SBA – Kickball Tournament – October 27, 12-4, Buchtel Fields – Sign Up Now!

Akron Law Student Bar Association will be hosting a kick-it tournament on October 27,  from 12:00 to 4:00 at Buchtel Fields. Kick-It was founded by a 10-year old cancer patient with a big dream- to cure cancer by playing kickball. Now a national fundraising program, Kick-it raises money for pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer research. Funds raised benefit children’s cancer research across the country. Kick-it partners with national medical advisory boards to identify the most promising research studies and projects.

Sign up sheets will be posted outside of the SBA office.  There is a $10 per player fee and this money will go to the kick-it organization in order to continue funding cancer research.  We welcome everyone to come out and showcase your kickball skills!  Food and drinks will be provided.  We encourage you to bring a friend, and organize a team with clever law related names.  A few classic teams from the past have been the Tortfeasors and Uncivil procedures. We look forward to seeing everyone out on Buchtel filed having fun and doing something for a great cause at the same time!

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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