This week’s Career Planning & Placement Events — REGISTER TODAY!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AT 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. The Akron Law Alumni Association Presents: A Brown Bag Lunch Career Conversation. This casual, “brown bag” lunch will take place Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Food will be served, Jimmy John’s. This event is intended to bring together students and practicing attorneys to allow law students to learn more about the profession. Topics will include different practice areas, what a typical day is like, effective networking techniques, and how to impress potential employers. The conversation during this event will be student driven–this is the time to ask those “off the record” questions! 

 The event will take place in the Intellectual Property/Miller-Becker Center in the law school.  Due to limited space, please RSVP to Katie Basch, Student Director of the Akron Law Alumni Association at krg15@zips.uakron.edu or Jeanne Kennedy at jeanne2@uakron.edu by TODAY at 12 pm.

THURSDAY, March 1, 5:00 – 6:15 P.M. — Legal Mocktail at The University of Akron School of Law, C. Blake McDowell Law Center, Atrium

Does the thought of a business networking function frighten you? Bring on anxiety? We have the solution! The Legal Mocktail is an experiential learning program for attorneys-to be that teaches the basics and nuances of networking. This unique training exercise simulates attendance at a social or business event. You will learn and immediately apply networking skills in context. Lots of fun, interaction, food and non-alcoholic drinks can be expected at this program!

Moderator: COURTNEY IANNELLI, Director of Marketing & Business Development at Benesch

To Register –In order to guarantee your spot at this fun, interactive workshop, please e-mail Career Planning Student Services Counselor, Jeanne Kennedy, at jeanne2@uakron.edu. Deadline is Wednesday, Feb 29 at 2 p.m. Pre-registration is highly recommended as spots will fill quickly for this workshop.

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To Register

In order to guarantee your spot at these workshops, please e-mail

Career Planning Student Services Counselor, Jeanne Kennedy, at

jeanne2@uakron.edu. Pre-registration is highly recommended as

spots will fill quickly for these informative and popular workshops.

Members of the Legal Marketing Association of Ohio (LMA Ohio)

regularly work with and coach attorneys in law firms across the

state. LMA Ohio’s members understand the need to stay ahead

of the curve and in the mix when it comes to legal marketing

trends. Join them as they share that understanding with Akron

Law’s students—giving you a competitive edge.

 

IPTLA: Presentation on Economic Espionage and Theft of IP, Tuesday at 5:10, in W-206

This Tuesday evening, Bradley R. Beman, a Special Agent with the FBI, will discuss the Economic Espionage Act, which makes the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret a federal crime. The presentation will be at 5:10 in Room W-206. Billions of dollars are lost to foreign and domestic competitors who deliberately target industrial intelligence in flourishing U.S. industries and technologies and who cull intelligence by exploiting company trade secrets. The Economic Espionage Act was enacted to safeguard our nation’s economic secrets. Food will be served. All are welcome to attend.

 

The Akron Law Alumni Association Presents: A Career Conversation – Tuesday, February 28th at 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Food will be served!

The Akron Law Alumni Association Presents: A Brown Bag Lunch Career Conversation 

This casual, “brown bag” lunch will take place Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Food will be served, Jimmy John’s.

This event is intended to bring together students and practicing attorneys to allow law students to learn more about the profession. Topics will include different practice areas, what a typical day is like, effective networking techniques, and how to impress potential employers. The conversation during this event will be student driven–this is the time to ask those “off the record” questions!

The attorneys attending this event, who are serving or have served on the Akron Law Alumni Association (“LAA”) Board, are:

 Megan Frantz Oldham (’05), associate with Tzangas, Plakas, Mannos & Raies

Blake Gerney (’95), partner with Day Ketterer, Certified Specialist in Business, Commercial and Industrial Real Property Law

Norma Shaub (’87), LAA director

Tom Pitts (’79), partner with Stocker Pitts and past president of the LAA

Richard Williger (’82), sole practitioner

Walter Madison (’98), sole practitioner and current president of the LAA

The event will take place in the Intellectual Property/Miller-Becker Center in the law school.  Due to limited space, please RSVP to Katie Basch, Student Director of the Akron Law Alumni Association at krg15@zips.uakron.edu or Jeanne Kennedy at jeanne2@uakron.edu by Monday at 12 pm.

ATTENTION May 2012 Graduates

ATTENTION May 2012 GRADUATES
Are you taking the July Ohio Bar Exam?*
If yes, then here is your opportunity to begin to prepare.

Akron Law is offering a free workshop called ESSENTIAL LEGAL CONCEPTS (ELC) to help prepare you for the upcoming February bar exam. The workshop is available to students not currently taking Advanced Legal Applications. The workshop will focus on your understanding of the bar exam and provide you with essential skills needed to effectively study for the Ohio Bar exam.  Akron Law strongly encourages your enrollment in this workshop, although it is not designed to replace any bar exam preparation course you are taking, but rather to be a supplement.

The workshop will be held Saturdays, , March 3, & 31, and April 7 & 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Law School (Rm: TBD)

Enrollment is on a first come, first serve basis and open to the first 25 current students to enroll.  Any past students wishing to take the workshop are also welcome to enroll, but their request to enroll will be placed on a waiting list and considered only after current student enrollment has occurred.  *If you are a current student and not taking the Ohio bar, the course may not be catered to your specific bar exam, but you are still welcome to participate.
ENROLLMENT:
To enroll, please contact Misty Franklin at misty@uakron.edu no later than Wednesday, February 29, 2012.  Please provide Misty with your name, which state’s bar exam you are taking and when, and whether you are a current student.  Please indicate that you wish to enroll in the Spring ELC course taught by Prof. Walsh.

 

If you contact Misty seeking to enroll, we will advise you no later than Friday, March 2, as to whether we can accommodate you in the workshop.

 

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions regarding the workshop in general, please contact Adjunct Professor Michael Walsh, walsh@uakron.edu.