Moritz College of Law at Ohio State

Fall 1-L, required legal research, taught by librarians (1 credit), followed by small research project in small-section course (40students). Spring 1-L, required legal writing (2 credits), taught by tenured/tenure-track faculty (mostly), with some long-term contractclinicians who teach the course as an overload and receive a pay bump forit. No more than 2-3 clinicians teach, and the other 9-10 sections aretaught by tenured/tenure track faculty. 20 students per section. Some faculty rotate in frequently or teach every year, some less frequently.Typical course structure: 2 required major projects, at least 2 drafts each, conference and critique of the first draft are pretty much universal. Various faculty add various extras (e.g., oral argument,negotiation) as they wish. No universal syllabus, but some agreement on consistency of types of projects.
Fall 2-L, required app. ad (2 credits). Lectures by tenured director,critiquing, conferencing, and oral arguments judged by adjuncts. Use pending supreme court cases, 3 drafts, one practice argument judged by3-L's, one performance argument judged by adjunct + attorneys. Upper-level requirements: one seminar plus one other course that requires writing or skills.

An email address of someone who can answer questions about the program: Mary Beth Beazley: beazley.1@osu.edu