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OUTLINE OF COURSES.

The course as outlined below contemplates an average of ten lecture
periods (or 15 hours) per week.

Each session is divided into three terms.

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. 19.

The following outline indicates the extent of the courses offered.

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.)
	Cooley's Brief Making; Wambaugh's Study of Cases; the Professor's Printed Notes.
2.	Contracts	4	52
	Professor Graves.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30.)
	Clark on Contracts; Throckmorton's Cases on Contracts; the Professor's Printed Notes.
3.	Criminal Law	2	26
	Professor Dobie.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11.)
	Mikell's Cases on Criminal Law.
4.	Forensic Debating	2	26
	Adjunct Professor Paul.
	(Section 1: Mon. and Fri., 9:30 to 11.)
	(Section 2: Mon., 12:30 to 2, and Wed., 9:30 to 11.)
	(Section 3: Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30.)
5.	*Suretyship and Guaranty	2	26
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2.)
	Childs on Suretyship and Guaranty.
SECOND TERM.
6.	Torts—including Master and Servant	4	40
	Professor Graves.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30.)
	Cooley on Torts; Chase's Cases on Torts; the Professor's Printed Notes.
7.	Bailments and Carriers	3	30
	Professor Dobie.
	(Tues., Thurs. and Sat., 9:30 to 11.)
	Dobie on Bailments and Carriers; Dobie's Cases on Bailments and Carriers.
8.	Agency	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2.)
	Mechem's Principles of Agency.
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.)
THIRD TERM.
9.	Negotiable Paper	2	20
	Professor Lile.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2.)
	Bigelow on Bills, Notes and Cheques; the Professor's Printed Notes.
10.	*International Law	2	20
	Professor Minor.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11.)
	Davis' Elements of International Law.
11.	Sales	2	20
	Professor Dobie.
	(Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11.)
	Benjamin's (R. M.) Principles of Sales.
12.	Domestic Relations	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Mon. and Sat., 12:30 to 2.)
	Long on Domestic Relations.
13.	Insurance	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2.)
	Vance on Insurance.
4b.	Forensic Debating	3	30
	Adjunct Professor Paul.
	(Section 6: Tues., Thurs. and Sat., 11 to 12:30.)
SECOND YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
Course No.		Periods per week	Total periods
14.	Equity Jurisprudence	4	52
	Professor Lile.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 12:30 to 2.)
	Merwin's Principles of Equity; the Professor's Printed Notes.
15.	Common Law Pleading	2	26
	Professor Graves.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30.)
	Burks on Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes.
16.	Constitutional Law	4	44
	Professor Minor.
	(Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11.)
	Black on Constitutional Law; Minor's Notes on Government.
17.	Real Property (begun)	4	8
	Professor Minor.
	(Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11.)
	Minor on Real Property.
SECOND TERM.
18.	Private Corporations	4	40
	Professor Lile.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 12:30 to 2.)
	Marshall on Private Corporations; the Virginia Corporation Act; Elliott and Wormser's Cases on Private Corporations.
19.	*Pleading in Virginia	3	30
	Professor Graves.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30, and Thurs., 1 to 2.)
	Burks on Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes.
17a.	Real Property (continued)	3	30
	Professor Minor.
	(Mon., Wed., and Fri., 9:30 to 11.)
	Minor on Real Property.
20.	*Admiralty	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11.)
	Hughes on Admiralty.
THIRD TERM.
21.	Practice at Law, including Extraordinary Remedies	2	20
	Professor Graves.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11.)
	Burks on Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes.
17b.	Real Property (concluded)	4	40
	Professor Minor.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 11 to 12:30.)
	Minor on Real Property.
22.	*Code Pleading	2	20
	Professor Dobie.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2.)
	Bryant on Code Pleading.
23.	*Parliamentary Law	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Paul.
	(Section 1: Mon. and Fri., 9:30 to 11.)
	Gregg's Parliamentary Law.
24.	*Administrative Law	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 11 to 12:30.)
	Goodnow's Principles of Administrative Law.
THIRD YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
25.	Criminal Procedure	2	26
	Professor Minor.
	(Thurs. and Sat., 9:30 to 11.)
	Beale on Criminal Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes.
26.	Wills and Administration	2	26
	Professor Dobie.
	(Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2.)
	Costigan's Cases on Wills.
38.	*Roman Law	2	26
	Professor Dobie.
	(Wed. and Fri., 9:30 to 11.)
	Morey's Outlines of Roman Law.
28.	Bankruptcy	2	26
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Mon., 11 to 12:30, Thurs., 12:30 to 2.)
	Remington on Bankruptcy (Students' Edition.)
29.	Partnership	2	13
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Sat., 12:30 to 2—first half of term.)
	Mechem's Elements of Partnership.
30.	Interest and Usury	2	13
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Tues. and Sat., 12:30 to 2—last half of term.)
	Text-book to be announced.
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.)
	Text-book to be announced; the Professor's Printed Notes.
32.	Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions	3	30
	Professor Minor.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 9:30 to 11, Sat., 12:30 to 2.)
	Minor on the Conflict of Laws.
33.	Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure	3	30
	Professor Dobie.
	(Mon., Wed. and Fri., 12:30 to 2.)
	Hughes on Federal Procedure.
34.	*Damages	2	20
	Adjunct Professor Eager.
	(Wed. and Sat., 9:30 to 11.)
	Hale on Damages.
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.)
	Macy's Cases on Municipal Corporations; the Professor's Printed Notes.
36.	Legal Ethics, Preparation of Cases, and Practice of the Law	2	20
	Professor Lile.
	(Mon. and Sat., 12:30 to 2.)
	Archer's Ethical Obligations of the Lawyer; the Code of Ethics of the American Bar Association. Parallel reading.
37.	Evidence	4	40
	Professor Graves.
	(Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat., 9:30 to 11.)
	Greenleaf on Evidence (16th edition by Wigmore); Hughes' Illustrations of Evidence; the Professor's Printed Notes.
27.	*Taxation	2	20
	Professor Dobie.
	(Tues. and Thurs., 12:30 to 2.)
	Goodnow's Cases on Taxation.