Robert E. Donovan Memorial Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted

ATTN: Female Law Students

Applications are now being accepted for the 2012-2013 Robert E. Donovan Memorial Scholarship.  (APPLICATION AVAILABLE HERE)

Robert Donovan died in a plane crash over Bosnia on April 3, 1996.  The plane crash killed the U.S. commerce secretary and 33 other leaders who were on a trade mission to help rebuild the war-ravaged country once called Yugoslavia.  Robert’s daughter, Kara Donovan, was in her final semester at The University of Akron School of Law at the time of her father’s death.

Academic merit and financial need will be considered by the Donovan Scholarship Committee.

DEADLINE:   Monday, May 21, 2012

Samuel Krugliak Legal Scholarship

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPA, is accepting applications now through June 8, 2012, for its “Samuel Krugliak Legal Scholarship” which will award up to $1000 to one or more students currently enrolled and attending law school, accredited by the American Bar Association. The purpose of the Samuel Krugliak scholarship is to assist law students who exemplify the Firm’s ethic and who intend to practice law in the communities served by Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPA.

Students may apply for the 2012-2013 academic year scholarship provided they have resided in one of the following counties during their lifetime: Stark, Wayne, Tuscarawas, Carroll, Summit, Holmes, Mahoning or Columbiana. Candidates must also possess strong academic credentials, participate in extracurricular activities, and have adesire to return to the region to practice law.

Applications can be downloaded from the Firm’s website at www.kwgd.com. Qualified candidates may submit an application online through the Firm’s website or by email to byearnan@kwgd.com, SUBJECT: Legal Scholarship or by mail to the attention of Legal Scholarship/BJY.

Founded in 1958, the Firm provides representation across various practice areas of the law: Corporate and Business Law, Real Estate and Construction, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Workers’ Compensation, Commercial Lending and Finance, Taxation, Health Care, Environmental Law, OSHA, Oil & Gas, Intellectual Property, Trusts and Estates, and Litigation in all areas. The Firm has over 50 attorneys with offices throughout Northeast Ohio, serving Canton, Akron, Alliance, New Philadelphia, and Sugarcreek. For more information visit www.kwgd.com.

Krugliak Scholarship Application 2012

Classes of 2011 and 2012 – Canton law firm seeks associate. Submit materials to CPPO by this Thursday, May 10

Canton, OH; AkronLawJobs Job No. 3444 – Black McCuskey seeks a 2011 or 2012 Akron Law grad for their transactional practice group. Please submit resume and cover letter (addressed to Brian Mertes, Esq.) via e-mail to Barbara Weinzierl, Director of Career Planning, at bcw@uakron.edu no later than this Thursday, May 10 at 12 noon.  Subject line of e-mail should read “Black McCuskey Transactional Associate Position”. DO NOT CONTACT THE FIRM DIRECTLY. SUBMIT ALL MATERIALS TO CPPO BY DEADLINE DATE.

2012 Pan Ohio Hope Ride – Community Service Opportunity!

2012 Pan Ohio Hope Ride- From Cleveland to Cincinnati

We are less than 12 weeks away and we are gearing up for our last recruitment push and moving in to logistics & volunteer recruitment/management!

April updates include:

  •      392 riders, 16 virtual participants and 49 teams – We are at more than 75% capacity
  •      97% of the riders signed up are Four-Day Riders!
  •      16 States are represented and 2 riders from Saudi Arabia
  •      Volunteer Recruitment Campaign is currently underway – we will need close to 1,000 volunteers!  Send any interested volunteers to http://www.panohiohoperide.org to sign up.
  •      Rider Fundraising is at $169,560 which is $23,000 more than last year at this time!
  •      Our final registration promotion is now running: Any rider who is signed up by May 15 will be entered in to a raffle for an Official POHR Merchandise Kit
  •      The 2012 Preliminary Route is almost finished being designed.  In the next few days we will be emailing out the route information to the Staff and Volunteers and shortly thereafter publishing it for the riders to see some of the exciting new additions to our course
  • In April we had six Networking Events across the state that were all successful with many new faces showing up.  We also had our first ever events in Toledo and Akron, which were both very well attended!
  •      The fourth annual Research Rally will be taking place in Cleveland on Saturday, May 12.  For more details please visit the POHR website.  

Community Service Opportunity with Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority

AMHA is looking for 4-5 volunteers that could help with a clean-up day at one of our Senior buildings. Our Seniors are looking forward to continuing their garden, but they need a little help with cleaning it up. This should take about 4-5 hours and will need to be done during business hours. We are planning the clean-up day for Thursday, May 17th, 9:30am-1:30pm. Please contact Rachel Braswell at 330-376-7980 or rbraswell@akronhousing.org for more information.