Rate My Professor Nancy Oliver

Nancy Oliver is a Professor of Practice at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. She holds a BSBA in Accountancy from the University of Central Florida, earned summa cum laude, and a JD from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, conferred in 1990. During law school, she was elected to Order of the Coif, served as Arthur Russell Morgan Fellow at the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, acted as Articles Editor of the Human Rights Quarterly, and staff member of the University of Cincinnati Law Review. She received the William Worthington Prize for Best Case Note for her publication "Fiduciary Obligations to Holders of Convertible Debentures: Simons v. Cogan, 549 A.2d 300 (Del. 1988)," 58 U. Cin. L. Rev. 751 (1989), along with the Paxton and Seasongood Prize for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, Judge William H. Leuders Prize for the Highest Grade in Wills and Trusts, and various American Jurisprudence Prizes.

Her professional career includes serving as law clerk to the Honorable David A. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1990-1991), staff attorney at the Court of Appeals, First Appellate District (1991-1992), and Assistant Corporate Counsel at Community Mutual Insurance Company (1992-1994). She provided part-time in-house counsel at FFG Insurance Company (1996-1998) while teaching as a law school instructor at Southern Methodist University College of Law (1994-1998), focusing on legal writing, analysis, interviewing, counseling, and negotiating. At UC College of Law since 2003, she advanced through roles including Associate Professor of Research and Writing (2003-2008), Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor of Practice (2008-2015), Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Practice (2015-2016), and Professor of Practice since 2016. As Associate Dean, she coordinated academic programming, supervised staff, and led development of the LL.M. in U.S. Law, certificate programs, academic advising expansion, and registrar improvements. She founded the Health and Wellness Committee, chairs it, co-facilitates Mind-Body Skills groups, and advises Moot Court. Professor Oliver teaches Lawyering I: Legal Research and Writing, Lawyering II: Advocacy, Legal Research and Writing for LL.M. Students, Poverty and the Law, and Academic Success. Her publications include "Coming Face-to-Face with a Legal Research and Writing Client," 13 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 149 (2005), and co-authored "The Complete Professional: How Our New Professional Ideals for Law Students Help Us in the Legal Research and Writing Classroom," 26 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 14 (2018). Awards include the 2016 Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence, 2013 National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Honor Award Certificate, and 2013 CDC and ATSDR Nominee for Excellence in Partnering - Domestic. She has presented at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting, Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference, and Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference on topics such as mind-body skills for law students and using music to teach citations. Additional service encompasses University Faculty Senate, Academic and Policy Committee, Honor Code Committee, and Bar Preparation Committee.