The University of Cincinnati College of Law (Cincinnati Law) is Ohio’s first law school and the fourth oldest continuously-operating law school in the nation—after Yale, Harvard, and William & Mary.
Cincinnati Law boasts one of the nation’s lowest student-to-faculty ratios, providing a more personal and hands-on learning experience, proven in our graduates’ consistently strong performance on the bar exam.
Cincinnati Law offers seven unique centers, six legal clinics, and guaranteed externship placements, all which provide students first-hand experience in the practice and research of law. These experiences include the Ohio Innocence Project, one of the most successful innocence projects in the nation which has, to date, freed 30 wrongfully convicted persons; the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, which pairs students with Cincinnati’s growing entrepreneurial business clientele; and the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, where students who are passionate about global social justice can support human rights work around the world.
In addition to its JD program, the law school offers three formal Joint Degree Programs, including a JD/MBA, JD/MA in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, & a JD/Master of Community Planning. A reduced full-time Flex Program is available to working professionals who need flexibility. And our LLM in U.S. Law offers international attorneys and law students a personalized program in which they’ll graduate fluent in the U.S. legal system.