UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW

Akron Law news archive

 

1/5/2009
Jan. 5
Professor Jack Sahl was named a commissioner for the Ohio Supreme Court board on the unauthorized practice of law. The text for this Akron Beacon Journal item is available here .
12/22/2008
Dec. 22
Akron Legal News ran a short story on the Jan. 3 Akron Law Open House. Electronic text is not available.
12/18/2008
Dec. 18
Professor J. Dean Carro is quoted in an Akron Beacon Journal story on the sentencing of a juvenile defendant. The text for this story is available here .
12/4/2008
Dec. 4
The West Side Leader had a story on UA law students passing the bar exam. Electronic text is not available.
12/3/2008
Akron Law to Hold Open House on Jan. 3
Akron, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2008 - Prospective law students can learn about opportunities at The University of Akron School of Law at an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3.
12/3/2008
Dec. 3
The Cuyahoga Falls News-Press had a story on Akron Law students passing the Ohio bar exam. Electronic text is not available.   Akron Legal News ran a column titled "Law School Beat." The column mentioned Akron Law trial team's performance in the Buffalo/Niagara Tournament; Professor Jay Dratler's recent article "Bush v. Boumediene: the Court is Back"; and Professor Richard Aynes' assistance with editing an Amicas Brief on the history of the privileges or immunities clause of the fourteenth amendment in Nordyke vs. King, pending in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Electronic text is not available.
12/2/2008
Akron Law Advocates Compete in National Moot Court Competition
Akron, Ohio, Dec. 2, 2008 - The University of Akron School of Law moot court team recently returned from competing in the New York Bar Association National Moot Court Competition. Student advocates Jason Fuller, Patrick Weiss, Marci Clemons, Tasha Forchione, Kara Neal and Vincent Vigluicci participated in the competition. The team was coached by Professors J. Dean Carro and Joann Sahl, and alumni Paul Zindle ('07).
12/2/2008
Dec. 2
Akron Legal News ran a feature on Robert Kahrl's Nov. 19 lecture, "How to Communicate a Complex Issue to a Jury - And Win." Professor Jeff Samuels and Assistant Dean Lauri Thorpe were also mentioned in the article. Electronic text is not available.
12/1/2008
Akron Law Trial Team Competes in Battle of Ohio Competition
Akron, Ohio, Dec. 1, 2008 - The University of Akron School of Law trial team recently returned from competing in the Battle of Ohio Competition. Student advocates Ashleigh Kendrick, Vicki Serrani, Amanda Quan, Alex Quay, Tim Gallagher, Eric Ledger, Brendan Flannery and Amanda Bizub-Franzmann participated in the competition. Eric Ledger was named Outstanding Advocate. The team was coached by trial team alumni Sandra Davenport ('07) and Aaron Howell ('06).
12/1/2008
December 1, 2008
Jane Moriarty has accepted an invitation to present at a symposium organized by the History Department at Carnegie Mellon University focusing on Jay Aronson's recently-published book,Genetic Witness: Science, Law, and Controversy in the Making of DNA Profiling (Rutgers University Press, 2007). Kalyani Robbins is organizing a panel entitled "The Future of the ESA: Suggestions for the New Administration," for the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the University of Oregon in late February. Elizabeth Reilly will present a work-in-progress at Northern Kentucky University in the spring as part of our scholar exchange with Chase. Jane Moriarty's Neuroscience, Law and Government Symposium was featured in a post on the Stanford Center for Law and Biosciences Blog.
http://lawandbiosciences.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/university-of-akron-law-and-neuroscience-conference/  


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