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MISCELLANEOUS.
Admission to Advanced Standing.—By a recent enactment of the
Visitors, the Law Faculty is authorizedo accept certificates of attendance
for one full session, of at least eight months, and of work satisfactorily
performed, at other approved law schools, in lieu of
the whole or any part of the first year's course; provided the applicant
on such subjects as he desires credit for.
These entrance examinations will be held at the beginning of each
session, in September. They will not be perfunctory merely, but the
examiners will insist upon thorough familiarity with every subject
within the scope of the examinations. It is the settled policy of the
Law Department that in thus departing from former regulations,
there shall be no departure from the traditional high standard uniformly
required for graduation. No credit will be given for mere
attendance at another law school, nor in any event will the privilege
of examination for advanced standing be extended to those who have
merely received private instruction.
Entrance Examinations.—No other entrance examinations are held
than as mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
Special Students.—Students who can attend but a single session are
advised to take special courses, which the arrangement of the classes
readily permits. Overzealousness, by which an ambitious student is
beguiled into the assumption of more work than he can thoroughly
master in a single year, leads to cramming and inaccuracy, and often
to complete failure. With this admonition, the special student is free
to select his own work. The following course is suggested for students
who are not candidates for the degree.
First year classes 1, 4, and 5, (see page —), and second year classes
2 and 3; or, if the student has already had some legal training, numbers
1 and 4 of the second year may be added. The first course suggested
would require 13½ hours, and the second 16½ hours, of class-work
a week.
Late Entrance.—The work of the Law Department begins promptly
September 15, and continues until the middle of June. Students are
advised that late entrance is a serious hindrance to progress—but the
matriculation books are open throughout the session and it is permissible
to enter at any time. The course of study is arranged, however,
on the theory that it will be taken up at the beginning of the session.
The student who enters late must begin his work at the point to which
the course has advanced at the time of his entrance, and any material
loss of time by late entrance will disqualify him for graduation the
next year.
Seats in the Law Lecture-rooms are assigned in the order of matriculation.
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