Update your profile on Westlaw and LexisNexis

Make sure you do not miss messages sent by your faculty!  Last fall, students’ University e-mail address changed to @zips.uakron.edu.   If you registered using the old address, the e-mail function in TWEN and Lexis Web Course software will not work properly.

Here is how you can update your profile on Westlaw and Lexis. 

For Westlaw: Log into Westlaw http://lawschool.westlaw.com/ and just to the right of your name is the UPDATE link.  Click on that link to update your profile.

For LexisNexis: Log into LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/ and click on the HELP tab.  At the next screen, click on UPDATE REGISTRATION INFO.

Questions?  Contact Lynn Lenart, 330-972-6357, llenart@uakron.edu.  Office 269, Law Library, second floor.

Brief Writing & Oral Advocacy Program – Free to Akron Law Students

Learn from insiders how to be most effective in court.  Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Beth Whitmore &  Director of the Legal Clinic and Appellate Review Office & Professor of Law at Akron Law, J. Dean Carro  will provide insight on written and oral advocacy. 

Date: Thursday, September 30th

Location:
Akron Bar Association  
57 South Broadway

Cost: (includes 3 CLE hours)
Akron Law Alumni/Akron Bar Association Member:  $105
Non-alumni/Non-member $130
Current  Akron Law Students:  free  (registration required)

Registration:
Online Registration
phone:  330.972.6363  e-mail:  manovac@uakron.edu

Program Schedule:

8:30 a.m. Written Advocacy

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Oral Advocacy   

11:45 a.m. Adjourn

GREAT OPPORTUNITY — Judge Polster Seeks 2nd or 3rd year Akron Law student

Cleveland, OH:  U.S. District Judge Dan Polster is seeking an Akron Law student to intern with his court this semester.  This is a wonderful opportunity as Judge Polster treats his interns like a paid law school graduate who is clerking.  Interested 2nd and 3rd year students who are in the top 25% of their class must contact Professor Gary Spring in the Legal Clinic by 4 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, August 25. Externship credit may be available or students can apply for public interest funds through the public interest program here at the Law School. Call Professor Spring today! Do not contact the Judge directly.

Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. is pleased to offer the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for law students. This scholarship is part of Banner & Witcoff’s continuing commitment to fostering the development of intellectual property lawyers from diverse backgrounds.

The Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship is open to all students currently enrolled in an American Bar Association accredited law school and pursuing a career in intellectual property law. The applicant must be a member of a historically under represented group (including race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability) and must have exemplary writing and oral communication skills.

Click here for an application and eligibility requirements.