Nov. 6, 2009
New Attorneys to be Admitted to the Bar in Ceremony at Ohio Theatre Monday
Sessions can be viewed live online at Supreme Court’s Web site, Ohio Channel
About 850 new attorneys will be sworn in Monday, Nov. 9, during two special public sessions of the Supreme Court of Ohio at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the historic Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St.
The 10:30 a.m. session is for law school graduates of Capital University, University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton, Northern Kentucky University and The Ohio State University; and the 2 p.m. session is for graduates of University of Akron, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Ohio Northern University, University of Toledo and out-of-state schools.
Supreme Court Justice Maureen O’Connor will serve as the keynote speaker at both ceremonies, and Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton will lead the new attorneys in the professional oath.
The oath of office sessions will be streamed live on the Internet on the Supreme Court’s Web site (www.supremecourtofohio.gov) as well as the Ohio Channel (www.ohiochannel.org). In addition, the sessions will be broadcast statewide on the Ohio Channel’s local public broadcasting stations at 2:30 and 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22 and at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23.
The attorneys being sworn in passed the July 2009 bar examination and satisfied all of the Supreme Court’s other requirements for admission. Out of the 1,177 applicants who sat for the exam, 957 (81.3 percent) received passing scores; out of 1,046 first-time applicants, 87.8 percent received passing scores.
Following the ceremony, new attorneys may visit the Ohio Judicial Center, including the Supreme Court Courtroom and the Law Library. In addition, staff from the Office of Attorney Services will be available in the Grand Concourse to help new attorneys register.
Contact: Chris Davey or Bret Crow at 614.387.9250.