EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CLINICS
Appellate Practice Clinic: Represent clients in appellate proceedings before state and federal courts and tribunals, including Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
Civil Litigation Clinic: Represent clients in a range of cases before courts and administrative agencies, such as
• Asylum and Immigration
• Civil Rights including 1st Amendment and equal protection
• Employment and employment discrimination
• Wage and hour disputes
• Unemployment compensation
• Fair housing and landlord tenant
• Consumer concerns
• Breach of contract
• Civil stalking protection orders
• Mediation
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Community Advocacy Clinic: Assist our community’s most vulnerable populations with
• Public benefits
• Expungement
• Name change
• Child support
• Consumer advocacy
• Community development
• LGBTQ advocacy
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Pardon, Clemency and Reentry Clinic: Contribute toward a significant need for e ective legal representation for indigent defendants at this early but pivotal stage in the criminal justice process.
Wrongful Conviction Clinic: Contribute to the representation of clients pursuing claims of wrongful conviction or wrongful sentencing and seeking acquittal, new trial, new sentencing, or other appropriate relief.
Pretrial Justice Clinic: Contribute toward a significant need for e ective legal representation for indigent defendants at this early but pivotal stage in the criminal justice process. Working with the o ce of the County Public Defender, students develop critical lawyering skills, such as client interviews, oral advocacy and pretrial motion practice, as they work to secure pretrial release as clients' cases move from the municipal court system to the county court of common pleas.
Transactional Law Clinic: Work on the kinds of issues that you’ll be handling in the real world as a business lawyer:
• Tax
• Corporate governance
• Environmental law
• Real estate
• Corporate policies
• Compliance with federal and state laws
• Entity selection and formation
• Estate planning and probate
• Intellectual property
• Minimizing risk through advice on institutional policies and practices
• Contract drafting
• Intellectual property advice and filings
EXTERNSHIPS
By observing legal proceedings and contributing to the work of
broad exposure to the legal system. Externship placements include:
• Judicial chambers
• Federal, state and local governmental agencies
• Non-profit and public interest organizations
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AN INNOVATIVE CURRICUM
Short-term, practice-based experiences provide the flexibility to address pressing current legal issues by undertaking projects for private, public, and non-profit entities. Pop-up practicums have included:
• Conviction Integrity Unit
• Mental Health Court
Cuyahoga County Bail Reform
Task Force
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• Icebreaker Wind Project
• Cleveland Police Commission
• First Amendment advice and advocacy
• Ohio Criminal Rules revision
• Domestic Violence Safe Leave
• Advice to Developers of Criminal Defendant App
CENTER FOR CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION
business and technology
• Certificate in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
• Legal Technology Lab
CENTER FOR HEALTH LAW AND POLICY
• Health Care Compliance, and Health Law and Privacy
• The Center ’s health law program is the only one in Ohio that is accredited by the Compliance Certification Board.
• Lab in collaboration with St. Vincent’s Hospital
• insurance companies, non-profit organizations and government agencies
GLOBAL SPACE LAW CENTER
• First U.S. law school research center dedicated exclusively to the law of outer space
• Summer online course
• Practical learning for public and private sector jobs including regulating air and space travel, satelli and telecommunications
Colleges and Universities represented by the entering class of 2023
Ashland University
Baldwin Wallace University
Capital University
Case Western Reserve University
Central Washington University
Cleveland State University
College of Wooster
Drexel University
Fisk University
Florida International University
Florida State University
Franklin University
Gannon University
George Mason University
High Point University
Huntingdon College
Indiana University
Indiana Wesleyan University
John Carroll University
Kansas State University
Kent State University
Kolegji Universitar Beder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University
Miami University OH
Middle Tennessee State University
Morehouse College
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
North Carolina A&T State University
Northeastern University
Oberlin College
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Oregon State University
Otterbein University
Pennsylvania State
Purdue University
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Roger Williams University
Salisbury University
Southern Methodist University
Southern New Hampshire University
St. Mary’s College
St. Thomas University
The University of Findlay
Ti n University
Union Institute & University
University of Akron
University of California-Irvine
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado
University of Dayton
University of Dublin
University of Florida
University of Houston
University of Mount Union
University of Mumbai
University of New Hampshire
University of North Carolina
University of Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
University of Toledo
University of Washington
Ursuline College
Villanova University
Washington State University
Western Carolina University
Western Governors University
York University
DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS
• JD/MBA (Master of Business Administration)
• JD/MPA (Master of Public Administration)
• JD/MUPD (Master of Urban Planning and Development)
• JD/MAES (Master of Arts in Environmental Studies)
• JD/MSES (Master of Science in Environmental Science)
FLEXIBLE OPTIONS
• Full-time in-person
• Part-time day in-person
• Part-time online
SCHOLARSHIPS
• Scholarships guaranteed each year of law school
TUITION 2023-2024
• Full-year full time tuition & fees
$30,041.70
Out-of-state students pay the same tuition as In-State students, plus a $50 per-semester instructional fee surcharge, as required by state law.
• Part-time per credit hour tuition & fees
$1,155.45
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