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Guests take in the new law school building after the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Photo by CBA.
Judge Beth Myers talks with UC students
in a new state-of-the-art study room.
Jacob Cogan, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs |
Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law, lectures in a new classroom.
and, thanks to our clinic, members of the community. This continues to build our reality that the College of Law is a place of true collaboration.
The law library, traditionally sepa- rated by distinct walls from the rest of the school, is spread throughout our entire building, providing our students with different research and study options. Like our building, our law library is designed around student learning. While there remains the traditional quiet study room, we also have ten group study rooms, because we know students often study collaboratively. On the 5th floor, we also have our beautiful open study area. Here, students can study together or grab a coffee with a faculty member and continue the conversations begun in the classroom.
Knowing that we live in an increas- ingly digital world, our new home not only allows for physical collaboration and integration, but for virtual as well. Each classroom, seminar room, conference room, and group study room is equipped with the latest technology. Thus, faculty and students can engage our global community wherever they are. A faculty
member can easily have a guest from Hong Kong, Chicago, or even downtown Cincinnati participate in their classes via online streaming. Likewise, students can virtually meet with their colleagues using the room’s technology capabilities, even if that colleague is unable to attend the group session in person.
UC Law’s rich history of educating talented individuals to be champions of justice, advocates for their clients, and leaders of their communities enters a new phase with our new building. Now our
physical surroundings allow us to warp ahead in advancing our mission, placing students at the physical as well as philo- sophical center of all we do.
If you have not visited our new building, please come by. I would be pleased to give you a personal tour and show you why UC Law’s home is one the entire community can be proud of and benefit from.
Whiteman is the interim dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
THE REPORT | November/December 2022 | CincyBar.org
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Incoming first-year law students gather in the atrium.