Source: https://uakron.edu/development/funds/?id=535963
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 16:42:39+00:00

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Carmen V. Roberto, The University of Akron School of Law, class of 1973, established The Carmen V. Roberto, Esq. Scholarship to encourage excellence in trial advocacy and as a means of giving back to his alma mater.
The purpose of The Carmen V. Roberto, Esq. Scholarship is to reward an outstanding student advocate who is a member of one of The University of Akron School of Law’s Mock Trial Teams and/or to provide an academic scholarship. The selection of the Carmen V. Roberto, Esq. Outstanding Student Advocate and/or The Carmen V. Roberto, Esq. Scholarship recipient will be made by the dean of The University of Akron School of Law, upon the recommendation of the director of the Trial Team or Trial Advocacy Professor(s), and the School of Law Scholarship Committee.
In awarding the Carmen V. Roberto, Esq. Outstanding Student Advocate award, preference will be given to a top student on the Mock Trial Team with a law school GPA of 3.2 or higher. Over time, a Carmen V. Roberto, Esq. Scholarship may also be awarded to one or more students who are not on the Mock Trial Team but who are enrolled in Trial Advocacy or an equivalent skills training class and have a law school GPA of 3.2 or higher.
Carmen V. Roberto is a partner in the Akron law firm of Vasko, Roberto & Evans, L.P.A. and a 2002 recipient of The University of Akron School of Law’s Law Alumni Association’s Outstanding Alumni Award. After law school and military service, Roberto worked for the law firm of Miller & Morris and then as a sole practitioner. From 1976 until 1982, he served the city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, as an assistant prosecutor, assistant law director and law director. Roberto has lectured nationally on municipal law topics and written articles for national journals and a trial handbook for municipal prosecutors. His community involvement includes serving as a past president of the Akron Bar Association, counsel for the All American Soap Box Derby Boosters’ Club, chair of the Attorneys United Way Campaign, and committee member of the Lake Township Zoning Board and the city of Green Planning Commission.

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