Summer externship with Magistrate Judge Parker

Federal Magistrate Judge Parker is currently accepting applications for a summer extern (Cleveland). Judge Parker prefers students currently in their 2L year, but will consider students currently in their 1L year. Top 20% of the class preferred.

If you are interested, please send your resume, cover letter, and unofficial transcript and brief writing sample to Dean O’Brien: ab139@uakron.edu. The deadline to apply is next Monday, February 19th by Noon. Thank you.

Bar Exam Prep opportunities this week

Three opportunities for bar prep at Akron Law this week:

  • Tuesday:  8:30 – 3:30 – L-202:  Simulation of the Tuesday portion of the bar exam.  This is timed to coincide with the Themis Written Exam Simulation.  Feel free to take advantage of the opportunity to see what Tuesday of the bar exam, even if Themis is not your vendor.
    • BYO Material (all vendors provide at least one exam simulation).  (If you have already used yours, or don’t have one available, let me know and I’ll find one for you.)
    • There is a class in L-202 at 4 PM – so if you arrive late, you may need to move to finish the exam
  • Thursday 1:00 – 3:00 – L-325:  (Early Start) Study Group – Topic change:  We’ll be writing a Contracts:  Third Party Beneficiary essay, with a brief topic overview ahead of time
  • Saturday 10:30 – 5:00 PM – L-325:  Issue Spotting Marathon & Half-Day Hangout
    • We’ll run through as many essays as anyone has the stamina for, starting at 10:30.
      • ALA students – if you’re attending Saturday, instead of your class this week – be prepared – this session will be moving pretty quickly
    • We’ll break at around 12:30-1:00 for homemade food (no more Jimmy Johns – yay!):
      • Minestrone soup
      • Hummus (multiple varieties – let me know if you need gluten free)
      • Freshly baked bread
      • Chips/veggies/pita
      • Maybe Cookies (if Ms. Armstrong gets ambitious!)
    • Once people are done with a first round of food***, and I’ve started a second loaf of bread baking, we’ll pick back up with the issue spotting marathon.  (***the after food-activity is subject to the whim of those present)

International Law Society – Feb. 19th

Hello International Law Society members and friends:

Mark your calendars! Our next general body meeting is February 19, 2018 at 5:00 PM in L-161. This is our first general body meeting of the spring and one of our most important because we do have stacks of events planned this semester, so we HIGHLY encourage you to come (don’t worry – we will feed you!).

We will be doing some voting, so if you know you owe ILS dues, please make sure to come to the meeting or message Andrew Carroll (abc37@zips.uakron.edu) prior to the meeting.

We currently have two events that will be happening right after this meeting, for which we still need to do final planning, so please be sure to attend this meeting.

Also–we accept members year round, but T-shirts are ordered only in the Fall. So, if you know a spring start, bring them and their $10 to our meeting! 🙂

Hope this semester is treating you well so far!

We look forward to seeing all of you!