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Professor Wilson R. Huhn received the 2012 Scholar of the Year Award at The University of Akron School of Law 2012 commencement ceremony. Members of the Akron Law Review select the recipient of this award. 

Professor Alan Newman received the 2012 Outstanding Professor of the Year Award at The University of Akron School of Law 2012 commencement ceremony.

The University of Akron School of Law will hold its 88th Commencement Ceremony at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 13 at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall. The 2012 UA School of Law commencement speaker will be Chief Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr.

The University of Akron School of Law Alumni Association will hold its annual Alumni Awards and Class Reunion Dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 11 in the Student Union Ballroom. The honorees were chosen for their achievements in the legal profession and their communities.

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."

Ohio Supreme Court Justices have cited the Akron Law Review more than any other journal in the past decade. This Ohio Lawyer story is available to read here on page 28.

Akron Law’s Puppy Day, sponsored by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, is featured in the Akron Beacon Journal here. 

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.