The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
The growth in these respects has
been continuous md "a mid

The growth in these respects has
been continuous and rapid.
In 1896 the course of study was
heightened from two to three years.
There was some fear lest this change
should prove too radical, as this was
the first western school to propose
such g. forward movement; but other
schools soon followed the example. In
the same year Of 1895 a graduate de-
partment was organized leading to the
study included the subjects of general
Jurisprudence, political science, con-
stitutional. history and Jurisprudence.
and some others which vary from year
to year as necessity requires. Those
students only are admitted to this
course who have received their degree
of B. l.. In 1898 third course con-
sisting Of advanced work in COMPARE
tive Jurisprudence, Roman law, the
philosophy Of Jurisprudence and politi-
cal science was organized. No definite
time was prescribed within which the
work required for graduation should
be performed, but students are per-
Initted a reasonable time to prepare
and present their final thesis, the &C.
ceptance Of which by the faculty en-
titles the candidate to the degree Of
ID. C. L..
Thus organized, the school has
steadily and rapidly increased in num-
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the United States; It has enlarged It's
faculty until now four professors de-
vote their entire time to the work of
the department, and their work is
supplemented by ten lecturers, who
devote annually from three to ten
weeks each to instruction upon differ
ent legal SUBJECTS; the library has
umes of books and legal pamphlets;
it's methods of instruction have been
harmonized in accordance with those
principles approved by the Oldest and
best legal institutions in the country;
it has organized a system Of moot
courts more extensive than exists In
any other law school in America, and
a large portion Of the senior year is
devoted to the practical side Of thu
| profession of law; and the require
ments for the admission and gradua-
ton of it's students have been increased
to as high a standard as is adopted
by the Oldest and best law schools
Of the land, except two or three
schools whose circumstances and
whose purposes in providing a legal
education warrant them in requiring a
bachelors degree for admission.
This is the sixteenth year of the
lschoois history. Several years ago it
in the spring of 1908 the legislature
generously appropriated $4,000 for an
addition to the. present building and
for its equipment. That addition is
now in process Of erection and will be
ready, for occupancy at the beginning
J of 1904. When the addition is COM
:. ipleted and equipped the accommoda-
tons will be ample for many years
to come.
The growth of this law school Is
Eslmply in keeping with the growth OF
Illegal education thruout the entire
tcountry. Law schools do not now con-
J fine their instruction to gentlemen who
are to become practitioners at the bar.
Professional education is but one
branch, tho a most important one, OF
} legal education. Young men in all
lines Of business find a legal educa-
ton SO helpful that thousands Of them
are f1ocking to the law schools thru
out the United States to gain what is
proving to be a most helpful educa-
ton preparatory to a business career,