Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
CARRY MUCH PRESTIGE
DEGREES OF WASHINGTON
COLLEGE OF LAW RANK HIGH.
Local Institution, Founded for WON.
en-, Attracts Students From All
Walks of Life.

Carrying considerable prestige because
| of the recognized value of it's post
graduate course, and because OF the rank
attached to its degree by well known
authorities on legal training, the WASH
| ington College of Law stands well in the
van of the law schools in this part Of the
country.
This school was organized February 1.
| 1896. as the woman's law class, and in
corporated under its present name April
| Q, 1895. 1t is the only law school in the
District of Columbia combining its men,
| bership to white persons which admits
women as students
While the college was established
primarily for women because the other
law school for white students did not
admit them. vet its doors are open with
catholic liberality to the would-be student
without distinction of sex. OF the grad
yates up to the present time - per cent
have been men, and the undergraduates
now enrolled number as many men as
| women. The faculty feel that experience
has justified the wisdom of the original
plan of the school in the direction of CO.
education.
Importance of Law Study.
In the prospectus Of the institution it is
stated that the reasons advanced as to
| the importance of the study of the law for
| men apply equally to women. In all the
| business relations of life they are gov
| erned by the same laws. The woman
wage-earners of this country are num-
| bered by the millions, and with the re-
sponsibilities upon them Ii is necessary
| that they improve their earning capacity
| by such training as will command high
| err range of employment and fit them to
enter the learned professions. With the
| enormous growth of business combina-
lions and relations, there is a demand for
skilled legal advice in every new issue as
| 1t arises, and there Is every reason why
| the well equipped woman should meet
| with the same success in the law that she
| has compelled in other OF the learned pro-
LESSONS
The faculty of the Washington College
of Law includes the following:
Ellen Spencer Mussey, LII. NJ, dean OF
the faculty, professor testamentary law,
commercial law; Emma NJ. Gillett. LII. NJ.
professor of law of real property; John r.
| Laskey, LII. NJ, professor law OF evil
dence; Charles w. Fits. IL NJ, profess
sor common law pleading and equity
pleading; Edwin Z. Duttoa, LII. M, ID. c.
| L., professor criminal law and law of
| contracts: Paca Oberlin. L. NJ. NJ. Dip,
professor law of corporations and consti-
| tutional law; Alfred ID. Smith, LII. M.
ID. c. L.. professor law of torts: Harriet
FTecDy, LIZ M, professor equity JuTiS-
prudence: Harry A. Hegarty. Ii. b., pro-
fessor common law. George Amory Mad
dox, A. B.. LII. NJ, professor law of per-
sonal property: Helen Z. Jamison, LII. M. :,
| assistant professor common law pleading.
and Harry A. Hegarty, Ii. B., quiz mas
ter.
List of Special Lectures.
The following are listed as special lee
| turers:
William c. Robinson, LII. ID. dean of
law department, Catholic University of
America), lecturer on Jurisprudence: Seth
| Shepard. IL. d. (chief justice Court of
| Appeals, District of Columbiap lecturer on
equity Jurisprudence; Edward A. Moseley.
LII. Nj. (secretary interstate commerce
commission), lecturer on interstate COM
merce law; Edwin c. Brandenburg, LII.
NJ, lecturer on procedure In bankruptcy;
Watson J. Newton. LII. D.. lecturer on
A. Finch. LIN of Department of JUS
tice). lecturer on brief making; William
Clark Taylor, LII. b. deputy register Of
willis. lecturer on probate practice; Will
liam l.. Symons. LII. NJ. M. p. L., lee
eurer on trademarks and patent law. and
Nanette b. Paul, LII. E., lecturer on par
liamentary law
The postgraduate course lectures are:
Paca Oberlln, LII. NJ, NJ. Dip. on cor
poration law. law governing railroads.
ETC.; Jay Newton Baker. LII. NJ, J. D..
on law Of municipal corporations; Walter
s. Penfield. A. B., LII. B.. on interna-
tional law: Lester III. Woolsey, A. B.,
LII. B., on American administrative law
and International claims. and Roscoe J.
c. Dorsey. LII. NJ. NJ. Dip, ID. c. L., on
Roman law and history of English COM
mon law. The moot court is conducted
by Charles W. Fits, LII. NJ, judge; AL
fred d. Smith, LII. NJ. d. c. l.. lecturer
on practice and procedure and Instructor
In moot court work. and George H. Mac
donald, LII. b., clerk.