The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-11
4 ciRcuLAn 70 STUDENTS or LAW
IN THE UNITED STATES.

IN the wear ls2i uudeT the auspices OF the bnseI-
al, Of alaTylsDd established IA ths ests OF Bal
tsoIs Law School, under The denonii-."" Oh ts
Maryland Law institute. TINS estsbsish'nshi conf
nued la successful operation nearly eleven YEAR,
Jog rcceiv ud.ats from elerfa oi the States anu
ffon Two foreign eOusiries Owing 10 the pressure
Of an extensive prsctos simultaneously WAN ne Gu
ties which the Iasiltollon lnsOisedi iesofeH va ''
year 1886 40 absnd ma ly The pfAeuee o. ny es'
sni long cherished profession, bot also Tue La" ihst
tute and fs health and ease sought the more ssnai
climates al Europe. F,ndng q uiis une1 my heAi'h
perfectly restored, and with II no abatement Whatever
of nv zeal and desgslOn ~ thal great seencc Hheh'
IN this country OF all others needs 10 be reth0daoay
and carefully stude-sud seeking, InureoseT, indus
tiOus and continued Uccuiaii"n so esseiiiAl 10 hAp
ness la land that knows dies reso ed 10 esiA-
/ blish the Law instulion--and have selected ,hi!a
lphia az the place OF s location. In 80 doiag have
hOu Cha that ciy 10 the nam affords such van -
aud an pie Inducements iuf all the purPjs's OF ihe
Law Siulent-and that 10 none e-n more worthy
economy be preserved and yet with every requisie
eomior.
/ The frcqutm app icAiioRs made 10 me from dis
snee On the former oocasion regard TO the Parie-
u!aTs Il nav enterprise Induce me 20 anticipate similar
! inguiries now-and 90 meet all UGH ia advance ]
now address this Circular, all that can ohef ia
e1Ilanalon add probably, as all that may be requr
| site.
i The Institution, dedicated alone TO law studies,
and their cognale and auxiliary topics Is spacious
| and beauifal bu dlng, III South Fun street,
s,,tzble for the accommodation OF about sky s.u,
dents. The rooms all suitably fun shed, supplied
| with an extensive law and miscellaneous Library
h yrecsdtRis Of practice every conceivable and s
4 n,ved firm. oiuden are admitted al any time
ID roun bout The ycaf-courses 81 study, and the re-
/ uulsle books are supplied, exactly Ia hrei the
| wants nd 4 The student, according as he may
design practice his profession ehei 10 the country
or IA Of the maritime cities. l he laws OF every
! STATE 10 the Union in some degree dwet updn-
praoiioe is constantly blended with neCry-but the
4...l tS.tl ..f 4fIl
Is caIeiully AVOIDED aude 10 the too
ton that law students 10 be made mechanical
artisans attorneys lsarning practice by ro,e, and
Jealous of book knopledge, being eos eiieai -
| This mschievous error must inevitably degrade the
science and pIo.esslon and is gros mistake, since
no practising attorney good and lasting one
who not also deeply seIstd In the reasons and
theory of the law. therefore cannot acquiesee in,
| and will yield TO, the vulgar error Of putting
practice before and above theory-it is unnatural
in.ersion # the established order OF nnurean igno
ran, and soveniy way OF urging young men on 10 at
lemps far beyond the powers OF the human II ind
for, If he grounds and reasons of the science be hot
| well known, tie practice eaBn0i be well known.
! But the euor, 10 which | SO earnestly ailude, is
fou ded upoa another, which is equally false and
row, y.z.-that students learn the practice only ia
practising Lsryers office! Ga be contrary, gen
erai rule, II is he very last place IN which he
does can learn the pracce-aDd this be made
extremely manifest. W hat is practice distinguish
| ei from theory? Take a single exsmpe-and tr iJlo
disco The EtOr5p or a law poin, says TO the
student If lends + has watch and sells IT,
fuses TO return II, A may bring v hat IL caod
! ton of Troyer and Conversion. Nov fr0uer means
inding, and ooRreraon apprOprating il 10 his
! own use; and here, again, the student leans two
other heoret.e0i law pOinis-Niz that the JDId hg i
now verbal fiction not al al, mater 4, 10 be-
prOrsd-and secondly, that the by The d.
itDdan TO hls olrn consists IA the mere wihtUd
ing the properly from the plaintiff although 1t should
be ever clearly proved that be IN no way useu the
property for himself for any purpose whatever, bot
To Withhold Il from the plaintiff.
Now all this theory must be learnt aud good
deal more before the practice comeand that practice
the plaintiffs lar con lists of borough know ledge
of he forms pTeotdens-and the defendants part,
of the like knowledge 10 the formula Of the pleas,
rjoinders Sc. There are, therefore, books Of prtoe
dents these books unfold every practical proceeding
| whatc, er, IN every action known 10 the las-pro
gresivey from the importation Of the 'rrlt 10 the final
return upon the erteiaion. These formula OF wrts
l-retuIBs 10 wriis-spIeararcss-baIl-m
-continuanees-impanne Of jures -triul-tT-
| crptous-veTdict-j udgment-exs cuiion-r Of
execuuion---or, the other hand, trial-or APP
peel SC, 6c.-ars all st forth he ipTtced MS 30
that be who knows inost OF predicts, knows mosi
of praciiot but still these presidents canno. them
selves be undo rsoJd withou, a previous theoretical
know ledge. The question: then Itself this
| Csnnots law student b. well grounded ia all the
presidents. Ldio ssnSu, who never saw ~ actsng
lawyers office AID Why not On the contrary,
CanuJt be learn lar more OF pfaCuCH Uy the Iudi-
cious and careful study Of all the tyTHulU when he
never docs ia practising lAw}eT- Office than by
writing or rather copying, tho-c sunpk and occasion
al dec arat Ons pleas, &c, which the master II office
.ssigns T. the sudentl f. II UuifUr9ly the case
thai an really difficult and re- onsihe business Of this
-ou is done BY the master himself without ever 'esCh
ing the eve Of the sCdfnt-or u does only 10 the
Technically copy ia Again; Who can di nguish be.
tween RAJ suit in count, and fictitious ~ which
one student prepares the wut-another the return
! b.. .f.gI l. "a - -. q
until all the practical proceedings gone through
And hat prevents these students making record u
The whole, and then comparing all with a riiied
cord hurn court OF justicc IN like action All
this surely may be done a Law lnsiuutior-and a r
uef-more quiet, land with time than in hus-
ne.s offices where many precious hours ofcn hoe, il
useless mes.ages-,opg walk -'i anscr hing alters
COPYING (nOt drising) dcclaations, pleas, fcIlcs-
uo6s SC 30 generally the sole workmanship q the
ra.,.r Of the Office and very seldom bs, u the
"a lent confess hat all this j. 10 my mind extreme
IN main and has long isiicd Of III popular and
SERIOUS eyTor which has placed young en- ,ficcs
whore little either theory ofprsclr- n learnt This
surely y not always the cascbut u d too Uen such
as,nany ds,yondiHg students have found and ohers
have been compelled TO confess, that th~y never
learned much oftheory Or Of Practice until Gflo bey
ean1 10 IA, bar but, at which time, It ~u found very
up- hall anJ aiduous work, and sone ines not com
IN shed even thu Ugh q whole life OF toll Doubtless
here are many noble exc piions be correctness Of
these remarks bot stiil, aver il fact, that uy
erprricnce has never made ne acquainted With any
uoang Lr,rusr who ~ candid Conversation, was MOI
wiling % comics. that bis legal education had been
v.ry hsZsrd-aud that practice 20 any really val
liable and aJidiag extent Il the last thing SUDDEN,
can ever holc for n PraetSng lawyer. ofiicc
After az extensive practice Of seven and twenty
wears M all Of the cru, and De, oiion 90 the int
tas Of lar students, during much Of that period NAV
40, b TOO much say that praeies can be bet
irht ofn this Institute, nd that nothing but ecLani-
cal nar1ornes of legal edueaiion, unworthy f an en-
,btencd awyrf, could ever palrobise the int.
nation that such an lnsti utnn was only adopted f,r
the incubation ofihe eenes and not Of the AL of our