Moritz College of Law
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| Parent school | Ohio State University |
| Established | 1891 |
| School type | Public |
| Parent endowment | $3.634 billion |
| Dean | Alan C. Michaels |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Enrollment | 532 |
| Faculty | 80 |
| USNWR ranking | 30 |
| Bar pass rate | 93% |
| Website | moritzlaw.osu.edu |
| ABA profile | officialguide.lsac.org |
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The Michael E. Moritz College of Law (or Ohio State University Moritz College of Law) is a public law school founded in 1891 and located in Drinko Hall on the main campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools.
The Moritz College of Law is ranked the 30th best law school in the United States and 1st in dispute resolution by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, Moritz is ranked the 18th best law school and 5th best public law school in the United States by Business Insider.
According to the Moritz College of Law's official 2015 ABA-required disclosures, 75% of the Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners. This ranked Moritz 28th in the United States and 1st in Ohio for job placement of recent law graduates.
The board of trustee of the Ohio State University officially sanctioned a law school in June 1885 after approving a resolution introduced by trustee Peter H. Clark, an early African-American civil rights activist. However, it was not until October 1891 that the law school was formally opened to 33 students, including 1 woman, in the basement of the original Franklin County Courthouse.Marshall Jay Williams, a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court served as the first dean of the law school and lectured for two years before resigning in 1893. In 1896, the University elevated the law school to its present-day College of Law status.
In 1903, the College of Law moved to Page Hall, its first permanent building on the main campus of the University (now home to the John Glenn College of Public Affairs), named in honor of Henry F. Page, a prominent Ohio attorney who had left his estate to the University. Over the next four decades, the College of Law experienced rapid growth under the successive leadership of deans William F. Hunter, Joseph H. Outhwaite, John Jay Adams and Herschel Arant. Today, the College of Law continues its growth in national stature under the successive leadership of deans Gregory H. Williams, Nancy H. Rogers and now Alan C. Michaels.
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