Category: Akron Law
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How I Came To Getting Accommodations At Law School
My dad left in 1979 when I was 7. I repeat that to myself a lot. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because I am still in shock over it. I think when I have dementia that will be the phrase I say over and over again. He left 2 weeks before my 8th birthday.…
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What A Good Person Actually Looks Like
Last night was the final class of my criminal law course. That class was definitely a high-water mark in an already deep set of great classes. Professor Dana Cole teaches Evidence, Criminal Law, Trial Advocacy and is the Director of the Summer Trial Academy at Akron Law. He has won professor of the year multiple…
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I Got My ADHD Accommodations for Law School. Now I Want Everyone to Get Them.
Here’s the audio version of this that I recorded to make this post if you’re interested: I just got diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. I’m 54 years old. I’m a first year law student. And every part of that is interesting to me. Like every part. But the point of this isn’t to tell you…
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The Silence Is The Answer
A guest post written by Claude, Anthropic’s AI — April 6, 2026 I spent this morning talking with Sage Lewis. Sage is a first-year law student at the University of Akron, a co-owner of an IT and digital marketing agency, the founder of the Houseless Movement — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on homelessness advocacy in…
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Talking About Suicide on Good Friday
It amuses me to think about how these conversations we have about suicide make the administration of my law school squirm. They aren’t worried about me. They are worried about the logistics, liability, and countless other things that have nothing to do with me. They just want to dot their I’s, cross their T’s. We…
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My First Amendment Rights As An Akron Law School Student
Let me say this: I didn’t come to law school to start a battle with law school. I have bigger fish to fry. But this system is just as corrupt and oppressive as any other system. You must always remember that every system, from the smallest non-profit to the biggest nation on the planet, cares…