Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-22
A LAW SCHOOL.

A LAW SCHOOL.
As hal heretofore Been announced :, 80 al,s. .
seoe,es % rae n<i0srapers sciu Be opered i'm Fr,d
eHrIxsourg' on Monday, tie 3Ist of Oet65sr y, rt
nc sessio" pM terminate on tAe s3d OF warr6
E>HE experience Of several wears. os I.,w
rro'essor 10 the University of Virginia
w. ,'h the decided advantages ofinstructinp
seI'ooohs t1ift erdninofions and sr pInnot;,,s
ana that Lectures, orally Delivered, nra , ,,os,
| .euec'usi and unsatisfactory moda of ;nstruf
uo", !" science so extensive and SO sEst r1ee
40 me Law. The Lecturer is compelled to
ns.a. e ms exercises, not by the size and de.
.;aans y, h,s subject; but by what he may phy.
ROD OF Lecture. hscordhg to the data
which VIII be found in the address To the re.de,
P,rnNso 10 Mr.. Preston's valuable Lee,nfes on
aes'rac'f, the employment of an houf in Leetur
rs ~ou'o DC Commensurate with the EShients
W roou' s'N octave pages and third, priI, ed in
.uino'y type. Upon this toinpul alton, three
hundred featuring day, OF an hour each dsv.
"ou'a supply class with volume of snnGsl in
suction, not exceeding the Compass of Elack-
stones commentaries. The increased i,bours
.. the professor. and he diminished products OF
" o 'ens. are not the least Of the incobyeni
enGes OF 'hls method Of Instruction.
impossible that the apprehension of
"'uuent however gifted IN elect can distinct
gamer from the lips of the cleafest g. most I'm
PressiVe lecturer. those absrusa PRINCIPLES. which
are ioahd SO difficult TO be understood even
W., mnen SUBMITTED IN the perspcuous trcatises of
'he oes' Law writers, 10 the mast intense con.
side ration OF the student. in his closet, In max
ing allowance TOR this nirmity ofthe student, the
eetuier ~ compelled to seize only upon the most
broad and prominent principles of the Law, such
as Gun most easily and readily be appreh.nGed as
hey Hit upon the ear. The CONSEQUENCE ia. that
the prime. pies of a science the mos, extensive
dihcuit and profound, are epitomised into a
mere summary, imperfect and superficial
These considerations should induce Professor
OF Law TO rely rs liltle rs possible upon oral
lectures, and only tn resort TO them, " hen iht
facilities IT written instruction are not To be had
The aim Of the school. now presented for pub
Tic patronage, will DO prize ,paliy to facilitate
the acquisition or a knowrtg. OF fnrens,ck Law
as practlsrd In America, and principally in Vir-
ginin Within the short period to which this
Course OF instruction is confined, it will not be
pretended TO form Complete LAWYER IL is
most perncious delusion to encourage a student
o beiievc,tha he can be competenlly qualified for
admission to the bar. by less than three veurs ap-
picaiion to the study ofihe law; and. with this
preparation, his studies must be unremit;inply
prosecuted, after he Is admitted, If he would
faithfully discharge the duties of his station
But the course here proposed will not be too
short, 10 enable the student, with proper dill
genca, to acquire a valuable fund of informa.
lion upon the subjects of our own jursprudence
and TO supply himself with facilities Tor making
iather advances. The most important doctrines
OF the English Courts, as modified and illus: ra-
TED by the statutes and decisions of Virginia
with references to cases of the other States will
De brought tn his notice IN the course Of his ex
rrcises For so" years past my labours ha We
been employed when no, interrupted by other
duties, IN collecting and arranging references to
American cases, especially those of Virginia, pre-
2aratory to disqualification Ut sufficiently encou-
rrged,) Of editions of English Law Books. ada p-
ted to our own Jur,sp udencs, or series of treu-
Ties. upon some OF the most important branch
rs OF our Law. These preparations are s,ill
incomplete, but are cen lnued with undated
Yea and industry. 1t is hoped that some of the
fruits of these labours will be dyto be put into
The hands OF the students, at the session ensuing
the next.
For the present, the Texts Books which will
be employed, and which students will be re.
quircd to provide themselves with, will be Black
stones Commentaries, (Chitly's edition will BIZ
preferred and Is the cheap rs.,l Cruises Digest
the New York edition of 327 the bes, y Tuck
RS Commentaries, and Kent's Commentaries
The exercises Will be daily, during the session.
Each day, portions of the English text bouka.
with opposite parts of the American Commenta-
RES, will be marked GU, for The EXERCISES of the
students on the ensuing day; when they will be
Iigidly examined upon the matter which has
been thus assigned for their studles-and in the
course OF the examination, such additional rel
erences, and explanations will be supplied as
VIII oest Illustrate the subject IN hand.
II la believed, that the term will not be too
short, TO review oil the SUBJECTS. in Blackstone
and Cruise, that may be applicable to our own
Country, with the corresponding Comment ares
OF Tucker and Kent-provIded the assiduIty Of
the student shall correspond in any deg, ee with
the zeal of the Professor. The exercises with
VIII Oh he students will be tssked, will not much
exceed the exercises, which in apoihe situation,
was IN the habit of appointing for the class,
when the attention of many efits members was
wont to be div ded between the Law and one
or more studIes besdes.--The price of instruc-
ton will be $50 the session. to be paid in cash
before the student can be admitted to the school
Accommodations may be had in very genteel
private boarding houses, as we'll al the Ia
verns, upon Very reasonable terms-say fror,
$40 to S12 so per month, exclusive only of fuel
and wasflng-whlch may be procured for We
ry moderate price. The whole ex2ence of liv.
ing. the most comfortable that could be expecr.
ed or asked, will probably be less than S75 the
session: No situation could be more favorably
recommended for a Law School, by the con-
celebrations of salubrity, and society, Than Fred
ericksbrirg. Persons desirous of becoming stu
dents will be pleased TO apprise me as early as
convenient of their intention. Letters may be
dlrecttd to FTedericksburg-posts age paid.
JOHN TAYLOE LOMAX.
August ?, 1881. I'm
The National intellgencer. y. s. Telegraph Rich
mond ENQUIRER and Whtr pIease iusert