University of Virginia Library

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
FREDERICK MENKERT DIVEN, LL. B.	Assistant in Law
PRESTON HENRY BAILEY, LL. B.	Assistant in Law
LANT RADER SLAVEN, B. A.	Assistant in Law
KATHERINE REBECCA LIPOP	Law Librarian
BENJAMIN HUGER	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.

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 fourteen thousand
volumes. Its financial resources, from appropriations by the Visitors,
and from an endowment of ten thousand dollars by Mr. W. W.
Fuller ('78) 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
parents or guardians, are warned that the law is peculiarly an intellectual

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 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
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.

SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.

                                                       

Subject	Topics	Units
English A	English Grammar and Grammatical Analysis	1
English B	English Composition and Rhetoric	1
English C	Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature	1
English D	History of English and American Literature	1
Mathematics A	Algebra to Quadratic Equations	1
Mathematics B	Quadratics, Progressions and the Binomial Formula	½
Mathematics C	Plane Geometry	1
Mathematics D1	Solid Geometry	½
Mathematics D2	Plane Trigonometry	½
History A	Greek and Roman History	1
History B	Mediæval and Modern European History	1
History C	English History	1
History D	American History and Civil Government	1
Latin A	Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Latin B	Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition	1
Latin C	Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition	1
Latin D	Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition	1
Greek B	Grammar; Composition; Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV	2
German	Grammar, Composition, and Translation	2
French	Grammar, Composition, and Translation	2
Spanish	Grammar, Composition, and Translation	2
Science A	Physical Geography	1
Science B	Inorganic Chemistry	1
Science C	Experimental Physics	1
Science D	Botany and Zoölogy	1
Drawing	Mechanical and Projection Drawing	1
Shop-Work	Wood-Work, Forging and Machine-Work	1

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
can thoroughly master in a given time, leading to cramming and

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, before September
15, 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
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, in the professor's discretion,
are considered in estimating the final grade of the student.

Legal Argumentation.—Beginning with the session of 1913-14,
an advanced course on Legal Argumentation was added to the list
of elective courses. This course, supplemented by the courses in
Brief-Making and Forensic Debating, absorbs the work formerly
done by the Moot Court.

Practical Work.—In the courses of Equity Procedure, Virginia
Pleading, Practice at Law, 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, 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),
and at least two elective courses, one of which must be either the
course in Virginia Pleading or that in Code Pleading.

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 course as outlined below contemplates an average of ten
lecture periods (or 15 hours) per week during the first and second
years, and nine periods (or 13½ 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 2 to June 15.

Written examinations are held during the final week of each
term, on the subjects completed during the term, with the exception
of the examination in Forensic Debating, which is held at the
end of the session. See Schedule of Examinations, p. 211.

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

TABULAR OUTLINE OF COURSES.

[Asterisks indicate elective courses.—Lecture periods are one and a half
hours each.]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

FIRST YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
Course No.		Periods per week	Total periods
1.	Study of Cases—Legal Bibliography—Brief Making—Statutes	2	26
	Professor Lile.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2).
2.	Contracts	4	52
	Professor Graves.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30).
3.	Criminal Law	2	26
	Professor Dobie.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11).
4.	Forensic Debating	3	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.	*Suretyship and Guaranty	2	26
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2).
SECOND TERM.
6.	Torts—including Master and Servant	4	40
	Professor Graves.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30).
4a.	Forensic Debating	3	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.	Bailments and Carriers	3	30
	Professor Dobie.
	(Tues., Thursday and Sat., 9:30 to 11).
8.	Agency	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2).
THIRD TERM.
9.	Negotiable Paper	2	20
	Professor Lile.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2).
4b.	Forensic Debating	3	30
	Adjunct Professor Paul.
	(Section 7: Tues., Thurs. and Sat., 11 to 12:30).
10.	*International Law	2	20
	Professor Minor.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11).
11.	Sales	2	20
	Professor Dobie.
	(Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11).
12.	Domestic Relations	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Mon. and Sat., 12:30 to 2).
13.	Insurance	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2).
SECOND YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
14.	Equity Jurisprudence	4	52
	Professor Lile.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 12:30 to 2).
15.	Common Law Pleading	3	39
	Professor Graves.
(Tues., 11 to 12:30 and Thurs., 11 to 12:30 and 12:30 to 1:30).
16.	Constitutional Law	4	44
	Professor Minor.
	(Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11).
17.	Real Property (begun)	4	8
	Professor Minor.
	(Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11).
SECOND TERM.
18.	Private Corporations	4	40
	Professor Lile.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 12:30 to 2).
19.	*Pleading in Virginia	4	40
	Professor Graves.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30 and 12:30 to 1:30).
17a.	Real Property (continued)	3	30
	Professor Minor.
	(Mon., Wed., and Fri., 9:30 to 11).
20.	*Admiralty	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11).
THIRD TERM.
21.	Practice at Law, including Extraordinary Remedies	3	30
	Professor Graves.
	(Tues., 9:30 to 11, and Thurs., 9:30 to 11 and 12:30 to 1:30).
17b.	Real Property (concluded)	4	40
	Professor Minor.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30).
22.	*Code Pleading	2	20
	Professor Dobie.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2).
23.	*Parliamentary Law	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Paul.
	(Section 1: Mon. and Fri., 9:30 to 11).
	(Section 2: Wed. and Sat., 9:30 to 11).
24.	*Administrative Law	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30).
THIRD YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
25.	Criminal Procedure	2	26
	Professor Minor.
	(Thurs. and Sat., 9:30 to 11).
26.	Wills and Administration	2	26
	Professor Dobie.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2).
27.	*Taxation	2	26
	Professor Dobie.
	(Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11).
28.	Bankruptcy	2	26
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Mon., 11 to 12:30, Thurs., 12:30 to 2).
29.	Partnership	2	13
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Sat., 12:30 to 2—first half of term).
30.	*Mining and Irrigation	2	13
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Sat., 12:30 to 2—last half of term).
39.	*Legal Argumentation (begun)	2	24
	Adjunct Professor Paul.
	(Section 1: Mon. and Wed., 11 to 12:30).
	(Section 2: Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30).
SECOND TERM.
31.	Equity Procedure	2	20
	Professor Lile.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2).
32.	Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions	3	30
	Professor Minor.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11, Sat., 12:30 to 2).
33.	Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure	3	30
	Professor Dobie.
	(Mon., Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2).
34.	*Damages	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Wed. and Sat., 9:30 to 11).
39a.	*Legal Argumentation (concluded)	2	16
	Adjunct Professor Paul.
	(Section 1: Mon. and Wed., 11 to 12:30).
	(Section 2: Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30).
	THIRD TERM.
35.	Public Corporations	2	20
	Professor Lile.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2).
36.	Legal Ethics, Preparation of Cases, and Practice of the Law	2	20
	Professor Lile.
	(Mon. and Sat., 12:30 to 2).
37.	Evidence	4	40
	Professor Graves.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 9:30 to 11).
38.	*Roman Law	2	20
	Professor Dobie.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2).

DEPARTMENT OF LAW
TABLE OF COURSES FOR THE SESSION OF 1914-15. (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION)

                                                                             

FIRST YEAR				SECOND YEAR				THIRD YEAR
First Term—September 15 to December 16—13 Weeks.[3]
	Prof. Lile	Periods per week	Credits		Prof. Lile	Periods per week	Credits		Prof. Minor	Periods per week	Credits
1.	Study of Cases	2	26	14.	Equity Jurisprudence	4	52
	Legal Bibliography				Prof. Graves			25.	Criminal Procedure	2	26
	Brief Making			15.	Common Law Pleading	3	35		Prof. Dobie
	Interp. Statutes				Prof. Minor			26.	Wills and Administration	2	26
	Prof. Graves			16.	Constitutional Law	4	44
2.	Contracts	4	52	17.	Real Property (begun)	4	8	27.	[4] Taxation	2	26
	Prof. Dobie								Prof. Eager
3.	Criminal Law	2	26					28.	Bankruptcy	2	26
	Prof. Paul							29.	Partnership	2	13
4.	Forensic Debating	3	30[5]					30.	[4] Mining and Irrigation	2	13
	Prof. Eager								Prof. Paul
5.	[4] Suretyship & Guaranty	2	20					39.	[4] Legal Argumentation	2	24
Second Term—January 3 to March 14—10 Weeks.[3]
	Prof. Graves				Prof. Lile				Prof. Lile
6.	Torts, Including Master and Servant	4	40	18.	Private Corporations	4	40	31.	Equity Procedure	2	20
					Prof. Graves				Prof. Minor
	Prof. Dobie			19.	[4] Pleading in Virginia	4	33	32.	Conflict of Laws	3	30
7.	Bailments and Carriers	3	30		Prof. Minor				Prof. Dobie
	Prof. Eager			17a.	Real Property (continued)	3	30	33.	Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure	3	30
8.	Agency	2	20
					Prof. Eager				Prof. Eager
				20.	[4] Admiralty	2	20	34.	[4] Damages	2	20
									Prof. Paul
								39a.	[4] Legal Argumentation (concluded)	2	16
Third Term—March 22 to May 31—10 Weeks.[3]
	Prof. Lile				Prof. Graves				Prof. Lile
9.	Negotiable Paper	2	20	21.	Practice at Law	3	27	35.	Public Corporations	2	20
	Prof. Minor				Prof. Minor			36.	Legal Ethics, Preparation of Cases and Practice of the Law	2	20
10.	[4] International Law	2	20	17b.	Real Property (completed)	4	40
	Prof. Dobie
11.	Sales	2	20		Prof. Dobie
	Prof. Eager			22.	[4] Code Pleading	2	20		Prof. Graves
12.	Domestic Relations	2	20		Prof. Paul			37.	Evidence	4	40
13.	Insurance	2	20	23.	[4] Parliamentary Law	2	20		Prof. Dobie
					Prof. Eager			38.	[4] Roman Law	2	20
				24.	[4] Administrative Law	2	20

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES FOR THE SESSION OF 1914-15.

(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. Debat.(iii) Criminal Procedure
11:00 to 12:30	Contracts Leg. Arg.(i)	Forensic Debating(iii) Com. Law Plead.	Contracts Leg. Arg.(i)	Forens. Debat.(iii) Com. Law Plead.	Contracts Leg. Arg.(ii)	Contracts Leg. Arg.(ii)
12:30 to 2:00	Forensic Debating(ii) Equity Jurisp. Bankruptcy	Brief-Making Partnership Mining and Irrig.	Forensic Debating(ii) Suretyship & G. Equity Jurisp. Wills and Admin.	Brief-Making Com. Law Plead. Bankruptcy	Forens. Debat.(ii) Suretyship & G. Equity Jurisp. Wills and Admin.	Equity Jurisp. Partnership Mining and Irrig.
SECOND TERM
9:30 to 11:00	Forensic Debating(iv) Real Property	Bailments & Carriers Admiralty Conflict of Laws	Forens. Debating(iv) Real Property Damages	Bailments & Carriers Admiralty Conflict of Laws	Forens. Debat.(iv) Real Property	Bailments & Carriers Damages
11:00 to 12:30	Torts Leg. Arg.(i)	Forensic Debating(vi) Virginia Pleading	Torts Leg. Arg.(i)	Forens. Debat.(vi) Virginia Pleading	Torts Leg. Arg.(ii)	Torts Leg. Arg.(ii)
12:30 to 2:00	orensic 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. Debat.(v) Private Corporations Fed. Jurisd. & Proce.	Forens. Debat.(vi) Private Corporations Conflict of Laws
THIRD TERM
9:30 to 11:00	Parl. Law(i) Evidence	International Law Practice at Law	Parl. Law(ii) Sales Evidence	International Law Practice at Law	Parl. Law(i) Sales Evidence	Parl. Law(ii) Evidence
11:00 to 12:30	Real Property	Forensic Debating(vii) Administrative Law	Real Property	Forens. Debat.(vii) Administrative Law	Real Property	Forens. Debat.(vii) Real Property
12:30 to 2:00	Domestic Relations Legal Eth. & Pr. of L.	Negotiable Paper Roman Law	Insurance Code Pleading Public Corporations	Negotiable Paper Practice at Law Roman Law	Insurance Code Pleading Public Corporations	Domestic Relations Leg. Eth. & Pr. of L.

Note: Bracketed Courses are consecutive and do not conflict.

SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS.

For Session 1914-15.

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	Federal Procedure	Real Property (II)
	Criminal Procedure[6]	Bailments & Car.[6]	Negotiable Paper[6]
2.	Equity Jurisp.	Real Property (I)	Evidence
	Mining and Irrig.[6]	Legal Arg.[6]	Domestic Relations[6]
3.	Taxation	Conflict of Laws	Parliamentary Law
	Criminal Law[6]	Admiralty[6]	Legal Ethics, etc.[6]
4.	Wills and Adm.	Torts	Sales
	Brief-Making, etc.[6]	Equity Procedure[6]	Code Pleading[6]
5.	Constitutional Law	Private Corporations	Insurance
		Damages[6]	Public Corporations
6.	Bankruptcy	Virginia Pleading	Administrative Law
	Suretyship & G.[6]	Agency[6]	International Law[6]
			Practice at Law
7.	Common Law Plead.		Roman Law[6]
	Partnership[6]		Forensic Debating[6]

The Charles Minor Blackford Prize.—Through the liberality of
Mrs. Susan Colston Blackford, of Lynchburg, Virginia, and in memory
of her late husband, Charles Minor Blackford, a distinguished
alumnus of the Law School, an annual prize of fifty dollars in cash
is awarded for the best thesis on some legal or sociological subject.
The competition is open to all students of the Law School, and the
award is made by a committee of three competent persons not connected
with the University, and annually selected by the Law Faculty

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

5. Minimum for Which Student Must Register.—No student,
without special permission, and for good cause, may register for less
than nine periods per week.

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

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

8. 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 nine per week, nor infringe Regulation 4.

9. General Requirements.—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.

10. Invalids.—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.

11. Conditions of Re-Admission.—Any student who, without
satisfactory cause, has not attained for the session, on his examinations,
credit for courses completed, comprising in the aggregate at
least 100 periods, or, in lieu thereof, a grade of 75 per centum on
courses aggregating 150 periods, 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 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.

12. Students Admitted on Terms of Diligence, by reason of previous
unsatisfactory record in the Law School, or other department
of the University, will be held to an average class grade (or examination
grade, in classes in which class grades are not recorded) of 75
per centum, in the work of the first term. Failure to attain this
grade without satisfactory cause, unless the result of his other examinations
shall raise his average grade to the required standard,
will operate to exclude such delinquent from the Law School for the
remainder of the session. An average class grade of less than 75 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. Honor System.—All examinations are conducted under the
Honor System.

18. 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.

19. 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.