The Environmental Law Society will have a general meeting Tuesday, October 11th at 5:00 PM in Rm 133. Please join us for pizza and planning for the 2011-2012 school year. We will also need to have an election to fill a recently vacated officer position, so please come if you are interested in being a student organization officer this year. Topics of discussion will also include current issues in environmental law and opportunities for volunteering, networking, and fundraising.
Akron Law Firm seeks law clerk ASAP – Apply today!
Bernlohr, Niekamp & Weisensell in Akron seeks a law clerk who is interested in estate planning, probate and gift tax issues. Some filing also involved. 2D, 2E, 3D, 3E and 4E students will be considered. Application materials must be received ASAP but no later than Friday, October 14, 2011. Position will be filled as soon as application materials are received.
Send cover letter and resume to:
Steve Mutersbaugh, Esq. Bernlohr, Niekamp & Weisensell, LLP
The Nantucket Building
23 South Main Street,
Third Floor
Akron, Ohio 44308
or e-mail to Mr. Mutersbaugh at spm@b-wlaw.com
48th Annual Midwest Labor & Employment Law Seminar
WHAT: 48th Annual Midwest Labor & Employment Law Seminar
WHEN: October 13 and 14, 2011
WHERE: Hilton Columbus Easton Town Center
CONDUCTED BY: Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) CLE Program
INCENTIVE TO GO! OSBA will award 2 FULL SCHOLARSHIPS for Akron Law students to attend!
TO BE CONSIDERED AS A NOMINEE:
Please email Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu to let her know that you would like the law school to consider you for one of those two full scholarships.
ACT NOW! The law school must respond on or before October 7. So, the sooner you respond, the better your chances to receive one of the two full scholarship awards!
USPTO Rebrands National Library Network
USPTO Rebrands National Library Network as Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
Centers to Focus on Electronic Access to Patent and Trademark Information and Training
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that its nationwide network of Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs) will become known as Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRCs) on October 1, 2011. The name change signifies a major shift in focus from the “paper depository” concept to an expansion of access to electronic information and specialized training to meet the information needs of 21st Century patent and trademark customers.
“PTRCs serve as the face of the USPTO in local communities and promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship that ensures that potential filers have the local resources necessary to draw on for support as they begin their quest for commercial success with their intellectual property,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos.
Akron-Summit County Public Library is one of five PTRCs in Ohio, and one of about 80 in the United States. Librarians assist a variety of customers including inventors, intellectual property attorneys/agents, business people, researchers, entrepreneurs, students and historians. The Library’s Science & Technology Division employs USPTO-trained librarians to provide customer assistance on the use of the agency’s patent and trademark databases and public seminars on intellectual property topics for novice and experienced users. Some of the activities and services offered are introductory classes in patents and patent searching and in general intellectual property; and Inventapalooza, an all-day educational event for the independent inventor. Also, the Library has a partnership with a local intellectual property law firm, Frisina LLC, offering a monthly lecture series on entrepreneurship and commercial expansion through intellectual property use.
More information on ASCPL’s Patent & Trademark Resource Center, including a link to a list of upcoming classes and programs, can be found at http://www.akronlibrary.org/internetresources/st/patent.html
REHABILITATING LOCHNER EVENT AND BOOK SALE – Oct. 4, 1:15 pm, L-152
The Federalist Society will host David Bernstein, professor at George Mason University School of Law and regular contributor to The Volokh Conspiracy, next Tuesday (10/4) at 1:15 pm in L-152. Akron’s Wilson Huhn will provide commentary on Bernstein’s presentation Olive Garden will be served for lunch. Bernstein will offer a radical new look at Lochner v. New York, the infamous liberty of contract case from 1905. Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights against Progressive Reform, Bernstein’s book on the case, was published this past May and has received significant national attention. Syndicated columnist George Will recently reviewed the book, writing:
“Since the New Deal, courts have stopped defending liberty of contract and other unenumerated rights grounded in America’s natural rights tradition. These are referred to by the Ninth Amendment, which explicitly protects unenumerated rights “retained by the people,” and by the “privileges or immunities” and “liberty” cited in the 14th Amendment. Progressivism, Bernstein argues, is hostile to America’s premise that individuals possess rights that pre-exist government and are not fully enumerated in the Constitution. This doctrine stands athwart liberalism’s aspiration to erase constitutional limits on government’s regulatory powers.”
The Federalist Society is pre-selling Rehabilitating Lochner and You Can’t Say That!: The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws, another popular Bernstein book, in the lounge area at the following times:
Wednesday- 10:30am- 1:15pm
Thursday- 10:00am- 12:00pm
Friday- 8:00am- 9:00am; &12:00pm-3:00pm
Monday: 9:00am-10:00am
Bernstein is offering signed books at a reduced student rate. Don’t miss out!