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OSBA was founded on March 6, 1880 when the Cleveland Bar Association issued a call other Ohio local bar associations to meet at Case Hall in Cleveland. More than 400 lawyers met on July 8 to form the Association; Rufus P. Ranney was chosen as its first president. [2] Today, membership includes almost 70 percent of all Ohio law practitioners.
A great many organizations offer CLE programs, including most or all state bar associations. Uniquely, the Kentucky Bar Association offers a two-day program known as Kentucky Law Update, conducted in at least seven locations throughout the state, that allows its members to satisfy their annual CLE requirement without a registration fee. [2]
The Ohio Center for Law-Related Education (OCLRE) is a non-profit organization that aims to engage Ohio students "in learning about government, law, and the importance of active citizenship." [ 1 ] The organization is headquartered out of the Ohio State Bar Association in Columbus, Ohio.
The American Bar Association is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The association comprises 410,000 members, who are represented by a House of Delegates, the organization's primary body, which acts to create and adopt new policies and recommendations pertaining to the ...
The Ohio State Moritz College of Law publishes five legal journals: [12] The Ohio State Law Journal was founded in 1935 as the "Law Journal of the Student Bar Association" and was originally a "section" of the Student Bar Association and funded by student contributions.
Robert A. Pinn (1879): [37] [38] First African American lawyer in Massillon County, Ohio and Stark County, Ohio [39] Clay E. Hunter: [45] First African American male judge in Stark County, Ohio (upon his appointment to the Canton Municipal Court in 1962) Kyle L. Stone (2021): [46] First African-American elected prosecutor in Stark County, Ohio
Now, there is a greater prevalence of trial advocacy training in law schools and continuing legal education, [12] and attorney board certification is well established and growing. For example, by 1995 there were almost 20,000 board certified lawyers in the United States and by 2009 that number increased to more than 35,000 lawyers. [13]
Claude Pettit College of Law (ONU Law) is the law school of Ohio Northern University. Located in Ada, Ohio, it is the second oldest law school in Ohio, having been founded in 1885. The college is centered in Tilton Hall, which houses all law classes and the Taggart Law Library. The College of Law is located on the east-northeast side of the ONU ...