About the College of Law
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, Ohio Supreme Court; 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
- Arthur
Raymond Robinson,
(U.S. Senate, Indiana)
- John Marshall Robsion, (U.S. Senate,
Kentucky)
- Jay P. Taggart (Dean)
- Earle B. Tilton
- 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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