Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law

The Jackson Lewis law firm and Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Institute for Law and the Workplace will again co-sponsor the Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law. The competition is open to all students who have completed or are currently taking courses in employment or labor law. Papers discussing topics relating to the law governing the workplace are due Tuesday, January 18,2011.

Judges will consider papers on any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination.

REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY

Entries must be the law student author’s own work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must have completed or be currently taking course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled in an accredited law school during the Fall 2010 semester. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration.

FORMAT

Entries must be suitable for publication in a law review. Citations must conform to current Bluebook style. Papers must be printed on 8.5″ by 11″ white paper and must not exceed 35 pages in length, including footnotes, set in 12 point Times Roman font with double spacing and one inch margins.

An entry consists of three copies of the paper, submitted as a packet with three removable cover sheets indicating the law student author’s name, address, telephone number, email address, law school, paper title, labor and employment law course work history, and a brief paragraph describing the genesis of your interest in the field. Judging will be blind, so the only identification that may appear on the first or subsequent pages of the paper is the paper title.

AWARDS

One top honors award of $3,000 and two $1,000 awards will be presented to the top three entries. In addition to the cash awards, the top three entries will be published on the Institute for Law and the Workplace website. (Electronic versions of winning papers will be required.)

JUDGING

Entries will be blind-judged by an independent panel of law professors from across the United States. The determination of the judges’ panel is final. Neither Jackson Lewis LLP nor the Institute for Law and the Workplace will be involved in judging the competition.

SUBMISSION

The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Entries received after the deadline will not be considered.

Entries should be mailed to:

Louis Jackson Writing Competition

c/o Institute for Law and the Workplace

Chicago-Kent College of Law

Illinois Institute of Technology

565 West Adams Street

Chicago, IL 60661-3691

Please contact Professor Martin Malin at 312.906.5056 or mmalin@kentlaw.edu for any other information about the competition or the Institute for Law and the Workplace. You may also visit the competition website at http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/plel/LouisJacksonNWC.html .

Congratulations on Raising $300 for the Community Legal Aid Society!

On Friday October 22, 2010 the law school community, students, staff and faculty, demonstrated their commitment to Pro Bono work by raising over $300.00 for the Community Legal Aid Society. It was gratifying to see so many faculty, students and staff setting up games, cooking food and competing against each other. We still have some financial pledges to be received so at this point we can anticipate that we will be donating close to $400.00 to Community Legal Aid.

We hope to make this a regular once a  semester event. If you have ideas about how to improve this event please share them with any faculty or staff member. Thank you.

J. Dean Carro
Director, Legal Clinic
University of Akron
330-972-7751

Public Interest Law Day – Tuesday Oct. 26, Law School Atrium Area, 3:00p.m. – 6:00p.m.

YOUR BEST CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT CAREERS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE – The University of Akron School of Law Career Planning and Placement Office would like to invite you to attend the third annual Public Interest Law Day, scheduled for October 26, 2010 from 3:00-6:00 p.m.  The event will be held at the McDowell Law Center in the Atrium.  We invite you to participate in discussions on how to develop your own career paths in the area of social justice.  Public Interest Law Day will have representatives from: The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, National Labor Relations Board, Legal Defender Office of Summit County, CASA/GAL Program of Summit County, Fair Housing Contact Service, the Office of the Federal Public Defender, and more!

Practice Area Series: Litigation and Appellate Advocacy, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.

The University of Akron School of Law presents
Practice Area Series: Litigation and Appellate Advocacy.

  • Confused about what type of law you are interested in practicing?
  • Anxious about picking an area of law to specialize in?
  • Looking for credible information on individual practice areas?

Plan on attending the Practice Area Series:  Litigation and Appellate Advocacy, on Wed. Oct. 27, 2010 in Room W-206 for a Q&A with a panel of local litigators and appellate advocates.

12:15 Session Panelists:
Kerri L. Keller, Brouse McDowell
Karen E. Ross, Tucker Ellis West

5:15 Session Panelists:
Darrin R. Toney, Brennan Manna & Diamond
Megan J. Frantz, Tzangas, Plakas, Mannos, & Raies

Food will be served!  All current law students are encouraged to attend.

The Career Planning & Placement Office Practice Area Series is an ongoing series of workshops with local practitioners aimed at providing Akron Law students with current and comprehensive information regarding substantive practice areas.  The next Practice Area Series will be on November 10, 2010 and will focus on Corporate and Transactional law.