REMINDER: FED. SOC. TO HOST JOHN ALLISON TODAY AT 12:30PM (RED LOBSTER FOR LUNCH)

REMINDER: FED. SOC. TO HOST JOHN ALLISON TODAY AT 12:30PM (RED LOBSTER FOR LUNCH)

  • Event Title: “The Long Term Consequences of the Financial Crisis”
  • Keynote Speaker: John Allison, Former Chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation
  • Event Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm
  • Event Location: C. Blake McDowell Law Center, L-151
  • John Allison Bio:
    •  John Allison is Retired Chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, the 10th largest financial services holding company headquartered in the U. S.  Mr. Allison began his service with BB&T in 1971 and managed a wide variety of responsibilities throughout the bank.  He became president of BB&T in 1987 and was elected Chairman and CEO in July 1989.  During Mr. Allison’s tenure as CEO from 1989 to 2008, BB&T grew from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in assets. In March 2009, he joined the faculty of Wake Forest University School of Business as Distinguished Professor of Practice.

Allison is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He received his master’s degree in management from Duke University (1974).  He is also a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking and has received 6 Honorary Doctorate Degrees.  Allison has received the Corning Award for Distinguished Leadership, been inducted into the NC Business Hall of Fame and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Banker.  He was recognized by the Harvard Business Review as one of the top 100 most successful CEO’s in the world over the last decade.

He serves on the Board of Visitors at the business schools at Wake Forest, Duke, and UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Board of Directors of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

A native of Charlotte, N.C., Allison is married to the former Elizabeth McDonald of Elkin, N.C.  They have two sons and one daughter.

Criminal Law ASP Session Cancelled for Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Students – The Criminal Law ASP Session for Professor Rich scheduled for Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 5:30pm has been cancelled. Please note – the session is cancelled for today only and will commence as regularly scheduled next Wednesday.

Please contact the Office of Academic Success with any questions or concerns at: dpalmer@uakron.edu

 

Class of 2012 — Akron law firm to interview on campus

On-Campus Interviews – Germano, Rondy & Ciccolini Co., LPA – Akron, OH
AkronLawJobs Job No. 3312 – The Akron law firm of Germano, Rondy & Ciccolini Co., LPA will be conducting on-campus interviews. 

 Hiring Criteria:  Recent bar passers only (0-2 years experience).  Firm will also consider applications from graduates who took the February 2011 bar and are waiting on bar results and students graduating in May 2012.  Top 10% of class, GPA 3.5.

 Application Materials:  Resume, Law School Transcript, Writing Sample

 To Apply:  Application Materials should be submitted to the Career Planning and Placement Office no later than Monday, April 2, 2012 at 12:00 Noon.  DO NOT CONTACT THE FIRM DIRECTLY. ALL MATERIALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CAREER PLANNING OFFICE BY THE DEADLINE DATE.

New Library Guides

Two new library guides are now available on the Law Library website.

Legal Citation

The Legal Citation library guide covers The Bluebook, ALWD Citation Manual, the Ohio Citation manual and international citation.  The Bluebook and ALWD pages list guides, manuals, videos and presentations that can help you understand legal citation.  There are also links to CALI exercises, Lexis Interactive Citation Workstation and Westlaw CiteStation, where you can practice citing using either ALWD or The Bluebook.  The general information tab has charts and PowerPoints that help students transition from ALWD to The Bluebook.

 

Legal Research Databases

The second library guide, recently launched, covers legal research databases available to law students here at the University of Akron.  The guide has links to tutorials, training, support phone numbers, password use policy, and a hint about a new legal database we will see next fall.

To get to all of the Law Library’s guides go to the Law Library web page and click on Library Guides, or click here.

For questions please contact Lynn Lenart, llenart@uakron.edu, 330-972-6357.

Wall Street Journal Supreme Court Correspondent to Speak at Akron Law on Health Care

Jess Bravin, the Supreme Court Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, will be speaking at Akron Law on Friday, March 30 at 4 p.m. as part of our Journalism and the Law Lecture Series.

 Jess’ lecture is incredibly timely with the Affordable Care Act going before the Supreme Court over the next three days. His lecture titled “Health Care and the Constitution: The Supreme Court Arguments,” will focus on the future of America’s health care system, the frontiers of federal power, and President Obama’s legacy. Days after covering the historic six-hour argument, Jess will lay out the issues and survey possible outcomes in his lecture.

This lecture is free and open to the public, however registration is required. One hour of free CLE will be offered.