Bryan H. Ward
Director of Clinical Programs
Professor of Law
Office: Tilton Hall #176
Tel: 419-772-2655 (campus) 419-227-0061 (Lima)
Fax: 419-772-3514
Email: b-ward1@onu.edu
Biography:
Bryan H. Ward joined the ONU Law faculty in 1999 after five years in the general practice of law with a focus on bankruptcy and commercial litigation in Troy, Ohio and the greater Dayton, Ohio area. He received his JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Ph.D. in political science from The Ohio State University, where he was a graduate instructor for eleven quarters. Ward teaches in the areas of criminal law and legal ethics and professionalism. He writes in the area of criminal sentencing and criminal procedure. Ward also frequently gives continuing legal education presentations in the areas of legal ethics and professionalism as well as legal issues affecting churches. He was member of the 2008 Fellows Class of the Ohio State Bar Foundation and also served for two terms on the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on the Certification of Attorneys as Specialists.
Ward received the 2007 Fowler V. Harper Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship and the 2007 Most Effective Teacher Award, presented by the Student Bar Association and voted upon by the student body.
Publications:
"A Plea Best Not Taken: Why Criminal Defendants Should Avoid the Alford Plea," 68 Missouri Law Review 913 (2003)
"Sentencing Without Remorse," 38 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 131 (2006)
"Is Modern Crime Too Complex for the Modern Jury?" Forum on Public Policy Online, Fall 2006 edition
http://www.forumonpublicpolicy.com/archive06/ward.pdf
