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The University of Akron School of Law
The School of Law
The University of Akron School of Law is the law school at the University of Akron located in Akron, Ohio. Offering both the J.D. and LL.M. degrees, it was founded in 1921 and fully accredited by the American Bar Association in 1961. The school was ranked #2 in the National Jurist and the Pre-Law Insider magazines as a best value law school. Since 1921, the school has produced over 6,000 graduates who have gone on to careers in the private and public sectors, including several notable judges and politicians. Located across from E.J. Thomas Hall on University Avenue, The University of Akron School of Law is housed in the C. Blake McDowell Law Center on the northwest portion of the University of Akron campus. It also houses the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility and The University of Akron Center for Constitutional Law, one of only four constitutional law centers established by Congress in the United States.
Curriculum
The University of Akron School of Law admits traditional three year J.D. students, part-time J.D. students, and also students for the LL.M. Within the J.D. program, Akron Law students can also choose to specialize in one of eight areas of law, which include business, criminal, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, public law, and tax law.
Joint Degree Programs
The School of Law also offers five joint degree programs, listed below:
The joint degree programs allow credit from classes to count towards both a masters degree and to the Juris Doctor. In most cases, a joint JD/MA program can be completed in four years.
Intellectual Property Program
The school's program in intellectual property, managed by The Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology, if of note as it offers the only LL.M. in intellectual property in Ohio, and is one of only nineteen such programs in the United States. A study conducted by IDEA -- The Intellectual Property Law Review, ranks Akron's IP program curricular offerings as tied for fifth in the nation. The law school also publishes the Akron Intellectual Property Journal which is a "scholarly legal publication of The University of Akron C. Blake McDowell Law Center that produces an annual volume of two issues for use by scholars, practitioners, and judges."
Source:
University of Akron School of Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Akron
School of Law
Akron, OH 44325-2901
(800)4-AKRON-U
FAX: (330)258-2343
Post Graduate Degrees
School of Law
Akron, OH 44325-2901
(800)4-AKRON-U
FAX: (330)258-2343
Post Graduate Degrees
- LLM in Intellectual
- Property Law
The School of Law
The University of Akron School of Law is the law school at the University of Akron located in Akron, Ohio. Offering both the J.D. and LL.M. degrees, it was founded in 1921 and fully accredited by the American Bar Association in 1961. The school was ranked #2 in the National Jurist and the Pre-Law Insider magazines as a best value law school. Since 1921, the school has produced over 6,000 graduates who have gone on to careers in the private and public sectors, including several notable judges and politicians. Located across from E.J. Thomas Hall on University Avenue, The University of Akron School of Law is housed in the C. Blake McDowell Law Center on the northwest portion of the University of Akron campus. It also houses the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility and The University of Akron Center for Constitutional Law, one of only four constitutional law centers established by Congress in the United States.
Curriculum
The University of Akron School of Law admits traditional three year J.D. students, part-time J.D. students, and also students for the LL.M. Within the J.D. program, Akron Law students can also choose to specialize in one of eight areas of law, which include business, criminal, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, public law, and tax law.
Joint Degree Programs
The School of Law also offers five joint degree programs, listed below:
- Juris Doctor/Master in Business Administration
- Juris Doctor/Master in Taxation
- Juris Doctor/Master in Public Administration
- Juris Doctor/Master of Science and Management in Human Resources
- Juris Doctor/Master in Applied Politics
The joint degree programs allow credit from classes to count towards both a masters degree and to the Juris Doctor. In most cases, a joint JD/MA program can be completed in four years.
Intellectual Property Program
The school's program in intellectual property, managed by The Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology, if of note as it offers the only LL.M. in intellectual property in Ohio, and is one of only nineteen such programs in the United States. A study conducted by IDEA -- The Intellectual Property Law Review, ranks Akron's IP program curricular offerings as tied for fifth in the nation. The law school also publishes the Akron Intellectual Property Journal which is a "scholarly legal publication of The University of Akron C. Blake McDowell Law Center that produces an annual volume of two issues for use by scholars, practitioners, and judges."
Source:
University of Akron School of Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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