Law Student Panelists Needed – Maplewood Career Center – Tue. Oct. 16 at 6 pm

Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna, OH (about 30 minutes east of Akron) seeks 4-5 law students to speak to high school students entering their Legal Academy this year. The intent of the panel is to address life as a law student, as well as your educational and professional history leading up to law school.

The panel will run from 6-7 pm on Tuesday, October 16.

If you are interested in participating in this program, please contact Patty Abbuhl, who is the director of the Legal Academy at Maplewood. Her e-mail address is abbuhlpa@mwood.cc and her phone number is 330.296.2892.

BLSA – Race Matters – Tue. Sept. 18, 12:30-1:30, L-165

Join the Black Law Students Association as we Celebrate Diversity Week at the University of Akron!

BLSA will be hosting “Race Matters”, a frank discussion on diversity and inclusion led by Ms. Erica Merritt, Associate Director of Leadership & Inclusion Initiatives at the Cleveland YWCA.

The event will be held on Tuesday, September 18th from 12:30pm – 1:30pm in room L-165.

We hope to see everyone there!

Career Planning workshops – week of September 17, 2012

Tuesday, September 18 at 12:20 and 5:15 – Room 133: A Day in the Life of a Trial Attorney. Area trial attorneys will talk to students about their trial practice and what it takes to succeed as a trial attorney. Space is very limited so please RSVP today for this informative presentation. Call Jeanne Kennedy at 330-972-5321 or jeanne2@uakron.edu. Lunch will be served to those who attend.

Fall 2012 Public Interest Law Program Applications due Monday, September 17 at 12 noon

Fall 2012 Akron Law Public Interest Law Program: Applications for the Fall  2012 Public Interest Law (PIL) Program are due on Monday, September 17 at 12 noon.  The Public Interest Law Program supports and encourages those students who would like to gain experience in public interest areas. Recent local placements have included: 

Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance Program
Community Legal Aid Services of Akron
City of Canton, Public Safety and Service Departments
Mahoning County Prosecutor
National Labor Relations Board
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Stark County Public Defender’s Office
Summit County Prosecutor
CASA Guardian Ad Litem/Summit County Juvenile Court
University of Akron Legal Clinic/Appellate Review Office
U.S. Attorney’s Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

 If you think you would like to do this work, but have no idea how to line up a placement, please feel free to call upon Professor Koosed (statewide agencies), Professor Carro (Akron), Career Planning Director, Barbara C. Weinzierl, Esq. (general) or Assistant Career Planning Director, Alisa Benedict O’Brien.  The deadline to submit your application for fall 2012 funding is Monday, September 17 at 12:00 Noon.  It is expected that you will secure a placement in advance of submitting your application.

 The application form is to be filled out by the student/applicant.  The organization that will employ you as a volunteer law clerk and will provide supervision will need to confirm that in a letter on their letterhead/stationary.  They will need to include your start date, end date, number of hours per week on average, supervisor’s name, and a sentence describing your anticipated duties.  This letter also needs to be submitted by the application deadline of Monday, September 17, 2012 at 12:00 Noon.

Application guidelines and forms can be obtained in the Career Planning and Placement Office or on our webpage at https://www.uakron.edu/law/career/students/public-interest-law-program—stipend-application.dot?previewPage=2&host_id=1