Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-01
Prospectus.
TEE LAW DEPARTMENT.


steal Department went into operation, and very liberal
course of instruction was commenced. Theological
Medical and Law Departments, nave been SUCCESSIVE
y established and organised The two former AZ wei,
as the Classical Department, have beenn operation for
some time, with adegree of success which has encour
aged the rusteesto bring into operation, Also the De.
partment otLaw. Indeed, no place seems more fit for
the establishment of Law College, than the Seat Of
tile National Government; where Students from every
secuon OF the Union may often meet. many of their
trends where the brightest ornaments of the Bar will
De assembled; where the best examples of forensic and
uridcal eioquence will be dsplayed; where the mos.
important questions arising under the Laws and Con
stitutions OF the several States and of the limited
States and the Law of Nations will be debated and de-
cded; and where by observing the manners and prac
ice or the highest and most honorable portion Of the
profession, the Student will rise above every thing
that Is low and sordd, and fix his on all tha, is no.
Bile, and manly, and honorable But the ADVANTAGES
which the City OF Washington presents as Mace in
which to establish School tor instruction in the ,w
are so important and obvious that Cannot be neces
sary to enumerate them.
The undersigned having been, by the Trustees NJ
the Columbian College, appointed Professors of Law in
that institution will commence Course of ectnro.
OIL the Second Monday Of June merit, at the CITY Hall in
the City of Washington.
The Lectures are intended to be continued dahl,
until the course (Which will consist OF nearly 400 Lee
lures, shall be finished; with the exception however
OF one day, perhaps, in each week. an of the Terms of
the Circuit Court OF the United States for the Con,y
OF Washington, C.. Each Lecture will occupy from
one to two hours and the whole course will probably
require eighteen months or two years.
LII addition 70 the course upon the usual heads of
Municipal Law, strictly called (Which will be trent
ed as fully and mnuteiy may be necessary to qualify
the Student for actual pIactce tits ntendedto lecture
upon the Constitution and Laws of the United States
the Admiralty Jurisdiction and practice of the Courts
ofthe United States, and upon the Law of Nations.
An examination of the Students will take place on
every Saturday, upon the sub ects which shall have
been lectured upon during the preceding week
A Moot Court will be holden once week, for arcu
ing questions of Law previously propounded for dis
CUSTOM and fer trying fictitious In these Courts
IS intended that the proceedings shall be regular and
formal well in making up the record, as in the pro.
cess and pleadings-so that the Student may at 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 extract from the Laws adopted bv
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 Leo
lures delivered in the City Of Washington by the Pro-
es ors of Law, once in every period of twelve months
such other period the said Professors shall deter
mine upon, not exceeding two years Which course
shall embrace so much of the Common AID Statute Law
OF England, may be considered applicable to this
country, the Constitution and Laws of the United
States the Laws force in the District of Columbia
and the Constitutions and Laws Of such of the several
States the Professors may find convenient to Lee.
ture upon. The first course to commence at such time
as the Professors shall appoint, and of which they shall
give thirty days public notice.
sgd Each Student, before he can receive ticket
of the Professors, for admission the Law Lectures
shall pay Ten Dollars to the Treasurer of the College,
for the purposes of detraying the expenses Of and in
creasnS, 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 matrculaton as evidence
that he has placed the government of the
Trustees of the College and the Law Professors He
shall also pay to tho said Professors of Law or secure
to their satisfaction, the of One hundred Dollars
for each of Lecturesbe shalattend But all who
shall have attended two full courses of Lectures in this
School, may attend any future course, gratis.
't.}d The Students may be admitted at any time:
and fany one enter during the progress of OF
lectures, he shall pay only proportion 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 priv
lege OF attending, gratutosy, the lectures IN the Cas
steal Department Of the College, Natural Philosophy.
Astronomy Botany, Natural History, &C. by present.
ing recommendation from the Professors Of Law, to
the President OF the College.
'6th 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.
So He shall have read law three years at least I'M
der the direction of respectable Counsellor ofLaw,
Judge.
"3 He shall have attained the age of twentyone
years.
'4 He shall have satisfied the Professors of Law of
his classical attanmens, if he be Graduate in the
Arts; and also, of his moral character
"5 He shall have entered his name with the Pro
essors ofLaw, candidate for graduation, and de.
vered to them inaugural dissertation on some head
question Of Law, thirty days at least before his final
examination Candidates for graduation may be exam.
ned by the Professors Of Law at any time they may
appoint. fthey shall be satisfied, upon such exanina.
ton that the candidate has obtained sufficient know
ledge of the law to enttle him the Degree which he
socits, they shall certify to the President of the
College, and recommend him as a candidate for the
public examination; which examination for the reading
and defence of his dissertation shall be holden at the
College, Con- day to be appointed by the President)
in the presence of the Board of Trustees the Faculty
of the College, and such others may be invited to
attend. When the.canddate shall ha, passed the
public examination, the President and Professors OF
Law shall certify the same, and recommend him to the
Roard Of trustees as approved candidate for the
Degree. If the Board of Trustees shall approve of the
same, they shall signify their appreciation and consent
by mandamus to the Faculty the College, who shall
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