Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-05-17
INCREASE LIBRARY
Of COLLEGE OF LAW
COURSE STRENGTHENS IN PREP
ARATIoN FOR BAR.
MANY NEW IFGAI. BOOKS
Hundreds Of Volumes Added to Liter
airy Observation-Disclosures and
Significant Changes In Education
for the Legal Profession-Standard
of Wisconsin School Raised.

One of the most interesting and
significant changes in the education
and preparation for a profession dur-
ing the last quarter of century has
been in the training of lawyers. The
old plan of reading law In the Office
Of practicing lawyer has been large
ly superseded by training in law
schools. A great majority of those
who seek admission to the bar each
year have been students at law
schools, whereas a generation ago
the number of graduates of such
schools applying was proportionately
small. Today there are in the
United States 10S law schools with
some $1,000 students, while in 1880
there were but AZ law schools and
5000 students. Members OF the bar,
whether or not themselves graduates
OF law schools, recognize the fact
that the desultory reading in a busy
with the routine Office work and some
experience, can not be an equivalent
for thorough and systematic instruc-
ton by experienced teachers for
period OF three years. Practiclng
lawyers have found that it is more
profitable to employ as clerk for Of
nee work a graduate Of a college of
law rather than an ambitious young
man who knows nothing Of the work.
In response to this demand for legal
training on the part of young men,
the courses of law in the law schools
of the country have been greatly i'm
proved and strengthened and the
standard generally considerably rails
ed. The college of law at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin has been developed
and strengthened in several direc-
tons during the last two years. The
faculty has been increased, the course
of study strengthened, the standard
of admission raised, and substantial
additions have been made to the IL
brary.
important Additions to Library.
One of the most important addi-
lions has been that to the library of
the university law school. AS long
as the college OF law was in the state
capitol, and for some time after 1t
was moved to the new law building
on the university campus, the stu
dents used the state law library. Re.
Gently, however, the growth Of the
school has made that impracticable,
and has made necessary the estab.
lishment of sufficiently large and
complete collection OF law books to
meet the needs of the students. At
the begiunirg of the present college
year the. regents of the university set
aside $4,000 for the purchase OF
books for the college OF law. At that
time the library contained about
500 volumes. During the present
year some 1000 additions have been
made as a result of the appropria'
ton. Particular effort has been made
to complete the sets of English re-
ports and the state reports, as well as
of the standard text books and treat.
. lses on important legal subjects. The
additions this year have included
some 900 volumes on the English re-
ports, which about completes the Eng
lish series of reports, and 1000
volumes of official state reports,
which gives the college a practically
complete set. There have also been
added some 500 volumes OF select
reports, such as the American state
reports, the American reports, and
the American decisions. Complete
sets of the leading law periodicals
have also been secured. Digests OF
the state reports OF the states ad
Joining Wisconsin, and the latest re
vised statutes of these states, with the
sessions laws issued since their revi
sion. constitute another valuable ad
dition. Two hundred volumes of the
history of law and Jurisprudence, and
700 volumes of text books. including
the latest edition of standard treat
les on important topics In law add
materially to the equipment In these
fields. Although the library is stlll
defective. particularly in works re
lating to the history and development
III the INV lutct AtNtil
together with the original library OF
the college. give the law school a II
brary sufficient to meet the ordinary
demands of the law student.
Course Strengthened.
The course of instruction In the
college of law has been materially
strengthened in several directions. In
the belief that a knowledge OF the
general principles of jurisprudence
and OF the methods by which the Law
has developed is essential to an en-
lightened citizen as well as TO pro
gressive lawyer, the faculty of the
college OF law is developing the
course In the history of law and Of
general jurisprudence. BY going
more thoroughly into the foundations
of the law, the student is given a
better insight into the basal princi
pies OF Jurisprudence. AS result
OF the higher entrance requirements
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