Akron Law Announcements

SAVE THE DATE: The Student Bar Association is hosting its annual Public Interest Law Fellowship Fundraiser, which is aimed at raising funds to provide stipends for law students who work in non-profit or public interest settings during the summer.  

The Public Interest Fellowship Program supports and encourages students looking to gain legal experience in public interest law. Students who have secured a placement with a public interest organization, such as a court, a state or federal agency, or a qualifying non-profit entity, are eligible to apply for a fellowship to support their legal work. Students who apply for a fellowship must attend the event. 

This year we are hosting a virtual trivia night and winners will earn bragging rights and a trophy. There will be other awesome prizes given throughout the night. We hope to see you there!

The Akron Match COVID-19 is a program to help match individuals who are high-risk for contracting COVID-19 to low-risk individuals that can assist the community. Akron COVID-19 Match was created at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to aid community members. Volunteers included many Akron Law students and had significant initial success. As the pandemic continued, volunteer retention, and client attraction declined.

Our group aims to attract new clients and volunteers, to contact and encourage current volunteers to continue their work, to find new marketing strategies, to plan for longevity, to provide vaccine resources, and to engage the Akron Law community.

At this time, we are searching both for volunteers and to take in new clients. For volunteers, we are looking for people to continue the work of running errands or helping those at-risk individuals in other ways, and we are also looking for potential Akron Law students to take over the program at the end of the semester and to continue carrying on this work in the community. Community service hours are available. If you or anyone you know could benefit from this program, please reach out.
 
Please visit our website, https://akronmatch.wixsite.com/mysite, for more information. A Facebook page will also be up and running soon.
 
If you have any interest in either volunteering or know a client in need, please feel free to contact us at our program’s email, akronmatch@gmail.com, or contact any of the following members for more information: Dominick Sawaya djs275@uakron.edu; Frank Wenner fdw3@uakron.edu; Briana Vamosi bev9@uakron.edu; or Kamryn Campbell kjc126@uakron.edu.

The Law Class of 2023 is invited to join Jones Day lawyers for a virtual panel discussion on the best practices for interviewing and navigating firm recruiting, and how to have a successful 1L/2L summer.  This event will also provide students the opportunity to learn more about Jones Day and its practices.  The event is open to first-year law students.

We hope you’ll be able to participate.

EVENT DETAILS

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Date:                Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Time:               5:00 pm

A webex link will be sent prior to the event.

To attend, please RSVP to Dean O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu no later than March 28th. Thank you!