ACLU – Prisoners Rights at Guantanamo Bay – October 11, 12:15 pm, W-210

Please join the ACLU in a riveting presentation on “Prisoners’ Rights” on October 11. Guest speaker Carlos Warner will be discussing his involvement in Guantanamo Bay cases. There will also be a session for questions to ask about the rights all prisoners in America have and which ones are being refused. The event will be held in room W-210 at 12:15PM.

FREE Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

Be sure to attend!

PRESENTED BY:          Lee Ann Ward, Director of Bar Admissions, The Supreme Court of Ohio                        

DATE:                          Thursday, October 18   

        TIME:                           5:30 to 6:30 p.m.     

LOCATION:                 Room 151

PURPOSE:    If you are a first or second year law student, you are considering or definitely planning to sit for the Ohio bar exam, and you have NOT yet submitted your required preliminary bar application (“Application to Register as a Candidate” form), then you should absolutely plan to attend this FREE workshop.   This program is open to all law students.

 Topics addressed will include:

 ¨       The Ohio bar application process

¨       Character and Fitness (issues, problems, investigations)

¨       The level of scrutiny given to the bar applications

¨       Appropriate and thorough responses to the bar application questions

¨       DEADLINES!   See:  http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/AttySvcs/admissions/calendar.asp

WARNING:       Waiting until the drop-dead dates to file an application places you at risk of not getting to take the bar exam right after graduation.

QUESTIONS?    Please contact College Programs Specialist Liz Wascak at Liz@uakron.edu or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.

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SELS – Apparel Sale Fundraiser

The Sports & Entertainment Law Society is selling Akron Law Hoodies ($25) T-Shirts ($10) and Quarter Zips($25). If you would like to make a purchase, see one of the following SELS officers: Jessica Peplowski, Rebekah Chaney, Terence Baptiste, Eric Foster, Jordan Knabb, Pete Nischt, or Alex Porter. You may contact Alex Porter or Jessica Peplowski by email to place an order or to get further details on how the Hoodies, T-Shirts, and Quarter Zips look. Also, please click here for more information.

Alex Porter (aep41@zips.uakron.edu), Jessica Peplowski (JLP132@zips.uakron.edu)