Celebrate the First Monday in October!

The School of Law has partnered with the Dayton Bar Association to celebrate the First Monday in October, which marks the beginning of the United States Supreme Court's term. The purpose of the celebration is to increase awareness among students, attorneys and the public about the Supreme Court's significance.

Please join us in the Mathias H. Heck Courtroom at the University of Dayton School of Law on Monday, October 7, 2024 from 10:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Our guest speaker will be Benjamin M. Flowers ("Ben"), Ashbrook Byrne Kresge LLC. Ben is an accomplished litigator with experience briefing, arguing, and winning high-stakes cases in courts throughout the country. Ben grew up watching his father build a small business. He fights for clients as though he were fighting for his own family business.

Before joining Ashbrook Byrne Kresge LLC, Ben served as Ohio’s Tenth Solicitor General. In that role, he represented the State of Ohio in the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (where he is a perfect 3-0 before the en banc court).

Ben has been described as “quick as lightning, engaging jurists’ questions quickly and thoroughly” at oral argument. His written product is similarly recognized as being among the very best; both the National Association of Attorneys General and the Ohio State Bar Association issued best-brief awards to Ben for his briefs in the Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of Ohio.