News: Akron Law in the News

Professor Carro is quoted in a Warren Tribune-Chronicle story on civil claim made under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Text available here .

Professor J. Dean Carro is quoted in an Akron Beacon Journal story on the high-profile case involving the slaying of alumnus Jeff Schobert and his wife, Peg. Text is available here .

Professor J. Dean Carro received the Community Legal Aid Services Inc. Volunteer of the Year Award. This Akron Legal News story is available here .

A feature story in Akron Legal News summarizes the recent MBC Symposium on navigating the practice of law in the wake of Ethics 20/20. Text is available here.

Professor Carolyn Dessin is cited in a Tulsa Journal Record column on protecting elderly people against financial exploitation. Text is available here.

An Akron Legal News story on pro-bono work by Akron Law first-year law students is available here. 

Frank Quirk, director of the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Center for Professional Responsibility, received the Ohio State Bar Association’s Eugene R. Weir Award for Ethics and Professionalism. This Akron Legal News story is available here.

Interim Dean Elizabeth Reilly discusses Akron Law's upcoming tuition freeze in an Akron Legal News story available here.

Professor J. Dean Carro was interviewed by WAKR-FM AkronNewsNow on the Chardon school shooting case. Audio is available here .

Continuing coverage of UA Lakewood's partnership with the SEED Clinic to offer free and discounted legal advice to small startup businesses is available in Crain’s Cleveland Business here.

A New York Times story on changes to legal education mentions our recent tuition decision. Text is available here.

Akron Law's plan to freeze law tuition beginning fall 2013 and offer non-residents the in-state law tuition rate is covered in the National Law Journal; The Cleveland Plain Dealer; Crain's Cleveland Business and the Akron Beacon Journal.

Professor Martin H. Belsky is quoted in an Akron Legal News story on declining applications law schools nationwide. Text is available here . 

Akron Law Receives an A- from National Jurist magazine in their annual "Best Value" Rankings.

Professor Carro is noted in an Canton Repository story on the upcoming Law, Love & Chocolate event in Canton that is available here .

Professor J. Dean Carro is quoted in an Akron Legal News story on late Northeast Ohio criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow. Text is available here . 

The SEED Clinic Partners with UA Lakewood and Startup Lakewood to assist small businesses. Read more in this Lakewood Patch story here .

Akron Law is mentioned in a Cleveland Plain Dealer story regarding Case and Cleveland Marshall's online course offerings. Read the full story here . 

Frank Quirk, director of the Miller-Becker Center for Professional Responsibility, writes about lawyer ethics for the 21st century in the January/February issue of Ohio Lawyer Magazine. The article is available on page 18 here .

Professor Jack Sahl is quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealer story on a bribery case involving Cuyahoga County attorneys. Text is available here .

Professor J. Dean Carro is quoted in a WKSU-FM story on a motion to suppress on behalf of the Chardon High School shooting suspect. Text and audio are available here .