Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-31
Prospectus.
THE LAW DEPARTMENT.

SoHeSe was 1ounQeQ Dy an act OF Congress
! Il the 9Th OF Feb. 1921. Soon after which its Cas
steal Department went into operation, and very liberal
course OF instruction was commenced. Theological
MEDICAL, and Law Departments, have been successive
~ established and organised. The two former as we'll
as the Classical Department have been in operation for
some tune, with degree Of success which has encour
aged the Trustees bring into operation Also the De-
partment of Law Indeed no place seems more E, e..
tue establishment of Law College, than the Seat of
the National Governments where Students from every
secuoh OF the Union may often meet many of their
trends; where the brightest ornaments of the Bar will
DC where the best examples of forensic and
lur'dca eloquence will be displayed where the most
important questions arising under the Laws and Con.
sttutions OF the several States, and of the United
States, and the Law of Nations will be debated and de-
clded and where by observing the manners and prac
tee OF the highest and most honorable portion oftbe
profession, the Student will rise above every Thin,
that is low and sordd, and fix his aim on all that no
ble end manly, and honorable. But the ADVANTAGES
which the City OF Washington presents, as a place in
which to establish School for instruction in the Law
are so important and obvious, that it cannot be neces
sary to enumerate them.
| The undersigned having been, by the Trustees of
the Columbian College, appointed Professors of Law in
that institution, will commence Course of Lectures
on the Second Monday Of June next at the City Hail. in
the City of Washington.
The Lectures are intended to be continued daily.
until the course (Which will consist OF nearly 400 Lee
OF one day. perhaps, in each week. an of the Terms of
the Circuit Court OF the United States for the County
OF Washington, ID C.. Each Lecture will occupy from
one TO two hours; and the whole course will probably
require eighteen months or two years
In addition 10 the course upon the usual heads of
NuhicPai Law strictly SO called, (Which will be treat.
ed As fully and mnuely may be necessary to qualify
the Student tor actual practice ntcndedo lecture
upon the Constitution and Laws of the United States
the Admiralty jurisdiction and practice of the Courts
OF the United States, and upon the Law of Nations
An examination of the Students will take place on
every Saturday, upon the subjects which shall have
beenlectured upon during the preceding week.
Moot Court will be holden once week, for arp,.
ing questions Of Law previously propounded for dis
cusson and for trying fictitious causes In these Courts
It IS intended that the proceedings shall be regular and
formal as well in making up the record, in the pro-
cess and pleadings-so that the Student nav It the
same time, acquire knowledge of the practice, as well
as OF the theory, of the law.
The Students until Law Library for the School
shall be otherwise provided will have the use of the
Libraries of the Professors.
The following is extract from the Laws adoptedb by
the Board OF Trustees, for the regulation Of the Law
Department:
"Be it ordained, by the Columbia College, in the
District Of Columbia:
"lst. That there shall be full course of Law Lee,
lures delivered in the City of Washington by the Pro.
tes ors OF Law, once IN every period of twelve months
% Professors shall
mine upon, not exceeding two years Which course
shall embrace much of the Common AID Statute Law
of England, as may be considered applicable to this
country, the Constitution and Laws of the United
States, the Laws in force in the District of Columbia
and the Constitutions and Laws of such of the several
States, as the Professors may find convenient to Lee
ture upon The first course to commence at such time
the Professors shall appoint, and of which they shall
give thirty days public notice.
"2d Each Student, before he can receive a ticket
of the Professors for admission to the Law Lectures
shall pay EN- Dollars to the Treasurer of the College
for the purposes of defrayng the expenses Of and n
creasng, the Law Library, to be expended under the
direction of the Professors Of Law, for the sole use Of
the School, shall have his entered on the College
Books and receive ticket OF matriculaton evidence
that he has placed himself under the government othe
Trustees of the College and the Law Professors He
shall also pay to the said Professors of Law or secure
to their satisfaction, the of One hundred Dollars
for each course of Lectureshe shaattend But all who
shall have attended two full of Lectures in this
School, may attend any future course, gratis.
esd. The Students may be admitted at any time
and fany one enter during the progress of course of
lectures, he shall pay only in proportion to the lectures
OF that course, then remaining to be delivered
"4th. Each Student shall be subject to the rules Of
discipline which may, from time to time, be ordained
by the Trustees and administered by the Professors Of
Law.
"5th All the Students of Law shall have the priyi
lege OF attending, gratutously the lectures in the Clas
steal Department of the College, on Natural Phiosophy
Astronomy, Botany Natural History, sc. by present
ing recommendation from the Professors Of Law to
the President of the College,
10th. No Student shall be admitted to examination,
candidate for the Degree of Bachelor or Doctor of
Laws, until
81. He shall have attended two full courses of lee.
lures.
49, He shall have read law three years at least un
der the direction Of respectable Counsellor or
Judge.
SO. He shall have attained the age of twenty-one
years.
SO. lie shall have satisfied the Professors of Law Of
his classical attanment if he be not Graduate in the
Arts; and also, of his moral character.
SIS. He shall have entered his name with the Pro-
tessors of Law as candidate for graduation and de-
lvered to them inaugural dissertation on some head
question of Law, thirty days least before his final
examination Candidates for graduation may be exam.
med by the Professors Of Law, any time they may
appoint fthey shall be satisfied upon such exaina.
ton, that the candidate has obtained sufficient know.
ledge of the law, to ente him the Degree which he
solcits they shall certify the President of the
College, and recommend him a candidate for the
public examination; which examination for the reading
and defence of his dissertation shall be holden the
College, Coma day to be appointed by the Presdent)
the presence OF the Board of Trustees the Faculty
of the College, and such others as may be invited
attend. When the candidate shall have passed the
public examination, the President and Professors Of
Law shall certify the same, and recomme end him to the
Board OF Trustees, as an approved candidate for the
Degree the Board OF Trustees shall approve of the