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4/19/2013
Retirement Celebration Held for Professors Aynes, Carro, Koosed and Richert on April 25
The University of Akron School of Law honored four faculty members, who will retire from Akron Law at the end of spring semester, with a reception in the law school atrium on Thursday, April 25 from 4 – 6 p.m.
4/15/2013
Akron Law Co-Sponsored IP Program in China May 17-19
The University of Akron School of Law, in conjunction with Peking University Law School, the Washington, D.C. law firm of Sughrue Mion and the Beijing law firm of Tongshang, sponsored a program in Beijing, China May 17-19 on issues relating to U.S. intellectual property law.  The focus of the program was on the recent changes to U.S. patent law set forth in the America Invents Act.  The program included sessions on U.S. trademark law and Section 337 practice. 
4/12/2013
April 12
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.
4/12/2013
Akron Law Alumni Association Honored Outstanding Alumni and Faculty on May 17
The University of Akron School of Law Alumni Association held its annual Alumni Awards and Class Reunion Dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17 in the Student Union Ballroom. The honorees were chosen for their achievements in the legal profession and their communities.
4/11/2013
April 11
Professor Carolyn Dessin is cited in a Tulsa Journal Record column on protecting elderly people against financial exploitation. Text is available here.
4/1/2013
April 1
An Akron Legal News story on pro-bono work by Akron Law first-year law students is available here
4/1/2013
April 1
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.
4/1/2013
Record Attendance at 15th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Nearly 300 people packed the John S. Knight center in downtown Akron for the 15th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy. The Symposium was geared towards updating IP professionals on the latest developments in intellectual property law and how those developments will impact future IP practices.
3/26/2013
March 26
Interim Dean Elizabeth Reilly discusses Akron Law's upcoming tuition freeze in an Akron Legal News story available here.
3/22/2013
March 21
Professor J. Dean Carro was interviewed by WAKR-FM AkronNewsNow on the Chardon school shooting case. Audio is available here .


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