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DEPARTMENT OF LAW.

                         
EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN, D. C. L., LL. D.  President 
WILLIAM MINOR LILE, LL. D.  Dean 
WILLIAM MINOR LILE, LL. D.,  James Madison Professor of Law 
CHARLES ALFRED GRAVES, M. A., LL. D.  Professor of Law 
RALEIGH COLSTON MINOR, M. A., LL. B.  James Monroe Professor of Law 
ARMISTEAD MASON DOBIE, M. A., LL. B.  Professor of Law 
GEORGE BOARDMAN EAGER, Jr., B. A., LL. B.,  Adjunct Professor of Law 
CHARLES WAKEFIELD PAUL,  Adjunct Professor of Public Speaking 
IRA SAMUEL FLORY, B. A., LL. B.  Assistant in Law 
CHARLES WOODWARD DAVIS, B. S.,  Assistant in Law 
LOUIS ARTHUR JOHNSON  Assistant in Law 
ELLA WATSON JOHNSON  Law Librarian 
CHARLES KEEN SEAMAN, Jr.  Assistant Law Librarian 

Inquiries with reference to Entrance Requirements should be
addressed to the Dean of the University.

For information as to lodgings, board, expenses, etc., and for
catalogues and other printed literature, address the Registrar.

For other information address the Dean of the Law School.

Historical.—Among the original schools contemplated in Mr.
Jefferson's plan for the organization of the University of Virginia
was "Law: Municipal and Foreign; Embracing the General Principles,
Theory, and Practice of Jurisprudence, together with the Theory and
Principles of Constitutional Government."
Accordingly the School of
Law was established in 1826, and has been in continuous operation
since.

From its inception until 1894, the course comprised the work of
a single year. With the session of 1894-95, a two years' course was
inaugurated, which continued up to the session of 1909-10, when the
course was extended to three years.


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The aim of the Department of Law has always been to maintain
a high standard as a requirement for graduation—the degree being
conferred only upon such students as are thorough masters of the
prescribed course of study. This policy has been rigorously enforced,
and its wisdom has been vindicated by the high position
which the graduates of the law school are accustomed to attain
at the bar or in public life. The course of instruction has been
extended from time to time to conform to changing conditions and
to meet the increasing needs of the profession. It is confidently
believed that the enlarged course now offered will enable those who
complete it more surely to maintain that rank at the bar which the
University has always expected of her sons.

New Law Building—Minor Hall.—The handsome Law Building
announced in last year's catalogue as in course of erection, has been
completed, and is now occupied by the Law School.

By recent action of the visitors, the new home of the Law
School has been named Minor Hall, in honor of the late John B.
Minor, whose distinguished service of fifty years as a professor of
the Law School, the University thus commemorates. The building
is located between Dawson's Row and the southern end of East
Range. The architecture of the building is on classic lines, in keeping
with the general design of the other university buildings. It
contains on the first floor four large lecture halls, with convenient
offices, cloak rooms, etc., and on the second floor a stack room,
with ample space for books, two commodious reading rooms, and
a number of small private rooms for special work. Liberal provision
has been made for heat, light, and ventilation. Special care has
been taken to provide comfortable seats and desks in the lecture
halls.

Law Library.—The Library contains about ten thousand volumes.
Its financial resources, from appropriations by the Visitors and
from a recent endowment of ten thousand dollars by Mr. W. W.
Fuller, of New York, make possible the addition of several hundred
volumes annually. The Library contains the English Reports, from
and including the Year Books to date; the United States Supreme
Court Reports; reports of all the American States; the National
Reporter System, complete; modern selected and annotated reports,
such as the American Decisions, Reports and State Reports; Lawyers
Reports Annotated; American and English Annotated Reports;
English Ruling Cases, etc.; together with modern search-books in
the form of general Digests (including the Century and Decennial
editions), and the leading Encyclopedias, besides a large collection
of text-books, bound volumes of law magazines, etc. Law students
have all the privileges of the general University Library, containing
more than sixty thousand volumes, without extra charge.


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Suggestions as to Preliminary Education.—Students, and their
parents or guardians, are warned that the law is peculiarly an intellectual
profession, and demands for its successful prosecution,
whether at the Law School or in the broader fields of professional
life, a well-trained mind. If it be true that untrained intellects, in
rare instances, under diligent and persistent effort, develop after
entrance upon the practice, such exceptional cases but serve to illustrate
the rule that out of a given number of young men entering
upon the study of the law, those with sound preliminary training
will have incomparably the advantage, while those without it will
be seriously handicapped, and are likely never to rise above mediocrity
in their profession.

The experience of the Law Faculty—nay, of all law teachers—is,
that the standing and progress of law students are, in large measure,
in the ratio of their academic preparation. Young gentlemen are
therefore advised not to begin their legal studies until they have
completed an academic course approximating that ordinarily required
for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. So high a standard,
however, is not exacted as a condition of entrance into the Law
School. These conditions are shown in the following sections.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

Regular Students.—Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of
Laws must have attained the age of eighteen years before entering
the department, must produce a certificate of good character from
the school last attended or other satisfactory source, and must conform
to the general requirements following:

For Admission to the Department of Law the candidate must
offer fourteen units as specified below; of these three must be in
English, three in Mathematics, one in History, and the residue
selected at will.

The Subjects accepted for Admission and their values in units
are given in tabulated form on the following page. The applicant
for admission may either enter (1) by certificate or (2) by examination.

(1) For Admission by Certificate the candidate must file with
the dean of the university not later than September first a Certificate
of Preparation,
made out on the blank form furnished by the university.
This certificate must come from some recognized institution of
collegiate rank or from an accredited high school; but admission
by certificate from accredited public high schools in Virginia is
extended only to graduates from four-year high schools. The certificate
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school; must specify the character and content of each course
offered for entrance credit; must give the length of time devoted
to the course, and the dates of the examinations; and must give
the candidate's grades in percentages. Each unit in the entrance
requirements is the equivalent of one full year of high-school work,
including five periods a week of at least forty minutes each during
not less than thirty-six weeks.
For schools in which the number of
periods given to any study, or the length of the period, is below the
standard here specified, the credit for such study will be reduced
pro rata. In the scientific subjects two hours of laboratory instruction
will be counted as the equivalent of one hour of recitation.
High school courses in Physics and Chemistry, otherwise adequate,
will be allowed half credit, when individual laboratory work is not
done by the student or is not attested by proper note-books filed
with the certificate. Certificates of preparation from private tutors
will in no case be accepted; students thus prepared must in all
cases take the Entrance Examinations.

(2) For Admission by Examination the candidate must present
himself for test at the University in June or in September, according
to the dates given in the Programme of Entrance Examinations,
which may be had by applying to the Registrar. The examinations
are held under the honor system, no paper being accepted unless
accompanied by the usual pledge. All candidates who take their
examinations at the times appointed are tested free of charge. In
case of delayed entrance, where the grounds of postponement are
good, the president of the university may admit the candidate to a
special examination, for which an additional fee of five dollars is
charged. The fee is payable in advance and is in no case returned.
Satisfactory certificates as to character and age are in all cases
required.


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SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.

                                                       
Subject  Topics  Units 
English A  English Grammar and Grammatical Analysis 
English B  English Composition and Rhetoric 
English C  Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature 
English D  History of English and American Literature 
Mathematics A  Algebra to Quadratic Equations 
Mathematics B  Quadratics, Progressions and the Binomial Formula  ½ 
Mathematics C  Plane Geometry 
Mathematics D 1  Solid Geometry  ½ 
Mathematics D 2  Plane Trigonometry  ½ 
History A  Greek and Roman History 
History B  Mediæval and Modern European History 
History C  English History 
History D  American History and Civil Government 
Latin A  Grammar, Composition and Translation 
Latin B  Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition 
Latin C  Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition 
Latin D  Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition 
Greek B  Grammar; Composition; Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV 
German  Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
French  Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Spanish  Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Science A  Physical Geography 
Science B  Inorganic Chemistry 
Science C  Experimental Physics 
Science D  Botany and Zoölogy 
Drawing  Mechanical and Projection Drawing 
Shop-Work  Wood-Work, Forging and Machine-Work 

Special Students.—Applicants for registration who are more than
twenty years old, reckoning from the birthday preceding matriculation,
and desire to enter for the pursuit of special elective courses,
must present adequate proofs of good character and of the needful
maturity and training. Such applicants may then be registered as
Special Students, and will be admitted without formal examination
to the privileges of the Law School, but not as candidates for the
degree.

With the admonition that over-zealousness, whereby an ambitious
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can thoroughly master in a given time, leads to cramming and inaccuracy,
and often to complete failure, the special student is free
to select his own work, within the maximum permitted by the regulation
set out below.

Admission to Advanced Standing.—No credit is given for attendance
at another law school, nor for time spent in private reading.
The
candidate for graduation must spend all three years in residence.

Late Entrance.—Registration commences Thursday, September
12, and the work of the Law School begins promptly on Monday following.
Students are advised that late entrance is a serious
hindrance to progress. The student who enters late must begin his
work at the point to which the work has advanced at the time
of his entrance: and credit for three years' attendance cannot be
given unless the student's actual residence averages at least thirty
weeks per session. No registration in absentia is permissible.

As regards conditions of admission in case of late entrance,
reference is made to the regulations concerning Registration, as
stated in General University Catalogue.

Expenses.—The necessary expenses of a student in the Department
of Law may be estimated at $350 per session of nine months.
This minimum estimate includes all university and tuition fees,
board, lodging, washing and books. An average estimate would
be $450 per session, reckoning board, lodging, washing, and books
at a somewhat higher figure. The University fee applicable to all
law students (including those from Virginia) is $40; and the tuition
fee is $100 for the regular work of each session. For Special Students
who desire to take selected courses, the tuition fee is estimated
according to the ratio which the work chosen bears to the
whole.

Three Years' Course.—The course of study embraces three
years of thirty-six weeks each, exclusive of holidays. Residence,
for three years, with an average attendance of at least thirty weeks
a year, exclusive of holidays, is essential to graduation.

Plan of Instruction.—The course is planned with a view to acquaint
the student familiarly and practically with the principles of
his profession. Care is taken to teach him to think for himself,
and to rely upon reason and principle, rather than upon memory;
it being considered better that the student follow principle to its
legitimate conclusion, though this be at variance with the decisions
of the courts, than that he should arrive at a faultless result by the
exercise of memory or by accident.

The instruction is as thorough as possible, and is given partly
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cases. While convinced of the value of the combined text-book
and lecture system, which has prevailed for more than half a century
in the Law School, and from which, in the inauguration of the
more extended course, it is not meant in any wise to depart, the
Law Faculty have long appreciated the value which the study of
cases possesses, in illustrating the practical application of legal
principles, and in forcing the student to extract for himself the
doctrine which the cases establish. The enlargement of the course
gives opportunity for more emphasis upon this form of instruction,
and the case-book will, therefore, be used more extensively than
heretofore—not as supplanting, but as supplementing, the text-book
and lecture.

The daily oral quiz has long been a marked and, as experience
has proved, a most valuable feature of the system of instruction.
As cross-examination exposes error and develops truth, so the daily
quiz enables the instructor to discover and rectify misconception
of legal principles on the part of the student.

This oral quiz is supplemented by frequent written tests, the
results of which are carefully recorded, and are considered in estimating
the grade of the student in the final examinations.

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.


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Required for Graduation.—The degree of Bachelor of Laws
(LL. B.) is conferred upon such students as have attained the age
of twenty-one years; have satisfied the entrance requirements; have
attended three full sessions of the Law School; and have successfully
passed the required examinations, with satisfactory performance
of assigned practical work.

More specifically, the candidate for graduation must have completed
all of the obligatory courses (see Outline of Courses, below),
the credit value of which is seven hundred and sixty-five (765) units,
and elective courses of at least the credit value of eighty-five (85)
units—or a total of eight hundred and fifty (850) units. It follows
that of the courses termed `elective,' a required minimum are in
fact obligatory—the candidate being permitted to exercise an election
among them.

OUTLINE OF COURSES.

The entire course of three years embraces 1020 units (or lecture
periods of one and a half hours each) and to each subject satisfactorily
completed is attached a credit value of one unit for each
lecture period comprised therein—except the course number 4 (see table
below) is valued at 26 units. Of the total units, 765 are classed
as obligatory and the remaining 255 as elective. As stated, graduation
requires the completion of all the obligatory courses (credit
value 765), plus elective courses having a credit value of at least
85 units—or a minimum required total of 850 units.

This contemplates an average of nine lecture periods (or 13 1-2
hours) per week during the first and second years, and eight periods
(or 12 hours) the third year.

Each session comprises 36 weeks, exclusive of holidays, and is
divided into three terms—Sept. 15 to Dec. 23—Jan. 3 to March 21—
and March 22 to June 6.

Written examinations are held during the final week of each
term, on the subjects completed during the term. See Schedule of
Examinations, p. 192.

The following outline indicates the scope of the courses offered,—
asterisks indicating elective courses.


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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—Statutes  26 
Professor Lile. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2). 
2.  Contracts  52 
Professor Graves. 
(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30). 
3.  Criminal Law  26 
Professor Dobie. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11). 
4.  *Public Speaking[6]   36 
Adjunct Professor Paul. 
(Section 1: Mon., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
(Section 2: Mon., Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
(Section 3: Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30,
Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
5.  *Administrative Law  20 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
SECOND TERM. 
6.  Torts—including Master and Servant  40 
Professor Graves. 
(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30). 
4a  *Public Speaking  36 
Adjunct Professor Paul. 
(Section 4: Mon., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11,
Thurs., 11 to 12:30). 
(Section 5: Mon., Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2,
Tues., 9:30 to 11). 
7.  Carriers and Bailments  30 
Professor Dobie. 
(Tues., Thurs. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
8.  Agency  20 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2). 
THIRD TERM. 
9.  Negotiable Paper  20 
Professor Lile. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2). 
10.  *International Law  20 
Professor Minor. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11). 
11.  Sales  20 
Professor Dobie. 
(Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
12.  Domestic Relations  20 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Mon. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
13.  *Suretyship and Guaranty  20 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
SECOND YEAR. 
FIRST TERM. 
14.  Equity Jurisprudence  52 
Professor Lile. 
(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
15.  Common Law Pleading  26 
Professor Graves. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30). 
16.  Constitutional Law  44 
Professor Minor. 
(Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
17.  Real Property (begun) 
Professor Minor. 
(Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
SECOND TERM. 
18.  Private Corporations  40 
Professor Lile. 
(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
19.  *Pleading in Virginia  20 
Professor Graves. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30). 
17a.  Real Property (continued)  30 
Professor Minor. 
(Mon., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
20.  *Admiralty  20 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11). 
THIRD TERM. 
21.  *Practice in Virginia, including Extraordinary
Remedies
 
20 
Professor Graves. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11). 
17b.  Real Property (concluded)  40 
Professor Minor. 
(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30). 
22.  *Code Pleading  20 
Professor Dobie. 
(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
23.  *Parliamentary Law  10 
Adjunct Professor Paul. 
(Section 1: Mon., 12:30 to 2). 
(Section 2: Wed., 9:30 to 11). 
(Section 3: Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
24.  Insurance  20 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30). 
THIRD YEAR. 
FIRST TERM. 
25.  Criminal Procedure  26 
Professor Minor. 
(Thurs. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
26.  Wills and Administration  26 
Professor Dobie. 
(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
27.  *Taxation  26 
Professor Dobie. 
(Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
28.  Bankruptcy  26 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Mon., 11 to 12:30, Thurs., 12:30 to 2). 
29.  Partnership  13 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Tues. and Sat., 12:30 to 2—first half of term). 
30.  Mining and Irrigation  13 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Tues. and Sat., 12:30 to 2—last half of term). 
SECOND TERM. 
31.  Equity Procedure  20 
Professor Lile. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2). 
32.  Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions  30 
Professor Minor. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11, Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
33.  Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure  30 
Professor Dobie. 
(Mon., Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
34.  *Damages  20 
Adjunct Professor Eager. 
(Wed. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
THIRD TERM. 
35.  Public Corporations  20 
Professor Lile. 
(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
36.  Legal Ethics, Preparation of Cases, and Practice
of the Law
 
20 
Professor Lile. 
(Mon. and Sat., 12:30 to 2). 
37.  Evidence  40 
Professor Graves. 
(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 9:30 to 11). 
38.  *Roman Law  20 
Professor Dobie. 
(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2). 

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DEPARTMENT OF LAW
TABLE OF COURSES FOR THE SESSION OF 1912-13. (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION).

                                                                             
FIRST YEAR  SECOND YEAR  THIRD YEAR 
First Term—September 15th to December 16th—13 Weeks.[7]  
Prof. Lile  [8] Periods
per week 
Total
periods 
Prof. Lile  [9] Periods
per week 
Total
periods 
[10] Periods
per week 
Total
periods 
1.  Study of Cases  26  14.  Equity Jurisprudence  52  Prof. Minor 
Legal Bibliography  Prof. Graves  25.  Criminal Procedure  26 
Brief Making  15.  Common Law Pleading  26  Prof. Dobie 
Interp. Statutes  Prof. Minor  26.  Wills and Administration  26 
Prof. Graves  16.  Constitutional Law  44 
2.  Contracts  52  17.  Real Property (begun)  27.  [11] Taxation  26 
Prof. Dobie  Prof. Eager 
3.  Criminal Law  26  28.  Bankruptcy  26 
Prof. Paul  29.  Partnership  13 
4.  [12] Public Speaking  36[13]   30.  [14] Mining and Irrigation 
Prof. Eager 
5.  [15] Administrative Law  20 
Second Term—January 3d to March 14th—10 Weeks.[16]  
Prof. Graves  Prof. Lile  Prof. Lile 
6.  Torts, Including Master
and Servant 
40  18.  Private Corporations  40  31.  Equity Procedure  20 
Prof. Graves  Prof. Minor 
Prof. Dobie  19.  [17] Pleading in Virginia  20  32.  Conflict of Laws  30 
7.  Carriers and Bailments  30  Prof. Minor  Prof. Dobie 
Prof. Eager  17a.  Real Property (continued)  30  33.  Federal Jurisdiction and
Procedure 
30 
8.  Agency  20 
Prof. Paul  Prof. Eager  Prof. Eager 
4a.  [18] Public Speaking  36[19]   20.  [20] Admiralty  20  34.  [21] Damages  20 
Third Term—March 22d to May 31st—10 Weeks.[22]  
Prof. Graves 
Prof. Lile  21.  [23] Practice in Virginia, Including
Extraordinary
Remedies 
20  Prof. Lile 
9.  Negotiable Paper  20  35.  Public Corporations  20 
Prof. Minor  36.  Legal Ethics, Preparation
of Cases and Practice
of the Law 
20 
10.  [24] International Law  20  Prof. Minor 
Prof. Dobie  17b.  Real Property (completed)  40 
11.  Sales  20  Prof. Graves 
Prof. Eager  Prof. Dobie  37.  Evidence  40 
12.  Domestic Relations  20  22.  [25] Code Pleading  20  Prof. Dobie 
13.  [26] Suretyship and Guaranty  20  Prof. Paul  38.  [27] Roman Law  20 
23.  [28] Parliamentary Law  10 
Prof. Eager 
24.  Insurance  20 
 
[6]

Credit value 26—Membership of each section limited to 16.

[7]

Exclusive of one week devoted to examinations.

[8]

The periods are one and a half hours each.

[9]

The periods are one and a half hours each.

[10]

The periods are one and a half hours each.

[11]

Electives.

[12]

Electives.

[13]

12 weeks—value 26 units.

[14]

Electives.

[15]

Electives.

[16]

Exclusive of one week devoted to examinations.

[17]

Electives.

[18]

Electives.

[19]

9 weeks—value 26 units.

[20]

Electives.

[21]

Electives.

[22]

Exclusive of one week devoted to examinations.

[23]

Electives.

[24]

Electives.

[25]

Electives.

[26]

Electives.

[27]

Electives.

[28]

Electives.


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DEPARTMENT OF LAW

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES FOR THE SESSION OF 1912-13.

(SUBJECT TO SUCH ALTERATION AS THE FACULTY MAY DEEM NECESSARY)

                         
FIRST TERM 
Hours  Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday  Saturday 
9:30
to
11:00 
Public Speaking[29] (i)
Constitutional Law
Real Property 
Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Real Property 
Public Speaking[30] (i)
Constitutional Law
Real Property
Taxation[31]  
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure 
Public Speaking[32] (i)
Constitutional Law
Real Property
Taxation[33]  
Public Speaking[34] (iii)
Criminal Procedure 
11:00
to
12:30 
Contracts
Bankruptcy 
Com. Law Plead.
Public Speaking[35] (iii) 
Contracts  Com. Law Plead.
Public Speaking[36] (iii) 
Contracts  Contracts 
12:30
to
2:00 
Public Speaking[37] (ii)
Equity Jurisp. 
Brief-Making
Partnership
Mining and Irrig.[38]  
Public Speaking[39] (ii)
Administrative Law[40]
Equity Jurisp.
Will and Admin. 
Brief-Making
Bankruptcy 
Public Speaking[41] (ii)
Administrative Law[42]
Equity Jurisp.
Wills and Admin. 
Equity Jurisp.
Partnership
Mining and Irrig.[43]  
SECOND TERM 
9:30
to
11:00 
Public Speaking[44] (iv)
Real Property 
Carriers & B.
Admiralty[45]
Conflict of Laws 
Public Speaking[46] (iv)
Real Property
Damages[47]  
Carriers & B.
Admiralty[48]
Conflict of Laws 
Public Speaking[49] (iv)
Real Property 
Carriers & B.
Damages[50]  
11:00
to
12:30 
Torts  Virginia Pleading[51]
Public Speaking[52]
(v) 
Torts  Virginia Pleading[53]
Public Speaking[54] (iv) 
Torts  Torts 
12:30
to
2:00 
Public Speaking[55] (v)
Private Corporations
Fed. Jurisd. & Proced 
Agency
Equity Procedure 
Public Speaking[56] (v)
Private Corporations
Fed. Jurisd. & Proced. 
Agency
Equity Procedure 
Public Speaking[57] (v)
Private Corporations
Fed. Jurisd. & Proced. 
Private Corporations
Conflict of Laws 
THIRD TERM 
9:30
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11:00 
Evidence  International Law[58]
Virginia Practice[59]  
Parl. Law[60] (ii)
Sales
Evidence 
International Law[61]
Virginia Practice[62]  
Parl. Law[63] (iii)
Sales
Evidence 
Evidence 
11:00
to
12:30 
Real Property  Insurance  Real Property  Insurance  Real Property  Real Property 
12:30
to
2:00 
Domestic Relations
Parl. Law[64] (i)
Legal Eth. & Pr. of L. 
Negotiable Paper
Roman Law[65]  
Suretyship[66]
Code Pleading[67]
Public Corporations 
Negotiable Paper
Roman Law[68]  
Suretyship[69]
Code Pleading[70]
Public Corporations 
Domestic Relations
Legal Eth. & Pr. of L. 

Note: Bracketed Courses are consecutive and do not conflict.

 
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SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS.

For Session 1912-13.

Examinations will be held on successive days during the last
week of each term, on all subjects completed during the term, and
in the order indicated below.

                               
First Term  Second Term  Third Term 
1.  Contracts  Real Prop. (I)  Negot. Paper[71]  
Criminal Proc.  Real Prop. (II) 
2.  Com. Law Plead.  Carriers and Bail  Domestic Rel. 
Mining and Irrig.[72]   Confl. Laws  Parliamentary Law[73]  
Evidence 
3.  Brief-Making  Private Corp.  Va. Practice 
Wills and Admin.  Damages[74]   Practice of the Law[75]  
4.  Const. Law  Agency  Sales 
Bankruptcy[76]   Admiralty[77]   Code Pleading[78]  
Equity Proc. 
5.  Criminal Law  Federal Proc.  Public Corp. 
Partnership[79]   Suretyship 
6.  Administrative Law[80]   Internat. Law[81]  
Equity Jurisp.  Torts  Insurance 
Taxation[82]   Va. Pleading[83]   Roman Law[84]  
 
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DEPARTMENT OF LAW.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

1. Registration of New Students.—Before registration in the
Law School, students who have not before been registered in any
department of the University, must produce to the Dean of the
Law School (office in Minor Hall), a certificate from the Dean of
the University (office, No. 6 East Lawn), that entrance requirements
have been fulfilled.

2. Registration Generally.—Students must register in advance at
the Dean's office and with the Registrar for every course taken,
and no credit will be given for courses taken without proper registration.

3. Exchange or Omission of Courses.—After registration therefor,
no course may be exchanged or omitted except on the written
approval of the professor in charge and of the Dean.

4. Work for Which Student May Register.—No candidate for
the degree is permitted to register, in any year, for courses aggregating
more than 450 units—including subjects taken but not completed
in a previous year, nor, in any case, for new courses aggregating
more than 350 units.

No student, without special permission, and for good cause,
may register for less than six periods per week.

5. Late Entrance into Classes.—No credit will be given for the
completion of any course upon which the student has entered after
fifty per centum of the lectures thereon have been delivered.

6. Optional Attendance.—A student who has attended the required
lectures upon any subject may, on written application, with the
endorsed approval of the professor in charge, and of the Dean, secure
optional attendance on such subjects the following session—
provided the exercise of this privilege does not reduce his lecture
periods below eight per week.

7. Attendance and Work.—Every student of the Law School is
required to attend all regular exercises of the classes of which he
is a member, and to perform all the work assigned, including quizzes
and examinations, unless excused for good cause by the Faculty.

8. Conditions for Re-Admission.—Any student who, without
satisfactory cause, has not attained for the session, on his examinations,


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a credit of 100 units, or, in lieu thereof, a grade of 75 per
centum on each of two or more courses aggregating 150 units, will
be excluded from the Law School the following session. The result
of one or more special examinations, granted for cause under
existing regulations, may be considered in determining whether
this requirement has been met.

The foregoing provisions do not affect third-year students applying
for re-admission, nor students who have been permitted,
for cause, to take less than two-thirds of a full year's work. Such
students will be subject to exclusion or other conditions as the
Law Faculty may prescribe.

In this connection, attention is called to Regulation 4 foregoing,
limiting the amount of work which any student may register for in
a single year.

9. Students Admitted on Terms by reason of previous unsatisfactory
record in the Law School, or other department of the University,
will be required to withdraw as soon as the Law Faculty
are satisfied that such students are not strictly observing the terms
on which they were admitted. No previous admonition shall be
necessary.

10. Special Examinations.—No special examinations are granted,
save in cases of sickness on the day of examination (attested by
physician's certificate), or for other imperative cause approved by
the Law Faculty. In no case will such examination be granted,
unless prompt application be made therefor.

11. Re-Examinations—Third Year Students.—Candidates for the
degree, who have failed on one or more subjects during their third
year, may return the following session, and stand the regular examinations
on such subjects, without further attendance upon lectures.
But this privilege may be exercised but once—that is to
say, after a second failure the candidate must take the lectures
over again, on the subject or subjects on which he has for a second
time proved deficient.

12. Examination Fees.—The fee for standing such examinations
as are mentioned in the preceding regulation, is five dollars for
each examination taken. Students who, under such circumstances,
return for further lectures, and who have paid full matriculation
and tuition fees for three years, pay a matriculation fee in proportion
to the amount of work taken plus $5 for each course taken.

There is no charge for special examinations granted for imperative
cause.


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13. Application for Degrees.—Candidates for graduation are required
to file a written application with the Dean, not later than
November 15 of their third year, stating the courses completed,
with the credit value of each, together with a schedule of the
courses to be pursued during their final year, with the credit value
of such courses attached. Blanks for this purpose will be supplied
on application to the Dean.

14. Required Withdrawal.—The right is reserved to require the
withdrawal of any student who, in the opinion of the Faculty, is
not profiting, nor likely to profit, by the instruction offered, or whose
neglect or irregular performance of required duties, after admonition,
indicates indifference or contumacy.