Education: Law School Courses

Lawyers as Leaders

Professor Garry W. Jenkins

The college's pioneering leadership education course enables students to develop themselves as leaders of organizations, embark on paths of personal leadership development, and increase their competence in working across a wide variety of organizational settings. Combining case studies, simulations, and theory, the course is designed to help students understand the hallmarks of skillful leadership and management. The course includes such topics as ethics, managing diversity, working with and managing teams, interpersonal dynamics, understanding power and influence, and organizational behavior.

Legal Negotiations

Professors Joseph B. Stulberg and Charles E. Wilson

This course explores the planning, communication, information, influence, relationships, emotion, and decision-making faced by leaders in the diverse contexts in which they negotiate.

Dispute Resolution Processes: Theory and Practice

Professors Sarah Rudolph Cole and Ellen E. Deason

This course introduces students to a range of dispute resolution mechanisms, this course provides theory and practice of negotiation, mediation, arbitration, among other subjects.

Mediation

Professors Amy J. Cohen, Sarah Rudolph Cole, and Ellen E. Deason

This seminar/practicum combines critical study of the legal, ethical, and policy issues surrounding mediation theory and practice with the opportunity for students to develop skills to effectively mediate disputes. Students gain practical experience by serving as mediators in cases before the Franklin County Municipal Court.

Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Distinguished Practitioners in Residence Program in Business Law

Through the Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Distinguished Practitioners in Residence Program in Business Law, Moritz Law students have the opportunity to learn from and exchange ideas with extraordinarily accomplished and prominent practitioners. The visiting practitioners teach a variety of one-credit courses throughout the year, based on their own areas of expertise.

Legislation Clinic

Professors Douglas A. Berman, Terri L. Enns, and Steven F. Huefner

The Legislation Clinic places students in externship assignments to research and analyze current and potential legislative issues, expose them to the challenges of leadership and policy development in a partisan context, and develop their negotiation and consensus building skills. Working with state government, students are placed with one of the four leadership caucuses in the Ohio General Assembly (majority and minority in House and Senate), with individual members of key committees (e.g., Judiciary or Finance), the Legislative Service Commission, the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, the Office of the Governor, and cabinet-level agencies of state government. The Clinic is supervised by two Moritz faculty members.

Washington, D.C. Summer Program

Professor Peter P. Swire

Led by a Moritz faculty member, the law school runs a summer program in Washington, D.C. that places students in externships with federal agencies and nonprofit organizations. Students often work directly with a senior officials and/or the substance of the work involves leadership issues such as how an industry should be regulated, how Congress should address a pressing policy problem, or how problems can be addressed through new public-private initiatives. In addition to the internships, students enroll in "The Ethics of Washington Lawyering," a law school course providing exposure to several experienced leaders in diverse positions.

Oxford Study Abroad

The Moritz College of Law also offers two study-abroad programs in Oxford, England. The programs permit law students to study for either a semester or a summer at Oxford University in classes taught by both U.S. law and British faculty. Such international exchange offers students rich academic and cultural experiences that provide insight into international and comparative law, conflicts, and the challenges of leadership in a global community.

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Students may also pursue coursework for in-depth study in a variety of substantive areas related to specific interests, including business, children and family studies, civil rights (including race, gender and sexuality), criminal justice, disability rights, environmental, health, international and human rights, labor, legislation, nonprofit organizations and sports.