Save the date for ONU Law's annual Golf Outing! The event will be held Friday, October 4, 2024 at the beautiful Bluffton Golf Club. Gather your four-member team and tee up for a fun day of golf for a great cause - our public interest scholarships. 

If you're not a golfer, sponsorship opportunities are also available! 

Event Details:

• Foursome scramble format

• Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.

• Shotgun start begins 10 a.m.

• 18-hole round of golf with cart

The Third District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5th in Tilton Hall, Room 129. Judge John R. Willamowski, JD, '85 will serve as Presiding Judge. The public is invited to attend. 

Two cases will be heard including one criminal case, Marion County No. 9-23-25: State of Ohio v. Gerry L. Moore, Sr. and one civil case, Allen County Case No. 1-23-33: Jane Doe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Lima Memorial Hospital, et al.

State of Ohio v. Gerry Moore

You are invited to join us for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Ohio Northern University Law Review. The event will be held on Friday, October 27, 2023.

The day will be filled with opportunities for alumni to come back to campus, catch up with old friends, and meet current students. The day will feature a CLE event, tours of the law school, an alumni panel discussion, and a dinner reception. The event also coincides with ONU Homecoming weekend, where a number of events have been planned campus wide. 

Join us Friday, October 13, 2023 at the Findlay Country Club, 1500 Country Club Drive, Findlay, OH for our annual ONU Pettit College of Law Golf Outing. It promises to be a day of fun and networking - all for a great cause! 

Congratulations to our graduating class of 2023! We look forward to celebrating your accomplishments on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at the ONU Sports Center Field House, and then at a reception immediately following at the College of Law (Tilton Hall). 

We ask you please wear your cap and gown, and bring your hood with you.  Please note: You may NOT wear additional cords, sashes, etc. during the ceremony.

8:30 AM - Doors open. Guests should arrive by 9:00 AM, and should be seated by 9:30 AM.

9:20 AM - Graduating students assemble for the processional.

Please join us for this year's Goldman Lecture which will be held on Founders Day, Wednesday, April 12, 2023 beginning at 11 a.m. in Tilton Hall, Room 129.

Join us for our annual Kormendy Lecture on April 4, 2023 in Tilton Hall, Room 129 beginning at 11 a.m. This is the second in a series of three spring lectures at ONU Law. 

Speaker: Dean Michael Scharf

Topic: The Legal Impact of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion

Former ONU Law Associate Dean Deidre Keller will return to Ada on Friday, March 10th as keynote speaker for the annual Kormendy Lecture. She will address copyright issues for recording of classes. Keller currently serves as Dean at Florida A & M University (FAMU) College of Law.

The event will be held in Tilton Hall, Room 129 beginning at 11 a.m.

More on our speaker:

The Third District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7th in Tilton Hall, Room 129.

Two cases will be heard: 

State of Ohio v. Ziair Green

In this criminal case defendant Ziair Green is asserting several assignments of error arising from his convictions for felonious assault and felony murder with firearm specifications. Green fatally shot his ex-stepfather after a domestic violence incident involving Green's mother. 

Durnell's RV Sales Inc. v. Beckler