Please join us for a brief meeting on April 5 at 12:30 in W-214 if you are interested in running and being involved as an officer of the International Law Society for the upcoming year 2011-2012. Food will be provided.
Navigating the Next Two Years: Scheduling, Activities, & General Survival Tips
As you finish your first year (PT- second year), it is time to make decisions about scheduling classes and law school activities. The Office of Academic Success Programs is here to help. Learn the inside scoop regarding:
• Courses required for graduation (it may surprise you);
• Balancing electives with bar courses;
• Substantial skills courses;
• The what (course) and when (to write it) of the GWR; and
• Hear what not to do from wizened and humbled upper-division students.
Thursday, March 24th
12:15 & 5:30
Rm 301 (library 3rd floor)
Questions: contact ASP Director Katherine Silver Kelly ksk10@uakron.edu
ATTENTION STUDENTS: Last Week for Barrister’s Ball Ticket Sales
Tickets are on sale in the cafeteria from 11am to 2pm and 3pm to 6:00pm this Monday through Friday. This is the LAST week to purchase your tickets so do not delay!
Tickets are $35 per ticket. Pay by cash, credit card, or personal check.
Remember there are no at-the-door ticket sales this year! Tickets MUST be purchased in advance.
Blogging the IP Symposium
Unable to attend the IP Symposium today? For the first time, we’re going to be live-blogging the event. Visit the Akron Law Café at www.akronlawcafe.ohio.com or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/AkronLaw for Professor Ryan Vacca’s summaries on the latest developments in IP Law.
Scholarship Opportunity – Donovan Memorial Scholarship – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 18
ATTN: Female Law Students
Applications are now being accepted for the 2011-2012 Robert E. Donovan Memorial Scholarship. (APPLICATION AVAILABLE HERE!)
Robert Donovan died in a plane crash over Bosnia on April 3, 1996. The plane crash killed the U.S. commerce secretary and 33 other leaders who were on a trade mission to help rebuild the war-ravaged country once called Yugoslavia. Robert’s daughter, Kara Donovan, was in her final semester at The University of Akron School of Law at the time of her father’s death.
Academic merit and financial need will be considered by the Donovan Scholarship Committee.
DEADLINE: Monday, April 18, 2011