Cleveland State University College of Law Student Profile 2023

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SPECIALTY AREAS

Business Law

Civil Litigation

Civil Rights

Criminal Justice

Corporate Compliance

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

Employment and Labor Law

Entertainment and Sports Law

Environmental Law

Family Law

First Amendment Law

Health Law

Human Rights

Immigration Law

International and Comparative Law

Intellectual Property

Social Justice

Space Law

Tax Law

Trusts and Estates

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CLINICS

Appellate Practice Clinic: Represent clients in appellate proceedings before state and federal courts and tribunals, including Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Civil Litigation Clinic: Represent clients in a range of cases before courts and administrative agencies, such as

• Asylum and Immigration

• Civil Rights including 1st Amendment and equal protection

• Employment and employment discrimination

• Wage and hour disputes

• Unemployment compensation

• Fair housing and landlord tenant

• Consumer concerns

• Breach of contract

• Civil stalking protection orders

• Mediation

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Community Advocacy Clinic: Assist our community’s most vulnerable populations with

• Public benefits

• Expungement

• Name change

• Child support

• Consumer advocacy

• Community development

• LGBTQ advocacy

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Pardon, Clemency and Reentry Clinic: Contribute toward a significant need for e ective legal representation for indigent defendants at this early but pivotal stage in the criminal justice process.

Wrongful Conviction Clinic: Contribute to the representation of clients pursuing claims of wrongful conviction or wrongful sentencing and seeking acquittal, new trial, new sentencing, or other appropriate relief.

Pretrial Justice Clinic: Contribute toward a significant need for e ective legal representation for indigent defendants at this early but pivotal stage in the criminal justice process. Working with the o ce of the County Public Defender, students develop critical lawyering skills, such as client interviews, oral advocacy and pretrial motion practice, as they work to secure pretrial release as clients' cases move from the municipal court system to the county court of common pleas.

Transactional Law Clinic: Work on the kinds of issues that you’ll be handling in the real world as a business lawyer:

• Tax

• Corporate governance

• Environmental law

• Real estate

• Corporate policies

• Compliance with federal and state laws

• Entity selection and formation

• Estate planning and probate

• Intellectual property

• Minimizing risk through advice on institutional policies and practices

• Contract drafting

• Intellectual property advice and filings

EXTERNSHIPS

By observing legal proceedings and contributing to the work of

broad exposure to the legal system. Externship placements include:

• Judicial chambers

• Federal, state and local governmental agencies

• Non-profit and public interest organizations

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AN INNOVATIVE CURRICUM

Short-term, practice-based experiences provide the flexibility to address pressing current legal issues by undertaking projects for private, public, and non-profit entities. Pop-up practicums have included:

• Conviction Integrity Unit

• Mental Health Court

Cuyahoga County Bail Reform

Task Force

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• Icebreaker Wind Project

• Cleveland Police Commission

• First Amendment advice and advocacy

• Ohio Criminal Rules revision

• Domestic Violence Safe Leave

• Advice to Developers of Criminal Defendant App

CENTER FOR CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION

business and technology

• Certificate in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

• Legal Technology Lab

CENTER FOR HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

• Health Care Compliance, and Health Law and Privacy

• The Center ’s health law program is the only one in Ohio that is accredited by the Compliance Certification Board.

• Lab in collaboration with St. Vincent’s Hospital

• insurance companies, non-profit organizations and government agencies

GLOBAL SPACE LAW CENTER

• First U.S. law school research center dedicated exclusively to the law of outer space

• Summer online course

• Practical learning for public and private sector jobs including regulating air and space travel, satelli and telecommunications

Colleges and Universities represented by the entering class of 2023

Ashland University

Baldwin Wallace University

Capital University

Case Western Reserve University

Central Washington University

Cleveland State University

College of Wooster

Drexel University

Fisk University

Florida International University

Florida State University

Franklin University

Gannon University

George Mason University

High Point University

Huntingdon College

Indiana University

Indiana Wesleyan University

John Carroll University

Kansas State University

Kent State University

Kolegji Universitar Beder

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

McGill University

Miami University OH

Middle Tennessee State University

Morehouse College

Mount Vernon Nazarene University

North Carolina A&T State University

Northeastern University

Oberlin College

Ohio State University

Ohio University

Oregon State University

Otterbein University

Pennsylvania State

Purdue University

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Roger Williams University

Salisbury University

Southern Methodist University

Southern New Hampshire University

St. Mary’s College

St. Thomas University

The University of Findlay

Ti n University

Union Institute & University

University of Akron

University of California-Irvine

University of Cincinnati

University of Colorado

University of Dayton

University of Dublin

University of Florida

University of Houston

University of Mount Union

University of Mumbai

University of New Hampshire

University of North Carolina

University of Pittsburgh

University of South Carolina

University of Toledo

University of Washington

Ursuline College

Villanova University

Washington State University

Western Carolina University

Western Governors University

York University

DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS

• JD/MBA (Master of Business Administration)

• JD/MPA (Master of Public Administration)

• JD/MUPD (Master of Urban Planning and Development)

• JD/MAES (Master of Arts in Environmental Studies)

• JD/MSES (Master of Science in Environmental Science)

FLEXIBLE OPTIONS

• Full-time in-person

• Part-time day in-person

• Part-time online

SCHOLARSHIPS

• Scholarships guaranteed each year of law school

TUITION 2023-2024

• Full-year full time tuition & fees

$30,041.70

Out-of-state students pay the same tuition as In-State students, plus a $50 per-semester instructional fee surcharge, as required by state law.

• Part-time per credit hour tuition & fees

$1,155.45

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