Great JOB Opportunity for Law Students with Law and Leadership Institute — Apply Soon!

The Law and Leadership Institute seeks two law students to teach its summer program to rising ninth grade students. The Law and Leadership Institute introduces promising high school students from under-served urban communities in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo to the legal profession through an intensive college preparatory program on law and leadership. The all-day program begins on July 6, 2010 and ends on August 6, 2010.  The students hired would also be required to attend training in mid-June and a one day debriefing in August.  The compensation for the summer program is $4000.00.  If you are interested in applying for the position, please e-mail a cover letter, resume and writing sample to Professor Joann Sahl, jsahl1@uakron.edu. Your cover letter should detail any teaching experience or experience working with at risk youth. Applications are due by Wednesday, May 19, 2010. For more information about the Law and Leadership Institute, please see the website. http://www.lawandleadership.org/

Lecture to be Held in Honor of the Late Justice T. Modibo Ocran

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.