Founded in 1885, the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law is the second oldest of the nine Ohio law schools and a founding member of the Ohio League of Law Schools.
Annually the college enrolls more than 320 students from
more than 40 states in its full-time juris doctor degree and LL.M. programs. ONU Law alumni have gone on to become judges in 15 states and serve in the United States Senate.
The college's dedicated and esteemed faculty provides personalized instruction to students with passions for legal scholastic excellence. The College of Law is located in Ada,
Ohio, on the campus of Ohio Northern University with an off-campus legal clinic in Lima, Ohio.
Notable Alumni
- William J. Brown, (youngest Attorney General in Ohio)
- Anthony J. Celebrezze, (State Senate, Ohio; Mayor, Cleveland; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare)
- Robert R. Cupp, (Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 3rd Appellate District; State Senate, Ohio )
- Michael DeWine, (U.S. Senate, Ohio)
- Fowler V. Harper, (Professor, Yale Law School)
- Dr. Steven W. Kormendy
- Edward Shiloh Matthias (Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio; longest serving justice)
- Arthur Raymond Robinson, (U.S. Senate, Indiana)
- John Marshall Robsion, (U.S. Senate, Kentucky)
- Jay P. Taggart (Dean)
- Earle B. Tilton
- Reuben R.M. Wanamaker (Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio)
- Lena B. Wilcox, (First Female ONU Law Graduate)
- Laurence Neal Woodworth, (Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy)
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Ohio Northern University College of Law has been fully accredited by the
American Bar Association since 1948 and a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 1965.
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