Did You Know...
- Cincinnati Law is the 4th oldest continuously operating law school in the nation, preceded only by Harvard, Yale and Virginia
William Howard TaftOur graduates include a former President of the United States, a Vice-President of the United States, 3 Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives, a Secretary of Commerce, 2 U.S. Solicitor Generals, a United States Attorney General, 2 U.S. Supreme Court Justices (including a Chief Justice), 4 state Supreme Court Justices (including 2 Chief Justices), 6 Governors, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner- UC Law’s first year sections (<25 students) are among the smallest in the nation
- UC Law’s 11.1 student-faculty ratio ranks 1st among Ohio law schools and 13th among American law schools
- Over 140 law students pursued public interest, human rights, and government opportunities funded by UC Law in 2012. This includes 15 students who traveled to: Bolivia, Botswana, China, Chile, England, Ireland, Switzerland, and the Netherlands
- Each year, UC law students accept prestigious government and public interest opportunities, including: Presidential Management Fellowships, Equal Justice Works and Skadden Fellowships, and judicial clerkships
- UC is the only Ohio law school with an Innocence Project
- 495 new innocence cases were received for review by our Ohio Innocence Project in 2010
- Rosenthal Institute for Justice/OIP Fellows spearheaded, researched and helped draft a new criminal justice reform bill signed into law in 2010. Called “one of the most important pieces of criminal justice legislation in this state in a century”, it makes Ohio a national leader in implementing best practices for the prevention of wrongful convictions
- The Ohio Innocence Project hosted the first International conference dedicated to exploring the phenomenon of wrongful conviction of the innocent in April 2011
- UC’s Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry is one of a handful of interdisciplinary programs in mental health law and forensic psychiatry
- UC was the first American law school to have an international human rights program
- Students and Fellows involved with the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights have interned in 41 different countries
- Graduates of the Urban Morgan Institute are now working, or have worked, in 18 different countries
- Our Urban Morgan Institute’s Human Rights Quarterly is recognized as the leading academic journal in the human rights field
- Our Corporate Law Center symposia draw legal experts from across the nation to Cincinnati, headquarters for ten Fortune 500 companies
- UC Law launched a new Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice in Fall 2010
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (covering a 4-state region) is located in Cincinnati and our students work closely with attorneys on cases pending before the court
- The Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic represents over 100 civil clients per year seeking civil protection orders and our students fully represent real clients in all aspects of client counseling, trial, and the appellate process
- UC Law launched the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic in January 2011, adding yet another clinic to our many experiential learning opportunities
- UC Law publishes four student-edited journals - Law Review, Human Rights Quarterly, Immigration and Nationality Law Review, Freedom Center Journal
- Our innovative “Practice Ones” allow students to integrate core theory classes with a class taught by a lawyer practicing in that area
- UC College of Law was the first American law school to offer a Joint degree program in law and women’s studies
- Mina Jones Jefferson, Assistant Dean and Director of the Center for Professional Development, was appointed to serve on the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Commission on Recruiting in the Legal Profession along with colleagues from Harvard, Boalt, NYU, Chicago, and Georgetown