Evening star., 1932-09-11
STUDENTS IN TEST
MAKE FINE RECORD
rs Per Cent of G. U. Juniors
Trying to Pass Bar Exam
inati0n Here.

Third-yca students at the George
town University School OF Law, with
still another year before their gradua-
ton, made an unusual record in the re-
cent examinations for admission to the
District of Columbia bar
Out of a total Of 20 juniors from this
school who stood the rigid tests, rs per
cent Of them or %, we're successful and
are therefore entitled If they wish, to
practice their profession here. This
record was encouraging to officials OF
the school in view of the fact that
barely 40 per cent of the SCI persons
taking the District examinations sue
ceeded in passing. 4
One reason for the good showing
made by these junior students, George
town authorities believe, was due to the
Two years of college work required for
NMmassion to the law school. In ad-
Ssrfng to the stanards for Grade "a"
law schools fixed by the Committee on
Legal Education of the American Bar
Association Georgetown has succeeded
in recent years in reducing to neglible
number the students who drop out
&H9ere completing their course. Dur
ing the years when high school stu
dents were admitted, this had become
u serious problem.
Students More Mature.
Slightly over so per cent Of the
students enrolled last year at the
Georgetown Law School were graduates
of colleges, percentage that is in
creasing steadily each year. This ac-
counts. it was said, for a more mature
and serious-minded student body.
Registration for the 1928 aca-
demic year, the Sixty-second in the
schools history, is measuring up to that
of last year. Glasses commence Sep
tember 81 for both departments, a
morning course for full-time students
and an afternoon course for those
employed during the day. Both courses
lead to the bachelor of law degree. In
addition there Is a special patent law
course and graduate school to which
are admitted students who have grad
1ated from accredited law schools
A new course in taxation is being Of
eered this year in the Graduate School
under the professorship of Charles L.
B. Lowndes, graduate of Georgetown
and Harvard, who has specialized in
this subject. It will involve all phases
of taxation as well as revenue legisla-
ton. Only a few other minor changes
have been made in the curriculum.
officials Will Speak.
AS usual, this year there will be a
series of addresses for the law students
by Government officials in charge of
the legal branches of various depart
ments of the Government. Among
those scheduled to give such addresses
during the coming term are Horace j.
Donnelly, solicitor of the Post Office
Department, a graduate of the George
town Law School, Clarence NJ. Charest,
general counsel Of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, and Daniel w. Knowl-
ton, chief counsel of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel Of the
District Court of Appeals, member OF
the Georgetown faculty for some years,
resigned during the Summer. He is
already beyond the age at which he
might retire from the bench and has
given up his additional law school du-
ties. Two of his subjects, Private Cor
porations" and Partnership" will be
taken over by DR.. Lewis c. Cassidy.
Another of his subjects, wills" will be
taught by Prof. John E. Laskey, a for
mer United States attorney for the
District.
During the Summer Law School,
now in full possession of. its large build
ing at SOC street. has taken over some
of the class room formerly used by
the School of Foreign Service. New
executive offices have been provided and
a separate editorial room equipped for
the staff of the Georgetown Law
journal. The building generally has
been renovated.
Dean George E. Hamilton, who has
been connected with the Georgetown
law faculty for over 60 years since his
graduation from the first Class in the
history of the school, is looking forward
to a successful year. Rev. Francis E.
Lucey, S. j.. is regent of the school and
Hugh J. Fegan the assistant dean.