Experience each step of the legislative process by working with leaders of the Ohio General Assembly and other key legislative players – assisting them with research, analysis, and monitoring of the lawmaking process.
The Legislative Clinic is a twice-weekly classroom experience during which students and faculty engage in discussions addressing state legislative processes, politics, and participants.
Get a front-row seat to the legislative process in Ohio.
The classroom component focuses on the Ohio legislative process and on state constitutional law as it affects the relationship between Ohio courts and the legislature.
Clinic placements, combined with readings, role plays, guest speakers, and class discussions, teach students how to research and analyze current and potential legislative issues, expose them to the challenges of information-sharing in a partisan context, and develop their negotiation and consensus-building skills.