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Our international law, health law and intellectual property law programs are among the top in the nation. Leadership courses and real-practice experiences are infused throughout our innovative curriculum. All students begin working with real clients in their first year and participate in a semester-long full-time practice experience during their third year.  National Jurist magazine named us among the top 25 law schools that deliver the best public interest law opportunities. The magazine also listed us among its first "honor roll of law schools" that deliver the best practical training.

The Southwest Ohio Trial Lawyers Association is a legal association committed to preserving and promoting an effective civil justice system for the citizens of Ohio, and throughout the country. Our goal is to serve individuals who have been injured by unsafe or unfair actions of others by advancing fair and equitable remedies for any damages made to an individual or property.

Ohio Legal Aid is comprised of nine legal aid organizations that give voice to in-need Ohioans by providing high quality legal help and problem solving throughout Ohio’s 88 counties. Each of these organizations provide legal counsel – at no cost to the client – to help Ohioans achieve justice for themselves and their families. Throughout Ohio, families struggle to ensure that their children receive adequate medical care and education supports in order to keep them healthy and make them successful in school; veterans struggle to obtain the military benefits they were promised and to secure safe and stable housing; and seniors strive to live out their retirement safely, independently, and financially secure. Ohio Legal Aid ensures that these vulnerable Ohioans have a voice in achieving justice for themselves and their families.

The Constitution of Ohio separates our state government into three branches, each with distinct areas of responsibility — the executive, the legislative and the judicial. The primary function of the judicial branch is to fairly and impartially settle disputes according to the law. To do this, a number of courts have been established in the state by the Constitution and by acts of the General Assembly.