UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW
Akron Law news archive
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12/17/2024
New president, innovative partnerships, increased opportunities headlined 2024
The University of Akron (UA) underwent a lot of change in 2024 — including the announcement of a new president. But there were other shifts, too, including new research facilities, unique academic initiatives and increased student opportunities. -
10/28/2024
UA School of Law and John Carroll University launch new 3+3 program collaboration
The University of Akron (UA) School of Law (Akron Law) and John Carroll University (JCU) are excited to announce a new 3+3 program partnership, which offers JCU students an accelerated pathway to earn both their undergraduate and Juris Doctor (J.D.) degrees in six years. -
10/4/2024
Akron Law establishes 3+3 J.D. program with Wilberforce
The UA School of Law is partnering with Wilberforce University to establish an accelerated pathway for students to obtain both a bachelor‘s degree from Wilberforce and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Akron Law.
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7/2/2024
Akron Law presents 2024 Outstanding Clinical Student Award
Each year, Associate Clinical Professor and C. Blake McDowell Jr. Professor of Law Joann Sahl presents the Outstanding Clinical Student Award given by the Clinical Legal Education Association. This year’s award recipient is Jamie Dye. -
6/17/2024
Akron Law recognizes top pro bono and community service contributors
Kelsey Jennings and Allyson Strickland recognized as top pro bono award winners. -
6/4/2024
NASA Lawyer Contributes to the Commercialization of Space
Cassi Meyer can certainly testify that the nontraditional path taken from law school to NASA has landed her in the right place to work with the diverse workforce at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. -
5/30/2024
Akron Law women alumni on the bench
Akron Law is proud of the more than 80 women alumni who have served or currently serve as judges, mostly in Northeast Ohio. As Judge Saundra Robinson’s 1990 upset win revealed, voters—especially women voters—tend to prefer women judges. And women vote at a higher rate than men. In Summit County, all 14 judges are women. So are all five in Portage County. In Stark County, it’s seven of nine, and it’s two of four in Medina County. -
5/15/2024
Celebrating Women at Akron Law
Next year—2025—will mark the 100th anniversary of the first woman graduate of The University of Akron School of Law. -
5/15/2024
Female faculty trailblazers
Even into the late ‘60s, women had made few inroads in legal academia. According to the “Women in U.S. Law Schools” paper, by 1965, there had been only around 30 women in tenure-track positions. One notable member of this group was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who taught at Rutgers and received tenure in 1969. A few years later, she became the first tenured woman at an Ivy League law school when she moved to Columbia Law School. -
5/15/2024
Legal skills teams shine— and get a boost
Akron Law’s Plakas Mannos mock trial teams both turned in strong performances at the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) regional competition in mid-March but fell short of defending the school’s 2023 championship.
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