Akron Law Announcements

• Ever feel like the waves of life are beating you down?
• One minute you are riding high and the next you are crashing?
• Another exam, another complicated relationship, another panic attack—do you ever feel like you can’t come up for air?

National speaker, Dr. Lauren Cook, will teach YOU how to balance your wellbeing, and provide resources for self-care and mental wellness. 

The campus community is invited to join us (virtually) for an engaging and educational conversation about mental health, hosted in Zoom on Wednesday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Lauren Cook will show students how to tap into your resiliency and come back stronger after riding a wave of uncertainty and stress.

To receive the Zoom link, please reserve your virtual seat by Tuesday, October 5 at 5:00 p.m.   

Dr. Cook will show students how to incorporate wellness principles so that you’re building the metaphorical best surfboard to ride on and how to develop a self-care plan.

This presentation will discuss anxiety, depression, grief, and resiliency.   

Questions regarding this program may be directed to Brittany Ferguson-Mike at bpf9@uakron.edu or Alison Doehring at aer15@uakron.edu.  This program is sponsored by federal funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund for Ohio Higher Ed Mental Health Support.

Law school students are invited to attend a panel discussion:

An Inside Look at In-house Counsel

Overview:       Please join us for a panel discussion hosted by the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, the world’s largest professional organization for in-house counsel.

The program will begin with a brief overview of the in-house counsel world, after which panel members will provide their perspectives of working in-house. An interactive question and answer period will follow. 

Date:               Thursday, October 21, 2021

Agenda:         4:50pm Virtual waiting room opens

5:00pm Program, Q+A

6:00pm Program ends

Panelists:       K. Vesna Mijic-Barisic (Moderator), Cleveland State University

Ed Blakemore, Rockwell Automation

Joseph Muha, Discount Drug Mart

Sangeeta Prakash, Macy’s, Inc.

Ray Stefanski, MetLife

Cost:               FREE to law students and invited guests.

REGISTER TODAY!

Advance registration is required for this virtual program*

Meeting Registration – Zoom

QUESTIONS? WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ACC NEO?

Contact ACC NEO’s Executive Director Betsy Keck at neoh@accglobal.com or 216.333.3008. For more information on ACC NEO, visit our chapter page at Northeast Ohio | Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

*Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing your unique login information. Please save it, as you’ll need it to access the Zoom meeting.

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. in Room 325

Please join us next week for an introduction to the practice of mindfulness mediation. Research has shown this practice to be a very powerful tool for increasing mental focus, calm, emotional regulation, and stress-reduction. Faculty member Mike Gentithes will lead an introduction to mindfulness meditation practices that can benefit everyone, whether beginning meditators or more advanced practitioners. All are welcome.

University of Akron School of Law Professor Mike Gentithes will discuss “100 Years of Press Freedom: Where Free Press Litigation Leads, Society Follows” in a virtual Akron Press Club program at noon Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

He will talk about how defamation, prior restraint and censorship cases brought changes in law and to the broader society. He also may offer thoughts on how future free press litigation could perform a similar role.

To register for this free virtual event: Go to https://conta.cc/3AGclzE

For more info, go to https://www.akronpressclub.org/202109/press-club-presents-program-on-press-freedom-and-litigation