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4/12/2013
Akron Law Alumni Association Honored Outstanding Alumni and Faculty on May 17

The University of Akron School of Law Alumni Association held its annual Alumni Awards and Class Reunion Dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17 in the Student Union Ballroom. The honorees were chosen for their achievements in the legal profession and their communities.

4/11/2013
April 11

Professor Carolyn Dessin is cited in a Tulsa Journal Record column on protecting elderly people against financial exploitation. Text is available here.

4/1/2013
April 1

An Akron Legal News story on pro-bono work by Akron Law first-year law students is available here. 

4/1/2013
April 1

Frank Quirk, director of the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Center for Professional Responsibility, received the Ohio State Bar Association’s Eugene R. Weir Award for Ethics and Professionalism. This Akron Legal News story is available here.

4/1/2013
Record Attendance at 15th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy

Nearly 300 people packed the John S. Knight center in downtown Akron for the 15^th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy. The Symposium was geared towards updating IP professionals on the latest developments in intellectual property law and how those developments will impact future IP practices.

3/26/2013
March 26

Interim Dean Elizabeth Reilly discusses Akron Law's upcoming tuition freeze in an Akron Legal News story available here.

3/22/2013
March 21

Professor J. Dean Carro was interviewed by WAKR-FM AkronNewsNow on the Chardon school shooting case. Audio is available here .

2/22/2013
MBC Center to Hold Symposium on Navigating the Practice of Law in the Wake of Ethics 20/20

The Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Center for Professional Responsibility will hold a symposium on April 4 and 5 titled Navigating the Practice of Law in the Wake of Ethics 20/20: Globalization, New Technologies, and What it Means to be a Lawyer in These Uncertain Times. 

2/19/2013
Two Akron Law Students Advance to National Trial Competition in April

This past weekend The University of Akron School of Law continued its winning tradition in trial advocacy when it hosted the regional round of the National Trial Competition. Twenty-two law student teams from Ohio and Michigan competed in the tournament

2/11/2013
Akron Law Advances to National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition

The University of Akron School of Law’s winning tradition in advocacy law continued this past weekend in St. Louis with a strong performance from Akron Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) chapter. Team members Eric Foster and Terence Baptiste, both third-year law students, captured a third-place finish at the Midwest Regional Competition of the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition allowing the team to qualify to compete at the national level during the National BLSA Convention in Atlanta, Ga. from March 6 – 10. The team was coached by Rick Strong and Elizabeth Shaver, both assistant professors of legal writing and research at Akron Law.

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