Akron Law Announcements

The legal clinic seeks volunteers for the University’s VALID clinic. The clinic assists clients remotely by providing them with personalized guidance through the processes of having their driver’s licenses resisted. Often involving having fees and fines waived or reduced and legal issues resolved. 

To participate in this opportunity, you must attend a training. Once trained law students can work on VALID Cases during clinic hours to earn pro bono of limited means hours. The training will also count for those hours. If you have any questions or want to schedule a training, please contact Mike Arnold at Maa69@uakron.edu . 

Thank you, Mike

The legal clinic seeks volunteers for the University’s VALID clinic. The clinic assists clients remotely by providing them with personalized guidance through the processes of having their driver’s licenses resisted. Often involving having fees and fines waived or reduced and legal issues resolved. 

To participate in this opportunity, you must attend a training. Once trained law students can work on VALID Cases during clinic hours to earn pro bono of limited means hours. The training will also count for those hours. If you have any questions or want to schedule a training, please contact Mike Arnold at Maa69@uakron.edu . 

Thank you, Mike

The Department of Student Conduct and Community Standards is offering a unique leadership opportunity for interested graduate/professional-level students to serve on the University Hearing Board.

The University Hearing Board is utilized when a student has been charged with a violation of the Code of Student Conduct at the University of Akron and the student does not feel that the charge(s) is/are warranted, or chooses not to accept responsibility for the alleged behavior(s). In these cases, the University Hearing Board is activated in order to reach a resolution.

• The University Hearing Board is comprised of five members; including faculty, staff and students and it is convened to:
• Provide all parties an opportunity to share what happened from their perspectives,
• Develop questions for students and witnesses involved to understand theincident and fact pattern,
• Deliberate to determine outcome of case, once all information has been heard.

This leadership opportunity is an outstanding addition to your academic curriculum and resume by strengthening the skills you possess in listening, problem solving, questioning/interviewing others, and the critical analysis of information.

The Department of Student Conduct is in need of highly motivated students, like you!

Download the application at www.uakron.edu/studentconduct

**Application is titled – University Hearing Board Student Application Form

Questions or completed applications should be emailed to dnovak@uakron.edu or delivered to the Department of Student Conduct and Community Standards located in Simmons Hall Rm. 302. If you have questions, please contact us at 330-972-8646.

*All applications will be evaluated upon receipt and interviews scheduled for successful candidates.

The ABA Commission on Disability Rights will be offering three exciting internship opportunities for law students with disabilities for the summer of 2021, in partnership with leading corporations. All three internships are open to students who will have completed their first year of law school in good standing, and offer a chance for these students to develop their skills and further their careers.

More information can be found on the ABA-CDR website (ambar.org/disability), and at the following pages dedicated to the specific internship opportunities:

Accenture (applications dueJanuary 29, 2021):   https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/resources/lawstudents/accenture_intern/

Prudential (applications due February 12, 2021):   https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/resources/lawstudents/aba_prudential_internship/

Microsoft (applications due February 15, 2021):   https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/resources/lawstudents/msaba-internship/ For further information, please email CDR Staff Director Amy Allbright at amy.allbright@americanbar.org.

The Akron Federalist Society is hosting Professor Daniel Lyons, Boston College Law School, and Attorney Bruce Martino, GOJO Industries, for a debate on internet privacy. The speakers will debate data collection over the internet by technology companies such as Facebook and Google. Given recent Congressional hearings on this topic, and Netflix specials like The Social Dilemma, this discussion is sure to be exciting. We hope to see you there!

WebEx Link: https://bit.ly/2Xg1WZl 

Or go to https://uakron.webex.com/ and enter:

Meeting number (access code): 120 678 0500 Meeting password: FupwnJvB753