The record-union., 1896-08-20

Charles Russell, Lord Chief Justice of
England is now in America. The main
purpose of his visit is to attend the meet
ing of the American Bar Association in
Saratoga The history of Lord Russell
is one of great successes. He was born
in 1888, in an old gray house at Bally-
bot, in the outskirts of Newry, Ireland,
where his father had a brewery. Sir
Charles acquired his first knowledge of
legal affairs as a solicitor in the town of
Dundalk, from which town in 1880 he
was sent to Parliament. AS jurist he
is known the world over and his inter
esting career is we'll known. He is al
most without a rival at the English
bar. He is man of many accomplish
ments and an ardent sportsman.
He was knighted by Gladstone in
1856, and became one of the Lords of
Appeal and received a life peerage in
1884 from the Gladstone Roseberry adj
ministration. He became Queens Coun-
sci in 1872, and was in Parliament from
1880 to 1886, when he became Attor-
ney-General, and in 1894 succeeded
Lord Coleridge as Chief Justice Ha
was counsel for the Times" in the Par
nell case.
Sir Frank Lockwood @. c., NJ. P,
who is one of Lord Russell's party. was
born in 1916, and is a Cambridge Uni
versity man. He became Queens Coun.
sci IN 1882 ana a bencher in 1856. He
entered Parliament in 1885 as a Lib
eral, and is still there, aud popular on
account of his wit and waggery He
was counsel for the Irish party in the
great Parnell trial.
Montague Crackenthorpe, O. c., D.
c. L., was born in 1892 His name was
Cookson, but on succeeding to the fam
lily estates he changed it to Cracken-
thorpe. His grand-aunt was the wife
of Wordsworth, the poet. He was made
Queens Counsel in 1875 and a bencher
in 1877. He is a Liberal Unionist in
politics and a noted public speaker.
AT $3.50 o'clock this afternoon the
association met as section of the
Legal Educational Convention.
Chairman McLain delivered an ad-
dress to the law curriculum AS briefly
reviewing the origin and growth of the
section of legal education and discuss
ing the best methods to be pursued by
the law student in his legal education,
Chairman McLain continued: 1T must
be admitted that the cuickness of per
ception and the maturity of Judgment
without which legal attainments are
impossible, may be strengthened on the
one hand by the studies which are
deemed proper in broad liberal and
thorough collegiate education, but also
on the other by the familiarity with
practical affairs. Therefore. great as
Is the advantage to be derived from
college training we must not ignore the
corresponding advantage which may
have been attained by intelligent men
in business experiences.
Il cannot refrain from saving q word
as to text books-for whatever the
theory of instruction may be, text
books will be found useful on some
topics. We have special books in
abundance. We have voluminous col
lections of cases and brief synopses. of
principles, and if l am not mistaken
some of the old fashioned lawyers
books remain the best text books for
students on their particular subjects.
In no portion Of the law is the skill OF
"a accomplished lecturer or perhaps I
should say expounder, more valuable
than in this beginning work of the
students course.
Two important topics of the law
which undoubtedly ought to be intro
duced into the first years course, in
asmuch as they lie at the foundation of
so many collateral subjects, are those
of contract and of forts. Sufficient
knowledge of the elementary principles
applicable to ownership of real and
personal property may be given in the
course of elementary law to enable the
student, without detriment, to dispense
with the thorough treatment of these
topics until his second year.
Criminal law is subject involving
elementary conceptions easily mastered
by a student. and both in its substan-
tive part and its procedure it is well
suited to presentation in the first years
course.
For the second years work the most
important subjects 10 be named are
real and personal property law.
For the third year I would propose
corporation law and the law of part
rership; also constitutional law, inter
national law. conflict of laws and gem
eral instruction
James w. Russell, dean of the law
faculty of the University of the city of
New York, read the paper of Professor
G. Nj. Campbell of Denver, Colorado.
who was unable to be present, on
THE Necessity and Importance of the
Study of Common Law Procedure in
| Legal Education
The final paper of the afternoon was
on The Teaching Practice in Law
| Schools" and was delivered by Pro-
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