Tuesday, March 10, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear School of Law community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By now, you probably have seen President Miller\u2019s\nannouncement<\/a> that classes will be canceled for the remainder of this week\nand next (effective at 5:00 pm today), with classes resuming in primarily\nonline format after Spring Break. This email contains important\ninformation about plans at the School of Law. <\/strong>Please read it\ncarefully and let us know if you have questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Classes canceled.<\/strong> All<\/strong> classes\n(face-to-face and online, synchronous and asynchronous) are canceled for the\nremainder of this week and all of next week (Friday, March 20th<\/sup>). \nThe building and other UA facilities will remain open until further\nnotice. Students may continue to use the library and other\nfacilities. School of Law faculty and staff will continue to be available\nfor questions and issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Events and travel.<\/strong> All on-campus events are\ncanceled at least until April 20th<\/sup>. All travel by student\ncompetition teams or other student travel on behalf of the School of Law is\ncanceled through April 20th<\/sup>. We are evaluating off-campus\nSchool of Law-sponsored events and will have more information on this soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Graduation fair.<\/strong> The graduation fair scheduled\nfor next week will be rescheduled or moved to an online format. Please\nstay tuned for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fall mandatory advising.<\/strong> The live mandatory\nadvising sessions scheduled for next week are canceled. Fall advising\ninformation will be posted to Brightspace and Student Affairs staff will be\navailable for one-on-one advising. More information will be provided\nsoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Course delivery. <\/strong>We will be ready to continue\nour curriculum in distance learning format once the semester resumes on March\n30th<\/sup>. Each faculty member will work with the administration to\ncomplete the semester in the way that works best for their course. \nUndoubtedly there will be some hiccups along the way, but we are confident that\nevery course can be completed satisfactorily so that students can earn\nappropriate credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Change in academic calendar. <\/strong>The cancelation of\nclasses for the remainder of this week and next will pose some scheduling\nchallenges. To comply with ABA accreditation standards, it is likely\nthat we will have to extend the semester by one week in May.<\/strong> Classes\nwill be extended from April 26th<\/sup> through May 6th<\/sup> and\nfinal exams will begin on May 7th<\/sup> and go until May 15th<\/sup>. \nWe recognize that this schedule change may create difficulties for some of you;\nwe will work with you to resolve or mitigate those problems. In the\nmeantime, please take account of this likely schedule change in your plans to\nthe extent you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Graduation. <\/strong>For those of you who are planning\nto graduate this May, don\u2019t worry. You will be able to complete your\nrequirements in time. As of now, we are still planning to hold the\ncommencement ceremony as scheduled on May 17th<\/sup>. Be aware that\nthis could change, however, depending on facts that are outside our\ncontrol. We will keep you all informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accreditation requirements.<\/strong> We are working with\nthe ABA to ensure that these measures will comply with accreditation\nrequirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The facts are changing rapidly, so please stay tuned<\/strong>\nfor additional information. We will keep you all informed. If you\nhave questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Dean Janoski-Haehlen (ejanoskihaehlen@uakron.edu<\/a>), Dean\nOldfield (cwo@uakron.edu<\/a>), or me (cpeters1@uakron.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks for reading and stay safe and healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n CJP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Dear School of Law community, By now, you probably have seen President Miller\u2019s announcement that classes will be canceled for the remainder of this week and next (effective at 5:00 pm today), with classes resuming in primarily online format after Spring Break. 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