The Clinical Philosophy

The Clinic Philosophy:

To paraphrase Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the life of the law is experience. While still a student, you can experience the real practice of law in a variety of supervised settings by working with courts, attorneys and clients in actual cases. This is why clinics are sometimes referred to as the "classroom in the courtroom."

Clinic students have presented oral arguments on many occasions before the Ninth District Court of Appeals; represented clients in Federal District Court on Prisoner Civil Rights Cases; written briefs that are argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and have helped small business clients with a variety of business law issues including contract negotiation, business planning and choice of entity.

Students who have graduated from the clinic have assumed various positions in, and as:

• State Attorney General's Office
• Court of Appeals Judicial Law Clerks
• Private Civil Medical Malpractice Firms
• Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial Law Clerks
• Public Defender Offices
• Prosecutor Offices

Clinic students do work for clients on computers dedicated to Legal Clinic work.

Seminars, mediations, case management meetings and group discussions are held in the Legal Clinic conference room.