Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-20
The Rail-.
PREPARATION or LAW STUDENTS.
An Interesting Paper Before the
American Har AaaOcint inn.

An Interesting Paper Before the
American Bar Association.
The American Bar Association met yes
terday afternoon at Saratoga n. V, as the
section of legal education. The chair ap-
pointed DIR. H. w. Rogers of Evanston, H.;
Judges f. H. Bennett of Boston, Mass.
and w. w. Howe of New Orleans, La, a
committee to nominate officers for this Sec
ton for the ensuing year.
Chairman of Section Chancellor +. Nc
CLAIM of the State University of Iowa deliv-
cred long address on THE Law Curri-
culum Subjects to Be Included and Order
of Presentation" With every PROPOSES
sion in favor of college training, Mr. Nc
Claim could not close his eyes to the fact
that in many students it tended to foster
quickness rather than tho:oughness, and
that the final result depended still, to a
great extent, on the individual capacity OF
the student. He commended that the law in
struction given as 4 part of College
course was little advantage, if it is not a
positive detriment. to the proper study and
compre he sfon OF law as law. He thought
SEINE Of the old-fashioaed lawyers books
remained the best text books for students
on their particular subjects For ii mist
he borne in mind, he said. that what the
student needed was not an easy look
which will give him few definitions and
superficial rules such would enable him
10 pass examinations, but thoroughly plan
ned discussions of the Fundamentals of
work upon which the whole fabric of .he
law as harmonious structure was in dan
ger OF going to pieces WAS the lack of zeal
knowledge on the part of the practitioners
IN regard to the practical subjects of plead
ing. evidence and practice. The real difR-
Guilty was In the effort, on the part of those
VINO have not been well-srounded in the
pin ,, OF law. 10 practice it by some
Campbell of the University of Colorado
was unable TO be. pres ant. bat his volumi-
nous paper was read by Professor Isaac N.
Russell, dean of the law faculty of the Irni
versity Of the City of New York, the title
being THE Necessity and Importance Of
the Study Of Common Law Procedure in
Legal Education" 40
AS common law plea ling is a model of
logical exactness, if properly taught ha
argued. lit cultivates Logical expressinn
anu auds soonest OF any study to the legal
Vo o.,a, and to use of legal langua ge
. The value of special pleading ;s not
limited to any special system of nroced,Ira
ana the newer systems simply procreS
upon the old principles in substance The
s so VINO mas mastered the rules of
common law pleading, and also learned
thoroughly that part of the law which
creates, defines and regulates rights will
with tins liberal education, be better able
well as to better grasp the new. And
whether as lawyer or as teacher he
Will, with his knowledge of law as a
science, be better qualified. with the aid of
fections of our written law. as well as to
influence and reconcile certain reforms
OF the impossibilty of the fusion of law
and equity, which at the present tina
seems as impracticable as the fusion of
Oil and water, inasmuch as the recorded
result of experience is that the alternative
appearance OF law and equity as the mu-
tual checks and corrections Of one an
OTHER are lasting and not transitory phe-
ECmena.' H
Professor Riewett Lee of Northwestern
~ uh''e .h evanston III, read a paper
Schools" La"
Following the reading of the naners o
discussion ensued on the subjects prs-
George P. VANITY Of Grand Rapids rather
resented the reference in one OF the pa
pers to the Michigan Law School. and
cited IN Its behalf that where formerly
to the supreme court in Michigan were
reversed on questions of practice. the
merits not being gone into, now only 1 per
cent were decided for that cause. He
of this result, probably follow the exam
pie set by this school on the teaching of
correct practice practices, PRESIDENT Henry Wade
president of the association; Robert s.
Gould Of Austin, Texas: James d. An
drews Of Chicago, and H. H. lnsersoli of
Memphis. Tenn. also took part in the dis
cussion.
The great length Of the papers, however.
had consumed so much time that but COM
paratively little opportunity was offered
for extended discussion.
Last evening the session of the assooia-
ton was comparatively brief one Jas.
NJ. Woolworth of Omaha read a paper on
THE Development of the Law of Con-
tracts. A paper was also read by Jos.
d. Warren of Boston. At the close of
the evening session all proceeded to the
residence of Judge George 9. Batcheiler.
where reception was given in honor of
Lord Russell. 1t was continued until
midnight.