OHIO BAR ADMISSIONS WORKSHOP

 PRESENTERS:        Christine Einloth, Bar Admissions Specialist and Kelly Witt, Bar Admissions Specialist from The Supreme Court of Ohio

 DATE:                        Monday, October 12, 2009

 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 Programs Specialist Liz Sauders at Liz@uakron.edu or Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.

Save the Date – Public Interest Law Day at Akron Law School – Wednesday, November 4

Please mark your calendars now – on Wednesday, November 4 from 3 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., the Career Planning Office will host our 2nd Annual Public Interest Law Day. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to speak to a variety of public interest employers and learn more about practicing law with a public interest organization and how to break in to those kinds of jobs. Further information and details coming in the next few weeks!

Call for Papers – University of La Verne Law Review

The University of La Verne Law Review publishes two issues each year, a Juvenile Issue in the fall and a Symposium Issue in the spring.  Our upcoming Symposium Issue will focus on the field on Immigration Law and will be published in April 2010.  

In conjunction with the Symposium Issue, our Law Review is offering law students the opportunity to submit their Note or Comment for our Student Writing Contest.  The grand prize is $200 and publication in Volume 31 of the University of La Verne Law Review.  The winner will also have the opportunity to present his or her work to leading experts in Immigration Law at our Live Symposium, to be held on February 19-20, 2010.  I have attached flyers containing more information on submitting to the Symposium Issue and to the Student Writing Contest.  We look forward to receiving submissions from the University of Akron School of Law. 

For more information, see flyers on the general bulletin boards.

DTP’s “Support a Soldier” Project

Delta Theta Phi will be conducting the program entitled “Support A Soldier” throughout the remainder of the school year.  Through the not-for-profit group “Adopt A Soldier,” DTP has adopted a platoon stationed overseas in Iraq.  DTP will be sending monthly care packages to the platoon, and this month’s package will have a Halloween theme.  Look for the collection bin in front of the DTP office every Monday of every week to drop off donations.  A package will then be sent every month following the last Monday of the month.  The final collection day for this month will be Monday, October 26, 2009.

Everyone can participate!  Suggested items include:

snacks, personal hygiene items, blankets, comforters, white socks, laundry detergent, sporting goods, cough drops, footpowder, gel insoles for boots, bars of soap, stick deodorant, sunscreen, chapstick, baby wipes, dry shampoo, q tips, dryer sheets, eye drops, odd postcards, magazines, old electronic equipment

Themed items – candy-corn (the orange and yellow Halloween candy), “tasteful” Halloween masks/apparell

We cannot pack: aerosol cans, aspirin (as it is a blood thinner, but tylenol or ibuprofen are fine), carbonated liquids, anything with obscene or nude material

DTP members and students alike are also encourage to become pen-pals with students stationed overseas.  Simply contact DTP at akrondtp@gmail.com, and we can help direct you to the information of a soldier not reguarily recieving mail from home.

Help us give back to those who give it all!!

Any questions or concerns may be sent to akrondtp@gmail.com

***DTP’s involvement in this project is strictly limited to the support of soldiers and the soldiers alone.  The military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy runs contrary to the University’s nondiscrimination policy, and DTP’s involvement in this project does not imply DTP’s endorsement of this policy.  The University of Akron School of Law is an equal education and employment institution.  It is the policy of The University of Akron School of Law that there shall be no discrimination against any individual becuase of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, age, or religion.  The University of Akron School of Law prohibits discrimination on these bases in education, emplyment, admissions, and services to graduates.  This nondiscrimination policy applies to all activities and programs and to all faculty, staff, and students.***