In order to encourage academic success, first-year students in the full-time day division are not permitted to engage in ANY outside employment during the first fall and spring semesters. Second and third year day students may be employed for a maximum of 20 hours per week in subsequent fall and spring semesters and may be employed full-time during the summer. All evening students may be employed full-time throughout their four-year law school program.

The Law Career Planning Office, faculty and administrators assist law students in finding part-time positions as law clerks with local law firms, corporate legal departments, public sector legal departments, government agencies, accounting firms, judges and legal professional associations.

For more information on these and other outside employment opportunities for law students, contact Dr. Jay Levine, Director, Career Planning and Placement Office, at jay10@uakron.edu or 330.972.7331.

Second-and third-year day law students enrolled in joint degree programs are eligible to apply for Graduate Assistantship awards through their graduate department or college.

To be eligible, students must be admitted to the prospective program with joint degree status.

Graduate assistantship awards start at $2,000 and can provide up to a full-tuition scholarship (15 credits per semester, including summer), a stipend for 18-20 hours of work per week, book discounts, and free parking. Graduate assitantship awards cover tuition and fees for graduate and law classes. Graduate assistants are expected to enroll in a minimum of three graduate school credits per semester during the second year of law school and at least six credits per semester during the third year. Law students may be eligible for up to two additional semesters of graduate assistantship awards, depending upon the length of the program.

For more information on joint degree programs, click here.

Many law students are paid as research assistants to work with law professors on academic and school-related projects.