The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-02-29
A CIRCULAR TO STUDENTS OF LAW
IN THE UNITED STATES.

i ID. . I. u
TN the year 1924. under The suspics. pfths Uniysr-
i shy OF Maryland established IN The city q Bal
| timofe Law School, under the Decentralization Of The
Maryland Law Institute. Thu establishment conf
uued in successful operation nearly ss.sn yeASs, hss
ing recev. students from seven Of 1he otsecs, anu
| from two foreign countrios. Owing 10 the pressure
Of an extensive practice, simultaneously WIN the du-
ties which the Institution Involved, resolved, IN the
year 1886 10 abandon mol y the pracsre o. my ever
and long cherished profession, but also Inc Law Ans'
lutte, aud for health and ease sought the more genial
climates " Europe. Finding al this time, my hxa''h
perfectly restored aud with Il abatement whatever
Of my zeal and devotion 10 that great science whicn
in this country of all others needs TO be "sfhodseaiy
and carefully siudiedand seeking moreover, indus
tous and csanusd uation, so essential to hApP-
ness land tsi knows NJ oilers reso'' 81 TO tecsa-
bIish the Law Instnulioo-snd have selected f'Assa
dsiphia he place Of It's location IN 20 do: nave
thought that no Guy 10 the Unoa affords such various
| and ample Inducements for Ill thS pvvposiA 81 the
| Law Student and that in Dpne csD more worthy
economy be preserved, and Fei with every requisite
comfort. - y. ~. ID l,i.il8 u .fs ni Int tte
The frequent app icalions made 10 me from dis
lance on the farmer occasion, regard to The partic
uiars Of my enterprise induce me 10 anticipate similar
inquiries now-aDd, 10 meet all such IN advance,
| now address this Circular, all that oiler in
~xp Ianaton, and, probably all that may be T,qu
The institution, dedie ated alone to law studier,
aud their cognatc and Hillary topics Is Il spacious
| aud beautiful building, NJ. III South Fifth street
| su''Ap'~ ~ ~" ~~"'''".'" "'".' '~'J ~"
dents. The rooms are all suitably iuIn she'd supplied
Win an es'ehrNe 'aw anu miscellaneous iibfaty-
r preeedents n practice in every conceivable and ap
proved iS.n. o'uuens are aumuea !" any 'hhe
| n.ouRnou' 'he yea'-e"ufSes OF Suuy ana 'he re-
Yuisie DOCKS are supplied SO as exactly To heet the
wants and views of The student, according he may
desgh 10 pracce MS profession either ~ The country
OF IN some OF ,he maritime cites lhe laws OF every
o'ale 10 Tue on'oh are some degree dwelt upon
practice ID Constantly he ided with fhecry--but the
deep and radical Of parents well us Of students
caieiu'iy avoided aude TO The too erroneous no
| ~. ' -" 1' ' e'I " ~ maui .e'. "'ec"""'od,
;.r - L,sI ~, s P ~ w. any
,TL; t: %, % s " ' ''t'AN
.c;a"ca anJ ,'sa. mu' '".,naoy uss'a'e me
| ,::r ,, e' ",'ane' ''"'0
'D"'s '''V'ty was ''ol geou ano 'hs'''g one,
M "aS no' any '1iy ,sis.u IN Tue reasons ana
VIC" :, 'no Jaw" h.le'ie 'ahho' acqs'esce 10,
80 hcu ~ ~ y, ", ~, .a .s e'o, VI Pu.'"g
Paet' o',p.I anu avose eo,y-n Is an uhhatura'
, i - Wv ooei VI g"of
49,. a.. a"r g Hy VI uo"s yu"f n'" w ~ Az
teh'ps 'ai oeyo'o .ne powers ., .ne human Hinu-
'o', u e g'ou"us ahu reasons oi 'he scHhce % mol
wei s"o""' "'e p,aooIe ca"no' oe wen known. .
nut '"e 'iioi' 70 whien ! 30 enrhes'y apuae, Is
'ou oeu upo a"o'nei, ""'o" eq"a"y ia'se anu mar
row, .A-'"a' students can earn me Pfaehee only IN
aPae','"'s '."ye, 'W'ee' ohtne coh'I.iy asa gen
erh ruif' MS 'he very ast place IN whIeh ne ever
ooes, OF can eaih .'e pLacce-anu ms can DC made
etteneiy man,'es,. " nat Is Pacnee as distinguish
a. ~, no.' Ae"y .a s'ng'e example ca ""o
d'ee o""es' me trsory or law pmnt says TO tue
au'en', lenus MS watcn ana . sells H. or re-
fuses 20 return W. may phng ~hs' Is ca''eu an ac-
tion oil iro'er ana conversion. NOV .rorer means
hhuing, anu conpernoh means aPpf'Priatihg IL 10 MS
own use ana mere, again. the student learns TWO
o'her "e"e"ea' iaw Po'h's-'z ,na' me una HS Is
no" mere 'ofpa nc'ion mol al all MATERIAL or 10 De
prortd-and secondly, that the conversion by the de-
iehaa"' W n'n "on use CONSISTS ~ he mere w'hEoia-
ing inc properly from Tue P'an"n o'hough u nhou'u
eve, 90 eta,y piosoa .na' nc ia no way useo ,ne
a rlnS " hall hnt
W "i'"noiu "o" me piahuh'
| Now all this theory be learn, aud good
deal more before the practice comesand that practice
on the plaintiff part con Isis of thorough knowledge
of he form, precsdents-and the defendants part
Of the like knowledge 10 the tormu1 of the pleas,
rejonders &c. There are, therefore books of prece-
dents these books unfold every practical preceding
whatever, in every action known to the law--pro
gressivey from the importation of the rrit to the final
| return upon The ereeution. These Jorssui9 of wrs
returns TO wrils-appeara --bail--imparIance
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of juIes -risl--ex-
cep,ions-veidic,-j udgment-eI, cuon-retur of
execuon-or, on the other hand, trial--or APP
peal &c, &e-are all set forth in the Ipreotd n so
that, he who knows moai Of precedeat, knows
of practice but sull, these Precedents cannot them
selves be understood, without previous theoretical
knowledge The question, then resolves itself into thus,
Cannot law student be well grounded in all the
pIecedents iato sersu, who never saw a pr aciisng
lawyers Office Aud why not 7 On the contrary,
cannot be learn fsr more OF practice 10y the judi
eious and careful study of all The formula (which he
never does 10 aPractisng lawyers ofhe-) than by
writing OF rather copying tho, simple and occasion
al dec aratons pleas &c which the master fan Office
assigns to the sudentf IL It not onifornly the case
a' All iea'y ana ierponslpe pushes. oil ihls
ol' - 'o"e y We "'e "nnou' '''r fesch
ing 'ns ~ ~ 'u' ", ,u uoes ony 20 me
,s,fsyi, o,,i,, e ay ,'' oI
' "'o" u ~, - D J''''''g"s o , W Nn''n
Que ,'u'1 ~ fgTa,; e ~. 'na'oe, '"e ie'"'.-
=, ~ s,sseJ o'".. 'ne 60,
un' a.. ~, 1900 ~ pao a.. eo"' '''ougn
t"o n 20 ,boo o,,,arina ~, - ,.s"u "
|