Law, Technology, and the Creative Arts
Science plays a fundamental role in many, varied areas of the law. Scientific advancements, theories, and principles go hand-in-hand with the law in areas including Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Health Law. Further, Intellectual Property Law also protects many aspects of the creative arts through Copyright Law. Students with an educational background or simply an interest in these areas can establish a strong foundation in the law by selecting introductory courses such as Introduction to Intellectual Property Law, Environmental Law I, and Health Law. Students wishing to develop a deeper understanding in one or more of these categories can further refine their knowledge and skills exploring the courses offered in these areas:
Other Student Learning Opportunities
Experiential Learning Opportunities
Centers and Institutes
Publications
Other Student Activities
Student Organizations — sampling
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Faculty
Environmental Law
Bradford C. Mank
James B. Helmer, Jr. Professor of Law
513-556-0094
brad.mank@uc.edu
Joseph P. Tomain
Dean Emeritus and the Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law
513-556-0067
joseph.tomain@uc.edu
Health Law
Ann Hubbard
Professor of Law
513-556-3176
ann.hubbard@uc.edu
S. Elizabeth Malloy
Andrew Katsanis Professor of Law
513-556-0115
betsy.malloy@uc.edu
Intellectual Property
Timothy K. Armstrong
Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Law
513-556-0171
timothy.armstrong@uc.edu
Recent Student Stories
Jared Brandyberry '11. Jared Brandyberry decided to attend law school during his senior year at UC, when he became interested in intellectual property. "Patent law interested me because it mixed my technical background with the law and allowed me to work with entrepreneurs and innovators developing new inventions," the 2011 College of Law graduate said. (Read More)
Elise Lucas '11. Lucas is working as a fellow for the Glenn M. Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry. “It [Weaver] sounded like a good opportunity to get involved,” she said of her decision to become a fellow this year. In addition, Lucas has a deep interest in psychiatry. She majored in psychology for her bachelors degree from the University of Cincinnati. However, while completing her degree Lucas realized she didn’t want to become a psychologist. After investigating and weighing her options, Lucas decided that her next step would be law school. “Since I was still interested in the field, I thought that this would be an interesting bridge between the two.” (Read more)
Ryan Schmit '10. UC Law’s Ryan Schmit ’10 has always been an environmental enthusiast and pursuit of a career in environmental law was only a “natural” progression. He was a political science major at Miami University, with a secondary focus in environmental sciences. This past summer, he received a Public Interest Fellowship to work for the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. in the Office of Enforcement. At the EPA, he was able to focus and work on the policy side of law, assisting in various legislative and rule-making processes. Schmit also had the opportunity to attend congressional hearings on an issue of particular importance to him: the cap and trade bill. Schmit found the EPA workplace both interesting and collegial; not only was he surrounded by attorneys available for consultation on legal issues, but also PhDs of many disciplines able to clarify the various complexities of environmental issues. “Working for the federal government on issues with national or even global significance was extremely rewarding,” he said. . . . Currently, Schmit is the president of the Environmental Law Society and the Ohio state director for the National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS). . . . Following graduation in the spring, Schmit’s immediate goal is to find a job, but preferably one that provides an opportunity to practice environmental litigation. “I’m encouraged by the fact that the environmental issues are coming to the forefront of public concern,” he commented, “and I hope that an increase in the number of related jobs will follow.” (Read More)
Amanda Penick '09. Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz couldn't have said it better. There's no place like home. And for Amanda Penick, Class of 2009, the true meaning of these words became evident when she moved back home to Cincinnati to begin her three year law school journey. After graduating with a degree in English from Hanover University in 2006 and spending time interning in Philadelphia with entertainment attorneys during her junior year, Penick discovered a love of intellectual property (IP) law and made a decision to come to UC Law. . . Her responsibilities run the gamut to include serving as the co-chair of the Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS) for the past two years and working as an Articles Editor for the University of Cincinnati Law Review. Seeing membership in the IPLS boom over the past year has energized Penick and her colleagues. . . . Penick spent her first summer working at the E.W. Scripps Company in Cincinnati where she continues to work part-time and this past summer she worked for Baker and McKenzie in New York. She has parlayed her work and experience into a position with Baker and McKenzie upon graduation. (Read More)
UC Alumni Careers
Some places our graduates have worked include:
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Eastman Chemical Company
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Wood Heron & Evans, LLP
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Ohio Attorney General's Office, Environmental Enforcement Section
Cindy Bott ’99. A passion for science and the law took Cindy Bott around the world—from London to Cincinnati to Ann Arbor working for some of the world’s largest corporations. . . . She worked at Wood, Heron, and Evans her first summer doing intellectual property work with a focus on patents. During her second summer, she joined the pharmaceutical department at Procter & Gamble. Following graduation . . . she returned to Procter & Gamble, working as a patent attorney. This allowed her to combine her chemistry and molecular biology background with the legal skill she had obtained at UC Law. Since then she has worked for Pfizer, Inc., the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical corporation and Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, a law firm specializing in intellectual property. She recently made a move to the law firm of Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, and Cohn. (Read More)
Ann Navaro '91. Ann Navaro '91 admittedly didn't love law school, finding the climate to be in contrast to what she enjoyed as an undergraduate student. "I was worried that I wasn't going to like being a lawyer," Navaro said. "But when I got out of law school and started working and just loved it, it was clearly the right choice for me." (Read More)
Other Resources
Environmental Law
- United States EPA
- Ohio EPA
- ABA, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
- National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS)
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law, International Environmental Law
- The Jurist Environmental Law Guide