CPPO Presents Practice Area Series – Domestic Relations/Family Law and Estate Planning: TODAY at 12:15 and 5:15

The CPPO’s Practice Area Series continues today with Domestic Relations and Estare Planning.  Join us to learn more about what it’s like to practice in these areas. Three area lawyers will be here to speak about their very successful practices.

12:15 in Room 214
5:15 in Room 134

Lunch will be served to all who attend.

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Criminal Procedure – Getting Better

 The Akron Bar Association and the University of Akron School of Law present…. Criminal Procedure –Getting Better
 
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

 At the Akron Bar Association
 To register on line select the highlighted seminar title(s) below.
 Criminal Procedure – Getting Better

 See:   http://www.uakron.edu/law/continuinged/criminal-procedure.dot

2.50 CLE Hour
Approved for Death Penalty Certification by the Ohio Supreme Court
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 PM
 
TOPICS:

  • The Innocence Protection Act: An Overview
  • Understanding and Enforcing New Rule 16 in the Criminal Case
  • The National Academy of Science’s Report on Forensic Science and Judicial Response

 TIME AND LOCATION
Registration 2:45 PM
Program 3:15 to 6:00 PM
At the Akron Bar Association
 
PRICING
$105.00 Members
$105.00 AU Law School Alumni
$130.00 Non-members
$75.00 Non-attorney
FREE to Akron University Law Students
 
Thank You!
 
Paula Andrasko
CLE Director
The Akron Bar Association
57 S. Broadway St.
Akron, Ohio 44308
330-436-0118
Fax: 330-253-2140
Email: paulaa@akronbar.org

Law School announces David Dowd Award

SUMMER JOB PLACEMENT AWARD

$2000.00 minimum to one upper division law student 

Must work 20 hours per week for not less than 10 weeks

 APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2011

 The School of Law is accepting applications for the David D. Dowd Sr. Memorial Award named in tribute to a distinguished attorney dedicate to public service and created by Judge David D. Dowd, Jr. upon the 25th anniversary of his service in the federal judiciary.  Dowd Awards are directed to Akron Law students interested in seeking professional careers in public service following graduation. 

 Eligibility:

  1. Completed your second year by the Spring of 2010
  2. Shown a commitment to public service
  3. Capable of working  20 hours per week the summer of 2011 for minimum  of ten weeks in a public service position
  4. Committed to working in a public setting upon graduation

 Placements this summer – in order of preference:

1st Preference:      The Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, The Stark County

Prosecutor’s Office, The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office;

law departments for Akron, Canton, Massillon; and Public

Defender’s Offices in Summit and Stark counties

 2nd Preference:      The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio or

The Public Defender’s Office for the District

 3rd Preference:      Other prosecutors’ or law directors’ offices

 4th Preference:      Other not already listed public service agencies

 The student will be expected to work 20 hours per week for not less than 10 weeks.

 Submit cover letter, resume, and list short and long term goals and explain why the student wishes to work in a particular office, as noted above.  Sent by April 1, 2011 to: Professor Carro via hardcopy or email:  carro1@uakron.edu

 Students in the upper 30% of the class will be given preference.  A committee will review applications and a student will selected before spring term is over.

Eschweiler & Associates seeks summer law clerk – Submit Resume to CPPO by March 1 at 12 noon

Resume Collection – Summer 2011 Law Clerk – Eschweiler & Associates LLC – SUBMIT RESUMES TO CPPO

Seeking 2L students (Law Review preferred) with a technical background, but will consider 1L students with the right technical background.  Technical Background Required – Preferred: Electrical Engineering, Physics or Computer Science.  Will consider other technical backgrounds as well.

 About the firm:  Eschweiler and Associates, LLC, is a Cleveland-based intellectual-property boutique.  Although their attorney roster is small (by design), their clients are not.  Distinguished clients include: Axcelis Technologies, Inc.; Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Infineon Technologies AG; Intel; Qimonda AG; SanDisk, Inc.; Spansion Inc.; Texas Instruments, Inc.; and numerous others.  This rare blend of a small firm with sophisticated clients gives young attorneys an opportunity to tackle challenging legal issues and take on meaningful responsibility at an early stage in their careers.  They are always seeking motivated individuals who share their vision.

 To Apply:  Resume must be submitted to the Career Planning and Placement Office and NOT direct to the employer (jeanne2@uakron.edu) no later than March 1, 2011 at 12:00 Noon.