CPPO Calendar – week of November 5

1- TODAY — Tuesday, November 6 at 12:20 in Room 214 – Mandatory Mentor Program Training– all second years who plan to participate in the Akron Bar/Akron Law mentor program starting in January must attend one of the mentor program training sessions. Other session to be held on Tuesday, November 13 at 5:15  in Room 151.

Attention Second Year Students! If you plan to participate in the 2013 Lawyer-to- Law Student Mentor Program, you must attend one of the MANDATORY Mentor Program Training Sessions. You will receive an overview of the Mentor Program and former Law Student Mentees and Attorney Mentors will share their experiences with the Mentor Program and answer your questions.

 You must turn in a Mentor Program application, including the short answer questions, to the Career Planning Office by Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 12 noon. Applications are available online: https://www.uakron.edu/law/career/docs/2012-13-Mentee-Application.pdf or in the CPPO. You may turn in your application at the Training Session as well.

2- Wednesday and Thursday, November 7 and 8 at 12:20 and 5:15 in Room 151 – First year mandatory Career Planning Orientation Session.  Meet in a large group with the Career Planning Staff to discuss the basics of resumes, cover letters, options for summer 2013 jobs, and everything career-related you need to know. Following your attendance at one of these sessions, you will be permitted to schedule an individual career planning consultation with the CPPO staff.  Mark your calendar now!

IP Firm in Chicago recruiting first years for 2013 summer associate positions – submit materials starting December 1

Resume Collection – McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. – Chicago, IL

AkronLawJobs Job No. 3939 – The firm is recruiting 1Ls for the summer of 2013 beginning December 1, 2012.  McAndrews, Held & Malloy is an intellectual property firm, so they are seeking applications with an engineering or a “hard sciences” background.  Please submit a resume, transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, and law school) – unofficial copies are fine, a legal writing sample and references.  The firm understands that 1Ls will not have their law school grades at first, but applicants can send those to the firm when access is available.  Submit to:  Emily Parker, Human Resources Assistant; McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.; 500 West Madison Street, 34th Floor; Chicago, IL  60661; eparker@mcandrews-ip.com.  Deadline:  ASAP

Deadline: November 15 for Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law to be RECEIVED in the Office of Bar Admissions at the Supreme Court of Ohio.

ATTENTION:   ALL 2nd YEAR FULL-TIME & PART-TIME STUDENTS

If you plan to take the Ohio Bar Exam and have not already done so, your Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law must be RECEIVED in the Office of Bar Admissions at the Supreme Court of Ohio by November 15.

 Please see http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/AttySvcs/admissions/calendar.asp  for calendar of deadlines.

 Also see http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/AttySvcs/admissions/admissionApps/default.asp  to access that application.

 Your required Ohio Bar Certificate of Dean (available on the application link above) must be submitted to Liz Wascak in the law school dean’s office for processing. When your  Certificate of Dean is returned, you will receive an official fingerprint card and instructions where to get fingerprinted.

 These forms take time to process, so please submit in a timely fashion.  Processing in our office and your submission to the bar (mailing time) need to be considered.

Do not delay!

 Questions?   Please feel free to contact Assistant Dean Lauri Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu or Liz Wascak at liz@uakron.edu. 

 Plan to take the bar in another state?

All State Bar Admission Offices

To get information about bar admission requirements or to apply for admission to the bar, contact the appropriate jurisdiction. Most jurisdictions have information available via their own websites found at http://www.ncbex.org/bar-admissions/offices.

 Just like Ohio’s certificates, other state’s law school certificates must be submitted to the law school dean’s office, College Program Specialist / Law Registrar Liz Wascak for processing.

Course Changes – Special Interest to IP Students (also others)

In order to accommodate more students, we have moved the following classes:

Food and Drug Law – taught by renowned Health Law expert, Professor Katherine Van Tassel.

Now scheduled for M/W at 10:45-12:15

Note: FDA Law may be used as an elective for the IP Certificate or LLM

Description: Food and Drug Law

This course will consider the many ways in which society attempts to manage the development, production, packaging and distribution of food, medical technologies and innovative biotechnologies. This course begins with the development of legal rules, both by private and public law, which govern the regulation of cosmetics, food supplements, drugs and devices from laboratory to ultimate use, including the impact of patent law and the law of trade secrets on these legal rules. The course then examines how the FDA uses these frameworks to regulate innovative biotechnologies such as genetically modified food, nanotechnology, cloning, artificial organs, gene and stem cell therapies (among many others). In addition, tort liability in connection with the production/manufacture, prescription, distribution and sale of these products, and the bioethical challenges posed by biotechnologies, will be analyzed.

Legal Drafting: Patent Drafting – taught by experienced patent attorney and teacher, Professor Alvin Rockhill.

Now scheduled for Thursday, 5:10-6:10

New Classes – Some Room Remaining

As you may have noticed, we are offering other new classes, including Law Firm Administration Seminar, Oil & Gas Law, and Animal Law. The first two are full, but there is still some room in Animal Law.

I urge you to register promptly to take advantage of this opportunity.

SELS presents Socratic Karaoke – Friday, Nov. 9, 10 pm, Thursday’s Lounge

SELS presents Socratic Karaoke!

Where: Thursday’s Lounge, 306 E. Exchange Street, Akron

When: THIS FRIDAY — November 9th, 10 pm-close

The Sports and Entertainment Law Society invites you to Socratic Method Karaoke, the official after-party to SBA laser tag. The Socratic method applied to karaoke means you can “call on” your fellow law students to sing the song of your choice for $1 (and get out of singing for a $1). Cover = $3 for non-members, no cost to dues-paying members. Come and have some fun with us!