5 Ohio Law Schools Drop Their Diversity Scholarships And Programs
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The post 5 Ohio Law Schools Drop Their Diversity Scholarships And Programs appeared first on Above the Law. Nice while it lasted.
All You Need To Know About The 2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings
Above The Law
APRIL 9, 2025
News & World Report law school rankings are here, and the legal world is definitely interested in all the ups and downs that we’re seeing when it comes to changes in rank. First and foremost, lawyers and law students are in an absolute tizzy over the state of the T14. Lawyer/Judge Assessment: 12.5%
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The Best Law Schools For Tax Law (2025)
Above The Law
APRIL 28, 2025
As weve mentioned time and time again here at Above the Law, there are lots of factors that go into deciding what your perfect law school is. Though it should be noted that what specialty you want to practice as an attorney may vastly differ from the ideas you have before you enter law school.) Florida 3 4.3
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Michigan Law School Wins Rivalry Week
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Having some fun at the expense of Ohio State fans on the faculty. The post Michigan Law School Wins Rivalry Week appeared first on Above the Law.
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“DEI Brings Kafka to My Law School; Ohio Northern University is trying to banish me for lack of ‘collegiality’ but won’t say what I’ve done”
HowAppealing
MAY 9, 2023
“DEI Brings Kafka to My Law School; Ohio Northern University is trying to banish me for lack of ‘collegiality’ but won’t say what I’ve done”: Law professor Scott Gerber has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
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JD Vance’s Yale Law Classmates Donate Money To Undo His Damage To The Springfield, Ohio, Haitian Community
Above The Law
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Not all Yale Law graduates support the Republican vice-presidential candidate's debunked rumors concerning the stealing and eating of pets. The post JD Vance’s Yale Law Classmates Donate Money To Undo His Damage To The Springfield, Ohio, Haitian Community appeared first on Above the Law.
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Which law schools have the highest percent of full-tuition scholarships?
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Ohio State University’s Michael E. Moritz College of Law has awarded the highest number of full-tuition scholarships among law schools. According to a recent study…
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“Why Is a Law School Supreme Court Clinic Taking a Straight Rights Case? Clinical legal education is supposed to serve the public interest. In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, it’s pushing the conservative policy agenda instead.”
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 18, 2024
“Why Is a Law School Supreme Court Clinic Taking a Straight Rights Case? Ohio Department of Youth Services , it’s pushing the conservative policy agenda instead.” Clinical legal education is supposed to serve the public interest. ” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.
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Over 50 Bar Organizations Stand Up For The Rule Of Law
Above The Law
MARCH 26, 2025
So far we’ve seen Perkins Coie and Williams & Connolly take their stands in court, Rachel Cohen stake her employment at Skadden , and the American Constitution Society call on law school deans to take a public stand for the rule of law. Today, the resistance list grew by a bunch of Bar Associations.
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132 “Ex-justice’s slaveholding past prompts move to change Ohio law school’s name”
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
“Ex-justice’s slaveholding past prompts move to change Ohio law school’s name”: Karen Sloan of Reuters recently had a report that begins, “Another law school is close to a break-up with the influential early U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall.”
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Ohio law school back in compliance with program standard, ABA legal ed section’s council finds
ABA Journal
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Following a finding that the Cleveland State University's law school did not meet an ABA accreditation standard regarding program resources, it has since demonstrated compliance,…
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2 law firms promise jobs to underserved students before they enter law school; tuition is free
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Two Ohio law firms will offer associate positions to two students before they even enroll in law school as part of a diversity program that…
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Trying To Find Love In Between IP And Torts? This T14 Law School Has You Covered
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
We all know Ohio is for lovers, but Massachusetts wants in on the action. This T14 Law School Has You Covered appeared first on Above the Law. The post Trying To Find Love In Between IP And Torts?
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Former Justice Breyer Speaks At Harvard Panel On Legal Interpretation
Above The Law
MARCH 5, 2025
(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. Moderated by Andrew T.
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Partner Disbarred For Harassing Junior Associate — See Also
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Ohio Has An Even Stronger Constitution!: There's A New Parameter For Law School Ranking: Will attempts at policing speech tank your law school's rating ? You're Supposed To Mentor, Not Be A Menace: Do better, Richard Ashley Smith. Dobbs wasn't the end to reproductive rights the right intended it to be.
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Ohio Supreme Court: $32 Million Judgment Against Dentons for Conflict of Interest Stands
Patently O
AUGUST 30, 2022
by David Hricik, Mercer Law School. As a follow up to an earlier post, today the Ohio Supreme Court in Revolaze LLC v. Dentons denied review of the decision affirming a jury verdict. It doesn’t say much, but it is here.
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A Plea for Private International Law
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 5, 2025
Michael argues that although private international law is increasingly important in our interconnected world, it has fallen out of favor at top U.S. law schools. To quote from the Essay: Private international law has not lost its jurisprudential import. Symeonides (Willamette University College of Law) Carlos M.
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Ohio Northern Pulls Law Professor Out of Classroom … But Will Not Explain Why
JonathanTurley
MAY 24, 2023
Ohio Northern University’s Petite College of Law has a curious view of due process. The law school sent security officers into the class of Professor Scott Gerber in April and removed him from the class. He was then barred from teaching or even coming on campus. Commission on Civil Rights.
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Ohio Opioid Verdict Brings Focus To Role Of Pharmacists
Law 360
DECEMBER 1, 2021
The recent federal Ohio jury verdict in National Prescription Opiate Litigation found pharmacies liable for contributing to the public nuisance of the opioid epidemic, advancing the question of when pharmacists owe a duty to warn or refuse to fill a prescription, says Roseann Termini at Widener University's Delaware Law School.
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Vaccine Cases Step Out of the Shadows at High Court
SquirePattonBoggs
DECEMBER 23, 2021
The two groups of challengers in the consolidated cases are a coalition of twenty-seven States led by Ohio and a coalition of twenty-six business associations represented by Lehotsky Keller LLP. Will these cases end up, like Overton Park , as staples of American law-school casebooks?
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Disqualification due to Foreseeable Conflict Leads to $32m Malpractice Judgment
Patently O
AUGUST 18, 2022
By David Hricik, Mercer Law School. In a case affirmed by the Ohio Court of Appeals, those damages were $32 million. In a case affirmed by the Ohio Court of Appeals, those damages were $32 million. Dentons US LLP , 2022-Ohio-1392 (Ohio App. A few law firms are organized this way, including Dentons.
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Paralegals: What If Your Client Claims Innocence?
Paralegal Mentor
MAY 15, 2014
Cooley Law School. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Ohio Supreme Court, and trial and appellate courts in Ohio and Michigan. Professor Mitchell’s publications are in the areas of criminal law, elder law, ethics, and clinical teaching. Special thanks to our sponsors, NALA and ServeNow.
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MyCase Customer Spotlight: Mindi Wells
MyCase
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Can you tell us a little about yourself—how you ended up becoming a lawyer, what you enjoy about practicing law, and how you ended up at this law firm? My background prior to going to law school was in human resources and working as a student in workers’ compensation and business-related law firms.
Turley Testifies in the Senate on Domestic Terrorism
JonathanTurley
JUNE 7, 2022
Northern District of Ohio. Shapiro Professor Of Public Interest Law. The George Washington University Law School. Washington, D.C. Garnell Whitfield, Jr. Buffalo, NY. Former U.S. Cleveland, OH. Professor Jonathan Turley. Washington, D.C. Turley.Senate Judiciary Committee.Testimony.Domestic Terrorism.2022.
CLE – Social Media Ethics – 10/15/25
Connor Reporting
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Ethical considerations and requirements, as well as new case precedents, mistrials and sanctions are popping up daily throughout the country due to the misuse and lack of understanding of the affect social media now has in the work environment and practice of law. Law Practice Management hour, not CLE.
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The Fight Against Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
Fordham Law News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Ohio filed June 9, 2023). [16] 26] Compelled Speech: Overview , Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, [link] (last visited Oct. Ohio filed June 9, 2023). [30] Ohio filed June 9, 2023). [35] Ohio filed June 9, 2023). Becerra, No. 3:23-cv-03818 (D.N.J. Becerra, No. 3:23-cv-03335 (D.N.J.
Zero Tolerance: Survey Finds 33 of 65 Academic Departments Lack a Single Republican Professor
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The survey covered The Ohio State University, University of Nebraska-Omaha, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Georgia, Cornell University, University of Oklahoma and the University of Alaska-Anchorage.
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Sabin Center Releases Its Winter/Spring 2023 Semi-annual Report
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 7, 2023
Matthew Eisenson and Michael Gerrard, together with local counsel, filed a petition to intervene in an Ohio Power Siting Board proceeding on behalf of a community member who supports the proposed Oak Run Solar Project.
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Giustizia consensuale (Consensual Justice): Report on the Journal’s Inaugural Conference
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 30, 2022
Schmitz (The Ohio State University, USA), who based her presentation on a thorough empirical study of ODR as a means to advance access to justice for poor or vulnerable individuals who would otherwise be unable to have their ‘day in court.’.
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Cassirer on Remand: Considering the Laws of Other Interested States
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 24, 2023
This post is by Carlos Manuel Vázquez , a professor of law at Georgetown Law School. From England, Lilly moved to Ohio, which has the same law regarding adverse possession as California. It is now up to the Ninth Circuit to review and correct the district court’s application of California’s choice-of-law rules.
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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022
LawSites
JANUARY 17, 2022
Headquarters: Twinsburg, Ohio. Elevator pitch: Affordable cybersecurity solutions are lacking and 29% of law firms have suffered a security breach. BobaGuard is a turnkey cybersecurity suite comprised of eight best-in-class services, including cybersecurity training, phishing simulation, AI-based advanced email protection and more.
U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 28, 2023
This post is by Maggie Gardner, a professor of law at Cornell Law School. The Case Robert Mallory worked for Norfolk Southern for nearly twenty years in Ohio and Virginia. It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. re-opens the door to suing foreign companies in U.S.
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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February
LawSites
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Demo video: [link] Founded: 5/1/2023, Columbus, Ohio Target customer: Solo, small firm, and legal Aid organizations that are engaged in litigation. He has worked across startups and corporate technology, and is closing out his third year of law school. Price: Monthly subscriptions based on usage at $89, $249, and $649.
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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022
LawSites
JANUARY 17, 2022
Headquarters: Twinsburg, Ohio. Elevator pitch: Affordable cybersecurity solutions are lacking and 29% of law firms have suffered a security breach. BobaGuard is a turnkey cybersecurity suite comprised of eight best-in-class services, including cybersecurity training, phishing simulation, AI-based advanced email protection and more.
The morning read for Thursday, Sept. 22
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Florida asks Supreme Court to review social media censorship law (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service). Dobbs Lawyer Says She’d Apply Abortion Ruling as US Judge (Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law). Ex-justice’s slaveholding past prompts move to change Ohio law school’s name (Karen Sloan, Reuters).
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Major Pharmacies Face First Federal Trial in Opioid Epidemic
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 4, 2021
On Monday, in a federal courtroom in Ohio, major pharmacy companies — in this case, CVS, Walgreens, Giant Eagle, and Walmart — will be facing trial for the first time for their part in the raging opioid epidemic, according to NPR , US News, and the Washington Post. . Gallucci , a lead attorney for the Ohio counties.
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Probation Puts Drug Offenders at Greater Risk of Returning to Prison: Paper
The Crime Report
JUNE 23, 2021
The paper’s author, Jacob Schuman , an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University School of Law, argues that the system of supervised release has become a “drug-control network focused on public safety” rather than rehabilitation. He studies criminal law, criminal procedure, and sentencing.
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International lawyers coalition condemns erosion of protection for legal advocates in letter to UN rights expert
JURIST
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Haley Duschinski, Associate Professor, Center for Law, Justice & Culture, Ohio University, USA. Adeela Firdous, Law and Advocacy Officer, Center for Equity Studies, Kashmir. Mirza Saaib Bég, Student, Blavatnik school of Government, University of Oxford, UK. Mohammed Fiaz, Partner, West Midlands Solicitors, UK.
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The Politics of Chaos: Disorder in the House Did Not Cause a Terror Attack in Israel
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 12, 2023
and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School. Yet, not one Democrat broke ranks and voted to prevent such chaos. Steve Scalise (R-La.)
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Why the Supreme Court—and the Justice System—Need Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Crime Report
APRIL 7, 2022
I spent 24 days behind bars, including the six-and-a-half days it took to extradite me from Ohio to South Florida, 1,100 miles from my home. Law schools are expensive, and public defenders are paid so little. But it also strikes a deeply personal chord. In 2019, I was falsely accused of a theft charge in Florida.
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Dear Stephen Breyer
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 19, 2023
Breyer, who was named the Byrne professor of administrative law and process at Harvard Law School last year, clasps his hands over his heart and nods. “We Justice Clarence Thomas delivers the 7-2 decision in the labor dispute Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. The chief then reads Breyer’s response letter.
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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 13, 2022
He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. This was a man who was born enslaved, became a renowned horseracing pioneer, made a fortune in the Gold Rush, brought American thoroughbreds to compete in England, and then emerged as the leading African American politician in the most politically important state, Ohio.
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Should Joe Biden Be Banned?
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Ohio , 378 U.S. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School. 184 (1964): “I shall not today attempt further to define [it] … But I know it when I see it.”
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“Schencking” Free Speech: Walz Makes the Case for the Most Anti-Free Speech Ticket in History
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 4, 2024
JD Vance, R-Ohio, cited the massive system of censorship supported by Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate. Ohio , Goldman cut me off and said, “ We don’t need a law class here.” Here is the column: In the vice presidential debate Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pulled the fire alarm. His opponent, Sen.
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