Interested in making $16/hour? Want to help support your law school?

The Office of External Programs is seeking students to make phone calls to alumni for our Fall 2009 Dean’s Club phone-a-thon.  The first 24 students to sign up will be paid $20 for each 1 hour and 15 minute shift, 4:00-5:15 or 5:15-6:30 pm October 26-29.  Phoning will take place in the Dean’s Suite and participants will be provided a script focused on keeping alumni connected and supportive of Akron Law. 

 To sign-up e-mail Cory Maddox at maddox.cory@gmail.com the following information by 6:00pm October 20th:

Your Name

e-mail address

phone number

All shifts you desire to work (listed in order of preference)

(Note, in order to allow maximum participation, shifts will be filled by a lottery system. You will receive an e- confirming your shifts.)

 Monday, October 26:

Shift 1: 4:00 -5:15 pm

Shift 2:  5:15- 6:30 pm

 

Tuesday, October 27:

Shift 3: 4:00 -5:15 pm

Shift 4: 5:15- 6:30 pm

 

Wednesday, October 28:

Shift 5: 4:00 -5:15 pm

Shift 6: 5:15- 6:30 pm

 

Thursday, October 29:

Shift 7:  4:00 -5:15 pm

Shift 8:  5:15- 6:30 pm

National Pro Bono Week – October 25-31, 2009

NATIONAL PRO BONO WEEK CELEBRATION – GET INVOLVED!!
OCTOBER 25 – OCTOBER 31, 2009

Ohio will be participating in the National Pro Bono Week Celebration. There are a number of activities planned for the Akron area. They include the following:

October 20, 2009

Senior Legal Toolkit
9:00 a.m. – noon
American Red Cross

October 22, 2009

Summit Lake Brief Service Clinic
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Open M, 941 Princeton Avenue, Akron

October 23, 2009

Foreclosure CLE Video Replay
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Buckingham, Doolittle and Burroughs

October 27, 2009

Callis Towers Legal Clinic
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
730 Callis Drive, Akron

October 29, 2009

Poverty 101 CLE
8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Akron Bar Association

October 30, 2009

Akron Bar Association Sidebar
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Akron, Bar Assocation

If you would like to participate in any of these events, or would like more information, please contact Professor Joann Sahl at jsahl1@uakron.edu.

Do you want to work in Philadelphia or Southern New Jersey?

Are you from the Philadelphia or Southern NJ area? Or do you hope to land a  job there next summer or after graduation? Well, then the Career Planning Office invites you to lunch with Doug Dolfman, Esq., an Akron Law grad and sole practitioner in Philadelphia. This lunch reception will be held on Thursday, october 22 at 12 noon in Room 133. Mr. Dolfman is a criminal defense attorney and is licensed to practice death penalty cases. This is a great networking opportunity and a great opportunity to learn more about employment opportunities in eastern Pennsylvania. LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CAREER PLANNING OFFICE, BUT ALL STUDENTS MUST RSVP TO THE CAREER PLANNING OFFICE BY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 12 NOON. E-MAIL YOUR ATTENDANCE TO JEANNE KENNEDY AT JEANNE2@UAKRON.EDU. See you there!