Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-29
W.. COOLEY
HAS GONE TO
WASHINGTON
University Professor Invited
to Position in Govern
ment Bureau.

Roger W. Cooley. who has been
professor Of law in the law school Of
The University Of North Dakota since
September, 1911, left yesterday for
washington. whore he Is to be one Of
the assistants to the general counsel
OF the bureau Of war risk insurance.
The university authorities have
granted Prof. Cooley a years leave Of
absence in order to permit him. to en-
gage In this important work for the
government. Among those who vii,
be Prof. Cooley's colleagues will be
Dean-Willt4m r. Vance Of the law
school Of thu University Of Minnesota.
The position In the war risk insure
solicited. the offer having been made
because Of his reputation as an au-
thority on the Nav Of insurance. He
is the author Of q five-volume work
on THE Law OF the Insurance Con-
tract" which has not only been very
favorably received by the bench and
a and used in law schools. but FREE
quently cited as q standard author
ley q been engaged In the prepara-
ton Of two supplementary volumes
to bring this work down to date. In
the compiling of this material he has
been assisted by, Prof. Laurie Void Of
the university. During his connec-
ton with the university Mr.. Cooley
has produced five illustrative case
books OF. various topics Of the law,
and has edited q text or Municipal
Corporations
Lectured on Brief Making.
Before coming to the University Of
North Dakota. Mr.. Cooley was for Is
years on the editorial staff Of the
West Publishing company, law book
publishers. His last six years with the
West company he spent lecturing I'M
der the auspices Of the leading law
book publishers. lecturing> in the
principal law schools Of America on
brief making and the use Of law
books.
The Educational Review, published
by Columbia university. contains IAN
article by. the Columbia law libra
rian in which Mr.. Cooley's work is
described at length. Two paragraphs
serve to show the Importance shat is
attached toNthe work:
THE active work Of the West Pub
fishing company in this connection
was entrusted to, three men who joint
~ are responsible for initiating and
developing the plans: They are AL
fred F. Mason, G. Willard Smith and
Roger w. Cooley. The first step was
the publication in OctobeA 1902. of
the first number Of the American.
Law School Review. a periodical by
means OF which a direct appeal could
be made to the law schools of the
country"
\ Then followed the case finding, con-
tests in which law schools all over
the country were Interested During
the winter Of .is06-ls07.l Mr.. Cooley
visited Wisconsin,, Minnesota, North
western, Michigan and Chicago uni
versities, and the Detroit law school,
%lecturing and comforting with stu
dents and instructors. From 1906
to 1911 the work grew until Mr.. Coo
ley retired from the company and be-
come professor of. law at the Univer-
sity of North Dakota. In the mean
time a second edition Of brief-making
edited by Mr.. Cooley had been pub
lished: a new project had been start
ed. This was the establishment of a
practitioners correspondence course
in brief-making for the benefit of
young lawyers and law students not
attending law schools. The third
edition Of brief maxine by Mr.. Cooley
was published in 1914" ~