Evening star., 1911-08-19
ADMITS BOTH sexes
TO CLASSES IN LAW
Washington College Offers
Thorough Courses, Both
Men and Women.

The Washington College of Law was
founded February 1, 1s06Aand is the only
law school in the District of Columbia
confining its membership to white per-
sons which admits women as students.
While the college was established pri-
marily for women because the other law
schools for white students did not admit
them, yet it's doors are open with cath
olic liberality without distinction of sex.
OF the graduates up to the present time
25 per cent have been men, and the un-
dergraduates now enrolled number nearly
as many men as women. The faculty
feel that experience has justified the wis
dom of the original plan of the school in
the direction of co-education, for large
majority of the graduates take the bar
examination and nearly 100 per cent
pass it.
The reasons advanced as to the i'm
portance of the study of law for men ap-
ply equally to women. In all the busi-
ness relations of life they are governed
by the same laws. The women wage
earners of this country are numbered by
the million and, with the responsibilities
upon them. 1t is necessary that they i'm
prove their earning capacity by such
training as will command higher range
of employment and fit them to enter the
learned professions.
The student at the National Capital
has opportunities for legal studies that
he could not enjoy elsewhere. The de-
bates in the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives are open to the public. The
Supreme Court of the United States, the
Court of Claims. the United States Court
of Customs Appeals the United States
Commerce Court. the Court of Appeals
of the District of Columbia, and the sew
eral divisions of the Supreme Court of
the District Of Columbia are in session
during several months of each school
year and, with the executive departments,
furnish advantages for professional study
nowhere else enjoyed.
The law library at the Capitol. and the
Congressional Library, with it's special
department for legal research, are al
ways freely open to students seven days
in the week.
Session Begins October 2.
The academic year covers thirty-two
full weeks, Irrespective of the Christ
mas vacation, beginning Monday, Oc-
tober 2, 1911. and ending Monday, May
~, 1912.
For the convenience of students en-
ployed during the day the regular class
conferences are from $50 to 8 pm. on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of
each week. Special quizzes, lectures and
sessions of the moot court are on alter
mating nights, as required.
The regular curriculum covers period
of three years, and is divided into first,
second and third year. Upon the sue,
cessful completion of the three years
course the student will receive the degree
of bachelor of laws.
Sessions of the moot court begin the
first week in January. Students of the
second and third year will be assigned
cases. and the necessary pleading will
be prepared by them under the direct
supervision Of the instructors. Members
of the first-year class will serve on the
jury and also be called as witnesses
Every student, before receiving the de-
gree Of bachelor of laws, must prepare
and prosecute at least three cases. Ihe
court will be conducted under the rules
of the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia. special course I'm BRIEF
making and legal biblio3aphy VIII be
given in connection with the moot court
| by Prof. George Kearney, LII. NJ, OF the
/ Department OF Justice.
The court of appeals will be presided
(, over by members Of the faculty as
| signed to that duty, and appeals may be
| taken from the trial court as provided
| by the rules OF the courts of the Dis
| trict.
| The cost of necessary text books in
| undergraduate work does not exceed $13
| q year.
Master of Laws Degree.
| Students who have completed satisfac-
torily the three-year course in this school
| and others holding the degree of bache-
| lor of laws from an institution of ap-
proved standing will be admitted to the
| fourth year as candidates for the degree
OF master of laws.
Lectures and conferences are held Tues
days and Thursdays, beginning at 7:3O
pm.
! The masters year is largely devoted
| to research in that branch of the law
| known as corporation law and in kim
/ dred subjects. 1t is planned to give a
| thorough knowledge of these subjects
and to develop habits of systematic in
vestigation and comparison OF legal sub
| jects. The method of study adopted Is
| that of lectures by the professor In
charge upon the text: recitation in class
by the students upon cases previously
assigned. and studied, and conferences
between the professor and class upon
text and cases studied. In. the prepara-
ton of his thesis the student has the
assistance and adyice OF competent
master This course is under the charge
of Prof. Paca Oberlin, LII. D., assisted
by full corps of experienced professors.
The tuition Is $50.
For the benefit of those students who
desire to specialize in patent law the
faculty is offering for the first time, be-
ginning 1911-12, a course In practice be.
fore the United States patent office, in
cluding appeals from that Office to the
Court of Appeals of the District of Co
lumbia This course will be under the
direct charge of Cornelius c. Billings.
LII b., T. s. N. A., 1888 first assistant
commissioner of patents). He will be as
sisted as to trade mark law by William
l.. Symons, LII. NJ. NJ. p. l.. This course
is open to applicants of suitable age, of
good moral character, who have had
three-year high school course or its equiv
alent. Upon completion of the course,
including passing the required examina-