Evening star., 1928-09-09
c. j. WILL OFFER
SPECIAL COURSES
Patent Law Classes Listed
on Years Curriculum Open
ing September 17-19.

dates for the degree of bachelor ol
laws the Georgetown University Law
School offers. in addition to courses
snnroved by the American Bar Associa-
tion, the distinct advantages o1"Stuoy
derived from opportunities that exist In
the Capital of the Nation.
GEORGETOWN University has paraliei
courses in its school of law. Tor full-
time students as we'll as part-time stu.
dents. leading to the bachelors ana
masters degree, with Special course
devoted to patent law, for whlch WaSn-
tneton is the logical center OF study IN
the United States.
Sessions for the afternoon classes.
from S to Z O'Clock, start september ~
for the academic year, the ftty-elghtn
in the history of the law school. The
morning course. from 9 to l o'clock,
heoins September 10. Registrations at
the law school are expected to total
nearly 500 this year, but applications
with the necessary papers showing
qualifications. must be submitted on or
before the opening dates.
Three-year Course.
Owing to the longer hours, six days in
the week, the work for a bachelors S
degree In the morning course may be
completed in three years. For the
same course of study in the afternoon
classes, five days a week, the periDd Is
extended to four years.
The GEORGETOWN Law School is listed
as a Glass A school by the American
Bar Association and also Is member
Of the Association of American Law
Schools. AS such it has adhered TO
the standards of admission and aca-
1oid hu
tee on legal education of the bar asso-
citation. 1t maintains, consequently, the
prescribed number of full-time profess
sors for an approved law school.
Entirely sympathetic with the efforts
of the American Bar Association to
raise the standards of the legal pro-
fession. the Georgetown authorities
have expressed themselves on the two
wear college rule as follows in the school
catalogue: while two years OF regular
residence work in an approved college is
SUFFICIENT to admit the student as
candidate for degree, at this time
students planning to study laW at tnls
law school are earnestly urged to COM
plete the full collegiate course and take
o degree before seeking enrolment.
Pre-legal Study.
For the purpose of aiding prospective
law students who can neither attord
nor wait on four years at college,
GEORGETOWN University, in line with
other institutions, maintains pre-legal
course in connection with its college OF
arts and sciences. As an evidence OF
the popularity Of such course, 1t mas
hsen necessary to refuse enrolment to
more than 200 students because OF the
lack of accommodations at the Hilltop.
Similar condensed college courses are
offered students desiring to enter the
medical and dental schools at George
town. which likewise require two years
of college work.
There are many obvious reasons for a
background of college training before !
entering upon the study of law, 1t was
declared by the school authorities. |
Conditions today, for one thing, are |
described as more complex than even |
a decade ago, resulting in more laws
being enacted and neceSsitating more
than ever before a highly specialized
training to cope with this situation.
The day when young man can study
In an Office and then hang out his
ehingle is recognized as about passed.
Only under competent guidance, with |
facilities for research and training IN
court practices, the bar association |
contends. can the modern student |
acquire a thorough understanding of |
the practices in the various States or |
knowledge of the wide range of the !
law.
With a preliminary college training. |
it is pointed out, students derive solid |
and suitable foundation for special !
training in any branch which the stu
dent, his mind matured and disciplined, |
may desire to elect. Particularly Is this |
essential to the study of law.
Expert Faculty.
Having had occasion to gauge the |
results of the "two-year rule" in recent |
years. the Georgetown authorities are |
convinced that the average student now |
applying for admission knows rather |
definitely In his own mind the reasons |
why he wishes to enter upon the highly |
competitive practice of law. Instead !
Of students dropping out after year |
or so, as was formerly the case with |
many high school graduates, the school |
has found that great percentage of |
the students are sticking out through |
the full four-year course. AS a result |
the law school graduate of today, forti- |
fed with college foundation Is far |
better equipped to enter upon the prac-
tice of law than the former student |
who rushed to law school fresh from a
high school.
In addition to full-time professors
the Georgetown Law School has one
OF the largest and best trained faculties !
in Washington. It's members are drawn
from the teaching staff of Georgetown
College, from the District bench and
bar or the Government service, being
men especially trained in the subjects
they teach.
For So years the dean of the law
school, George E. Hamilton LII. D.
j. U. d., has been identified with
Georgetown University and the District
OF Columbia bar, in which he long has
been a leader. A member of the first
graduating class at the law school, Mr..
Hamilton has been connected continu-
ouSly with its faculty for more than so
years. During great part of that
time he has been the dean Of the
school. Hugh j. Fegan, for many years
the assistant dean, is professor also of
insurance, agency and damages.
For advanced students the law de-
partment maintains a graduate school
leaolng to masters degree and a
course IN patent law Applicants for ad-
mission to the graduate school are con-
fined to graduates of approved law
schools. The patent law course is open
10 students of the senior and graduate
classes at Georgetown and also to the
graduates of approved law schools.
With the location here of the Patent
Office and the District Court of Appeals.
where patent cases are tried, the ad-
vantages of such a course in Washing
ton are unexcelled anywhere. Thomas
Ewing, former United States commits
slorer OF patents, and Karl Fenning.
former assistant commissioner. respec-
lively, are professors of substantive
patent law and patent law practice.
The law school has a library of
$4,000 volumes. Besides these. students
have access to the Law Library of Con-
gress and the other facilities of the
District Federal courts as well as the