Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08
HARTMAN TO TEACH
ECONOMICS OF LAW
Utilities Commissioner Is
Added to Faculty of
College Here.

DR.. Harleigh N. Hartman, member of
the Public Utilities Commission of the
District Of Columbia, will instruct In
economics OF law, O new subject TO be
given in the postgraduate course at the
washington College Of Law this Fall.
Other faculty changes are contem-
plated, ana will be announced later,
according to Dean Grace Hays Riley,
who has just returned from her Sum-
mer vacation to direct the adrninistra-
ton work prior to the formal opening
of school on Monday, September l6.
Registrations are being accepted and
indications are that the 'thirty-fourth
year will record the greatest attend
ance in the history of the institution.
Glasses will meet daily for two hours
from Sis to pm. except Saturday,
when practice court and debate sessions
will be held from z to pm. The
course extends over q period Of three
years, leading to the degree Of bachelor
of law
A fourth-year postgraduate course
and patent-law course is available for
those who wish to continue their
studies.
Methods Combined.
The instruction in the college Is 9
combination of textbook and case-book
oped through the participation of the
frst-year students in debates under fac
ulty supervision and the active part
taken by junior and senior students in
the work of the practice courts. These
courts are presided over by members of
the bar in active practice and conduct
ed under the rules of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
The college, occupying its own build
ing at 1000 G street, is a modern insti-
tuition IN every physical respect. The
classrooms have a capacity of 100 stu
dents each and the building includes a
large library Of more than 5000 VOL
umeS, large office rooms, tea room
and clubroom for students.
Although 1t always has been coedu-
cational, the Washington College of
Law was founded primarily as an insti-
tuition where women could receive
training for the legal profession. Mrs.
Ellen Spencer Mussey and Miss Emma
Gillett, themselves pioneers in the legal
world of women, founded school Of
law February l, 1896. Two years later
the institution was incorporated under
its present name. Mrs. MusSey at pres
ent is vice president and honorary dean
as well as a member of the schools
board Of trustees.
Faculty Of School.
The faculty of the school, under
Dean Riley, follows: Edwin A. Mooer5,
professor of the law of contracts, GRIM
inal law, business associations, common
law pleadings, real property, testament
airy law. conflict Of laws. District of
Columbia Code and lecturer on legal
ethics; George Kearney, professor of
negotiable instruments and legal bibli-
ography; Elizabeth c. Harris. professor
of the law of contracts sales, evidence
and equity Jurisprudence; Lucian H.
Vandoren, professor of the laws of EVIL
dence and equity pleading; William L.
Symons, professor of the law OF trade
marks; Helen E. Jamison, professor of
commonlaw pleading and librarian;
Roscoe j. G. Dorsey, professor of iuris.
prudence, ancient, Roman and modern:
James B Flynn. professor of the law of
bankruptcy; Francis Colt de Wolf pro-
lessor of International law: Katherine