UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW
Akron Law news archive
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8/29/2021
Legal Q&A: What is defamation and how difficult is it to prove?
Defamation laws are designed to protect people whose careers, finances or health have been hurt, but they often intersect with the First Amendment. -
8/13/2021
Akron Law alumnus receives lifetime achievement award
Akron Law alumnus Lee Plakas, recently received the Craig Spangenberg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ohio Association for Justice. -
5/17/2021
Law School recognizes outstanding alumni, students, faculty at awards event
Law School recognizes outstanding alumni, students, faculty at awards event for both 2019 and 2020. -
4/21/2021
Justice Yvette McGee Brown to speak at Law School Commencement
The former Ohio Supreme Court Justice will speak at the event on Sunday, May 16. -
4/12/2021
Law student’s article published in Ohio Bar Assn. Labor and Employment News
Follow up story on Akron Law student's article "Employment Protection for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" published in the latest OSBA semiannual newsletter. -
3/22/2021
Virtual format for 23rd Annual IP Symposium brings certain advantages
Akron Law Director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program, Professor Mark Schultz, explains what to expect with the virtual format for the 23rd Annual IP Symposium. -
3/17/2021
‘Trouble was all I knew’: Chris Rivero’s remarkable path to practicing law
University of Akron School of Law graduate Christopher Rivero ’15, went all in with Esparza Rivero Law, LLC, in September 2020. There is nothing exceptional about that. It’s how he got here that is remarkable. -
3/16/2021
Applications are open for the summer pre-law program at Akron Law
For the fourth-straight summer, The University of Akron School of Law will host the LSAC Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program – an immersive program open to rising undergraduate sophomores and juniors with diverse backgrounds who want to explore a legal education. -
2/16/2021
Registration open for the 23rd Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Register now for our 23rd Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy on Thursday - Friday, March 25-26. This online CLE will be held virtually from noon – 5 p.m. each day. It will cover legal updates and discussions in all areas of IP Law including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and international IP issues. -
2/4/2021
Akron Law adds a former practicing physician to its faculty
As a practicing cardiologist and academic physician, George Horvath witnessed firsthand how U.S. laws affect healthcare access and delivery. Now, after embarking on a second career in the legal profession, he is bringing his unique perspective to Akron Law.
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