UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW

Akron Law news archive

 

4/17/2012
Akron Law, Ohio Aerospace Institute and Pearne & Gordon, LLP Hold Program on America Invents Act
The University of Akron School of Law collaborated with the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) and the Cleveland intellectual property law firm of Pearne & Gordon, LLP in sponsoring a one-day program  on "Protecting Your Intellectual Property: Impact of the America Invents Act on Your Intellectual Property."
4/9/2012
Judge Paul Redmond Michel Joins Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology Advisory Council
Akron, Ohio, April 9, 2012 - The Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology is pleased to announce the addition of Judge Paul Redmond Michel to the Intellectual Property Advisory Council.

“We are delighted and honored that Judge Michel has joined our Council,” says Professor Jeff Samuels, director of the Center for Intellectual Property and Technology. “His judgment, experience, and expertise will prove invaluable in advancing the law school’s IP program.”
4/9/2012
April 9
Akron Law’s Puppy Day will be 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 18 at the west entrance of UA’s law school. The event is being put on by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF), an organization that advocates humane treatment of animals and promotes progressive animal-related laws inOhio. This Akron Beacon Journal story is available here.
4/2/2012
April 2
Professor J. Dean Carro is quoted in a Canton Repository story on Ohio’s self-defense laws. Text is available here
3/23/2012
March 23
Professor Jack Sahl is quoted in a New Orleans Times-Picayune story on the resignation of embattled federal prosecutor Sal Perrico. Text is available here
3/13/2012
March 13
Continuing coverage of the Amish beard cuttings case and law professor J. Dean Carro, who is representing one of the defendants, is available from the Cleveland Plain Dealer here
3/12/2012
March 12
Professor J. Dean Carro is noted in an Associated Press article about the Amish beard-cutting attacks. This article is available from The Canton Repository.
3/7/2012
March 7
Professor J. Dean Carro is quoted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review articles on an Amish beard-cutting attack. Text is available at here and here.
3/7/2012
Akron Law Advances to Finals of American Association for Justice (AAJ) Trial Team Competition
The University of Akron School of Law Trial Team members Dan Bray, Daniel Leister, Anthony Wise and Michelle McBee won the American Association for Justice (AAJ) regional tournament in Wilmington, Del. this weekend. The team will compete at the AAJ national championship held in Las Vegas, Nev. on March 24.
3/5/2012
March 5
Professor J. Dean Carro is quoted in a WJW-TV story on Jimmy Dimora trial jury deliberations. Text and video are available here


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