Contact Information
The University of Akron School of Law
C. Blake McDowell Law Center
Akron, OH 44325-2901

Office: West Hall 128
Phone: 330-972-2358
Fax: 330-972-6326
scook@uakron.edu

Stephen R. Cook, is a Clinical Professor of Law and serves as Director of the New Business Legal Clinic, the Trial Litigation Clinic, Supervisor of the Mahoning County Misdemeanant Inmate Assistance Program and Director of Bar Preparation at The University of Akron School of Law. He received his B.S. from The University of Maryland, M.A. from Kent State University and J.D. from The University of Akron. Cook teaches Clinical Seminar 1, Seminar: New Business Legal Clinic and Seminar: Business Planning. He is admitted to practice in Ohio and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Cook’s professional memberships include the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, Akron Bar Association and the Ohio Bar College. Prior to joining the faculty at Akron Law, Cook was a magistrate for the Village of Smithville Mayor’s Court and in private practice with Cook & Schmitt, LLP and and attorney at Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnson, LTD. He joined the faculty in 2002.