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Students at the University of Cincinnati join a community led by a faculty committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. With one of the best student to faculty ratios in the nation, Cincinnati Law offers small class sizes that allow students to connect with professors both inside and outside the classroom.
Professors at Cincinnati Law are distinguished scholars and practitioners. They are deeply committed to making a difference in the lives of real people and in the real world. Their work can not only be found in well-regarded national and international law reviews and books, but it is also regularly cited by courts, administrative agencies, and advocates for legal change. Students benefit from the faculty’s engagement with the cutting-edge legal problems of the day.
UC Law’s core faculty is complemented by a remarkable adjunct law faculty of respected practitioners and judges.

Marjorie Corman Aaron
Professor of Practice and Director, Center for Practice
Client Counseling
Decision Analysis
Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
BA, Princeton University
JD, Harvard Law School

Timothy K. Armstrong
Professor of Law
Computer and Internet Law
Intellectual Property (Patents, Trademarks, Copyright)
BA, University of Texas at Austin
MPAff., University of Texas at Austin
JD, University of Texas at Austin
LLM, Harvard Law School

Lin (Lynn) Bai
Professor of Law
Corporate Law
Empirical Legal Methods
Property
Securities Regulation
BA (equivalent), Beijing University
LLM, Pennsylvania State University, the Dickinson School of Law
JD, University of Texas at Austin
PhD, Duke University

Jennifer S. Bard
Professor of Law and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Health Law
Torts
BA, Wellesley College
JD, Yale Law School
MPH, University of Connecticut
PhD, Texas Tech University

Jennifer Bergeron
Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, Ohio Innocence Project
Civil Rights
BA, Centre College, Phi Beta Kappa
MA, University of Virginia
JD, University of Cincinnati

Louis D. Bilionis
Dean Emeritus and Droege Professor of Law
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Legal Education
Professionalism
AB, University of North Carolina
JD, Harvard Law School

Michele Bradley
Professor of Practice
Legal Research and Writing
BS, Wayne State University
MBA, Xavier University
JD, University of Cincinnati

A. Christopher Bryant
Rufus King Professor of Constitutional Law
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Federal Courts
Legal History
BA, Hanover College
JD, University of Chicago

Donald Caster
Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, Ohio Innocence Project
Civil Rights
BA, Youngstown State University
JD, University of Cincinnati

Felix B. Chang
Associate Professor of Law | Co-Director, Corporate Law Center
Antitrust
Comparative Law
Financial Institutions
Trusts and Estates
BA, Yale University
JD, University of Michigan Law School

Jacob Katz Cogan
Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law
Comparative Law
Contracts
International Business
International Law
Legal History
BA, University of Pennsylvania
MA, Ph.D., Princeton University
JD, Yale Law School

Mark A. Godsey
Daniel P. and Judith L. Carmichael Professor of Law and Director, Lois and Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project
Criminal Law and Procedure
Evidence
BS, Northwestern University
JD, The Ohio State University

Lewis H. Goldfarb
Professor of Clinical Law and Director, Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic
Small Business
B.S. The Ohio State University
J.D. The Ohio State University College of Law

Valerie G Hardcastle
Scholar-in-Residence and Academic Director for the Weaver Institute, Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry
Psychiatry
BA , University of California, Berkeley
PHB, University of Houston
PhD, University of California, San Diego

Kenneth J. Hirsh
Director of the Law Library and Professor of Practice
Intellectual Property (Patents, Trademarks, Copyright)
Legal Research and Writing
Technology and the Law
AB, University of Miami
JD, University of Florida
MS, Florida State University

Emily M.S. Houh
Gustavus Henry Wald Professor of the Law and Contracts | Co-director, Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Commercial Law
Contracts
BA, Brown University
JD, University of Michigan

Brian Howe
Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, Ohio Innocence Project
BA, The Ohio State University
JD, University of Cincinnati College of Law

Ann Hubbard
Professor of Law
Contracts
Disability Law
Employment Discrimination
Remedies
BA, College of William & Mary
JD, Duke University

Kenyatta Hurd
Associate Professor of Clinical Law
Family Law
JD, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University
BS, University of Cincinnati

Kristin Kalsem
Charles Hartsock Professor of Law | Co-director, Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Bankruptcy
Commercial Law
Feminist Legal Theory
Law and Literature
BA, University of Iowa
JD, University of Chicago
PhD, University of Iowa

Elizabeth Lenhart
Professor of Practice
Legal Research and Writing
BA, Miami University
MA, Indiana University
ABD, Indiana University
JD, University of Cincinnati

Bert B. Lockwood
Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Director, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights
Constitutional Law
Human Rights
International Human Rights
BA, St. Lawrence University
JD, Syracuse University
LLM, University of Virginia

S. Elizabeth (Betsy) Malloy
Andrew Katsanis Professor of Law
Disability Law
Health Law
Torts
BA, College of William and Mary
JD, Duke University

Sean K. Mangan
Associate Professor of Practice | Co-Director, Corporate Law Center
Small Business
BA, University of Notre Dame
JD, University of Virginia School of Law

Bradford C. Mank
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, James B. Helmer, Jr. Professor of Law
Administrative Law
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Property
BA, Harvard University
JD, Yale University

Stephanie Hunter McMahon
Professor of Law
Legal History
Taxation
BA, Oglethorpe University
JD, Harvard Law School
MA, University of Virginia
PhD, University of Virginia

Janet Moore
Associate Professor of Law
Civil Rights
Criminal Law and Procedure
Death Penalty
Evidence
JD, Duke University
MA, Duke University
MA, University of Chicago Divinity School

Nancy Oliver
Professor of Practice
Advocacy
Legal Writing for LLM Students
Legal Research and Writing
Mind-Body Skills
BSBA, University of Central Florida
JD, University of Cincinnati

Ronna Greff Schneider
Professor of Law
Constitutional Law
Education Law
Torts
BA, University of Michigan
JD, Boston College

Rachel Jay Smith
Professor of Practice
Advocacy
Legal Ethics
Legal Research and Writing
BA, Barnard College of Columbia University
MS, Indiana University
JD, Indiana University

Michael E. Solimine
Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law
Civil Procedure
Complex Litigation
Conflict of Laws
Election Law
Federal Courts
BA, Wright State University
JD, Northwestern University

Sandra F. Sperino
Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Law
Civil Procedure
Employment Discrimination
Torts
BA, Texas Tech University
MS, University of Illinois
JD, University of Illinois

Joseph P. Tomain
Dean Emeritus and Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law
Contracts
Energy Law and Regulation
Law and Literature
Regulatory Policy
BA, University of Notre Dame
JD, The George Washington University

Yolanda Vázquez
Associate Professor of Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Critical Race Theory/Race and the Law
Immigration Law
Property
BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Verna L. Williams
Interim Dean and Nippert Professor of Law
Constitutional Law
Critical Race Theory/Race and the Law
Family Law
Feminist Legal Theory
BS, Georgetown University
JD, Harvard Law School
Emeriti

Marianna Brown Bettman
Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Practice Emerita
Judicial Independence
Supreme Court of Ohio
Torts
BA, University of Cincinnati
JD, University of Cincinnati

Gordon A. Christenson
Dean Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus of Law
BSL, University of Utah
JD, University of Utah
SJD, The George Washington University

Thomas D. Eisele
Professor Emeritus of Law
Jurisprudence
Property
Trusts and Estates
BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD, University of Michigan
JD, Harvard Law School

Robert J. Martineau
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Law
BS, College of the Holy Cross
JD, University of Chicago

John J. Murphy
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Law
BA, Harvard University
JD, Boston University
LLM, University of Illinois

William J. Rands
Professor Emeritus of Law
BA, Centenary College
JD, Tulane University

Barbara G. Watts
Associate Dean Emerita
BA, Purdue University
MEd, University of Cincinnati
JD, University of Cincinnati