Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
course TO STRESS
GOVERNMENT LAW
G. U. Graduate Class to Make
Intensive Study of Le-
gal Machinery.

The most important academic change
at Georgetown University this year in
wolves the newly reorganized graduate
department in the School of Law which
opens September % with additional
courses providing for an intensive study
of the legal machinery of the Federal
Government
Since the graduate department is for
advanced students, admission is re-
stricted to those applicants who are
graduates of approved law schools and
have had at least two years of college
work. The courses will lead to the de-
gree of juris doctor for those candi-
dates who are graduates of colleges and
the degree of master Of laws for all
others who successfully complete them.
Georgetown authorities decided upon
the changes in the graduate school to
a research basis after a careful study
Of the possible courses that an analyti-
cal study Of Federal legal machinery
United States Supreme Court and the
Federal departments centered here, it
was apparent that Washington was the
ideal location for such school. Par
ticular attention will be devoted in the
course to Federal legislation and the
Interpretation of statutes, as we'll as to
the decisions of the United States
courts. There will also be lectures on
international law, interstate commerce
law and other kindred subjects with
view to giving the student a good
Federal Government and the admins
tration of the laws in the various de-
partments having jurisdiction in them.
Three Appointed to Faculty.
Three additional faculty members
were appointed in the graduate depart
ment this Summer. They are Justice
Jesse c. Adkins of the District Supreme
Court, who will be in charge OF the
erick, p. Lee, legislative counsel to the
United States Senate, and Lewis G.
Cassidy, formerly of Philadelphia,
specialist in Roman law.
Justice Adkins, a graduate of the
Georgetown Law School and q member
Of its faculty for more than Is years,
was appointed to the District bench
during the Summer. He is one Of two
Federal judges on the faculty, the other
being Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel of
the District Court Of Appeals, which
has always had representative on the
Georgetown faculty since its organiza-
ton.
The course In Federal legislation and
statutory Interpretation will be given by
Prof. Lee. For q number Of years he
has been the head Of corps of attor-
neys who pass upon all bills introduced
In the Senate, q work in which he
specialized at Columbia University. He
IS a recognized authority on the Con-
etitution. =.
Cassidy Attended Georgetown.
Prof. Cassidy, who will give a course
in Roman law, also is q graduate Of
Georgetown Law School. Last year he
took the degree Of doctor of juridical
science at the Harvard Law School and
has practiced for some years in Philas
delphia. In line with the policy 81
GEORGETOWN to increase the number OF
its full-time professors, Mr.. Cassidy viii
devote his entire time to teaching.
Another addition to the Law School
faculty during the Summer was the
appointment of United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover as professor of criminal
law In the undergraduate department.
Mr.. Rover, who has had the experience
Of many years in the district attorneys
ONCE, formerly as assistant to Peyton
Gordon, was graduated from the
Georgetown School In the class Of 1910.
Admission to the undergraduate de-
partment, as to other law schools on the
approved list Of the Association Of
American Law Schools, requires two
years Of college work. Besides q late
afternoon course. which opens Septem-
Der "a for students employed during
the day, the Law School offers q morn
ing course. This opens September 10.
Both lead to the degree Of bachelor Of
laws.