is Bruce’s extraordinary support for others whether as a mentor to a junior colleague or just letting you know he’s thinking of you at an important moment. He is truly a lawyer statesman who will inspire others during his visit.”  Continue reading “”

Cleveland IP Law Association invites law students to meeting and dinner – November 13 starting at 5:30 p.m. – Great networking opportunity

The Career Planning Office encourages all students to attend the November 13 meeting and dinner of the Cleveland IP Law Association on Tuesday, November 13 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Cleveland. Only $15 for students to attend meeting and dinner. Meeting features Steve Dettelbach, US Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Mr. Dettelbach will speak about key areas of prosecuting matters involving IP.  RSVP To Mr. Ari Sherwin, Corporate Counsel for The Sherwin-Williams Company by sending him a professional, well-written e-mail to ari.sherwin@sherwin.com.  Here are links to CIPLA http://www.cipla.info and their program registration http://www.cipla.info/Resources/Documents/CIPLA%20Meeting%20Registration%20Instructions.pdf. Stop by the CPPO if you have any questions.