The Federal Bar Association presents U.S. District Court Judge John Adams at Akron Law — Friday, November 4 at 12 p.m.

FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION

“The Judicial Power: An Overview of Federal Practice”

Presented by:

THE HONORABLE JOHN R. ADAMS
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

DATE:    Friday, November 4, 2011

TIME:    12:00 p.m. (complimentary lunch)

                   12:20 p.m. (presentation)

PLACE: School of Law, West Hall, Room 214

Come for a rare opportunity to interact with a Federal judge and learn how to get free admission to the Law School’s new Student Chapter of the   Federal Bar Association! 

Questions?     Ellen Lander, eml11@zips.uakron.edu, (330) 338-6529 or Dean William S. Jordan III, jordan@uakron.edu

Fed. Soc. Event Delayed to 1:45pm

Unfortunately, Prof. David Bernstein, guest speaker for today’s Fed. Soc. event, has once again experienced flight delays out of D.C.  Nevertheless, Bernstein has graciously offered to take a different flight into Akron-Canton instead of Cleveland.  His projected arrival time is now 1:10pm.   I anticipate an event start time of 1:45pm.

Chick-fil-a will still be served.  And it will still be a great event.  Please consider that the price of two airline tickets has now been invested in this trip.  Prof. Bernstein has gone above and beyond to accommodate us.  The greatest thanks we can give him is an audience.

LAW – Discussion Forum – November 2, 12:15 pm, L-167

The Law Association for Women presents its first discussion forum this Wednesday, Nov. 2nd in Rm. L-167 at 12:15 pm.  Come join our round table and practice “thinking like a lawyer” about issues affecting you personally. The topic is – How do traditional gender roles color the expectations and perceptions of our clients?

Brief background materials have emailed to our members list, posted on Facebook, and will be provided at the discussion. To join the list or request a copy, please contact our secretary, Dianna Smith at dms119@zips.uakron.edu.

Join us for our final formal event of the fall semester for free food and great conversation! “

Bar Examination Misconduct Awareness

The New Youk Board of Bar Examiners has asked the Akron Law administration to  assist in alerting our students who plan to take the New York Bar Examination to read Board Rule 6000.9 on Fraud, Dishonesty and other Misconduct and Security Policy.

The Board routinely imposes penalties on candidates who are found to have violated these provisions.  Examples are included in their letter found here:  http://www.uakron.edu/dotAsset/2284757.pdf.

Although this is directed at New York bar takers, you need to be aware of the misconduct policy for the state you plan to take the bar.  For assistance finding your state’s policy, go to the National Conference of Bar Examiner’s website (http://www.ncbex.org/bar-admissions/) and choose your jurisdiction.