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OUTLINE OF COURSES.

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

Each session is divided into three terms. See table, page 147.

Written examinations are held during the final week of each term, on
the subjects completed during the term. See Schedule of Examinations,
page 148.

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.
Course No.	FIRST TERM.	Periods per week	Total periods
1.	Study of Cases—Legal Bibliography—Brief Making— Statutes. Cooley's Brief Making; Wambaugh's Study of Cases; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile	2	26
2.	Contracts. Clark on Contracts; Huffcut and Woodruff's Cases on Contracts; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Graves	4	52
3.	Criminal Law. Mikell's Cases on Criminal Law. Professor Dobie	2	26
12.	Domestic Relations. Long on Domestic Relations. Professor Eager	2	26
4.	Forensic Debating. Adjunct Professor Paul	2	26
SECOND TERM.
6.	Torts, including Master and Servant. Chapin on Torts; Chase's Cases on Torts; the Professor's Printed Notes; Burks' Printed Notes. Professor Graves	4	40
7.	Bailments and Carriers. Dobie on Bailments and Carriers; Dobie's Cases on Bailments and Carriers. Professor Dobie	3	30
8.	Agency. Mechem's Principles of Agency; Mechem's Cases. Professor Eager	2	20
4a.	Forensic Debating. Adjunct Professor Paul	3	30
THIRD TERM.
9.	Negotiable Paper. Bigelow on Bills, Notes and Cheques; the Negotiable Instruments Law; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile	2	20
10.	International Law. Davis' Elements of International Law. Professor Minor	2	20
11.	Sales. Benjamin's (R. M.) Principles of Sales. Professor Dobie	2	20
13.	Insurance. Vance on Insurance. Professor Eager	3	30
4b.	Forensic Debating. Adjunct Professor Paul	3	30
SECOND YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
14.	Equity Jurisprudence. Merwin's Principles of Equity; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile	4	52
15.	Common Law Pleading. Burks on Pleading and Practice; Sunderland's Cases; the Professor's Printed Notes and Questions. Professor Graves	2	26
17.	Real Property (begun). Minor on Real Property. Professor Minor	4	52
SECOND TERM.
18.	Private Corporations. Clark on Corporations; the Virginia Corporation Act; Wormser's Cases on Private Corporations. Professor Lile	4	40
19.	*Pleading in Virginia. Burks on Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Graves	2	20
17a.	Real Property (concluded). Minor on Real Property. Professor Minor	3	26
16.	Constitutional Law (begun). Minor's Notes on Government; Black's Constitutional Law. Professor Minor	3	4
22.	*Code Pleading.[4] Bryant on Code Pleading. Professor Dobie	2	20
20.	*Admiralty. Hughes on Admiralty. Professor Eager	2	20
THIRD TERM.
21.	Practice at Law, including Extraordinary Remedies. Burks on Pleading and Practice; Graves' Printed Notes. Professor Eager	3	30
16a.	Constitutional Law (concluded). Minor's Notes on Government; Black's Constitutional Law. Professor Minor	4	40
27.	Taxation. Goodnow's Cases on Taxation. Professor Dobie	2	20
THIRD YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
25.	Criminal Procedure. Beale on Criminal Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Minor	2	26
26.	Wills and Administration. Costigan's Cases on Wills. Professor Dobie	2	26
38.	*Roman Law.[5] Morey's Outlines of Roman Law. Professor Dobie	2	26
28.	Bankruptcy. Remington on Bankruptcy (Students' Edition); Holbrook and Aigler's Cases. Professor Eager	2	26
29.	Partnership. Mechem's Elements of Partnership. Professor Eager	2	26
SECOND TERM.
31.	Equity Procedure. Lile's Equity Pleading and Practice. Professor Lile	2	20
32.	Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions. Minor on the Conflict of Laws. Professor Minor	3	30
33.	Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure. Hughes on Federal Procedure. Professor Dobie	3	30
34.	*Damages. Hale on Damages. Professor Eager	2	20
THIRD TERM.
35.	Public Corporations. Macy's Cases on Municipal Corporations; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile	2	20
36.	Legal Ethics, Preparation of Cases, and Practice of the Law. Costigan's Cases on Legal Ethics; Cohen's The Law—Business or Profession; the Code of Ethics of the American Bar Association; Answers to Questions by the Committee of the New York County Bar Association on Professional Ethics. Professor Lile	2	20
37.	Evidence. Greenleaf on Evidence (16th edition by Wigmore);Throckmorton's Cases; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Graves	6	60