Law Commencement
Ohio Northern University is pleased to announce it will host in-person commencement ceremonies in May to honor the Class of 2021 and the Class of 2020, the latter of which had its ceremony postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The events will be held rain or shine at Dial-Roberson Stadium in order to comply with Ohio Department of Health guidelines and to allow graduates to bring guests.
The College of Law Classes of 2020 and 2021 Commencement ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 8 at 9 a.m.
ONU Law Golf Outing at Findlay Country Club
Fundraiser to benefit the public interest scholarship awarded to qualifying ONU Law students
SAVE THE DATE: Friday, October 8, 2021
Check-in 8:30 a.m.
Shotgun Start 10:00 a.m. Rain or Shine
Findlay Country Club
1500 Country Club Drive, Findlay, OH 45840
National Trial Competition
ONU Law will host the National Trial Competition - 2021 Regional Tournament, the oldest trial advocacy competition in the nation, Feb. 25 - 27.
This tournament will be hosted virtually by ONU Law, on behalf of the Texas Young Lawyers Association and the American College of Trial Lawyers. ONU Law Moot Court will coordinate and direct all judges, scoring and awards. All trials will be conducted by Zoom.
44th Annual Law Review Symposium
"The Impact of Race on a Criminal Case" - Virtual Event
Sponsored by the Ohio Northern University Law Review and the Carhart Program in Legal Ethics
Schedule
Friday, March 19, 2021
8:45 a.m. – 9 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Introductory Remarks
9:15 a.m. – 10 a.m. Dr. Shaun L. Gabbidon, Penn State Harrisburg
Race, Crime, and the Law: A Sociohistorical Analysis
Straight Talk Series: Race and Criminal Justice
ONU Law is pleased to announce a new lecture series created to address issues in the practice of law that are currently impacting members of our profession. This series is part of ONU Law’s effort to educate law students and the public on the many ways in which the law is directly involved in the social, economic and leadership issues facing our nation.
Veterans Day Ceremony
Annual Veterans Day Commemoration featuring Dean Charles Rose
Ohio Northern University will hold its annual Veterans Day Commemoration on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. The event will take place under the Tent on the Tundra on campus, and will also be livestreamed on the ONU Religious Life Facebook page at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSgZy8TXjPA
Civic Charity and the Constitution
Civic Charity and the Constitution
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 12-1 p.m.
Sponsored by the ONU Law Student Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, the Honorable Thomas B. Griffith, Retired Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, will speak on the need to place community over political tribalism in pursuit of a common good.
Dean's Lecture - Jesse Merriam
The Evolution of Affirmative Action in Theory and Practice
Carhart Lecture - Richard Painter
Emoluments and other Financial Conflicts of Interest in the Age of Trump
Speaker:
Professor Richard W. Painter received his B.A., summa cum laude, in history from Harvard University and his J.D. from Yale University, where he was an editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation. Following law school, he clerked for Judge John T. Noonan Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and later practiced at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City and Finn Dixon & Herling in Stamford, Conn.