Attention Federal Bar Association members – Win an iPod Touch!

Win an iPod Touch!

 Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for your chance to win an Apple iPod Touch!  All you have to do is connect to us via Facebook or Twitter by October 31, 2011 and you will be entered into a drawing to win!* 

 Connect to the FBA-NDOC through all of our new social media tools.  It’s a great way to stay involved in Chapter activities, meet other members, and win cool prizes!

 *You must be a member of the FBA-NDOC to be eligible to win. Join for free online at www.fedbar.org.

 

Mon. Oct.24th – Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

REMINDER

FREE – Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

PRESENTED BY – Lee Ann Ward, Director of Bar Admissions, 

The Supreme Court of Ohio                        

          Monday, October 24, 2011        

 5:00 to 5:15 registration 

5:15 to 6:25 presentation

 LOCATION:                 Room 151

(FREE cookies & bottle water will be served!)

PURPOSE:    If you are a first or second year law student, you are considering or definitely planning to sit for the Ohio bar exam, and you have NOT yet submitted your required preliminary bar application, then you should absolutely plan to attend this FREE workshop.   This program is open to all law students.

 Topics addressed will include:

 ¨       The Ohio bar application process

¨       Character and Fitness (issues, problems, investigations)

¨       The level of scrutiny given to the bar applications

¨       Appropriate and thorough responses to the bar application questions

¨       DEADLINES!

Consider the following Preliminary Bar Application DEADLINES for The Supreme Court of Ohio

 November 15:  By all SECOND YEAR FULL- and PART-TIME students  ($75 fee)

 January 15:       DROP DEAD DEADLINE for July bar exam takers ($200 late fee)

 August 15:        DROP DEAD DEADLINE for February bar exam takers ($200 late fee)

WARNING:       Waiting until the drop-dead dates to file an application places you at risk of not getting to take the bar exam right after graduation.

QUESTIONS?    Please contact College Programs Specialist Liz Sauders at Liz@uakron.edu or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.

The American Bar Association invites law students to put a dent in school debt

Message from the ABA: Put a Dent in Your School Debt

 Enter for a chance to win up to $10,000 in the ABA Facebook Sweepstakes at www.facebook.com/abaforlawstudents!  The American Bar Association will put a dime in the grand prize jackpot for every law student attending an ABA-accredited school who Likes ABA for Law Students on Facebook and submits an entry form.

 You will also have a chance to win these weekly prizes:

      Two $1,250 travel packages from Hertz, drawing is Oct. 24!

     Six $500 gift certificates for bar review courses from BARBRI, drawing is Oct. 31!

 Enter today at www.facebook.com/abaforlawstudents to be eligible for all weekly prizes!  The sweepstakes ends at 11:59 pm Pacific Time on Oct. 31, 2011.