ALL are invited to join in the bidding to make the auction exciting &

successful. We hope you will join in the fun and make this year’s

auction the best ever! There are great deals to win; check out the

items that will be raffled as well as both the silent and live auction

items online. Contact us if you have any questions regarding the

ONU Public Interest Program.

AUCTION ITEMS WILL BE ONLINE BEGINNING MARCH 4, 2014

Providing Students Opportunities to Change

Communities Across the Country

Law Career Services sponsors the ONU Public Interest Auction

annually, encouraging students, faculty, alumni and friends of the law

school as well as those in the community to attend and donate items to

the auction to help support legal aid in the public sector. The proceeds

from the Auction fund the ONU Law Career Services Fellowship

Stipends.

Since 1994, ninety-seven ONU law students have been awarded an

ONU Law Career Services Fellowship Stipend of $1000 for volunteering

in an unpaid summer legal position. The auction has funded as many as

ten fellowships annually. Typically, 40-50% of the students applying for

the stipend are awarded. A committee of ONU law faculty and admin-

istration select the students. Student’s applications are evaluated by

their past involvement in public service and/or their desire to continue

their law career in the public sector after graduation from law school.

Law students interested in public service are encouraged to apply for the

stipends in Law Career Services. Students must also obtain their own

internship. Students should begin contacting public interest employers

and applying for unpaid positions working in summer programs across

the country as early as possible. Many government agencies, private

sector firms, businesses and organizations sponsor public interest intern-

ships in the legal field for law students interested in careers in the public

sector. Students may choose to search for public interest positions under

the “Law Employment Links” tab on the Law Career Services “Current

Student’ webpage. (See other application information in this brochure.)

ONU law students receive the stipends after their employers verify their

acceptance into a program and contact ONU Law Career Services.

Students chosen will receive the stipend by the second week of June.

Students must agree to return to ONU in the fall or return the stipend.

They also cannot receive college credit for the position. Through

the years all law students participating in the ONU Law Career Services

Public Interest Program have complied with these stipulations.

The Public Interest Stipend application is available in Law Career Ser-

vices and is also on the Law Career Services’ website. Students can

submit their application by e-mail or in person.

The application is due by Monday, April 14, 2014. Winners will be

notified by May 2, 2014. Students need to have their employer

contact Cheryl Kitchen in Law Career Services by Tuesday, May 13,

2014 at the address below:

ONU LAW CAREER SERVICES, ROOM 114

419-772-2249

LAWCAREER@ONU.EDU

O N U L A W

P U B L I C I N T E R E S T

A U C T I O N

F R I D A Y , A P R I L 4

Public Interest

Program

Auction & Luncheon

Friday, April 4, 2014

11:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.

Moot Courtroom

College of Law

OHIO NORTHERN UNIVER SITY

CLAUDE W. PETT IT

COLLEGE OF LAW

ONU RANKED NINTH IN THE NATION BY

“THE NATIONAL LAW JO URNAL”S THE

ONU College of Law was honored by being named “Ninth in

the Nation” for job placement in government and public

interest positions by The National Law Journal.

Each year ONU Law students enter the non-profit field of

law assisting those in the community who are most in need:

Abused women and children, individuals impaired

physically and mentally, the aged, minorities and other

underprivileged persons and groups.

Mike Slaughter, ONU JD ‘99, Professional Auctioneer

While in Ada each year Mike presents a BBB:

“Passing the Bar.”

All students are encouraged to attend.

Student volunteers in the Public Interest Law Association

(PILA) have helped make the program more successful.

STUDENTS

Stipend Applications online at:

http://law.onu.edu/law_career_services/public_interest_program

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A STIPEND APPLICATION IS APRIL 14, 2014

THANK

YOU

MIKE!

Faculty, students, staff, alumni of the university and others in

the community are invited to participate in the auction by

donating items, attending the luncheon and bidding. The

luncheon preceding the auction is complimentary, but cash

donations are always appreciated.

This program has been designed to encourage participation

from everyone in the community as well as alumni, friends of

the college, faculty, staff, students, public interest employers

and organizations—every individual interested in helping our

community. This event offers fun and excitement, good food

and education incentives for students who support Public

Interest programs across the nation. It also offers the com-

munity an opportunity to meet and network with our law stu-

dents as they help in this worthy endeavor.

Thanks to many friends of the law college the list of

items auctioned increases and is more interesting and

appealing each year.

ALL DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED!

(Items below are a sample of donations in previous years.)

—Raffles, Live Auction & Silent Auction Items—

Appealing Items For Everyone!

Early Bids Accepted, Call 419-772-2249

The 2014 Public Interest Auction

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

Attend & participate in the auction.

Donate items and/or cash for the auction.

Volunteer your time in Law Career Services.

Great Prizes!

Great Prices!

Bid With

Your Friends!

Great

Fun!

ONU PUBLIC INTEREST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

Application and Selection

A public interest position is defined below:

1. A non-profit organization or legal aid office that represents clients

e.g. poor, elderly, minority, handicapped & other groups/interests

who lack the funding for legal representation.

2. A government agency including public defenders, prosecutors,

civil rights or consumer rights groups.

3. Clerking for a judge and not receiving college credit or

any other remuneration for the position.

Public Interest Commitment: A principal criterion for selection is a

demonstrated commitment to a public service career. A number of

factors, including participation in public interest activities as an under

graduate as well as in law school or a desire following college may

demonstrate this commitment. Applicants receive consideration who

may not have amassed a substantial public interest record but who

have demonstrated their commitment in other ways and/or have ex-

plained the circumstances that have deterred their participation in

such activities in the past.

Application Process: Interested students must submit an applica -

tion to the ONU Office of Law Alumni and Career Services. The

application is two pages including two essay questions. A resume

and references may also be submitted with the application. Anyone

receiving credit for a summer public interest internship, cannot

also receive one of the Public Interest stipends.

A fill-in application form is available online:

http://law.onu.edu/law_career_services/public_interest_program

Summer 2013 Stipend Winners

Amy Biegemann Walworth County Deputy District Attorney's Office, Elkhorn, WI J. Scott Coates Pisgah Legal Services, Weaversville, NC Petra Ehlert ACLU Foundation of Georgia, Atlanta, GA Andrew Harvan PA Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Pittsburgh, PA C. Taylor Katherman York County District Attorney, Judicial Center, York, PA Matthew Kearney Congressman Jim Renacci, District Office, Wadsworth, OH Kayla Kieszek Allegheny Dist. Attorney’s Office, Pittsburgh, PA Kelli Pollock Summit County Prosecutor, Akron, OH Kacee Roins Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office, Victim Services, Oakland, MI Abigail Sills Lima Municipal Prosecutor’s Office, Lima, OH

We thank these ONU students for their service!

Deadline to Submit the Student Stipend Application is:

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2014

All students awarded will be notified by Monday, May 2, 2014

Employer Verification deadline is Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Winners will be mailed their checks the 2nd week in June by

the ONU Controller’s Office.

Auction Items Can Be Seen

Online beginning March 4, 2014 on the

LAW CAREER SERVICES’ WEBSITE

http://law.onu.edu/law_career_services/public_interest_program

CONTACT LAW CAREER SERVICES FOR INFORMATION:

419-772-2249 OR LAWCAREER@ONU.EDU

Great

Food!