The Washington times., 1928-01-13
GEORGETOWN
LAW COURSE
OPENS JAN. 80

foreign service. Georgetown Uni.
versity offers courses in these
two departments adapted to he
full time student as well as
those employed during the dav.
Preparations are now being
made at the law department fol
the opening of the second semes
' ter on January 80 and at the
School of Foreign Service on
February /.
HIGH GRADING GIVEN
Georgetown Law School, long
recognized as one of the leaders
in the country, is classified by
the American Bar Association Is
a Grade A school and is a mem.
Der Of the Association of Ameri.
can Law Schools. Under this
classification. two years of col.
lege work are required for ad.
mission.
Students who can devote heir
full time to the study of law
may enter the morning course.
while those occupied elsewhere
during the day usually enter the
late afternoon course each
course being complete in itself
and leading to the usual de-
grees. The morning sessions be-
gin at 9 o'clock and continue un.
til l p. m, extending through
three academic years; in the
other course classes begin at
O'Clock and continue until Z
o'clock the course covering four
academic years.
COURSES EXTENSIVE
With a faculty Of approx
mately 30 members the law
school is enabled to offer wide
and varied courses presented by
lecturers especially equipped by
public service and years of prac-
tice before the bar. One of the
most popular of the new courses
is on Conflict of Laws" given
by Charles L. B. Lowndes, an
honor graduate of Georgetown
College and the Harvard Law
School. Courses in Criminal
Procedure" by Jesse c. Adkins,
former Assistant Attorney Gen
eral and Criminal Law" by
John K. Lasky, former United
States District Attorney, also
have been unusually popular this
year.
The School OF Foreign Service,
the first Of it's kind established
in the United States, is only
eight years old but during that
time it has sent out graduates
into more than 40 foreign coun-
tries. Many of its former stu.
dents are holding responsible 10.
sitions in the foreign services of
the State Department and the
Department of Commerce.
Senator David I. Walsh, of
Massachusetts, will give a course
on American Government" at
this school. beginning with the
new semester. which will have
a. wide appeal. AS a former
governor of his State and twice
elected to the United States Sen
ate, few men in public life are
considered better fitted today to
interpret the Constitution and
ment than Senator Walsh.
NOTED MEN TEACH
The Foreign Service School Of.
fers a wide field for the student
who wishes to engage in the SER
vice Of The Government or in for
eign or domestic commerce. 1t
numbers among it's faculty. some
~ In
their profession. DR. James
Brown Scott, noted international
lawyer and former solicitor of the
State Department, gives the
course in international law and
foreign relations Of the United
States. J Others on the faculty in
clude Dr.i Leo S. Rowe director
general fof the Pan American
Union: Or. John H. Latane, his
.torian Of; Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. and Or. G. Kuangson Young,
of the Chinese Legation, who has
a special course in the Chinese
language, important to those who
intend entering service in the
Orient .!
Nearly 70 lecturers, drawn from
many of the Government depart
ments and independent bureaus,
are associated with the faculty,
which ID headed by DR.. Edmund
A. Walsh, S. j., vice president of
Georgetown University, as regent,
and DR., William F. Notz as dean.
GEORGETOWN University is the
oldest educational institution in
WASHINGTON and offers, besides
these two departments, collegiate,
medicine and dentistry courses.
During the last six or seven years
it's enrolment practically has
doubled and steps are now being
taken to extend the scope of its
medical department. which is clas-