News - Capital University Law School

Capital Law Offering Three New Courses in the Spring

November 20, 2018

This spring, CapLaw introduces three new courses for “practice-ready” law students.

CapLaw Represents: Kathryn L. Wollenburg, L’05, Creates Compromise Through Mediation

November 15, 2018

Kathryn L. (Kate) Wollenburg, L’05, became the Circuit Mediator for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in March. Prior to assuming this role, she served as the Mediation Director and Staff Counsel for the Union County Court of Common Pleas in Marysville, Ohio, for 12 years.

Capital University Law School Presents the 40th Annual Sullivan Lecture Featuring Journalist Emily Bazelon, Addressing Mass Incarceration

November 9, 2018

Emily Bazelon, staff writer for the New York Times Magazine and senior research fellow at Yale Law School, will present a lecture on “Prosecutors and the New Movement to End Mass Incarceration” on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Ms. Bazelon’s lecture will celebrate the 40th Jon E. Sullivan Lecture, sponsored by the Capital University Law Review. The event will be held at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., with a reception to follow.

Betty Montgomery to Receive Esther H. Brocker Award

November 5, 2018

You might say Betty Montgomery is Ohio’s “woman of firsts”: first female auditor of state, first female attorney general, first female state senator from the Second District, first female prosecuting attorney for the City of Perrysburg, and first female Wood County prosecuting attorney. Because of these accomplishments – and many others – Capital University is proud to name her as the 2018 recipient of the Esther H. Brocker Award.

CapLaw Alums Morrison and McFarland Nominated for Federal Bench

November 1, 2018

Two Capital University Law School alumni have been nominated by President Donald Trump to fill open seats on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Avery Moore: Taking the Law Review Into the Future

October 30, 2018

When Avery Moore, L'19, was beginning law school, he did not expect that he would be selected to serve as the 2018-19 Editor-in-Chief of the Capital University Law Review, one of the law school’s most prestigious student organizations. When he started his legal education in 2016 after graduating from Capital University with a major in music technology, he was not sure how well his academic training would translate into law school success.

Congratulations to our July 2018 Ohio Bar Passers!

October 26, 2018

Capital University Law School is delighted to congratulate all of our graduates who passed the July 2018 administration of the Ohio Bar Exam!

Prof. Halle Hara Returns to CapLaw as Director of ASP

October 22, 2018

Prof. Hara has significant experience teaching law students, having served previously as the full-time Professor and Director of Academic Success at Capital, a Visiting Professor of Legal Research and Writing at Capital, and an Adjunct Skills Professor at the University of Dayton School of Law.

From Active Duty to Classroom-Ready: CapLaw Eases Transition for Military Students

October 22, 2018

Capital University Law School believes that many of the qualities inherent in a successful military career are readily transferable to the legal profession. As a result, Capital’s military-friendly programs are designed to help students transition from the service to school.

Meet Our New Faculty: Professor Molly Corey, L’05

October 15, 2018

Professor Molly Corey, L’05, joined the faculty at Capital in August of 2018 after practicing law in state government for twelve years. She served as an Assistant Attorney General in Ohio from 2006 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2018, primarily representing the Ohio Department of Natural Resources with a focus on oil and gas and mining law.