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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 
CHARLES WOODWARD DAVIS, B. S., LL. B.  Assistant in Law 
LESTER LEROY OLIVER, LL. B.  Assistant in Law 
ROY CALDWELL MOYSTON, LL. B.  Assistant in Law 
CATHERINE REBECCA LIPOP  Law Librarian 
JOHN PURYEAR, B. A.  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
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inaugurated, which continued up to the session of 1909-10, when the
course was extended to three years.

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 believed that
the course exhibited in the following pages will enable those who
complete it more surely to maintain that rank at the bar which the
University has always expected of her sons.

Minor Hall.—By 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 West
Range. The architecture 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 eleven thousand volumes.
Its financial resources, from appropriations by the Visitors,
and from an 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.

Suggestions as to Preliminary Education.—Students, and their
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profession, and demands for its successful prosecution,
whether in the Law School or in the broader fields of professional
life, a well-trained mind. If it be true that untrained recruits, in
rare instances, under diligent and persistent effort, develop into successful
practitioners 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 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 may, in general, be
measured by their academic preparation. Young gentlemen are
therefore advised not to begin their legal studies until they have
completed an academic course approximating that 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, two and one-half 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
must bear in all cases the signature of the head of the
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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 D1  Solid Geometry  ½ 
Mathematics D2  Plane Trigometry  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 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 is apt to beguile
an ambitious student into the assumption of more work than he
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inaccuracy, and often to complete failure, the special student is free
to select his own work, within the limits 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 three years in residence.

Late Entrance.—Registration commences Thursday, September
11, 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
secured unless the student is in actual residence 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 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
through text-books and lectures, and partly through the study of
cases. While convinced of the value of the combined text-book
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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, in the professor's discretion,
are considered in estimating the final grade of the student.

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.

Legal Argumentation.—The addition to the work of the third
year of an advanced course on Legal Argumentation, is contemplated.
If established, the course will be elective for the sessions
1913-1914 and 1914-1915, and obligatory thereafter. Should the plan
mature, this additional course, supplemented by the courses on
Brief-Making and Forensic Debating will probably absorb the present
work of the Moot Court.

Practical Work.—In the courses of Equity Procedure, Virginia
Pleading and 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
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and demonstrations in the presence of the books, 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.

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 eight hundred and four (804) units, and
elective courses of at least the credit value of forty-six (46) units
—or a total of eight hundred and fifty (850) units. It follows that
of the courses termed "elective," a required minimum is in fact obligatory—the
candidate being permitted to exercise an election
among them.

OUTLINE OF COURSES.

The entire course of three years embraces 1053 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
hour and a half of class work comprised therein. Of the total units,
804 are classed as obligatory and the remaining 249 as elective. As
stated, graduation requires the completion of all the obligatory
courses (credit value 804), plus elective courses having a credit value
of at least 46 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. 199.

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


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TABULAR OUTLINE OF COURSES.

[Asterisks indicate elective courses.]

                                                         

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FIRST YEAR. 
FIRST TERM. 
Course
No. 
Periods
per week 
Total
periods 
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.  Forensic Debating  30 
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  26 
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.  Forensic Debating  30 
Adjunct Professor Paul. 
(Section 4: Mon., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
(Section 5: Mon., Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2). 
(Section 6: Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30,
Sat. 12:30 to 2). 
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). 
4b.  Forensic Debating  30 
Adjunct Professor Paul. 
(Section 7: Tues., Thurs. and Sat., 11 to 12:30). 
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[4]   39 
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[5]   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
[6]  
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  20 
Adjunct Professor Paul. 
(Section 1: Mon. and Fri., 9:30 to 11). 
(Section 2: Wed. and Sat., 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). 
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 1913-14. (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION)

                                                                             
FIRST YEAR  SECOND YEAR  THIRD YEAR 
First Term—September 15 to December 16—13 Weeks.[7]  
Prof. Lile  Periods
per week 
Credits  Prof. Lile  Periods
per week 
Credits  Periods
per week 
Credits 
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  35  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.  [8] Taxation  26 
Prof. Dobie  Prof. Eager 
3.  Criminal Law  26  28.  Bankruptcy  26 
Prof. Paul  29.  Partnership  13 
4.  Forensic Debating  30[9]   30.  [10] Mining and Irrigation  13 
Prof. Eager 
5.  [11] Administrative Law  20 
Second Term—January 3 to March 14—10 Weeks.[12]  
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.  [13] Pleading in Virginia  33  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. Eager  Prof. Eager 
20.  [14] Admiralty  20  34.  [15] Damages  20 
Third Term—March 22 to May 31—10 Weeks.[16]  
Prof. Graves 
Prof. Lile  21.  [17] Practice in Virginia, Including
Extraordinary
Remedies 
27  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.  [18] 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.  [19] Code Pleading  20  Prof. Dobie 
13.  [20] Suretyship and Guaranty  20  Prof. Paul  38.  [21] Roman Law  20 
23.  [22] Parliamentary Law  20 
Prof. Eager 
24.  Insurance  20 
 
[4]

In addition to 2 periods of 1½ hours each per week, this course includes 13
periods of 1 hour each, making the credit value of the course 35 units.

[5]

This course includes 20 additional periods of 1 hour each, in Practice Work,
making the credit value of the course 33 units.

[6]

There are included 10 additional periods of 1 hour each in Practice Work,
giving the course a credit value of 27 units.

[7]

Exclusive of one week devoted to examinations.

[8]

Electives.

[9]

10 weeks—sections 1, 2 and 3 only. Other
sections in subsequent terms, as per schedule
next page.

[10]

Electives.

[11]

Electives.

[12]

Exclusive of one week devoted to examinations.

[13]

Electives.

[14]

Electives.

[15]

Electives.

[16]

Exclusive of one week devoted to examinations.

[17]

Electives.

[18]

Electives.

[19]

Electives.

[20]

Electives.

[21]

Electives.

[22]

Electives.


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DEPARTMENT OF LAW

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES FOR THE SESSION OF 1913-14.

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

                         
FIRST TERM 
Hours  Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday  Saturday 
9:30
to
11:00 
Forensic Debating(i)
Constitutional Law
Real Property 
Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Real Property 
Forensic Debating(i)
Constitutional Law
Real Property
Taxation 
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure 
Forensic Debating(i)
Constitutional Law
Real Property
Taxation 
Forens. Debating(iii)
Criminal Procedure 
11:00
to
12:30 
Contracts
Bankruptcy 
Forensic Debating(iii)
Com. Law Plead. 
Contracts  Forens. Debating(iii)
Com. Law Plead. 
Contracts  Contracts 
12:30
to
2:00 
Forensic Debating(ii)
Equity Jurisp. 
Brief-Making
Partnership
Mining and Irrig. 
Forensic Debating(ii)
Administrative Law
Equity Jurisp.
Wills and Admin. 
Brief-Making
Com. Law Plead.
Bankruptcy 
Forens. Debating(ii)
Administrative Law
Equity Jurisp.
Wills and Admin. 
Equity Jurisp.
Partnership
Mining and Irrig. 
SECOND TERM 
9:30
to
11:00 
Forensic Debating(iv)
Real Property 
Carriers & B.
Admiralty
Conflict of Laws 
Forens. Debating(iv)
Real Property
Damages 
Carriers & B.
Admiralty
Conflict of Laws 
Forens. Debating(iv)
Real Property 
Carriers & B.
Damages 
11:00
to
12:30 
Torts  Forensic Debating(vi)
Virginia Pleading 
Torts  Forens. Debating(vi)
Virginia Pleading 
Torts  Torts 
12:30
to
2:00 
Forensic Debating(v)
Private Corporations
Fed. Jurisd. & Proced. 
Agency
Equity Procedure
Virginia Pleading 
Forensic Debating(v)
Private Corporations
Fed. Jurisd. & Proced. 
Agency
Equity Procedure
Virginia Pleading 
Forens. Debating(v)
Private Corporations
Fed. Jurisd. & Proced. 
Forens. Debating(vi)
Private Corporations
Conflict of Laws 
THIRD TERM 
9:30
to
11:00 
Parl. Law(i)
Evidence 
International Law
Virginia Practice 
Parl. Law(ii)
Sales
Evidence 
International Law
Virginia Practice 
Parl. Law(i)
Sales
Evidence 
Parl. Law(ii)
Evidence 
11:00
to
12:30 
Real Property  Forensic Debating(vii)
Insurance 
Real Property  Forens. Debating(vii)
Insurance 
Real Property  Forens. Debating(vii)
Real Property 
12:30
to
2:00 
Domestic Relations
Legal Eth. & Pr. of L. 
Negotiable Paper
Roman Law 
Suretyship
Code Pleading
Public Corporations 
Negotiable Paper
Virginia Practice
Roman Law 
Suretyship
Code Pleading
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 1913-14.

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[23]  
Criminal Proc.  Real Prop. (II) 
2.  Com. Law Plead.  Carriers and Bail  Domestic Rel. 
Mining and Irrig.[24]   Confl. Laws  Parliamentary Law[25]  
Evidence 
3.  Brief-Making  Private Corp.  Va. Practice 
Wills and Admin.  Damages[26]   Legal Eth. & Pract.[27]  
4.  Const. Law  Agency  Sales 
Bankruptcy[28]   Admiralty[29]  
Equity Proc.  Code Pleading[30]  
5.  Criminal Law  Federal Proc.  Public Corp. 
Partnership[31]   Suretyship 
6.  Administrative Law[32]   Torts  Internat. Law[33]  
Equity Jurisp.  Va. Pleading[34]   Insurance 
Taxation[35]   Roman Law[36]  
 
[23]

Afternoon.

[24]

Afternoon.

[25]

Afternoon.

[26]

Afternoon.

[27]

Afternoon.

[28]

Afternoon.

[29]

Afternoon.

[30]

Afternoon.

[31]

Afternoon.

[32]

Afternoon.

[33]

Afternoon.

[34]

Afternoon.

[35]

Afternoon.

[36]

Afternoon.


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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.

4a. Advanced Work.—Students of one year are not permitted to
anticipate any of the courses of a subsequent year, without urgent
reasons satisfactory to the Dean.

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
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is a member, and to perform all the work assigned, including quizzes
and examinations, unless excused for good cause by the Faculty.

Students whose condition of health is too precarious to permit
regular attendance upon lectures, but not serious enough to admit
them as patients of the hospital, will be required to withdraw from
the University until able to resume their regular work.

8. Conditions for Re-Admission.—Any student who, without
satisfactory cause, has not attained for the session, on his examinations,
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,
shall be held to an average class grade (or examination grade,
in classes in which class grades are not recorded) of eighty per
centum, in the work of the first term. Failure to attain this grade
without satisfactory cause shall operate to exclude such delinquent
from the Law School for the remainder of the session. An average
class grade of less than eighty per centum, at the end of any term,
will be regarded as evidence of a lack of the diligence required by
the terms of this condition.

9a. First-Year Students.—Failure on the part of any first-year student,
without just cause, to attain, for the first term, an average grade
of seventy-five per centum on the daily written quizzes, will place such
student on probation for the remainder of the session, and the student
and his parent or guardian will be so notified. Unless, in the
opinion of the Law Faculty, a decided improvement in the character
of such student's work is indicated at the end of the second term, he
will be required to withdraw from the Law School.

10. Special Examinations.—No special examinations are granted,
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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.

13. Application for Degree.—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.