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TABULAR OUTLINE OF COURSES.

[Asterisks indicate elective courses.]

                                                                   

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Course
No. 
Periods
per week 
Total
periods 
FIRST YEAR. 
FIRST TERM. 
1.  Study of Cases—Legal Bibliography—Brief Making  18 
Professor Lile. 
First nine weeks of term. 
(Thur. and Fri., 11 to 12:30). 
2.  Agency (begun) 
Professor Lile. 
Last four weeks of term. 
(Thur. and Fri., 11 to 12:30). 
3.  Contracts  52 
Professor Graves. 
(Mon., Wed. and Sat., 9:30 to 11, Tue., 11 to 12:30). 
*4.  Public Speaking  36 
Adjunct Professor Paul. 
First nine weeks of term. 
No written examination—three sections. 
(Section 1: Tue., Wed., Thur. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
(Section 2: Mon. and Wed., 11 to 12:30, Tue. and
Thur., 9:30 to 11). 
5.  Criminal Law  26 
Professor Dobie. 
(Mon. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
SECOND TERM. 
2a.  Agency (completed)  20 
Professor Lile. 
(Wed. and Fri., 11 to 12:30). 
4a.  Public Speaking  36 
Professor Paul. 
First nine weeks of term. 
(Section 3: Mon., Tue., Thur. and Sat., 11 to 12:30). 
6.  Torts  40 
Professor Graves. 
(Mon., Tue., Thur. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
*7  Master and Servant  14 
Professor Dobie. 
First seven weeks of term. 
(Mon. and Tue., 12:30 to 2). 
8.  Sales  20 
Professor —. 
(Thur. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
THIRD TERM. 
9.  Negotiable Paper  20 
Professor Lile. 
(Mon., 9:30 to 11, Thur., 11 to 12:30). 
*10.  International Law  20 
Professor Minor. 
(Tue., 11 to 12:30., Wed., 12:30 to 2). 
*11.  Carriers and Bailments  30 
Professor Dobie. 
(Tue., Fri. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
*12.  Interest and Usury 
Professor Dobie. 
First three weeks of term. 
(Wed., Fri. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
13.  Domestic Relations  21 
Professor —. 
Last seven weeks of term. 
(Wed., Fri. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
SECOND YEAR. 
FIRST TERM. 
14.  Equity Jurisprudence  36 
Professor Lile. 
First nine weeks of term. 
(Mon., Wed. and Sat., 11 to 12:30, Tue., 9:30 to 11). 
15.  Equity Procedure  16 
Professor Lile. 
Last four weeks of term. 
(Mon., Wed. and Sat., 11 to 12:30, Tue., 9:30 to 11). 
16.  Constitutional Law  39 
Professor Minor. 
(Tue., Thur. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
17.  Partnership  13 
Professor — 
(Mon., 9:30 to 11). 
18.  Common Law Pleading  26 
Professor Graves. 
(Thur. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
21.  Federal Procedure (begun)  10 
Professor Dobie. 
First ten weeks of term. 
(Wed., 12:30 to 2). 
SECOND TERM. 
19.  Private Corporations  30 
Professor Lile. 
(Mon., 11 to 12:30, Tue. and Thur., 9:30 to 11). 
20.  Real Property—including Wills and Mortgages
(begun) 
30 
Professor Minor. 
(Tue. and Thur., 12:30 to 2, Sat., 11 to 12:30). 
21a.  Federal Procedure (completed)  20 
Professor Dobie. 
(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
*22.  Insurance  20 
Professor —. 
(Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
THIRD TERM. 
23.  Public Corporations  20 
Professor Lile. 
(Tue., 11 to 12:30, Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
*24.  Virginia Pleading and Practice, including Extraordinary
Remedies 
40 
Professor Graves. 
(Mon., Wed., Thur. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
20a.  Real Property (completed)  40 
Professor Minor. 
(Mon., Thur., Fri. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
*26.  Code Pleading  20 
Professor Dobie. 
(Mon., 11 to 12:30, Wed., 12:30 to 2). 
*27.  Parliamentary Law  10 
Adjunct Professor Paul. 
(Tue., 9:30 to 11). 
THIRD YEAR. 
FIRST TERM. 
*28.  Bankruptcy  12 
Professor —. 
First six weeks of term. 
(Fri. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
*29.  Interpretation of Statutes  14 
Professor —. 
Last seven weeks of term. 
(Fri. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
*30.  Constitution and Code of Virginia  15 
Professor Minor. 
First five weeks of term. 
(Mon., 11 to 12:30, Wed. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
*31.  Criminal Procedure  24 
Professor Minor. 
Last eight weeks of term. 
(Mon., 11 to 12:30, Wed. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
*32.  Taxation  18 
Professor Dobie. 
First six weeks of term. 
(Tue. and Fri., 12:30 to 2, Thur., 11 to 12:30). 
*33.  Roman Law  21 
Professor Dobie. 
Last seven weeks of term. 
(Tue. and Fri., 12:30 to 2, Thur., 11 to 12:30). 
34.  Titles and Conveyancing  16 
Professor —. 
First eight weeks of term. 
(Tue. and Wed., 9:30 to 11). 
*35.  Mining and Irrigation  10 
Professor —. 
Last five weeks of term. 
(Tue. and Wed., 9:30 to 11). 
SECOND TERM. 
*36.  Judicial Sales  10 
Professor Lile. 
(Sat., 9:30 to 11) 
37.  Evidence (begun)  20 
Professor Graves. 
(Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
38.  Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions  30 
Professor Minor. 
(Mon., Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
39.  Probate and Administration  20 
Professor Dobie. 
(Thur., 11 to 12:30, Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
*40.  Damages  10 
Professor —. 
First five weeks of term. 
(Mon., 9:30 to 11, Tue., 11 to 12:30). 
*41.  Admiralty  10 
Professor — . 
Last five weeks of term. 
(Mon., 9:30 to 11, Tue., 11 to 12:30). 
THIRD TERM. 
*42.  Practice of Law and Preparation of Cases  10 
Professor Lile. 
First five weeks of term. 
(Wed. and Sat., 11 to 12:30). 
*43.  Receiverships  10 
Professor Lile. 
Last five weeks of term. 
(Wed. and Sat., 11 to 12:30). 
37a.  Evidence (completed)  20 
Professor Graves. 
(Tue., 9:30 to 11, Fri., 11 to 12:30). 
*44.  Public Officers  10 
Professor —. 
(Thur., 12:30 to 2). 
*45.  Suretyship and Guaranty  14 
Professor —. 
First seven weeks of term. 
(Mon. and Tue., 12:30 to 2). 
46.  Legal Ethics 
Professor —. 
Last three weeks of term. 
(Mon. and Tue., 12:30 to 2). 

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Moot Court.—A Moot Court is organized by the students in the First
Year's course for the discussion of legal questions. Its meetings begin
at the opening and continue to the end of the session, with such interruptions
only as are incident to the proximity of the examinations. Attendance
is voluntary, as presence during the debates is intended to be a
privilege and not a burden. But every candidate for the degree is required
to argue at least one case in the Moot Court. The questions are chosen
by the Law Faculty, one of whom presides over the discussions. Interest
and life are added to the proceedings by the open debate held after the
argument, the presiding judge acting as interlocutor, and leading into the
debate those whom diffidence prompts to silence.

Practical Work.—In the courses of Equity Procedure, Virginia
Pleading & Practice, Code Pleading, Criminal Procedure, and Legal
Bibliography and Brief Making, special stress is laid upon practical work.
In the Pleading and Procedure courses, every student is required to draw,
and submit for correction and criticism, all of the principal pleadings,
orders, decrees, and other forms usual in actual litigation. In the course
on Legal Bibliography and Brief Making, familiarity with Law books and
their use is secured by lectures and demonstrations in the presence of the
books themselves, followed by oral and written quizzes, and finally by
practical tests; and briefs on assigned topics are required to be prepared
according to rigorous standards.

Applications for Degrees.—Candidates for degrees are required, within
thirty days after registration for their third year's work, to file a written
application, on blanks to be obtained at the Dean's office, setting out the
courses already completed, with the credits thereto attached, followed by
an outline of the additional courses offered to complete the requisite
aggregate of credits necessary for graduation.

Prize.—A prize for the best thesis on a subject assigned by the Law
Faculty is awarded annually in a competition open to members of the
third year class, who are candidates for graduation. It is donated by
the Edward Thompson Company of Northport, N. Y., and consists of a
set of the second edition of the American and English Encyclopedia of
Law (32 volumes), of the estimated value of $240.

The Edward Thompson Company Prize for the session of 1909-10 was
awarded to Claiborne Ross McCorkle, LL. B., of Richlands, Va. Subject:
"Subrogation of the Surety in Virginia."


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TABLE OF COURSES.[2]

                                                                                       
FIRST YEAR  SECOND YEAR  THIRD YEAR 
First Term—September 15 to December 23—1 Weeks.[3]  
Prof. Lile  Periods
per week 
Total
periods[4]  
Prof. Lile  Periods
per week 
Total
periods[5]  
Prof. —  Periods
per week 
Total
periods[6]  
1.  Study of Cases  18  14.  Equity Jurisprudence  36  [7] 28.  Bankruptcy  12 
Legal Bibliography  15.  Equity Procedure  16  [8] 29.  Interpretation of Statutes  14 
Brief Making  Prof. Minor 
2.  Agency (begun)  16.  Constitutional Law  39  Prof. Minor 
Prof. Graves  Prof. —  [9] 30.  Constitution and Code
of Virginia 
15 
3.  Contracts  52  17.  Partnership  13 
Prof. Paul  Prof. Graves  [10] 31.  Criminal Procedure  24 
[11] 4.  Public Speaking (Sections
1 and 2) 
36  18.  Common Law Pleading  26  Prof. Dobie 
Prof. Dobie  [12] 32.  Taxation  18 
Prof. Dobie  21.  Federal Procedure (begun)  10  [13] 33.  Roman Law  21 
5.  Criminal Law  26  Prof. — 
34.  Titles and Conveyancing  16 
[14] 35.  Mining and Irrigation  10 
Second Term—January 3 to March 21—11 Weeks.[15]  
Prof. Lile  Prof. Lile  Prof. Lile 
2a.  Agency (completed)  20  19.  Private Corporations  30  [16] 36.  Judicial Sales  10 
Prof. Graves  Prof. Minor  Prof. Graves 
6.  Torts  40  20.  Real Property (begun)
including Wills
and Mortgages 
30  37.  Evidence (begun)  20 
Prof. Dobie  Prof. Minor 
[17] 7.  Master and Servant  14  38.  Conflict of Laws and
Jurisdictions 
30 
Prof. Paul  Prof. Dobie 
[18] 4a.  Public Speaking (Section
3) 
36  21a.  Fed. Procedure (completed)  20  Prof. Dobie 
Prof. —  Prof. —  39.  Probate and Administrat'n  20 
8.  Sales  20  [19] 22.  Insurance  20  Prof. — 
[20] 40.  Damages  10 
[21] 41.  Admiralty  10 
Third Term—March 23 to June 6—11 Weeks.[22]  
Prof. Lile  Prof. Lile  Prof. Lile 
9.  Negotiable Paper  20  23.  Public Corporations  20  [23] 42.  Practice of Law and
Preparation of
Cases 
10 
Prof. Minor  Prof. Graves 
[24] 10.  International Law  20  [25] 24.  Pleading and Practice
in Virginia, including
Extraordinary
Remedies 
40 
Prof. Dobie  [26] 43.  Receiverships  10 
[27] 11.  Carriers and Bailments  30  Prof. Graves 
Prof. Dobie  37a.  Evidence (completed)  20 
[28] 12.  Interest and Usury  Prof. Minor  Prof. — 
Prof. —  20a.  Real Property (completed)  40  [29] 44.  Public Officers  10 
13.  Domestic Relations  21  Prof. — 
Prof. Dobie  [30] 45.  Suretyship and Guaranty  14 
[31] 26.  Code Pleading  20 
Prof. Paul  46.  Legal Ethics 
[32] 27.  Parliamentary Law  10 
 
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