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.

[8] A study conducted by IDEA – The Intellectual Property Law Review in 2005, ranks Akron’s IP program curricular offerings as tied for fifth in the nation.

[9] 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.

"[10] The Akron Intellectual Property Journal is part of the Akron Law Review, which in 2010, was ranked #39 out of over 200 ABA-accredited and major foreign general, student-edited journals on the Washington and Lee impact rankings (based in citations per issue).

Known past speakers include Robert Stoll, Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO[12] and Chief Judge Paul R.

[20][21] After graduating from Kent State University, Ohio congresswoman Betty Sutton received her J.D.

from Akron in 1971 and is the longest current serving federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, having been appointed by George H. W. Bush in 1991.

They were both touted by the media as possible nominations of George W. Bush for the Supreme Court,[23][24] and Cook was seen as a possible McCain appointment, had he been elected President.

[25] Among the school's graduates who have gone on to be United States district court judges are James S. Gwin, Peter C. Economus, Sam H. Bell, and John R. Adams.