The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-03
WASH|NGTONL LAW
COLLEGE TO OPEN
ON OCTOBER SECOND
Announcement Made Today
of Hours for Coming
Term.

The date for the opening of the
Washington College Of Law has been
set for October 2.
The hours this year were announced
today. Regular class conferences are
from $50 to p. n. on Mondays, We'd
nesdays, and Fridays of each week.
Special quizzes and sessions Of the
moot court will be held on alternating
nights.
While this school was established
especially in the interest Of women
who wished to study law It admits
eligible students of both sexes. The
undergraduates now enrolled number
nearly as many men as women.
The academic year Will cover thirty
two full weeks, thus bringing tho ses-
sion to a close on May "a, 1872 The
regular curriculum covers a period OF
three years. Sessions In the moot court
will begin the first week In January.
Students Of the second and third year
will be assigned cases, and the neces-
sary pleading will be prepared under
the direct supervision Of the instruc-
serve on jury and will be called as
Like Supreme Court.
The moot court is conducted under
the rules Of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia, and each pupil,
before his graduation, must prepare
and argue at least three cases.
A special course in briefmaking and
in legal photography will be given by
Prof. George Kearney of the Depart
ment Of Justice.
When students have completed sue
cessfully the first three years they will
Al,
didates for the degree Of master of laws.
The lectures and conferences in this
course will be held on Tuesdays and
Thursdays beginning at 7:30 O'Clock p.
m. The masters year Is largely devoted
to research in corporation law and al
lied branches. This course Is under the
direction Of Prof. Paca Oberlin. LII. D.
A new feature offered this year Is a
course in practice before the United
States Patent Office. In charge Of this
course liz Cornelius C. Billings. First As
sistant Commissioner of Patents.
Owing to the large number OF young
men in this city preparing for the prac-
tice of patent law this course Is ex-
pected to prove popular. Instruction re-
garding the filing of patents, their
prosecution before the Patent Office Of
ficials, including the various appeals
within the office and to the District
Court OF Appeals will be given. A
Stu0y also VIII Dc VI oSSiSh poh
ents. the form of specification and
claim, and the important decisions on
this class of cases.
Board of Trustees.
The board Of trustees consists Of STAN
ton ]. Peele, Ii. D., chief justice Court
of Claim. president: Josiah A. Van
orsdel, LII. D., associate justice Court
Of Appeals; Chaplin Brown; v IL; Nj i
Newton. Ii. D.; Ellen Spencer Mussey,
IL. NJ: and Della Sheldon Jackson. Ii;
fund are Ellen Spencer Mussey and Ed
win G. Dutton.
The faculty numbers about twenty
five specialists In the lines they teach.
The graduates in past years show
about Is per cent men, so that the
school has developed into a co.educa-
tional institution instead Of making q
specially of providing for female stu
dents as was first planned.
Candidates for the master Of law de-
gree will be received from other insti-
tutions provided they have been grant
ed the degree of bachelor Of laws.