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OUTLINE OF COURSES.

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

Written examinations are held during the final week of each term, on
the subjects completed during the term. See Schedule of Examinations,
page 14.

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.
	Periods per week	Total periods
Study of Cases—Legal Bibliography—Brief Making— Cooley's Brief Making; Wambaugh's Study of Cases: the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile	2	26
Contracts. Clark on Contracts: Huffcut and Woodruff's Cases on Contracts: the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Graves	4	52
Criminal Law. Mikell's Cases on Criminal Law. Professor Dobie	2	26
Domestic Relations. Long on Domestic Relations. Professor Eager	2	26
SECOND TERM.
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
Bailments and Carriers. Dobie on Bailments and Carriers; Dobie's Cases on Bailments and Carriers. Professor Dobie	3	30
Agency. Mechem's Principles of Agency; Mechem's Cases. Professor Eager	2	20
THIRD TERM.
Negotiable Instruments. Bigelow on Bills, Notes and Cheques; the Negotiable Instruments Law; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile	2	20
International Law. Davis' Elements of International Law. Professor Minor	2	20
Sales. Woodward's Cases on Sales. Professor Dobie	2	20
Insurance. Vance on Insurance. Professor Eager	3	30
SECOND YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
Equity Jurisprudence. Merwin's Principles of Equity; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile	4	52
Common Law Pleading. Burks on Pleading and Practice; Sunderland's Cases; the Professor's Printed Notes and Questions. Professor Graves	2	26
Real Property (begun). Minor on Real Property. Professor Minor	4	52
SECOND TERM.
Private Corporations. Clark on Corporations; the Virginia Corporation Act; Wormer's Cases on Private Corporations. Professor Lile	4	40
*Pleading in Virginia. Burks on Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Graves	2	20
Real Property (concluded). Minor on Real Property. Professor Minor	3	26
Constitutional Law (begun). Minor's Notes on Government; Black's Constitutional Law. Professor Minor	3	4
*Code Pleading. Bryant on Code Pleading. Professor Dobie	2	20
*Admiralty. Hughes on Admiralty. Professor Eager	2	20
THIRD TERM.
Practice of Law, including Extraordinary Remedies. Burks on Pleading and Practice; Graves' Printed Notes. Professor Eager	3	30
Constitutional Law (concluded). Minor's Notes on Government; Black's Constitutional Law. Professor Minor	4	40
Taxation. Goodnow's Cases on Taxation. Professor Dobie	2	20
THIRD YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
Criminal Procedure. Beale on Criminal Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Minor	2	26
Wills and Administration. Costigan's Cases on Wills. Professor Dobie	2	26
Bankruptcy. Remington on Bankruptcy (Students' Edition); Holbrook and Aigler's Cases. Professor Eager	2	26
Partnership. Mechem's Elements of Partnership. Professor Eager	2	26
Forensic Debating[3] (begun). Professor Paul	1	13
SECOND TERM.
Equity Procedure. Lile's Equity Pleading and Practice. Professor Lile	2	20
Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions. Minor on the Conflict
of Laws. Professor Minor	3	30
Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure. Hughes on Federal Procedure. Professor Dobie	3	30
*Damages. Hale on Damages. Professor Eager	2	20
Forensic Debating (continued). Professor Paul	1	10
Third Term.
Public Corporations. Macy's Cases on Municipal Corporations; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile	2	20
Legal Ethics. Costigan's Cases on Legal Ethics; Cohen's The Law—Business or Profession; the Code of Ethics of the American Bar Association; Answer to Questions by the Committee of the New York County Bar Association on Professional Ethics. Professor Lile	2	20
Evidence. Greenleaf on Evidence (16th edition by Wigmore); Throckmorton's Cases; the Professor's Printed Note. Professor Graves	6	60
Forensic Debating (concluded). Professor Paul	1	10

CONDENSED TABLE OF COURSES.
(Subject to Alteration.)

                                                                     

FIRST YEAR		SECOND YEAR		THIRD YEAR
First Term—September 15 to December 16—13 Weeks.[4]
	Periods per week		Periods per week		Periods per week
Professor Lile		Professor Lile		Professor Minor
Study of Cases	2	Equity Jurisprudence	4	Criminal Procedure	2
Legal Bibliography		Professor Graves		Professor Dobie
Brief Making		Common Law Pleading	2	Wills and Administration.	2
Professor Graves		Professor Minor		Professor Eager
Contracts	4	Real Property (begun)	4	Bankruptcy	2
Professor Dobie				Partnership	2
Criminal Law	2			Professor Paul
Professor Eager				Forens. Debating (begun)	1
Domestic Relations	2
Second Term—January 3 to March 14—10 Weeks.[4]
Professor Graves		Professor Lile		Professor Lile
Torts	4	Private Corporations	4	Equity Procedure	2
Professor Dobie		Professor Graves		Professor Minor
Bailments and Carriers	3	[5] Pleading in Virginia	2	Conflict of Laws	3
Professor Eager		Professor Minor		Professor Dobie
Agency	2	Real Property (concluded)	3	Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure	3
		Constitutional Law (begun)		Professor Eager
				[5] Damages	2
		Professor Eager		Professor Paul
		[5] Admiralty	2	Forensic Debating (continued)	1
		Professor Dobie
		[5] Code Pleading	2
Third Term—March 22 to May 31—10 Weeks.[4]
Professor Lile		Professor Eager		Professor Lile
Negotiable Inst.	2	Practice at Law	3	Public Corporations	2
Professor Minor		Professor Minor		Legal Ethics	2
International Law	2	Constitutional Law (concluded)	4	Professor Graves
Professor Dobie				Evidence	6
Sales	2	Professor Dobie		Professor Paul
Professor Eager		Taxation	2	Forensic Debating (concluded)	1
Insurance	3

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES.
(Subject to such alteration as the faculty may deem necessary.)

                         

FIRST TERM
Hours	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
9:00 to 10:30	Forens. Debating[6] (i)	Criminal Procedure Criminal Law		Criminal Law Criminal Procedure
10:30 to 12:00	Contracts Real Property Forens. Debating (ii)	Com. Law Pleading	Contracts Real Property Forens. Debating (iii)	Com. Law Pleading	Contracts Real Property Forens. Debating (iv)	Contracts Real Property
12:00 to 1:30	Equity Jurisp. Bankruptcy	Brief Making Partnership	Domestic Rel. Equity Jurisp. Wills and Admin.	Brief Making Bankruptcy	Domestic Rel. Equity Jurisp. Wills and Admin.	Equity Jurisp. Partnership
SECOND TERM
9:00 to 10:30	Forens. Debating (i)	Bailments and Carriers Admiralty Conflict of Laws	Damages	Bailments and Carriers Admiralty Conflict of Laws	Damages	Bailments and Carriers
10:30 to 12:00	Real Property Constitutional Law Torts Forens. Debating (ii)	Virginia Pleading	Torts Real Property Constitutional Law Forens. Debating (iii)	Virginia Pleading	Torts Real Property Constitutional Law Forens. Debating (iv)	Torts
12:00 to 1:30	Private Corporations Fed. Jurisd. & Proced.	Agency Equity Procedure Code Pleading	Private Corporations Fed. Jurisd. & Proced.	Agency Equity Procedure Code Pleading	Private Corporations Fed. Jurisd. & Proced.	Private Corporations Conflict of Laws
THIRD TERM
9:00 to 10:30	Evidence	International Law Evidence	Sales Evidence	International Law Evidence	Sales Evidence	Evidence
10:30 to 12:00	Forens. Debating (i) Constitutional Law Insurance	Practice at Law	Forens. Debating (iii) Constitutional Law Insurance	Practice at Law.	Forens. Debating (iv) Constitutional Law Insurance	Constitutional Law
12:00 to 1:30	Negotiable Inst. Forens. Debating (ii)	Taxation Public Corp.	Legal Ethics	Taxation Public Corp.	Legal Ethics	Practice at Law Negotiable Inst.