Part time Job Opportunity for Law Student – APPLY ASAP

Akron, OH – Contracts Technician – ActionLink

Symplicity Job No. 2263 – ActionLink is seeking  a part-time Contracts Technician in its Akron office.  The Contracts Technician is responsible for the following duties:

  • reviews draft contracts to ensure the proposed program falls within the normal scope established by the executive team;
  • checks for problematic language, calculation errors, and typos in contracts drafted by the sales and client services teams, prior to approving the contract for receipt by the client;
  • communicates with their Accounting team to ensure they receive relevant information prior to invoicing the clients; and
  • tracks active contracts from draft stage to completion of program.

 The Contracts Technician will work approximately 15 hours a week during normal business hours (8am to 6pm) on a pre-approved schedule of his/her choosing.  Deadline:  Friday, February 25, 2011, no later than 6:00 p.m.

BLSA – MPRE Review Session – Feb. 26, 9-11 am, L-165

Are you taking the March MPRE?

Akron Law Students are invited to attend a complete MPRE Review Session on Saturday, February 26 from 9-11 am in room L-165 at the school of law.

The program includes FREE

  • Detailed MPRE outline
  • Complete MPRE video lecture featuring Professor Stephen Lazarus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
  • Coffee and donuts

This event is free and open to ALL Akron Law Students – no registration required.

Sponsored by the Black Law Students Association and Supreme Bar Review

REMINDER: Deadline for OACTA Student Diversity Scholarships is APRIL 20

The Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, (OACTA) announced its new annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program is open to incoming second arid third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian, Pan Asian and Native American students enrolled at Ohio law schools. Incoming second and third-year female law students enrolled at Ohio law schools are also eligible regardless of race or ethnicity. Other criteria tor the scholarship include the following:

Academic achievement in law school

Professional interest in civil defense practice

Service to community and to the cause of diversity

Up to two scholarships ihthe amount of $1,250 each will be awarded to successful applicants. Applicants are required to submit a completed application, law school transcript, and a cover letter addressing the following: academic, personal and professional accomplishments, and why they should be selected as a recipient of the scholarship. Applicants may submit up to three letters of recommendation. The completed application and all other requested matetial must be received by April 20, 2011. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Winners will be announced at the OACTA Seminar held in June 2011. Successful applicants will be notified in advance of the conference. Scholarship recipients will be recognized at the OACTA Annual Meeting in November. The 2011 OACTA Law Student Diversity Scholarship Application is available at at www.oacta.org.

Spring OCI Update

As previously announced in The Career Connection, below is a current list of employers who will be interviewing on campus this spring.

U.S. Air Force JAG Corps – March 9, 2011
1L, 2L, 3L Students – Please submit a resume to the CPPO no later than Thursday, March 3, 2011

 National Labor Relations Board – Cleveland OH – March 25, 2011
3L Students should submit a resume and law school transcript to the CPPO no later than Thursday, March 3, 2011.