Audio Case Files…be better prepared for class

Watch real courtroom video streaming from your computer.

Listen to your assigned cases on your MP3 player or computer.

Learn crucial trial skills by seeing real courtroom clips.

Search by course or casebook to find audio materials for your law class.

Follow this link and register on the site.   Click the “Sign Up” link at the top of the screen.   Users must create an account using a zips.uakron.edu email address.  For more information about how Audio Case Files can help law students, click here.

Subscription to this service is provided to our law students by the Law Library.

Repost: Oct. 22 – National Pro Bono Week Fundraiser

On Friday, October 22, 2010 as part of National Pro Bono week, the School of Law will sponsor a fundraising event here at the Law School. The money raised will go to  Community Legal Aid. As you know, that organization services a multi-county area in Northeast Ohio, representing civil litigants who otherwise would not have access to counsel.

We will offer hamburgers and hotdogs beginning at 5 p.m. outside the School in the grassy and paved areas outside West Hall or in the lobby in the event of inclement weather. Cost will be $4.00 per plate.  We will also have a cornhole tournament pitting student teams against faculty teams at a cost of $5.00 per person. The winners will receive tokens of appreciation. Finally, there will be an inflatable game( a jousting pit) where students may attempt to best selected faculty members. Cost for that will be $5.00 per student per try.

We already have numerous members of the faculty, staff, and administration signed up to cook, play cornhole and/or joust with you. The faculty members are confident that they will prevail in both the jousting  and the cornhole tournament.

This is a worthy cause and will be promoted nationwide and locally.

Career Networking Opportunity

Career Networking Opportunity – As you may know, Akron Law regularly hosts alumni outreach events in various cities where our alumni reside and work. The law school is offering an opportunity for students who are interested in meeting with alumni living and working in cities we are visiting this spring to join us in these cities for an opportunity to network.

January 5, 2011. San Francisco, CA.  Reception (in connection with the annual conference of the Association of American Law Schools).

February 10, 2011. Naples, FL.   Alumni/Friends Dinner (in connection with Akron Law’s Winter Institute).

March 1, 2011. Canton, OH.  Alumni/Friends Luncheon.

April 13, 2011. New York City.  Alumni/Friends Dinner.

April 27, 2011. Cleveland, OH.  Alumni/Friends Dinner.

May 5, 2011 (date tentative-will be confirmed in January 2011).  Columbus, OH. Reception (in connection with Ohio State Bar annual convention).

May 20, 2010. Las Vegas, NV.  Alumni/Friends Dinner (in connection with Akron Bar Workers’ Compensation seminar).

June 12, 2011. Washington, DC. Reception (in connection with Akron Law’s US Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony).

All students are welcome to attend alumni city visits. In addition, to allow for greater student participation, the Office of External Programs has allocated funds to support student travel to these events. If the number of student requests exceeds the amount available, travel reimbursement requests will be determined by a lottery. Student reimbursement for these events will be made at a maximum of $150 per student for events held within Ohio and a maximum of $250 per student for events held outside Ohio for reimbursement of travel expenses.

Students who are interested in attending these events and wish to receive travel reimbursement must respond by submitting their name and city of interest by 6 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2010.  Students may submit their names for reimbursement for multiple events, but will only be available for one reimbursement.  (Winning the lottery for one event automatically excludes an individual for a chance to be reimbursed for another event. No prioritizing or selecting is allowed.)  Again, students are welcome to attend as many events as they like at no cost for the meal but without travel reimbursement.

Please note:  Attendance at these events are not excused absences from class. Interested students should contact their professors before agreeing to attend to determine how any such absence will be treated.  If you are interested in attending one of these events and/or being considered for reimbursement, please respond to Jeanne Kennedy (jeanne2@uakron.edu) by 6 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2010 and include:

Your name
Your e-mail address
The city(ies) of interest