Students from all academic backgrounds are welcome to apply for summer or semester-long internships.
UARF can assist you in determining if your internship is eligible for academic credit, law and business students have received academic credit in the past!
UARF can assist you in determining if your internship is eligible for academic credit, law and business students have received academic credit in the past!
When you intern at UARF you can:
- Help commercialize new technologies and assist entrepreneurial businesses
- Learn skills outside of your specific field
- Work on cross-disciplinary team of attorneys, business professionals, engineers and scientists
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If you are interested in exploring an internship at UARF reach out to Linda Hale at LSH27@uakron.edu |
Our Past Interns
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Jason GreenB.S. in Biomedical Engineering/Biomechanics
"Besides being surrounded by great mentors and colleagues working for UARF is great place for growth. Maybe more importantly UARF, with its many connections, was a great opportunity for me to meet a variety of people from different backgrounds which helped me expand my network. To this day I still use the knowledge and contacts gained through my time at UARF." |
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Xing LiuJ.D. Candidate in Law
"It is a great opportunity to meet really talented people and learn new technologies. If you have interest in the entrepreneurship, UARF is the exactly place you want to work for!" |
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Rachael AufdenkampeJ.D./M.B.A. in Law and Business
"I found that bridging the gaps between both legal and business disciplines to be quite attractive when looking for opportunities to pursue while in law school. UARF provides the best of both worlds for a JD/MBA student." |
Brett Nola
Brett hopes to use his law degree and experience at UARF to find a career in transactional legal and business work. For the past year Brett has assisted startups with legal support, the due diligence process, and organizing and providing feedback for the I-Corps program. UARF has helped him develop numerous legal skills, including reviewing and drafting agreements. In addition, he has learned what it really takes to start a business and how to make that process be as efficient as possible.
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Alizeh KhalifaSince working with UARF, Alizeh has gotten experience in handling social media, creating the new UARF webpage, and making different marketing content such as flyers and videos. Being able to improve her editing and networking skills are some of the major benefits Alizeh has gained through interning here. Alizeh says her best experience was gaining another internship with the Northeast Ohio Student Venture and it is through both these internships that she has had the chance to work with various startups in the Akron area.
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Courtney KlingenbergerCourtney started with UARF and worked on updating the website; assisting UARF programming such as Starting Line, ArchAngels, and iCorps; and directly serving Akron-area startup companies. This will give Courtney valuable experience in business development and startup company support tasks, which will prove useful as Courtney completes her degree. Other than entrepreneurship, Courtney loves travel and her three rescue dogs. She spent winter break journeying through China and hopes to train her chihuahua Lily to accompany her on the next adventure.
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Special thanks to UARF's internship program sponsor:
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