Mandatory Advising Session (Fall) Upper Division

1. Mandatory Advising Session (Fall)Upper Division

2. Important Dates • Priority Registration • LLM/D3/E4/Veterans: Monday 10/31 at 7:00 AM • D2/E2/E3: Tuesday 11/1 at 7:00 AM • Ohio Bar: Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission • 2nd YEAR STUDENTS MUST APPLY BY NOVEMBER 15, 2016 • Ohio Bar: Application to Take July 2017 Bar Exam • MUST APPLY BY APRIL 1, 2017 • Application to Graduate in May 2017: Deadline has passed – see Dean Fuller! • Fall Exam Period: December 7-16, 2016 • Fall Grades Available: January 4, 2017 • First Day of Spring Semester Classes: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 • Spring Exam Period: May 3-12, 2017

3. Spring Semester Courses • Required 2L Courses • Constitutional Law II • Professional Responsibility • Part-Time 2L Evening Enrollment • Constitutional Law II (3) • Criminal Law (3) • Legislation & Regulation (2) = Total of 8 Credit Hours • Spring 2017 Schedule / Registration Materials • To be posted online no later than 10/17, but also watch blog / email for updates • NEW: Also hope to post around then or soon after, the draft Summer 2017 as well as the provisional schedule for Fall 2017- Spring 2018. We hope that these will help you plan. These will not be set in stone, but they will be our best anticipation this far ahead of what will be offered and when, subject to changes in availability of professors, etc.

4. Upper Division Requirements • Bar Track Courses (those offered in Spring 2017) • Corporations (Day & Evening) • Remedies (Evening – Online) • Secured Transactions (Day & Evening) • Substantial Skills Requirement (those offered in Spring 2017) • Clinics & Externships • Corp. Legal Dept. Skills (January Intersession Course) • Alternative Dispute Resolution • Trial Advocacy I • Patent Prosecution • Legal Drafting* – Contract Drafting (Day) or Litigation Drafting (Day or Evening) • International Dispute Resolution** • Business Law Practicum** *Counts for Subst. Skills if on top of 1stReq’d LD • Technology in Law** **Approved for Subst. Skills for Spring 2017 • Other Required • Advanced Legal Research • Legal Drafting • Advanced Legal Applications(required for some; open to others on space-available basis)

5. Student Services – General Topics • Advising • Individual Mapping/Tracking + Planning towards Graduation • Understanding Your Requirements • Pointing you to Others who can Advise • Bar Admissions Advising • Ohio / Out of State • Other Special Sessions • Clinics / Joint Degrees / Certificates / Etc. [See later slides] • Class Rankings and Dean’s List (available in early January) • Check Blog Regularly • Use Your @zips.uakron.edu email address • Just Ask

6. Enhancing Your JD • Joint Degree Options to Consider • JD/LLM • JD/MBA • JD/MTax • JD/MSA in Forensic Accounting • JD/MPA • JD/MAP • Come to Joint Degree Info Session (10/17 at 12:15 in L161 or 5:15 in L141) *or* Make an Appointment to Chat with Dean Fuller • Certificate Options to Consider • Constitutional Law (info shared regularly at Con Law Center events) • Intellectual Property (info sessions on 10/11 at 12:30 & 5:15 in L140) • Litigation (info session on 10/12 at 5:15 in L160) • Health Law (info session on 10/19 at 5:15 in L160)

7. Enhancing Your JD • Clinical Opportunities to Consider • Civil Litigation • SEED (Small Entrepreneur and Economic Development) • ReEntry Community Clinic • Inmate Assistance Program • Immigration Clinic (NEW!) • Trademark Clinic • Domestic Relations Court Clinic • Health Law & Policy Clinic • Social Justice Lawyering Clinic (Fall only) • Come to the Clinic Information Session Today (right outside this session!) • Externship Opportunities to Consider • Fall / Spring / Summer • 2 Credits (90 hours) or 3 Credits (120 hours) • Work with Dean O’Brien to find the right opportunity for you.

8. Enhancing Your JD / Law School Experience • Student Organizations • Advocacy Teams • Legal Internship Certificate • Special Opportunity: Client Counseling Competition • Teams of Two – all students are welcome • Saturday, January 14, 2017 • Sign up by December 2 (Last Day of Classes) • Be coached by President Wilson!

9. Looking Ahead to Summer 2017 • Financial Aid Information (more at Spring Mandatory Advising) • Nolan James / Cora Moretta • Registration for Summer 2017 courses will be in March • Both Required/Bar-Track and Elective Courses will be offered • Keep in mind opportunities in the clinics and opportunities for externships • Summer Employment • Watch for job postings, submit resumes (follow instructions carefully!), and cast a wide net for the best results! • Study Abroad • Information session on November 16 at 5:15 with Dean Cravens, Pres. Wilson & students from last year’s program • Information also on the web at www.uakron.edu/law/study-abroad • Work until mid- or late-July, then travel & study. Scholarships available.

10. Building Update • Fall Exams – Quaker Square (Exam Central – all one location) • Spring 2017 • Classes still in both Law Building & Central Hower • Library facilities still in Central Hower • Faculty projected to move back to Law during Spring semester • ASP, Career Planning will move to upper floors of Law building • Clinic will remain at Quaker Square during Spring 2017 • Some new student study space will become available during Spring 2017 – timing TBA • Spring Exams – plan on Quaker Square one last time unless construction is way ahead of schedule. • Summer 2017 • Projected completion of construction! • Library and Clinic return to Law building • Classes held primarily in Law (some possibly in Coll. of Bus. Admin.)

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