Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-18
"A LAW SCHOOL,


| seeerdt y the newspapers teiH DC opened IA Fred
! ericksJurg, Monday the 3Ist Of October mort
Ihs session TW terminate on the 93d Of March
| FHFHE experience Of several wears, as Law
IL Professor III the University of Virginia
haS shewn the decided advantages ofnsiructiru
by tert BOOKS, tsHt erannuti0ns ard CT plantations
arg that Lectures, orally delivered, are u most
lnett ctu'l and unsatisfactory mode of instruc-
ton, IN science extensive and SO pbstruse
as the Law. The Lecturer is compelled to
measure ms exercises. net bv the size and dc,
'nands OF his subject, but by what he may phy7
scaly be able to say within the reasonable po,
r'ud oi Lecture. According TO the tias0,
which VIII b" found in the address 10 the reader,
lr hNcd To MIR. Prcstcn's valuable Lectures on
abstracts, the employment of an hour in Lectur-
ing "on.d b" commensurate with the ontents
81 ahoh' SIX octave pages and third, printed in
Ordinary Type. Upon this computations three
hundred leVturlng Gay, at hour each day,
woulG supply class with volume of annual in
structiog, not exceeding the compass of Black
stones Coumeu aries The increased labours
OF thc professor, and the diminished products of
OF ms tolls, are not the least Of the inconveni,
euccs of this method OF Instruction
1t is impossible that the apprehension of
Student, boweWr gifted in intellect, can distinct
~ gather from the lips Oilhe clearest 81 most i'm
Preaslve lecturer. those abs,ruso principles which
are inhLd SO difficult to be understood even
Whei submitted, IN the perspicuous treatiSes OF
mo pest Law writer's. TO he mast intense con-
e'd'Thti"n OF the student, In his closet. In max,
i"s allowance Tor hIs 'nirmity o!the student, the
lecturer Is Compelled TO seize ONLY upon the most
broad and prominent principles ofthe Law. such
as can most easily and readily be apprehenGed as
they fiat upon the ear The conseouence ia thar
the primo Piles OF a science the most extensive.
u'hc"t ana profound, are epitomised into u
mere summary, imperfect aud suporfciol
These considerations should induce Professor
oil Law TO rely as little as possible upon oral
itctuftS' ana only to resort TO them, when tina
lac'iites otwrten instruction are not to be had
l he ann OF the sch"ol, now presented for pub
nc Pa''oA'ge, Wi! be principally to facilitate
the acquisition or knowledge Of farensick Law
rs practlsedi In America, and principally in yjr-
-lhla' w fhn the short period TO which this
course q! instruction is confined, it will not be
Pretended To form Complete LAWYER Itisa
most pernicious deIusion To encourage student
@ believe, that he can be compctcnIly qualified fop
luinission u the bar BY less than three wears ap-
'hcal3n to the study oflhe law; and, with this
)reparai Ion, his studies must be unreInitiinply
prosecuted, after he is admitted, if he would
tithi"Iy discharge lie duties Of his station,
but the Course here proposed vii not be too
snort 10 enaD!9 the student, with proper dill
5ence to acquire valuable fund nt informal
ION upon the suhjects Of cur own jurisprudence,
mo 10 supply m-e!t with facilities Tor making
athaE advances, The most important doctrines
ii the English Cour.s, as modified and illus,ra-
ed by the Statutes aud decisions of VIRGINIA
'e brought IL hIa notice ~ the course Of his ex-
'fclSes For some ycurs past my abours have
)een employed when not interrupted by other
iutles, lncoecing aud arranging references to
Amoriedh cases, especially those ofVrglnia, pre-.
narathry to the publication If sufficiently encon
-9Ged) of editions OF English Law Books. adam
ed to our own JuEIspf uGcncr or n series of trea
les upon some Of the most important branch
IS of orr Law. These preparations are still
Incomplete, but are con inued with unabaied
ylt,..r L.
ruS OF these labours viii be readyto be put into
he hand' OF the students at the session ensuing
lie next.
For the present, Tho Texts Books which will
'e employed, and which students will be re,
uIrcd to provide themselves with will be Black
tones Commentaries, (Chtty's edition will BIO
referred and Is the chea Pnst,) Cruises Digest
the New ork edition Of 1877 the bes,) Tuck
RS Commentaries, and EeHt's Commentaries
he exercises will be daily, during the session.
Zach day, portions of the English text books,
With opposite parts of the American CommenIa
les, will be marked out for the exercises ofthe
tudents on the ensuing day; when they will be
IgIdiy examined upon the matter which has
zen thus assigned for their studes-and in the
curse OF the examination, such additional ref.
rences, apd explanations will be supplied, as
Will best illustrate the subject in hand.
1t is believed, that the term will not be too
hort TO review oil the SUBJECTS, in Blackstone
nd Cruise, that may be applicable to our own
country, with the corresponding Commentaries
II Tucker and kent-provided the assiduity of
ne student shall correspond in any degree with
he zeal of the Professor. The exercises, with
VII ch he students will be tasked, will not much
'xceed The exercises, which in another situation.
was in the habit of appointing for the class,
when the attention Of many Gifts members was
wont to be divided between the Law and one
'r more studies besldes.--The price of instruc-
ion will be $50 the session. to be paid in cash
before the student can be admitted to tho school
Accommodations may be had in very penteel,
private boarding houses, as well as at the Ia
7erns, upon very reasonable terms-say from
go to SIP so per month, exclusive only of fuel
md wasbng-whch may be procured for We
~ moderate price. The whole ex2ence of nv
ng. the most comfortable that could be ss,pect.
ed or asked, will probably be less than as the
session, No situation could be more fayorabIv
recommended for Law School, by the con-
'ideratlons of salubrty, and society, Than Fred
orcksbmrg. Persons DESTROYS dYbeconjpr stu
lents will be pleased to apprise me as early "a
Of their intention. Letters NAV be
lIrectt to dericksburg-postege paid
JOHN TAYLOE LOMAX.
august - 1901 I'm
The National In'ellgeucer, o. s. telegram. Ri.h
nond Enquirer and Wing will please insert the ,boys
VICE week, Tor one month and forward their acco,,
% THIS Office for payment
4 n GoochIand County Court, 9th May. 1881.
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