Phi Alpha Delta has arranged for the Red Cross to come to campus with the blood mobile on March 30 from 11 am to 5 pm. The blood mobile will be parked outside the law school in the surface parking lot by West Hall.
Bar Review Scholarships Available
Scholarship Application to help fund a Bar Review Course
(BAR/BRI or Supreme Bar Review – for OHIO exam only)
Limited scholarships are available for Akron Law students who can demonstrate financial need to help fund BAR/BRI or the Supreme Bar Review course in preparation for the OHIO bar exam. Amounts will vary depending on fund availability. The Akron Law Bar Review Scholarship Committee will select candidates based on a variety of factors. Only students who have great financial need who otherwise could not afford to take a bar review course should apply for this bar review scholarship.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15
For an application form, contact Adam Messner at apm@uakron.edu
QUESTIONS? Please contact Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.
Fed. Society – Citizens United Debate – Mar. 23 at 12:15
On March 23 at 12:15 in room 151, The Federalist Society will sponsor a debate between Prof. Allison Hayward of George Mason University and Prof. Aynes of The University of Akron School of Law Center for Constitutional Law about the recent Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case. Food will be provided.
Scholarship Opportunities – Stark Community Foundation
Please be advised that scholarship dollars are available for law students from Stark County, Ohio, through four
legal scholarship funds at Stark Community Foundation. The scholarship opportunities are as follows:
The Judge and Mrs. Robert D. Horowitz Legal Scholarship Fund – applicants must demonstrate a background ofpublic service through volunteer activities or work experience.
The Samuel Krugliak Legal Scholarship Fund – applicants must have a desire to pursue the practice of law in the Stark County region.
The Sanders J. Mestel Legal Scholarship Fund – applicant must be a third year law student with an interest in trial advocacy.
The Stark County Bar Association Scholarship Fund – applicant is likely to return to Stark County to practice law.
Applications are available on the Foundation’s website at www.starkcommunityfoundation.org. Each fund varies
by dollar award, number of awards per year and complexity of criteria for selection.
Ifyou need additional information, please contact Carol Hawk (chawk@starkcf.org) or call the Foundation office at
330-454-3426.
Zips to host UW-Green Bay Wednesday at the JAR
For the third-straight season, the University of Akron men’s basketball team will compete in the postseason as the Zips accepted a bid to participated in the 16-team College Basketball Invitational late on Sunday night. Akron (24-10) will play host to Green Bay (21-12) on Wednesday at Rhodes Arena at 7 p.m. ET. For ticket information, please call 1-888-99-AKRON.
Akron, which is enjoying its fifth-straight 20-win season, suffered an 81-75 overtime loss to Ohio in Saturday’s MAC Tournament championship game. Green Bay fell 62-53 to Detroit in the quarterfinal round of the Horizon League Tournament on March 5, and is participating in the CBI for the second-consecutive year. The Phoenix are 4-3 all-time versus the Zips, but the teams have not met since 1992 when the two schools were members of the Mid-Continent Conference.
Sunday’s announcement marks the first time in its Division I era (dating to the 1980-81 season) that Akron has appeared in a postseason tournament in three-straight seasons. The Zips competed in the 2008 National Invitation Tournament and the 2009 NCAA Tournament. This is also the fourth time in five seasons that UA has participated in the postseason, also being in the 2006 NIT field.
The CBI, in its third year of existence, features eight first-round games on Tuesday (March 16) and Wednesday (March 17). All quarterfinal contests will be played on Monday, March 22, with the semifinals to follow two days later. The final two teams will play a best-of-three championship series, with games on March 29 and 31 and April 2. Prior to the semifinals, the remaining teams will be re-seeded and the higher-seeded team will host two of the three championship series games.
For ticket information, please call 1-888-99-AKRON.