The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-29
| CIRCULAR TO STUDENTS OF Law
~ THE UNITED STATES,

TN The yssr l@2s under iLs sCspsees ofihs Unssr-
L ely OF Maryland estsb,shed IN ihs cay Of % n
unoss L-w School under The denoa'saAA1o1 OF VOC
/ Mas,lsnJ Law insllsie. tn. s-sabhrhlDrst COO
nsed in sse~e-sful -rsoD nrsdy esrssn sesfs, nss-
sng Trc~is . uJesls rm sleres OF The ssales, anS
fnsln 100 fo5-isa eoassrss O~ins TO 'hs Pressure
~ sdsiss srscsies fimuiianrausis van iee o"-
ties ~hrh The Insitsta Involved, ses-Ised. IA tns
wear 1886 "a abasdsn n,to y the praetce Of my s'ef
anJ Loo. cbeshed profession, Dui aso the La" i"Ss-
tule; and or health and sought Tue ofs ssniAi
climates ~ Europe. fladIg al th.s uais, NY hsAiih
perfectly rsstarsd and ~iih abA'snent whatever
of ny zeal and devotion that great seenee which
ia this county Of all Ohen hseds TO ne INTELLECTUALLY
and carefully sudied-and seeking, m"reO.er, ,n0us
t-ious and continued occupsu n 80 esssnuA 10 hsp'-
in land that knows ,dles reso ed 10 e-e.la-
blsh the Law ibst ulion-ans have selected fhiia-
aysia he place OF IL location. In 80 doisg have
thought that city IN the MON affords such various
and an Ole Inducements for all the pafIssss OF Tue
Law SIudenf-aud that IN can a more worthy
economy be preserved and yet ~nh e'riy requisite
| comfort.
The frrgueni applicaIions made TO me from DIS
lance he former ooeAsion, ia regard 10 the pne-
alsys Il my enterprise induce me 10 anticipate snilsf
| inquiries no~-and, a. meet all sueh IN advance,
nov address thi. Circular, all that offer N
EXHAUSTION, and, probably all that may DC req1i-
sitr.
The Inslitution, DEDICATED alone 20 law studies,
ard their oaPnae and auxiliary opscs spaci' us
and b-auiifol ba Ijing N. III South Fifth street,
suit, bic for the accommodation of about sixty stu.
dents. The all suabl, fufn shed, supplied
with extensive law and miscellaneous library
ch yrecedents Of practice every conceivable and ap
proved fTn. Stud admitted any time
lbroug hout me yeAf--cOurses or study and the
quisi,e bo.ks supplied, exactly 10 sect the
wants aud of ihs siodeDt, according as he nay
design 10 praeice his psofs-an ethef the country,
or IN some Of ths m riIDe cities. The laws of every
Siat- in the L nton IA some degree dwelt up,n-
practice s Constantly blended with theory-but the
deep and radical Error 0i parents, well " students
Is eaIefuiy asoidsdl s.lude the o erroneous mo-
ION malta students are TO be made mechanical.
artisan-mere attorneys earning practice by ro,e and
jealous OF tookknOeledgs being to iheo reiical =
Tins mischirvous must inevitably degrade the
science and pIoicssion, and is gross mistake since
40 practising attorney Cd aud lasting me-
who was not also de ply sefsed ia the and
theory VI the law ] therefore cannot acquiesce 10,
and never Will yield TO- the vulgar error II putting
praciios before and above lbsUry-it is uuaator5I
Inversion 4 the established der Of g.o-
rant and sloveny way of urging young men on 20 at
tempts far beyond the powers OF the human ind
Tor, # he grooDds and OF the sciroce be nO
well anosn tie practicr cxpnoi be well known.
But the efr,r, 10 which | 80 earnestly ailude, Is
fou ded upoa another, which is equally false aud
row. ,zrhst students can earn the practice only 10
practising iaioyvs Office! Ga The cyntI. ~ as gen
efai ruiz, 1t Is h. Sery last place IN ~hth be
does, or can learn the pracice-snd this can be mad
extremely manifest hat is practice Jistin gui,h
Ell FROM he0y7 lake single sIsinple-and tr uno
Hiscc o"pfs- NC itccIy VI la~ pHnl - tue
ujen, If lends his watch, add sells IT, or re
fuses to return II, A may bnng What Is called ac
ton Of Irgy.r and ConsersiOn. Nos. iroper
.ndiDg, and eonrers,oE Apr prisiug 10 his
own and here, again, the student learns t~O
other heoreiiea! lsw poinls-v1. that the find ng =
mere verbal fiction, not al eli mster al, 10 BE-
pro-ed-and secondly that the conversion 10y the d.
f nJant TO his use consists the mere WITHHOLD
ing The properly from the plaintiff slhough it shou.l
be ever clearly proved that be way the
himself, whatever M
10 Withhold Il from the plIinuf.
Now all this theory must be learnt and a good
deal more before the praofcs cOmesand that prsclie
the plaintiffs par con lists Of thorough knO~ edge
# hr forms prsesdsas-and, the defendants part
Of The Ike knOwiedgs to the formula Of me plra
rejonders &c. There are therefore books Of prsee
dent, these books unfold eyery practical proceeding
whatever, IN every action know t. the iaH-pro
gressyey from the importation Of the nriit1 the final
return Hpcn The srecta on. These formula of wis
returns 10 uris-sppesrsnces-bsil-i
-cOotInusnces-m % nBeiiiHg Of Jatles rIaI-eI-
cepIons-vefdlct- j1dgment-sI, cution-rriurn Of
exeeuon-Or, on the other hand trisl--or ap-
peal, sc & ar- all stt forth 10 The 'pTecsd MS 80
that b. vno knows mOAt Of prseeds Is, Knows u,os
81 praei,oe but SILL ih,se pteced-nis canno ih-m-
-sis,s be understood, wthOu, a previous theoretical
Kno~ivdgr Tue qursiOn, then, reso 80 tse fn,o "a
Canno' : law stud nj be well groond. ia eli tie
,ie eJ-hts iato sersp, who never saw a pracl sing
| were Ofhcel q Why not : On the CONTRARY
| CANNOT be lesrn Ear m1rr OF practice by the JUDI
ciOus and careful stuy Of all The formula hcn be
uever docs ia practising iaeysr's Office than by
sitting o. rather copying, hoe siB.pLs add
al dec srat ons pleas Sc, which he Office
assgns u the sIudentl f. il no uniforuly the csse
thai ali really difficult and responsible business Of this
or Is done by the master himself without reach
ing he eye OF the uJent-or # does only u me-
chanicaly copy NJ Agsin: mo can dist nguish De.
tween suit IN court and fictitious one 10 which
| one student PREPARES the wnt-another the return
another he deeiarsli'n- some other the pea, SC
until ali the practical proceedings gone through
And hat prevents these students making record OF
the whole and then comparing all with C. rtIfird re-
cord f ON soaie coort of Justice IN like action All
tins surely mary be done Law lnsfitgtioB-and far
| b uef--more qui.t and with time thai in bu-i-
offices wherr many precious hours often st ia
! useless message~-ong walk anser bing lstiers-
copying (nO, derisi'g) declsisuous pleas replica
| iIoas sc. grnsrsliy the sole wofkmsuship o tn.
master Of The uffice and very s.ldom thai Of tn.
uJsst | confess hat all rhi. 10 my mind extreme
ly plain and ba- ng "a ished of h. popular ani
serious which has placed young Ia ofic-s
wb. re lile either Ofthery Of pfscce . learnt This
surely % not sl~ais the case bot too often such
lImany depending students hay- found and thefs
/ have ben couipelei 70 cunf,ss, that ih.y never
learned much Oi theJry Of prac'ice until after hes
eauat to tbs tU bot, al which tune, found VI,
W. hIll aud stdoous work and sometimes DOT accom-
t6 shed even thi Ugh hole lIfe OF toll Doubtl.s-
here are macy noble Exceptions TO The correctness OF
these remarks but still, aver It fact that m,
81 p-rieoce has never made ne acquainted nth sny
young inrp,r, VINO 10 candid c0nsrrsation, was not
willing % confess tina, his legal education had been
very hap-hszsrd-aDd tina, practice 10 any really val
liable and abidisg extent IS the las, thing udrnt
can ever hope Tor n praciisins lawyers ofhce.
| After an extensive practice Of seven and ,~enty
years all sfthe courts, and devotion the int
re,s Of Lar audeni,, Junog much Of that period nav
no, be much to lay that practice be- Loot
light on this nstitur,n and that nothing but r<ehani-
cal narocness Of legal sduoa,ion, unworthy e an en-
hshteDed lawyer, could ever pstronise the init
nation that such an ln-t u,,n was only adosed Tor
the neuicslion ofths ne and MT Of the arf Of our
I proie,slon-sn iutubstion confined, d1uhtc~s 20