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.

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

2010 CLASS GIFT

Each year, members of the graduating class contribute funds to begin their legacy as Akron Law alumni and to memorialize their class.

The class of 2010 would like to provide a lasting remembrance of Professor Malina Coleman who passed away in the fall of 2009. 

 The specific commemorative item will depend on how much each graduating student contributes.

If each 2010 class member donates $20, we will be able to commission an oil portrait of Professor Coleman (similar to the portraits of the prominent people currently displayed on the first and second floors of the atrium) with an inscription recognizing the Class of 2010.

 This relatively small contribution will enable your class to donate such a distinctive gift due to Dean Belsky’s generous offer to match each donation up to $150.  Thus, by donating $20 you will have actually contributed $40!

Further, if you donate $20 now, and pledge to donate $50 in 2011 and $80 in 2012, Dean Belsky will presently match your pledged donation up to $150.  This means that if you agree to pledge $150 over a three-year period you will see an immediate doubling of your donation.

Even if you cannot commit to a pledge or currently donate the full $20, please feel free to contribute what you can so that you can be part of this legacy. 

If your donation (in any amount) is received in the Dean’s Office by Friday, April 30th, your name will be featured in the commencement packet.  The names of all 2010 Class Members who have donated will also be featured in the Fall 2010 edition of Akron Law, our alumni magazine.

 For more information visit:   page

Contribute Now:   donation form.

 If you have any questions regarding the 2010 Class Gift, please contact:

 Amy Goodson-Beal at 330.972.8619 or agoodso@uakron.edu.