COLUMBUS (AP) — JD Vance's election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio's U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for the appointment among the state's ...

The Summit County Court of Common Pleas was bustling last Friday with high school students from 11 different area schools for the Ohio Mock Trial Competition, sponsored locally by the Akron Bar ...

A Summit County Juvenile Court did not abuse its discretion by transferring a 15-year-old’s murder case to adult court, the 9th District Court of Appeals recently ruled. Ramous “Doobie” Lewis was ...

Amber Zibritoski, who has been Stowe law director since 2015, has been sworn in as the new Stow Municipal Court clerk. She takes the place of Diana Colavecchio, who has moved on to become the director ...

Roderick Linton Belfance has expanded its legal team, adding two attorneys, including one with more than 30 years of experience. John C. Fickes joined the firm as of counsel in May after leaving ...

John Enlow worked his way through The University of Akron School of Law by teaching at Windham Middle School. “With four years of doing that, you really have no social life,” he said. After more than ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Philadelphia's K-8 public school students are being taught a new literacy curriculum starting in the 2024-2025 school year. It's called Expeditionary Learning, and it conforms with ...

The Akron Legal News is a daily publication devoted to legal, financial, real estate and general news. Designated by the Federal, County and Municipal Courts as the Official Law Journal of Summit ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When Eliza arrived on her West Coast college campus in the fall of 2020, building community was difficult due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic. Yet over time she forged a network of ...