Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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Q F' cal i. iigiii if ...4.. if,.,s-.,!4 ,au Low Review The Ohio Northern Law Revies, a highly respected law journal of the Claude W. Pettit College of Law, is edited and published by the students of the College of Law. Published four times a year, the Law Review consists of leading articles on current legal topics, student comments on legislation and recent decisions of the federal and state courts or administrative agencies, and selected symposia presentations on varied legal topics. ' An invitation to join the staff of the Law Review is based upon academic achievement and demonstrated writing ability. Membership on the Law Review is a tribute to scholarship and among the highest honors a student can attain at the College of Law. The Ohio Northern University Law Review represents Claude W. Pettit College of Law in the legal community at large, and thus encourages the submission of ideas, comments and publishable works from the faculty, students, and alumni.

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Cloude W. Pettit College Of Low Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law, founded in 1885, is the second oldest law college in the state of Ohio. The Claude W. Pettit College of Law is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, is accredited by the American Bar Association, and is a member of the League of Ohio Law Schools. It offers a three-year degree program leading to the Iuris Doctor degree. Northern's law program is directed toward preparing students for the practice of law in any state. Its curriculum is based on the law of all 50 states and the federal government. Currently there are more than 500 students enrolled, with over 1,500 law alumni practicing in 35 states. The curriculum is designed to give our students a thorough grounding in the principles of law as they will be useful in practice, and an appreciation of the law as a social institution capable of contributing to the welfare of society and promoting desirable changes in it. The college of Law contains the lay P. Taggart Memorial Library, a student lounge, a large classroom which is also used as a courtroom, three classrooms, four seminar rooms and 17 faculty offices. The Iay P. Taggart Library now houses over 90,000 volumes. Because the library is a government depository, it contains an abundance of primary research material. Also, the library offers the service- of LEXISXOBAR computerized research. Students, faculty, alumni, and practicing attorneys have found the computerized research a valuable tool. We recognize that our primary responsibility is teaching students. We believe that learning takes place most effectively where opportunities are provided for individual contact and counsel. There is a considerable degree of classroom participation and freedom to consult with professors, who are readily available for conferences. Every effort is made to create a highly personal relationship between the faculty and students, in which human values and the dignity of the person play an important part, just as should be true in the practice of law. The students are provided with a large variety of activities. A student may become active in the organization of the law school by participating in the Student Bar Association and its various committees, or there are two legal fraternities in the school. There are also two newspapers which are staffed by students. The University also provides a law school division of intramural sports which the law students have been very active in, in the past. Some of the sports include basketball, softball, racquetball and football.

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Moot Court 1977-1978 During the 1975-76 year the Moot Court organization reorganized and expanded its internal operations in preparation for an expanded national program. Students initially become involved in the Moot Court Program as second-year students through the Celebrezze Competition, named after distinguished alumnus Iudge Anthony I. Celebrezze of the Sixth Circuit United States Federal Court of Appeals, structured to develop abilities in brief writing and oral advocacy. In the fall quarter these students thoroughly research a complex and relevant fact situation and then write Supreme Court quality briefs based on their research. During the next quarter they argue both sides of the problems against other participants before judges composed of professors, practicing attorneys and senior Moot Court members. Based on its competition, the four most successful students make up the National Moot Court Team during the fall quarter of the third year. 220