CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law New Student Profile 2019

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

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ENTERING CLASS PROFILE CLASS SIZE:

144

Full-Time:

Part-Time:

115

50%

Women Students of Color:

20%

LSAT:

75% .......... 157 Median.... 154 25% .......... 150

29

50% Men

Average Age:

25

GPA:

75% .......... 3.69 Median.... 3.43 25% .......... 3.23

SPECIALTY AREAS

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Business Law Civil Litigation Civil Rights Criminal Justice Corporate Compliance Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Employment and Labor Law Environmental Law Family Law First Amendment Law Immigration Law International and Comparative Law Intellectual Property Entertainment and Sports Law Health Law Human Rights Space Law Tax Law Trusts and Estates

CLINICS

DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS •J D/MBA (Master of Business Administration) •J D/MPA (Master of Public Administration) •J D/MUPD (Master of Urban Planning and Development) •J D/MAES (Master of Arts in Environmental Studies) •J D/MSES (Master of Science in Environmental Science)

Appellate Practice Clinic: Students will 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 wide range of cases before courts and administrative agencies in many substantive areas, including • Asylum • Immigration • Civil Rights including First Amendment and equal protection cases • 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 • Ex-offender reentry

Community Advocacy Clinic: Assist our community’s most vulnerable populations in the following areas of law: •P ublic benefits • Expungement •N ame change •C hild support •C onsumer advocacy •C ommunity development •L GBTQ advocacy •H uman trafficking Transactional Law Clinic: Work on the kinds of problems that you’ll be handling in the real world as a business lawyer, helping to provide advice and services in: •T ax •C orporate governance •E nvironmental law •R eal estate •C orporate policies •C ompliance with federal and state laws •E ntity selection and formation •E state planning and probate • I ntellectual property •M inimizing risk through advice on institutional policies and practices •C ontract drafting • I ntellectual property advice and filings

EXTERNSHIPS By observing legal proceedings and contributing to the work of a legal office, students receive broad exposure to the legal system.

Externship placements include: • Judicial chambers • Federal, state and local governmental agencies • Non-profit and public interest organizations • Corporate legal offices POP-UP PRACTICUMS Short-term, practice based experiences that provide the flexibility for students to learn and engage with current legal issues by undertaking projects for private, public, and non-profit entities.

Pop-up practicums have included: • Cuyahoga County Bail Reform Task Force • 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 Nationally recognized for innovation, the Center offers a multidisciplinary curriculum that integrates law, business and technology.

• Certificate in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy •L egal Technology Lab

CENTER FOR HEALTH LAW AND POLICY • The Center offers certification in Health Care Law, 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.

• The Center offers an innovative Law and Psychiatry Lab in collaboration with St. Vincent’s Hospital • The Center offers externships at hospitals, health insurance companies, non-profit organizations and government agencies

GLOBAL SPACE LAW CENTER •F irst U.S. law school research center dedicated exclusively to the law of outer space •S ummer online course •P ractical learning for public and private sector jobs including regulating air and space travel, satellites, and telecommunications

CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER •C oncentration in Criminal Law • Exceptional hands-on experience through championship moot court and trial team • Externships include 8th District Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, City of Cleveland Prosecutor’s Office, Ohio Attorney General, Federal Public Defender Office, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, U.S. Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

LEGAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (LCOP) Applicants demonstrating academic excellence and writing proficiency but whose LSAT scores are below C|M|LAW 25th percentile LSAT score may be admitted to the LCOP Program. Highlights include: • Frequent exams with individualized feedback • Small class sizes to facilitate personalized attention • Full-time faculty and academic support specialist

P. KELLY TOMPKINS LEADERSHIP & LAW PROGRAM •O ne of the first programs in the country that trains lawyer-leaders by providing leadership education, skills training, and mentoring to law students • Dean’s Leadership Fellows Program selects students with outstanding credentials, some of whom receive three-year full scholarships • Law and Leadership course • Leader Conversation series • Leaders-in-Residence

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

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Colleges and Universities represented by the entering class of 2019 Ashland University Austin Peay State University Baldwin Wallace University Ball State University Bowling Green State University Capital University Case Western Reserve University Cleveland State University College of Charleston Cornell University Cornerstone University Dickinson College Eastern Michigan University Florida International University Florida State University Harvard University Hiram College Indiana State University John Carroll University Kent State University Lake Erie College Loyola University - Ohio Loyola University - Maryland Loyola University - Chicago Malone University Marietta College Miami University Missouri State University Northwestern University Notre Dame College Oberlin College Ohio State University

Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan University Rutgers University School of Arts & Sciences Rutgers University University College San Jose State University Sarah Lawrence College Slippery Rock University Stanford University Texas A & M University Tiffin University Troy University University of Akron University of Alabama University of Cincinnati University of Dayton University of Maryland University of Michigan University of North Carolina University of Pittsburgh University of Rhode Island University of Toledo University of Virginia Washington & Jefferson College Westminster College Wright State University Xavier University - Ohio Xavier University - Louisiana Yale University Youngstown State University

FLEXIBLE OPTIONS • Full-time • Part-time day • Part-time evening

SCHOLARSHIPS •S cholarships guaranteed each year of law school

TUITION •F ull-year full time tuition & fees $27,753.70 •T otal cost of 1 credit hour $1,067.45 •O ut of state students pay the affordable, in-state tuition

“CONVERTIBLE” JD OPTION: Students deciding not to continue law school after completing their first year of studies may apply the credits toward the Master of Legal Studies degree (MLS) and can generally complete their MLS degree by taking one additional course.