Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
preliminary training equivalent to |
four-year high school course.
Approved Methods Used.

The most approved methods OF teach
ing are used. The majority of the
courses are conducted by means of the
so-called lease system" the method
originated by the late Prof. c. c. Lang
dell of the Harvard Law School. where
Ii has been followed with marked sue
cess, and from which il has spread
with astonishing rapidity to the other
leading law schools of the United
States.
BY this method the student studies
carefully selected cases, arranged In his
torical and proper topical order, makes
abstracts OF them, upon which he re-
cites in class. and the instructor. through
class discussion and the presentation or
Hypothetical cases. suggested by the as
signed cases, brings before the mind OF
the student the legal principles involved
more clearly and more forcibiy than Is
possible by the old method OF text book,
lecture and quiz Not only this. but the
student obtains thereby first hand infor-
more quickly TO acquire legal mind,
which is said TO be three-fourths, IL not
more. OF a lawyers education.
One of the most prominent features OF
the course is the practice work. There
are four moot courts. three of which are
nisi prius courts and one an appellate
court to review cases tried in the
courts OF first instance. All the court
rooms are equipped in actual courtroom
style These courts are presided over
and the clerks, criers and jurymen are
selected from the student body. Every
student must participate in the court
work. and the cases assigned him must
legal form. This training Is so thorough
that students who have never had any
actual court experience are able, upon
graduation, to take up and handle court
cases successfully and creditably.
Training in Brief Making.
To supplement this practice work and
TO give the student 4 more finished legal
education courses in briefmaking and the
preparation OF legal instruments will be
inaugurated this coming session. The for
mer of these courses aims to train the
student In the finding and collating of
authorities i'm points and the preparation
and presentation of them To the court
in orderly and concise form. The latter
course is designed to instruct the stu
dent in the preparation of the many pa
pers which a lawyer is called upon to
prepare for his clients such as contracts
deeds, mortgages. wills. assignments
partnership agreements and the like.
The moral and ethical side of a lawyer
training is not neglected, and in response
To the public demand for the raising of
the morale of the profession a course
IN legal tactics and ethics is conducted
by a member of the Washington bar who
has had an active and extensive practice.
In this course the relations between at
torney and client are considered and adj
vice and suggestions are offered as 10
the equipment and furnishings of a model
law Office. The canons of professional
ethics adopted by the American Bar AS
sociation for the guidance of the profess
sion are studied in this course
The school is the possessor of well
equipped working library comprising
about 300 volumes. and is open to the
students from am. to 10 d m Besides
this library the students have free ac-
cess 10 the Law Library of Congress and
the Supreme Court, at the Capitol, which
IS undoubtedly one of the finest Law IL
braries IN America.