Courtroom Conduct and Attire Event – Friday, Nov. 12, Portage Country Club

Mark your calendars for a fantastic event at the Portage Country Club!

On Friday, November 12 at Portage Country Club, the Women in Law Section of the Akron Bar Association is hosting a CLE discussing conduct and attire in the courtroom, along with some of the reported decisions that address this same issue.  Judges Rowlands, McCarty, and Cosgrove will be our panelists, and the program has been approved for 1.0 hour of Professionalism credit.  The CLE starts at 5:00 p.m.

Immediately after the CLE, we’ll be having our “Law Suits Fashion Show.”  We’ll be serving heavy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, while we enjoy a fashion show featuring both men and women’s clothing.  Judges from our local courts will be modeling, while Judge Tom McCarty will be our emcee.

The cost of the event is:

                              $42 for CLE and fashion show
                              $27 for fashion show and cocktails only

We will also be collecting donations of gently-used professional clothing that will be contributed to the students of the Akron Law and Leadership Institute.  These suits will allow some students (who might not otherwise have access to such specialty clothing) to participate in the program with confidence. 

For more information, click here.

Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Caryn L. Peterson, Chair of the Women in Law Section

Cinderella Story

Once again the faculty and progeny/spouses defeated the upstart first year students in an athletic contest. In what we hope will be an annual kickball event, the faculty team was victorious by a margin of 4-3. The team name for the first years was Vodka and Red Bull, which may account for their performance. This was a well planned event, organized by the SBA. The faculty especially appreciated the sportsmanship of the students who played with honor and style although without much ability!

There were some vague but consistent complaints about illegal acts by the faculty first baseman. As the faculty member with the most seniority, Professor Carro considered those whining complaints and rejected them.

Events like these are fun and valuable to the law school community. We hope that this can become a tradition and that in the future the students will be able to prevail (not) .

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

Fed. Society/ACLU – Enemy Combatants Debate – Nov. 12, 12:05 pm, L-151

Join the Federalist Society and ACLU on November 12 at 12:05 in room L-151 for an exciting debate on whether the United State’s policy toward enemy combatants is legal. The debate will feature Lieutenant Colonel David R. Frakt, U.S. Air Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._R._Frakt), and Major Kyndra Rotunda, U.S. Army (http://www.kyndrarotunda.com/). Both speakers are current military JAG officers who have extensive legal experience in the War on Terror. LTC Frakt and Major Rotunda have both testified before Congress on the treatment of enemy combatants, and are known for their outspoken views. 1 hour of CLE credit will be available for those who attend. Food will be provided!

Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop

EVENT: 
Ohio Bar Admissions Workshop
PRESENTERS:     
Staff from Bar Admissions Office, The Supreme Court of Ohio                               
DATE:            
Monday, October 18, 2010
TIME:           
5:00 to 5:15 registration  (FREE cookies & bottle water will be served!)
5:15 to 6:25 presentation
LOCATION:       
Room 151
PURPOSE:         
If you are a first or second year law student, you are considering or definitely planning to sit for the Ohio bar exam, and you have NOT yet submitted your required preliminary bar application, then you should absolutely plan to attend this FREE workshop.   This program is open to all law students.
Topics addressed will include:
 ¨       The Ohio bar application process
¨       Character and Fitness (issues, problems, investigations)
¨       The level of scrutiny given to the bar applications
¨       Appropriate and thorough responses to the bar application questions
¨       DEADLINES!
 Consider the following Preliminary Bar Application DEADLINES for The Supreme Court of Ohio
 November 15:  By all SECOND YEAR FULL- and PART-TIME students  ($75 fee)
 January 15:       DROP DEAD DEADLINE for July bar exam takers ($200 late fee)
 August 15:        DROP DEAD DEADLINE for February bar exam takers ($200 late fee)
 
WARNING:   Waiting until the drop-dead dates to file an application places you at risk of not
getting to take the bar exam right after graduation.
QUESTIONS?    Please contact College Program Specialist Liz Sauders at Liz@uakron.edu
or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.