The University of Akron School of Law will hold a lecture in honor of the late Justice T. Modibo Ocran on Friday, May 14 at 4 p.m. at the School of Law in Room 151. (150 University Avenue, Akron, 44325). The lecture, “The United Nations, Peacekeeping, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction of States” will be given by Dr. Muna B. Ndulo, professor of law and director of the Institute for African Development at Cornell University Law School. For further details visit http://www.uakron.edu/law/news/news-details.dot?newsId=1060630
FINANCIAL AID LOANS FOR SUMMER 2010 ENROLLMENT
Need summer loan money to pay for tuition, fees, other expenses? Here are a few things to consider:
In order to receive student loans for the summer term, law students need to be enrolled in at least 5 semester hours. We understand that there are two private lenders which may still offer student loans for those students who plan to enroll in fewer than 5 semester hours for the summer term:
CitiAssist – (www.studentloan.com)
Discover Loans – (www.discoverstudentloans.com)
If you have not yet applied for summer 2010 financial aid loans, please do so through the UA Financial Aid Office at http://www.uakron.edu/finaid/summer.php. Of course, you must first submit your FAFSA which may be done at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. The University of Akron School Code is 003123.
Remember that whatever funds you borrow through the Stafford loan program for summer 2010 will be factored against your maximum Stafford loan allocation for fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters.
Questions regarding your summer 2010 LOANS should be addressed to Associate Director of Financial Aid & Enrollment Services Pamela Arrington at pamela8@uakron.edu.
Carrer Planning Learns of Job Opportunities in Dayton area — see below
WilmerHale Plans Business Center in Ohio
WilmerHale Plans Business Center in Ohio
Posted Apr 27, 2010 7:09 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr plans to move its business operations to the Dayton, Ohio, area.
The firm’s new business center will house employees in finance, human resources, information technology, document review, operations and practice management, according to a press release and stories in the Boston Globe, the Dayton Business Journal and the Kettering-Oakwood Times.
Current employees may transfer to the new location in Kettering, but WilmerHale expects most of the jobs will be filled with Ohio workers, the Business Journal says. The law firm is holding a recruitment open house this weekend.
The center will open in September and will house about 187 employees.
GSLA – Rocky Horror Midnight Show – Plaza Cinemas – May 15
All graduating law students and members of GSLA are invited to join us on May 15 at 11:45 pm for a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show at Plaza Cinemas Chapel Hill (500 Howe Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221). The first 40 to arrive get paid admission.
Fellowship Opportunity
I’m writing to let you know about The Robert Masur Fellowship for Civil Liberties, open to first-year law students. Offered annually by The Nation Institute, it consists of a $1000 honorarium for students who intend to carry out significant activities during the summer (in between their first and second year) in the areas of civil rights and/or civil liberties. Proposed activities may include a writing or research project, work with a public interest organization in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties, work on a civil rights or civil liberties law case under the supervision of a faculty member or lawyer, or any other work in the areas of civil rights or civil liberties.
Applicants should send a proposal, no more than two pages, describing his or her intended summer project, along with a resume, a brief letter of recommendation, and the name of their faculty or organizational sponsor to:
Robert Masur Fellowship
The Nation Institute
116 East 16th Street, 8th floor
New York, NY 10003
All applications must be postmarked by May 15, 2010. We would be grateful if you added The Robert Masur Fellowship for Civil Liberties of The Nation Institute to your calendar of annual grants and fellowships.
For more information about the Fellowship and The Nation Institute, please visit http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/masur.
For specific inquiries, please contact Jayati Vora at the Nation Institute at jayati@nationinstitute.org or call 212-822-0269.
Sincerely,
Frederick Deknatel
The Nation Institute
116 East 16th Street, 8th floor
New York, NY 10003
www.nationinstitute.org