From our LLM program for international lawyers—to global law and international human rights centers and concentrations. Discover what's next at Cincinnati Law.
At Cincinnati Law, we have a long history of engagement with issues related to international law.
In 1979, we became home to the first endowed institute at an American law school devoted to the study of international human rights—the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights. The Institute sends students around the globe to work on issues related to international human rights. You can find Morgan graduates in places like the State Department, the International Criminal Court, and numerous other organizations. Students also engage with scholarship through the Human Rights Quarterly.
In 2020, we launched the Cincinnati Center for the Global Practice of Law, which is designed to encourage, facilitate, and promote international engagement in all of the College’s activities.
We're also home to a tight-knit LLM Program in the U.S. Legal System. The LLM degree can be completed in as little as nine months, and with an 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio, our students benefit from increased, personalized support from professors. Graduates emerge fluent in the U.S. law system and ready to advance their careers.
Our tuition is one of the lowest for a U.S. LLM program, and we offer generous scholarships as well.
Cincinnati Law faculty is committed to scholarship in international and comparative law. In 1979, we became home to the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, the first endowed institute at an American law school devoted to the study of international human rights. Bert Lockwood, Director of the Urban Morgan Institute and Distinguished Service Professor of Law, is the editor of the Human Rights Quarterly, one of the most cited academic journals in the field of international human rights. He is also the Series Editor of the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights.
Recent and forthcoming faculty publications in international and comparative law include:
Felix Chang, Associate Dean of Faculty and Research | Professor of Law | Co-Director, Corporate Law Center
Jacob Katz Cogan, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs | Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law | Faculty Director, Cincinnati Center for the Global Practice of Law
Meghan L. Morris, Assistant Professor of Law, College of Law | Affiliate Faculty, Department of Anthropology
Design a course of study to advance your education on the way to earning your LLM in just nine months. Students can pursue a concentration in business law, apply for fellowships with the Ohio Innocence Project or Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, and take advantage of numerous opportunities available to Cincinnati Law students.
Founded in 1979, the Urban Morgan Institute was the first endowed institute at an American law school devoted to international human rights law and has long been a world leader in legal education and human rights scholarship. Urban Morgan students serve as editors for the world’s leading human rights academic journal: Human Rights Quarterly.
The University of Cincinnati College of Law has long been committed to global engagement. The Cincinnati Center for the Global Practice of Law is designed to encourage, facilitate, and promote international engagement in all of the College’s activities, including research, teaching, clinics, recruitment, and student activities. The Center connects students to opportunities that will help them develop the competencies needed to excel in the 21st century global legal marketplace.
March 7, 2005
A celebration of Larry Elsasser s career will be held from 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the Great Hall of Tangeman University Center.
March 8, 2005
Laura Dudley Jenkins' book, Identity and Identification in India: Defining the Disadvantaged, questions the ways in which democracy is able to succeed in such a diverse country.
March 14, 2005
To many people, Billie Burton is known only as an assistant dean in the college. But she now has earned a new title, that of church pastor.